#Zickel

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“Rachel se Marie” de Jonathan Demme (2008), avec Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Debra Winger, Tunde Adebimpe et Mather Zickel, juillet 2023.

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Ein Stern namens Zickeler

Ein Stern namens Zickeler

Es gibt sie noch, die legendären Wirts- oder Gasthäuser in Tirol. Eines dieser ‘letzten Mohikaner’ steht in Haiming. (more…)

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Gilda Radner: It's Always Something - ABC - April 29, 2002

Biography

Running Time: 120 minutes

Stars:

Jami Gertz as Gilda Radner

Tom Rooney as Gene Wilder

George Wyner as Herman Radner

Eric Siegel as John Belushi

John Viener as Chevy Chase

Patrick Fischler as Eugene Levy

Marcia Bennett as Mrs. Elizabeth Clementine "Dibby" Gilles

Dixie Seatle as Joanna Bull

Danilo Di Julio as Dan Aykroyd

Maureen Ross Neilson as Laraine Newman

Jennifer Irwin as Jane Curtin

Kathryn Winslow as Judy

Ari Cohen as Lorne Michaels

Mather Zickel as Bill Murray

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Southbound (2015)

At a few points during Southbound, we see televisions showing 1962's Carnival of Souls - a film that really made an impact on me. Like Carnival of Souls, this anthology film also has a certain unsettling quality about it. We’re used to seeing bad people getting punished in horror movies. Or if the protagonists aren’t bad, they’re drawing evil towards themselves because of some sort of transgression. That isn’t really the case here - our protagonist just wandered into the wrong place by accident. It’s an effective way to make your skin crawl, even when all of the vignettes aren’t of equal quality.

The Way Out

Mitch (Chad Villella) and Jack (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin) are on the run from mysterious, floating creatures that resemble skeletal angels of death. Driving along a seemingly endless highway, they stumble upon a run-down gas station. No matter how hard they try to leave, they always end up back at the same spot.

There are two kinds of terrors in this story, one of which will only be explained (kind of) much later in the program. The Way Out, is full of mysteries. Mitch and Jack are bloodied and injured. What happened to them? Mitch looks at a photograph of his daughter. What happened to her? What are those creatures in the distance? What do they want? We get answers to some (but not all) of these questions in time. The frazzled characters don't have a moment to spare so it’s ok that we don’t sit down to have a bunch of exposition dumped on our heads.

Siren

Bandmates Sadie (Fabianne Therese), Ava (Hanah Marks) and Kim (Nathalie Love) are forced to pull over when their van’s tire goes flat. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, they accept help from a friendly but off-putting couple (Susan Burke and Davey Johnson).

While the stories in Southbound might be a mixed bag, all of them effectively tap into real-life fears. Quickly, Sadie and the audience realize there’s something very wrong with the couple who offered to help them. Going from a situation that’s bad to another that’s even worse is scary. On top of that, this short story is genuinely eerie, with several people offhandedly mentioning the band’s late friend Alex when they should have no knowledge of her. As the story wraps up, it becomes very conventional but before then, you’re invested in the story despite the protagonists leaning a bit too much towards the “unlikeable” side.

The Accident

While driving down a dark highway, Lucas (Mather Zickel) is talking to his wife Claire on the phone when he hits a young woman. Lucas calls 911 but has no idea where they are so he puts the woman in the back of his car and drives until he finds a hospital. The building appears abandonned, which means the woman's life is in his hands.

This story may not sound particularly scary but if you were in Lucas' shoes, it would be pretty stressful. The accident is his fault. He wasn’t paying attention while driving. When he calls 911, he has no idea where they are so the dispatcher gives him instructions, which he follows as best he can. He finds a hospital. Suddenly, there’s hope. The hospital is deserted. Hope is dashed away. Something is very wrong here. Unfortunately for Lucas, he can’t investigate. The woman is dying right now. All he can do is try to follow the instructions he’s hearing over the phone and save her life. Where it goes from there isn’t quite “keep you up at night screaming” but it’s unsettling and smartly, the film doesn’t explain too much. Out of all the segments, this one's the best.

Jailbreak

Danny (David Yow) enters a bar and forces the patrons inside to lead him to his missing sister, Jesse (Tipper Newton). Though the people holding her hostage look human… they aren’t.

Ambiguity can be nice but Jailbreak takes it too far. Eventually, you just stop caring. Escaping from the town with Jesse is not going to be as easy as Danny thought but why? Is it because he’s wandered into some sort of Hell? If yes, how did he manage that without noticing? If this isn’t Hell, why is it so hard for them to leave? The segment has a strong conclusion but I’m not sure if it makes up for the rest.

The Way In

Jem (Hassie Harrison) and her parents, Cait and Daryl (Kate Beahan and Gerald Downey) are enjoying their last weekend together before she leaves for college when three masked men break into their home.

The Way In made me realize how simultaneously effective and tired the “home invasion” genre is. Strangers breaking into your home and attacking you is a primal fear. At the same time, this story is so short it feels pointless. There isn’t time for character development or anything except for the horror of the situation, making The Way In way too familiar. Things become a little different towards the end when there’s a reveal about this story. Unfortunately, the twist comes out of nowhere. It’s too bad we're left with a bad taste in our mouths before the credits roll but there was also nowhere else the story could be placed in this anthology.

