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Photograph Me Like One of Your Caladan Boys

August 15, 2023, 8:55 am
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What looks like a gorgeous book of set-photography from the set of Denis Villenueve's Dune movie, all taken by the photographer Chiabella James, has been released unto the world this very day -- you can buy it at this link. Seeing these two photos of Oscar Isaac lounging around in the (presumed) nude (since that's what his character was during this scene) were enough for me to clickity clack on that buy button, and perhaps they will be for you as well. I'm sure there's other gorgeousness to behold from that set, given the luxurious sets and costumes and locations that that sucker shot on. But Oscar's enough for me. 


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The Mean Streets of Heaven

August 15, 2023, 9:33 am
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Once again sneaking up on me since time has lost all meaning or whatever -- Happy Criterion Day! Every months' middle is devoted to Criterion announcing their release slate three months ahead, and so here today on August 15th we're given the titles they will be releasing come November. First up is a movie I have never seen before but always wanted to -- Claude Chabrol's 1995 thriller La cérémonie starring Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire. Huppert won a Cesar for her performance, which sees her and Bonnaire's sudden unexpected friendship going, and I quote them, "haywire." And who does haywire better than Huppert, I ask you? This one, a new 4K restoration, hits on November 21st -- pre-order it here. 

Next up is a 4K restoration of Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, which... wanna hear something insane? I have never seen Mean Streets. I have seen pieces of Mean Streets, but I have never sat and watched it from start to finish. I have been saving it for.... I don't know, the right time. I know I'll watch it some time. I suppose this new blu-ray is a good time, at last? It's also out on November 21st -- pick it up right here. Lots of people watching some crazy shit this Thanksgiving, I guess!

Next up a pair of masterpieces that I have actually seen, huzzah! Both The Last Picture Show and Days of Heaven are getting 4K upgrades -- and seeing as how these are two of the most gorgeous movies ever directed that's something to properly celebrate. Also Picture Show has only ever been released in that America: Lost And Found boxed-set of theirs which also included Five Easy Pieces and Easy Rider and several other great films of that time period -- I know because I bought that set just to have Picture Show last year. Sigh! Days hits on November 14th, pre-order it here, and  Picture Show is also on the 14th -- get it right here. 

And finally -- Criterion is dropping a great big Jackie Chan boxed-set! Dropping on November 7th (buy it here) "Emergence of a Superstar" gathers up six of Chan's early films, from 1978 to 1985, including Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, Spiritual Kung Fu, Fearless Hyena I and II, The Young Master, and My Lucky Stars. I admit I'm not the audience for this set -- wacky kung-fu hijinks aren't really my bag. I've had Chan's Police Story set of movies from Criterion for months and not gotten around to them yet. But I'm sure plenty of people will be very excited for this and I am excited for them!

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Everything You Ever Need To Know About Life...

August 15, 2023, 10:25 am
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 ... you can learn from:


Alex: One would ask the question 'What is a kiss?'
And the answer is merely an inquiry on the
second floor as to whether the first is free.

The legendary director Nicolas Roeg was born 95 years ago today! He rules but this one above is one of my least favorite of Roeg's movies. I was going to say I've loved everything of Roeg's that I have seen -- from Don't Look Now to The Witches he certainly got around -- but then I remembered this one, which... notsomuch. What can I say -- I just found it incredibly difficult to stare at Art Garfunkel for two hours. We all have our limits.

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Glen Powell Three Times

August 15, 2023, 11:55 am
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As a follow-up to yesterday's post that saw Glen having a good ol' time with Billy Magnussen on a yacht, some more photos of the Top Gunner sunning his guns in Mykynos today. Fingers crossed more of these show up (like one thousand more) (plus Billy re-enters the chat) in which case I will update! ETA update! This makes this post's title a lie but here are two more, and I think you'll forgive me:



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[Insert Womp Womp Here]

August 16, 2023, 2:54 pm
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Hey everybody sorry for the absence today -- my work computer crashed (again) and only just decided here at the very end of the day to allow me back on after I spent the past eight hours trying every trick in the book to make it so. Fun, fun times. Anyway if it's working when I get in tomorrow maybe I'll actually post things? That'd be nuts, right? To be honest every second that I am typing on it right now I'm expecting the screen to go black -- the fact that I have a Mac from 2011 (I didn't realize it was that old until today, talking to my office's off-site tech people) is not promoting hope inside of my heart that things will keep clicking along for too long. And here I was having a very good week until today! Hrmm.

