"Once in a while, you see a movie that doesn’t feel made, but extracted from a dreaming mind. It won’t go to you and hand over its meanings. You have to go to it." I reviewed The Secret Agent, my favorite film of 2025. Haunting, beautiful, profound. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...
For my @ebertvoices.bsky.social debut, I wrote about THE SECRET AGENT, the humanities, and memory as both acts of resistance and love. This movie is very dear to me, and I'm glad to be an enthusiastic champion of it as part of Women's Writers Week!
➡️ www.rogerebert.com/women-writer...
Beatrice Loayza (@bealoayza.bsky.social) on Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent https://go.nybooks.com/4tO578u
Édouard Vuillard, The Newspaper, 1896-98, showing a woman reading a newspaper in a decorated interior
If I were to recommend only a single exhibition in NYC right now it wouldn't be a big, splashy museum presentation but rather a small, ravishing show of Édouard Vuillard's early interiors at Skarstedt in Chelsea. Absolutely stupendous. Open through April 25 (thread) www.skarstedt.com/exhibitions/...
This movie.
Maybe the only James Bond movie I WOULD watch.
Happy #WorldBookDay to those who celebrate.
#MarilynMonroe #BookSky #FilmSky #MovieSky
A movie I love beyond all reason. When is it on #TCM again???
Just watched Bresson’s Pickpocket (1959).
A great conversation for @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social with Benjamin Hall. The veteran war correspondent and best-selling memorist (Saved, 2023 and Resolute, 2025) has written a picture book about why journalism is important to communities.
Inspired by the 1964 Freedom Summer movement, “a network of hundreds of schools and allied organizations are uniting for Democracy Summer, a nationwide program to educate citizens and protect our elections in the coming year,” writes Michael Roth, the president of Wesleyan University.
“Wesleyan University and a network of hundreds of schools and allied organizations are uniting for Democracy Summer, a nationwide program to educate citizens and protect our elections in the coming year.” — @msroth.bsky.social in @nytimes.com #HigherEd #voting
BOTD John Garfield!!
Hounded by HUAC
MCCT5: 5)Breaking Point 4)Fallen Sparrow 3)Ran All the Way 2)Force of Evil 1)Body & Soul
More:
John Prine 🙏: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3UT...
@martykudlac.bsky.social: cineuropa.org/newsdetail/4...
@isaacbutler.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
What a guy. What a force of energy.
As I said the other day: It’s only a war if it comes from the war region of France. Otherwise it’s just sparkling military conflict
Expecting to see this on Netflix soon.
It is a crime against cinematic humanity that they didn’t make more than two movies together (I love Phffft, too)What a magical couple.
Loud Airport Guy is pacing the concourse while on the phone and, damn, if you’re Aaron from Marketing, you are REALLY not pulling your weight. This is going to be reflected in your performance review. We expected more from you, Aaron.
The three watch dailies, with Lana up on the screen
Vincente Minnelli, John Houseman discussing Lana Turner in The Bad & The Beautiful
📷 John Swope, 1952
Clayton Forrester AND Oak Ridge. A double shout out. #Svengoolie
Since Vancouver is not in the cards I found a great print of Buñuel’s The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955). What a kidder! I loved it. Thanks for the recommendation.
Although nowadays you’d kill for those eyebrows. I
#botd Elizabeth Taylor with Paul Fix and Rock Hudson on the set of Giant (1956).
Also in Cast a Dark Shadow.
“The secret in animating is:
First to have an everlasting sense of humor,
Next to be able to see the commonplace in a funny way
And most important of all, to be able to sketch your idea so that the other person will think it’s funny.”
-Tex Avery #BOTD
I want to go there.
He’s so great in this.
Goddess.
Well, this is stuck in my head for the rest of the day. Thanks @pkrugman.bsky.social
youtu.be/3zGf7_YL70M?...
When is it coming to Criterion Channel????