Unlike most anthology films, Southbound does not have a proper wraparound story. Instead, we begin a new tale when a character we already know is spotted by someone or appears in the background of the next story. It’s an interesting tactic that doesn’t quite work. Partially because we suddenly have people in whatever Hell they were wandering through now co-existing with people in completely different situations and also because it winds up spoiling the ending of one of its stories. it is an interesting tactic though. It’s interesting enough that I think other movies should try it. In the end, the successful stories in Southbound make it worth watching. (November 12, 2022)

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Episode of the Week (201) - 9x04: The Sense in the Sacrifice

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C's Chat - 2021 Vancouver Canadians RHP #15 CJ Van Eyk (Zoom Edition)

Brand new C's Chat @csplusbaseball with 2021 #VanCanadians RHP C.J. Van Eyk.23 yr-old from Tampa, FL was the #BlueJays 2020 2nd round pick from Florida State (@@FSUBaseball). #MontysMounties #Jays

The latest C’s Chat is with 2021 Vancouver Canadians right-hander and Toronto Blue Jays 2020 second-round pick C.J. Van Eyk. With the trade of 2020 first-round pick Austin Martin to Minnesota that saw the Blue Jays land pitcher José Berríos at the July 30 trade deadline, the 2020 draft hopes for Toronto now fall on the 6-foot-1, 198-pound Van Eyk who was taken with the 42nd pick from the Florida…

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Rachel Getting Married • Director Jonathan Demme

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All of you people living in this little world of judgment and paranoia and mistrust. I can feel it all the time. It's like... At the slightest sign of ingratitude or absence of atonement, it's like the fucking Salem witch trials around here.

Rachel Getting Married, Jonathan Demme (2008)

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Mather Zickel and Miriam Shor

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Rachel Getting Married (2008, Jonathan Demme)

3/26/19

[detournementsmineurs]

Anne Hathaway et Mather Zickel dans "Rachel se Marie" de Jonathan Demme (2008), juillet 2023.

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why does Mather Zickel do something for me? 🥴🥴🥴

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The Cast and Crew of Josiah Talk w/Shaun Harper

Last week, I had the opportunity to watch a Q&A moderated by Shaun Harper for the short film Josiah. Check it out.

Kyle Laursen’s short film Josiahtells a beautiful story of Hollywood’s unconscious stereotyping. The short examines the creative process that happens behind the closed doors of a casting room, and the power dynamics that are solely based on race, class and gender, portrayed through the performances of Kevin Dunn, Luke Forbes, Melanie Chandra, and Mather Zickel. Last week, I got the opportunity…

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How the DIY Stella Shorts Somehow Introduced the Future of Mainstream Comedy

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Rohas and Lizvel

~Why the princess pretends to be crazy

Ok so lemme just shed an ocean of tears for this angel boi.

Like, i can't even-

He went through SO much for his sister. He had to act like his mother was a stranger to him, and call another woman by the term reserved for his birthgiver. He bore it so well, with absolutely no complaint. And then, contrary to how elder siblings find younger ones a pain, he loved that baby Lizvel so so so much (the fl)

Rohas must've been devasted when he saw his own mother getting killed in front of him, but even despite the fear n tears his love for his sister kept him moving forward. He brought her up so preciously. In that hellish palace he strived hard to keep the smile intact on his sister's face.

To the very end, that was all he cared about. Truly a gem of a man. Zikel finding it out and using it on him was basically cornering him. But even then, rather than back down, he chose to be the wall that would protect her and the cushion to ease her fall.

Literally.

I still remember reading the part where Zikel figures out the connection between the ointment in Lizvel's room and the stock of ointments in Rohas's room. 🥺😭

The flowers from the crown she gave him while acting crazy, withered, shrivelled up and stinking and mushed up, but still there in the vase. The way he rushed into the room where Zikel and Lizvel were alone as soon as he heard her cries. His decision to end the game for the throne by killing everyone and then himself so that Lizvel could live. Him climbing the walls of his sister's palace to make sure she was safe after killing some prince. Telling her to smile, because that was the only place where he found some amount of solace. His feeble attempts with his beaten, cut and bruised body to protect Lizvel from Zickel inside that cavernous room. How even in that frail helpless state his top priority was not himself, but again and again and again, Lizvel. His happiness when he saw that Lizvel had her own power, power that could protect her. Him finding peace at last in the thought that finally his sister would be safe, without him having to raise his sword and smear blood again.

Maybe that's why his expression when he's at the threshold of death is one of content.

The other one thing that broke me apart was the number of times Liz was this close to killing Rohas. Imagine the horror of her killing Rohas and then later finding out that he was her actual brother from her own mother and the tryant father? She would have been destroyed with guilt.

I wish she would take up the ML's offer and keep him alive. Cause in my mind, giving up her soul or whatever is nothing compared to what her brother has done for her for 20 long years of his life.

I hate Hellar and ML for placing a bet over her like she's some kind of auction piece, and I hate Zikel for turning Rohas's life into a living hell. The only things that softened me up a bit as of now, is the ML slowly beginning to fall in love with Lizvel and realise that she too had her dreams and goals and most of all, a mind of her own. And the fact that there's nothing Zikel can do to hurt Lizvel now try as he might.

I am literally just reading the manhwa to see Rohas open his eyes and get some quality brother sister bonding scenes. I do not care about the romance in this manhwa cuz it's just if you let me use you, I'll let myself be used. And sorry to say this, but that's not love. It's called trading.

Or to be more precise, bartering.

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Episode of the Week (161) - 9x01: The Secrets in the Proposal