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Five Frames From ?

August 17, 2023, 10:52 am
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Something Wicked This Cobweb Comes

August 17, 2023, 11:12 am
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I went into director Samuel Bodin's new horror film Cobweb this past weekend totally blind. I'd seen a few people on Twitter mentioning the film -- specifically that it had gotten a terrible theatrical release opposite the Barbenheimer machine and that it deserved to be checked out now that it had been unceremoniously dumped onto VOD. I didn't know it starred my girl Lizzy Caplan, even. I'd gotten zero PR emails about it. I knew zip except it was named Cobweb and that my arachnophobic ass would probably regret watching a horror movie called Cobweb. Well there are indeed spiders in Cobweb, used judiciously but effectively, but the main thing coming out the other side of Cobweb for me was that I had just been introduced to a new favorite horror movie. I watched it twice within twenty-four hours to make sure, and sure I was. I absolutely adored the movie. It terrified me, it entertained me, it hit all the buttons. 

Anyway after watching it I did two things -- the first thing was go and look at what people had written about the movie. And generally speaking people did not like it was much as I did. Even the good reviews -- and it's still rated "fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes, just barely -- were qualified ones, with issues. But after two watches all I wanted was to watch Cobweb again! And again! It's a new Halloween classic for me, as far as I'm concerned. Anyway the second thing I did was go write all of these feelings down for Pajiba, so click here to read my wildly infatuated review. I might be the movie's number one fan. And I have already gotten some side-eyes from people for loving it so much. But I do not care! Tattoo Cobweb on my eyelids, I want it with me forever and ever. So go rent the damn thing -- even if you don't like it as much as I did (and you probably won't!) I think you'll probably still find things to enjoy. Or not. I don't care! I love it anyway, and enough for everybody!

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Quote of the Day

August 17, 2023, 12:36 pm
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"Ben has a very nice back!
It’s nice to see him in action!
He’s a good fucker."

LOL that is Passages star and MNPP beloved Franz Rogowski talking about his Passages co-star Ben Whishaw and their NC-17-getting sex scene in that movie -- read the full chat with Vulture right here. The whole interview's worth a read as he's such a damn charmer; I knew he'd be a hit the first second I saw him on-screen in Victoria way back when. He also excitingly talks a little bit about director Andrea Arnold, who he's working with right now on a movie called Bird.

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Josh O'Connor Four Times

August 17, 2023, 2:11 pm
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As with Aaron Taylor-Johnson's (scorching hot) photo-shoot for Esquire earlier this week, this new Vogue photo-shoot of Josh O'Connor here is a stray from the strikes -- both Kraven the Hunter and Challengers, the films these sexy boys are promoting, have been booted to 2024. But if we have to stare at Josh (and Aaron) both now and then then that's at least one good thing to come out of the dickheads who run the movie-studios having no ideas how to run their businesses. Anyway the interview is cute, feel free to read that too -- my main takeaway is Josh says he's filming a "secret project" shooting soon in Colorado. Ooh what could it be? Who is he working with? (Yes obviously I hope it's Luca Guadagnino again.) Anyway hit ye ol' jump for photos...




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Thank You, Karl Glusman

August 17, 2023, 2:33 pm
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Okay fine Karl Glusman -- you win! You get our last post before the long weekend so you can sit there topping me... I mean the blog... for three straight days. (But, you know, if you wanna do the other thing, just send me a message, Karl! I have three straight days and I can think of no better way to spend it.) As an aside -- my work computer won't be fixed until the middle of next week so things are going to be a little weird and sporadic for a bit. But when isn't it? Weird and sporadic is, like, my thing. Okay bye, everybody!


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Good Morning, World

August 21, 2023, 7:21 am
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Hey everybody -- here is some Timmy that Timmy was polite enough to share with us over the weekend (via) -- the way the internet (or, as the kids call it, "the net") moves quicker than my old bones perhaps you've already seen them? Ehhh? I can't hear you, sonny, I have Werthers Originals stuck in my ears instead of my hearing aids. Anyway decrepit jokes aside (and I am feeling especially so this morning, tender to the touch you might say, because I got a hell of a sunburn while out running yesterday) this is a broken place -- my work computer is indeed still down, so I am typing this to you from my home laptop. And I'll be using my personal laptop for at least the next two days. And when I use my personal laptop my blogging capabilities are a little stymied. So the next two days will be sporadic. Took me awhile to get there, but I got there. Say hello to the point. We'll see how it goes when we see how it went. For now enjoy the Timmy, and there's a bonus one after the jump...


