#nick pinkerton

[sesiondemadrugada]

The Sweet East (Sean Price Williams, 2023).

[grandhotelabyss]

Counterpoint to the counterpoint: A new age of romanticism and avant-garde will never happen if we give unjust praise to works that merely attempt to be great.

Understood, but my point is that it's a genuinely mixed achievement, not all bad, and may (only "may"!) look better in retrospect. It therefore doesn't deserve all the unthinking dispraise and mockery. Nick Pinkerton's review captures what's both effective and ineffective about it, noting all the limitations of theme, script, and design, but also arguing persuasively that its neo-Expressionist verve should be its main source of pleasure:

The proposition that our last, best hope for the future is a benevolent ruling-class technocracy ushering us into a new Eden of ’90s CD-ROM game graphics is not a particularly stirring one. Yet Megalopolis can be deeply moving, a spend-it-all splurge crackling with cinematic bravado: the screwily busy choreography of the meet-cute between Catilina and Julia, the eerie augury of a divine hand snatching the full moon from the sky, allegorical statues across the city slumping on their pedestals as if in a laudanum trance, shadows of writhing bodies projected onto the faces of skyscrapers to suggest a modern-day Pompeii, invocations of Gance, Griffith, Eisenstein, Clair. Catilina’s platitudinous public-forum sermonizing on possibility and potential is more eloquently expressed by the giddy ingenuity of Coppola’s filmmaking...

[pablolf]

Looking back at the name auteurs who emerged in those bygone days when the word “Sundance” was in the air, their unifying attribute is loquacity. Smith, Tarantino, Spike Lee, Hal Hartley, Whit Stillman, Richard Linklater, the long-forgotten Edward Burns… all of them writer-directors, all of them given to filming great disgorgings of dialogue delivered in a signature style: Smith’s “dick and fart” jokes; Tarantino’s pastiche poptalk; Lee’s outer-borough motormouth arias; Hartley’s earnest, on-the-nose blank verse, etc. (Linklater, by virtue of inviting performers to lend their own voices to his films, is something of an outlier here—and has avoided the depths of self-parody plumbed by some of his peers.) Sifting through the now-wilted critical bouquets that once were flung towards the films of Todd Solondz, you will rarely encounter the phrase “mise-en-scène.” In Steven Soderbergh’s 1989 Sex, Lies, and Videotape, the prototype of the indie crossover, it is significant that the central male character, James Spader’s Graham, substitutes the discussion of sex for the actual physical act. Even the comparatively taciturn films of Jim Jarmusch revolve around conversation, though Jarmusch emphasizes the pregnant pause over the logorrhea.   Some of this tendency towards garrulity in the ’90s indie may be attributed to the necessities of filmmaking on the cheap—it is, after all, quite a bit less costly to shoot a scene of two people talking in a room than it is to stage a multi-car chase on the 101. Of the filmmakers mentioned above who got a shot at a real budget, though, most kept their trademark patter coming on hot and heavy. The strength of the connection that’s formed out of affinity for a particular voice cannot be overstated. This is why so many mere writers, whose opinions almost no one listens to anymore, are insanely jealous of the bond that podcasters have with their listeners, earning the kind of money we ink-stained wretches wish we made by cultivating parasocial bonds with their deranged audiences. If I keep returning to Fassbinder’s films, part of the abiding allure is that of again hearing the particular cadences of his “voice,” though the dialogues may be spoken by Irm Hermann, Kurt Raab, or whomever, and I assume that this is the case with admirers of Tarantino and Smith as well. It should be noted that Tarantino, in the company of Avery, has recently launched a podcast, while Smith, an early adopter of the form, has been producing his SModcast since 2007 and, like Spike Lee—recipient of a “Thank You” in the Clerks credits—he has long padded his income with public appearances.