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Five Frames From ?

August 21, 2023, 8:02 am
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Everything You Ever Need To Know About Life...

August 21, 2023, 8:53 am
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Harris Dickinson Five Times

August 21, 2023, 12:40 pm
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Our pretty boy Harris Dickinson is on the cover of V-Man magazine this month and yes, obviously we wish the photos were more salacious -- Harris was able to convincingly portray a male model in Triangle of Sadness for a reason! But we'll take what we can get, and this is also a good time to remind y'all that his movie Scrapperis out in theaters this weekend. It's very good! I saw it at Sundance and have been wanting to watch it again. He's wonderful in it but then, when isn't he? Here is the trailer:



Anyway Scrapper doesn't come up in the interview that's alongside these photos because he's chatting with his A Murder at the End of the World co-star Emma Corrin (which was made by The OA makers Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling) and so the two talk about that mainly. But they have a nice rapport and it's brief, so read it -- why not? Whatever else you are doing is not worth your time, I promise you. Just quit your job. And then come back and hit the jump for the rest of the photos...




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Good Morning, World

August 22, 2023, 6:46 am
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Josh O'Connor Six Times

August 22, 2023, 7:22 am
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It turns out that VMan magazine's Harris Dickinson cover yesterday was just the start -- they've got three cover stars this month as they're celebrating "The New Leading Men" and I guess we'll have to wait and see who number three is before we can tell whether all of their new leading men are, you know, straight white skinny Brits. Anyway we like these straight white skinny Brits, so we'll deal -- we especially like Josh O'Connor, today's second new leading man. The chat alongside the photos is between Josh and his co-star in Luca Guadagnino's (now delayed) tennis movie Challengers, one Zendaya, and well worth reading -- they talk a lot about the making of the movie and their process and Mike Faist being a gym lover and Luca being a king, etc. Everything we wanna hear! I'm especially interested in how "villainous" they keep saying their characters in the movie are -- sounds like it's a movie about alphas terrorizing each other, and I can't wait. But I have to, since it got moved to 2024, sigh. Anyway hit the jump for the whole photo-shoot...





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Five Frames From ?

August 22, 2023, 7:56 am
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Today's Fanboy Delusion

August 22, 2023, 11:53 am
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Today I'd rather be...

... salvaging summer's remnants with sweet ass Miguel.


What a good and giving dude this dude is!


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Good Morning, World

August 23, 2023, 7:01 am
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You know how you felt that first time after March 2020 when you finally saw a loved one again -- a parent or a good friend -- and were able to hug them for the first time in awhile? That's how I feel looking at these snaps of Dominic Cooper at the beach (via) -- warm and fuzzy and reunited with an old friend. Especially the one directly below. That one specifically is my old best friend, and I missed him so. Hit the jump for the whole batch...






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Pics of the Day

August 23, 2023, 7:40 am
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Vanity Fair has an exclusive story on Andrew Haigh's forthcoming gay romance All of Us Strangers (and calling it a "gay romance" does already feel like a simplification even though I haven't seen it yet; I'm just being lazy) which stars Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal and Jamie Bell and Claire Foy, and it's all well and good that Haigh talks about the intimate scenes between Scott and Mescal and how gung-ho everybody was about filming them -- I'm very happy about that, of course! But when I tell you that just reading Haigh talk about the making of this movie, and its themes, made me burst into tears... well I think my expectations for this movie are beginning to approach stratospheric. I haven't felt this tickle in the back of my brain since before Call Me By Your Name came out -- the one that tells me I am about to have a story deeply, profoundly resonate with me. And I was right that time! And Haigh has been working toward this ever since Weekend -- that movie was its own thing, and I adore it, but I think this one might be a whole new level. The sweet sentimentality of the story, as he's describing it... I don't know. I am tired and emotional this morning. But I'm already completely sobbing. I think this movie might wreck me. I will see in a few weeks at NYFF, I guess! Hit the jumpfor all of the photos...






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