Talk is Cheap. On My Personal Journey Through American Cinema with Kevin Smith, and ‘Clerks III’

[tabb1tha]

Whilst writing my oral exam, on the wall because I am that predictable, I found THE site ever for references and in depth analysises on each of the songs (there's also a few photos that are new to me too!). So anyways figured I'd share:

https://web.archive.org/web/20110927071858/http://www.thewallanalysis.com/main/home.html

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

This book started off so well too... now it is just a slog I'm waiting to be put out of its misery.

[girlwithinfiction]

✨BOOK COUPLES AS TAYLOR SWIFT SONGS (PART 1)✨

🎶 So It Goes... - Celia & Marco from The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

🎶 Paper Rings - Nick & Charlie from Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

🎶 ivy - Catherine & Jest from Heartless by Marissa Meyer

🎶 Untouchable (Taylor's Version) - Juliette & Aaron from Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

🎶 The Very First Night (Taylor's Version) [From the Vault] - Shani & May from How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

ig: girlwithinfiction

[daydreamerdrew]

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes (1963) #38

[nitpickrider]

Never count out the Howlers. Not for a second.

[haunted-headset-alt]

"do you think we're soulmates in every universe?"

"are we even soulmates in this one?"

₊˚⊹☆ some basic info: you can call me haunty, haunted, robin, robbie, calypso, venus, or birdy <3 | minor | a taurus born in may | intp-t | writer kid | slytherin | art enjoyer | i like chocolate, cats, rain, books, & Times New Roman font!

things i adore <3

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ artists/bands: 6arelyhuman | alex g | arctic monkeys | beabadoobee | bears in trees | bo burnham | carpetgarden | cavetown | conan gray | frankie cosmos | girl in red | good kid | grlwood | jack stauber's micropop | james marriott | lana del ray | laura les | lemon demon | lyn lapid | mccafferty | mitski | mickey darling | maneskin | mxmtoon | maneskin |pinkpanthress | psychedelic porn crumpets | ricky jamaraz | rio romeo | surf curse | the royston club | the smiths | the strokes | tv girl | tyler, the creator | tally hall | wallows | weezer

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ albums/eps: who really cares | french exit | if i could make it go quiet | favorite worst nightmare | am | bury me at makeout creek | puberty 2 | worm food | sleepy head | hot fuss | be the cowboy | are we there yet? | bitter tongues | coasting | hazbin hotel soundtrack | good kid 4 | beachboy | rush! (are u coming?) | the queen is dead | hatful of hollow | buds | summer's over | flower boy | pinkerton

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ songs: sailor song | heaven knows i'm miserable now | deceptacon | i just threw out the love of my dreams | 505 | my love mine all mine | mis | mary | things to do | bottom | alligator skin boots | tear you apart | sister | stayed gone | basket case | mayonaka no door | red light indicates doors are secured | goodbye, my danish sweetheart | taking what's not yours | nobody | drunk walk home | not allowed | lovers rock | american river | over & over | hey lover

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ books: if we were villains | the starless sea | heartstopper | hooky | pride & prejudice | the night circus | i fell in love with hope | radio silence | solitaire | loveless | i was born for this | nick & charlie

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ films: coraline | opal | shop: a pop opera | corpse bride | hunger games

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ shows: total drama island | over the garden wall | friends | family matters | fresh prince of bel-air

˚｡⋆ games: deltarune | undertale | animal crossing | little nightmares | pikmin | doodle jump | unravel | unravel two | five nights at freddy's

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ characters: charlie spring | victoria spring | michael holden | tao xu | aled last | darcy olsen | elle argent | tara jones | nick nelson | lorenzo berkshire | mattheo riddle | tom riddle | keroppi | papyrus | cinnamaroll | pompompurin | pochacco | opal

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ activities: making art | reading | writing | walking in the rain | contemplating the meaning of life | singing | listening to music | being with my friends

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ extras: masterlist | about me | dni | mutuals | other things | what i'll write | my family | people you should follow

credits to @daydream-of-a-wallflower for the blog layout idea!

credits to @starzyyy1 for the dividers!

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ anons: 🪱

[bitter69uk]

“If Shirley Stoler shows up in something you’re watching, chances are at the very least it’s not going to be boring - and she shows up in the damndest places, impossible to ignore when she shoulders her way on-screen. There she is, for example, dubbed into Italian to play the zaftig commandant in a German concentration camp in Lina Wertmüller’s Seven Beauties (1975), where she’s serviced by prisoner Giancarlo Giannini. And as nasty neighbor Mrs. Steve on the television show Pee-wee’s Playhouse, a toxic character axed after the first season in 1986, apparently because Stoler so rubbed Paul Reubens the wrong way. And in Frank Henenlotter’s Frankenhooker (1990), of which little more needs be said than it’s titled Frankenhooker. And as the pawnshop proprietress who whacks off Alec Baldwin’s digits in Miami Blues (1990), George Armitage’s adaptation of Charles Willeford’s blackly comic detective novel, in which her casting, per Armitage, was a homage to her breakthrough role in The Honeymoon Killers (1969), Leonard Kastle’s road trip through an all-American hellscape.”

/ From “All-American Medea: Shirley Stoler in The Honeymoon Killers”, Nick Pinkerton’s astute essay for The Criterion Collection, 22 March 2017 /

Born on this day: fiercely charismatic, menacing and memorable American character actress Shirley Stoler (30 March 1929 – 17 February 1999). If all Stoler did was star in vicious 1969 cult classic The Honeymoon Killers, her legacy would be secure. In addition to the credits Pinkerton cites above, she also crops up in Klute (1971), The Deer Hunter (1978) and Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) and (on TV) Charlies Angels, Miami Blues and soap operas The Edge of Night and One Life to Live. What a résumé! A persistent urban myth: that Shirley Kilpatrick – leading lady of el cheapo sci fi b-movie The Astounding She-Monster (1957) - and Stoler are one and the same person. To complicate things considerably: Kilpatrick died in 1971. Portrait of Stoler by John Deane.

[duchessanon]

Royal adjacent big brother cast

Jamie Lowther Pinkerton

Cressida

Robert Jobson

Thomas Markle

Skippy

Jason Knife

Tiggy Leggy Beggy

Andrew Parker Bowles

Jessica Mulroney

Rose Allegedly Chumley

Nick Witchell

KT Nicholl

Omid

Carolyn

[sleepythug]

hey brian, I was wondering if you had any recommendations on film criticism/theory/reviews. are there any critics/thinkers you deeply admire that write well and have challenged your ways of seeing/thinking that you believe would help in better appreciating the medium?

i probably could have gone much longer on this five years ago but my brain did some sort of system reboot and lost all the memories ive had consuming film reviews, criticism, etc this ask makes me want to dust off that book i have of pauline kael capsules on my shelf lol anyways here's list of some fav critics/people to seek out if ur eager to dig deeper into cinephilia:

my most favs

ignatiy vishnevetsky (my fav)

jonathan rosenbaum

filipe furtado

dave kehr

david bordwell

j. hoberman

dennis lim

kim morgan

neil bahadur

nick pinkerton

xxx

james agee

miriam bale

richard brody

k. austin collins

fernando f. croce

manhola dargis

bilge ebri

manny farber

sean gilman

molly haskel

kent jones

pauline kael

peter labuza

matt lynch

adrian martin

calum marsh

adam nayman

nick newman

tony rayns

vadim rizov

jonathan romney

dan salitt

andrew sarris

scout tafoya

armond white

robin wood

ppl on letterboxd who's musings i enjoy

jake cole

max coombes

ryland walker knight

john lehtonen

willow maclay

luke mccarthy

matt mccracken

diogo serafim

arthur tuoto

ethan vestby

kurt walker

*also, i do like ebert but as i get older i realize i enjoy other lesser known critics a bit more+his taste in the latter years (21st century) is kinda wack tbh. 2007, one of the consensus last great years of american cinema, his best of the year was juno (i know, i know, it's an opinion but still lol) . cannot say he wasn't a formative figure, him being the most well known, most accessible film critic, and did the thing the best critics do in elevating, shedding light on artists they believe feel deserved of recognition/putting more eyes on their work.

**i think there's more people i could name-drop but i havent read enough, or been exposed to them as frequently, to go all-in on an endorsement of them/their work

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: Opposition Day: Farming and food security

Ayes: 187 (55.9% Con, 34.9% LD, 2.7% DUP, 2.7% Ind, 2.2% PC, 0.5% RUK, 0.5% UUP, 0.5% TUV) Noes: 359 (98.6% Lab, 1.4% Ind) Absent: ~104

Day's business papers: 2024-10-08

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (104 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Mitchell Andrew Murrison Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Christopher Chope Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Geoffrey Cox George Freeman Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Luke Evans Mark Garnier Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Liberal Democrat (65 votes)

Adam Dance Al Pinkerton Alison Bennett Andrew George Angus MacDonald Anna Sabine Ben Maguire Bobby Dean Brian Mathew Calum Miller Cameron Thomas Caroline Voaden Charlie Maynard Charlotte Cane Chris Coghlan Christine Jardine Claire Young Clive Jones Daisy Cooper Danny Chambers David Chadwick Ed Davey Edward Morello Freddie van Mierlo Gideon Amos Helen Maguire Helen Morgan Ian Roome Ian Sollom James MacCleary John Milne Josh Babarinde Joshua Reynolds Layla Moran Lee Dillon Lisa Smart Liz Jarvis Luke Taylor Manuela Perteghella Marie Goldman Martin Wrigley Max Wilkinson Mike Martin Monica Harding Munira Wilson Olly Glover Paul Kohler Pippa Heylings Rachel Gilmour Richard Foord Sarah Gibson Sarah Green Sarah Olney Steve Darling Susan Murray Tessa Munt Tim Farron Tom Gordon Tom Morrison Victoria Collins Vikki Slade Wendy Chamberlain Wera Hobhouse Will Forster Zöe Franklin

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Independent (5 votes)

Adnan Hussain Alex Easton Ayoub Khan Iqbal Mohamed Shockat Adam

Plaid Cymru (4 votes)

Ann Davies Ben Lake Liz Saville Roberts Llinos Medi

Reform UK (1 vote)

Richard Tice

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

Traditional Unionist Voice (1 vote)

Jim Allister

Noes

Labour (351 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Angela Rayner Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna McMorrin Anna Turley Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Cat Eccles Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chris Bloore Chris Bryant Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Carden Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Daniel Francis Daniel Zeichner Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor David Williams Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Lewell-Buck Euan Stainbank Fabian Hamilton Feryal Clark Fleur Anderson Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill Furniss Gill German Gordon McKee Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Hilary Benn Ian Lavery Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Frith James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jess Phillips Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julia Buckley Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Dearden Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Katrina Murray Kenneth Stevenson Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Lorraine Beavers Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Marie Rimmer Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Mary Kelly Foy Matt Bishop Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Navendu Mishra Naz Shah Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Nick Thomas-Symonds Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley

Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Niblett Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Sackman Sarah Smith Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Doughty Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Will Stone Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (5 votes)

Apsana Begum Imran Hussain John McDonnell Richard Burgon Zarah Sultana

[duchess-music]

1996

Expect reviews of these albums from 1996:

Myra Lee - Cat Power

Placebo - Placebo

Soundtracks For The Blind - Swans

Reasonable Doubt - JAY-Z

Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Pinkerton - Weezer

Evil Empire - Rage Against the Machine

It Was Written - Nas

Läther - Frank Zappa

All Eyez on Me - 2Pac

Ende Neu - Einstürzende Neubaten

Die Tür ist zu - Swans

Milk and Kisses - Cocteau Twins

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Absolutely do not care about the Super Agents...

[moviereviews101web]

The Sweet East (2023) Movie Review

The Sweet East – Movie Review Director: Sean Price Williams (Eyes Find Eyes) Writer: Nick Pinkerton (Screenplay) Cast Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) Earl Cave (The School for Good and Evil) Simon Rex (Red Rocket) Ay Edebiri (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Jeremy O Harris (States) Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) Plot: A picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern…