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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

What is the single greatest film performance of the last 25 years? Extra credit for giving me your five nominees, plus your winner.

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Actor of the Century (So Far) One and only one name. And by actor I mean actor or actress. But only one. Best? Defining? Your criteria. But based only on their work this century so far. One name, I mean it.

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Caught this delightful (and probably accurate!) error in the Times before they fixed it.

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

The news is so insane every single day and then this morning I realized that it was also weirdly familiar. It’s Burton’s BATMAN without Batman. Just a comic book psychopath and his minions wreaking havoc.

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the joker is sitting on a throne holding a microphone in his hand .

ALT: the joker is sitting on a throne holding a microphone in his hand .

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Thank you, @stevenhyden.bsky.social, for recommending Fust’s Big Ugly. “Spangled” is ridiculously good.

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Did you or your kids experience the Minecraft Movie thing? Or if you missed it, do you plan to seek it out? I did and I thought it was fun, but things didn't get out of hand as I know they have in some locations.

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Sarah Welch-Larson @dodgyboffin.com · 09/04/2025

ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL is out now on on-demand video; if you missed it in theaters, you should seek it out at home.

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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Writer-director Rungano Nyoni ties an increasingly tightening knot.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Criterion Channel isn't even putting a promo or "sign up now" message between the films on its Free Movie Week live stream, just a schedule. I love that. The best marketing is a good product. www.criterionchannel.com/events/free-... #FilmSky

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Criterion Live - The Criterion Channel

Join us for a week of free live screenings of all-time favorites from the Criterion Channel’s library. Anyone in the U.S. or Canada can tune in, with or without a subscription, so tell your friends! ...

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Hi, there, @letterboxd.social. Due to a strange quirk in the system, Singin’ in the Rain is filed under the genres Comedy and Romance, but not Music. Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter. Your humble servant, Sam

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Warner Bros. posted Joan Micklin Silver's CROSSING DELANCEY (1988) to YouTube a week ago — and it already has 82K views. These free full film posts are often up for a limited time, so don’t miss out on this gem! youtu.be/Ow6F8KUZ_qo #FilmSky

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Give me one 2025 Oscar snub outrage.

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Keith Phipps @kphipps3000.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

For The Reveal I wrote about that last night TWIN PEAKS aired on broadcast TV, a finale that ended the show as daringly as it began and influenced the rest of David Lynch's career. (We're turning the whole week over to Lynch, so look for more soon.)

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Under the Sycamore Trees: The Night ‘Twin Peaks’ Went Off the Air

With the finale to the original run, David Lynch patched together pieces of a broken series and set the stage for the rest of his career.

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

What was your first encounter with a David Lynch film and how did it go?

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Can someone help me explain how I have never - to my knowledge - heard a single Robbie Williams song? He was much much much bigger in the UK than in US, I'm guessing? (I remain intrigued by Better Man.)

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david ehrlich @davidehrlich.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

hi! my annual video countdown of the year's best movies will be up on monday, january 13. on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, the annual fundraiser i launch along with it is in support of The Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the fundraiser is now live: gofund.me/ae3c2b9f

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

2024 movie-related New Year's resolutions?

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 18/12/2023

Is there an online resource that can tell you how widely films are going to open a weekend or more ahead? In particular, films going into limited release, where the definition of "limited" can vary widely. (Poor Things currently only on 80 screens? Huh?)

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

I’ve been on the hunt for great insights on the endlessly intriguing May December and found a ton in this review on @letterboxd by @bybowes: boxd.it/5hC5lH I love how he writes about the performances.

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

You saw THE KILLER. Maybe you had some questions? Like, Why did he...? or Why *didn't* he...? Or just Why The Smiths? These questions and more are asked and answered on this week's Filmspotting. Plus THE KILLER spoiler talk! Coming Friday.

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

The bad news: someone doesn’t like PRISCILLA. The good news: the other someone does. Also on this week’s show: “I want to know what gets you up and moving in front of other people at an intimate gathering.” Also: this question answered. New Filmspotting coming Friday.

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Make plans to see ANATOMY OF A FALL this weekend. Adam and Josh dig into the many intriguing mysteries of the film, which they agree is one of the best of the year. Plus Golden Brick nods for All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt & Theater Camp New Filmspotting coming Fri.

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

110 spoiler-filled minutes. That’s how long @filmspotting and @LarsenOnFilm spend digging into the cinematic feast that is KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON. It was a treat to be the first listener to this one. open.spotify.com/episode/7hDa...

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Has DiCaprio ever looked more like Matt Damon than he does in Killers of the Flower Moon? And would Damon, who has more experience and is more comfortable playing dummies, have been a better casting choice for Ernest? Discuss.

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

This week's Filmspotting is one of my favorites. Imagine if you will a seance that brings Adam, Josh, and guest @mattsinger into conversation with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. They talk Matt's new book "Opposable Thumbs" + Top 5 Movies That S & E Got Wrong. Coming Friday!

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

The Anderson Shorts. They’re all in one way or another about the capacity for cruelty against or exploitation of “the other” (the odd, the special, the vulnerable). 1/?

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

It took pulling a clip from The Rat Catcher to, um, catch it, but Fiennes as the titular character introduces himself as "rodent operative." Endless gems in these shorts.

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Just had to make sure Lumet's Making Movies was on this list before reposting. Great list!

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Sam Van Hallgren @samvanhallgren.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Saw Dylan in Milwaukee last night and a quote from Bergman’s Seventh Seal came to mind. Gunnar Björnstrand’s atheist cynic is facing imminent death, like literally facing Death himself. His response: “Even in this final moment, feel the triumph of being alive.”

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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Lovely @kphipps3000.bsky.social remembrance of Terence Davies, drawing mostly from OF TIME AND THE CITY. We've lost a great filmmaker and an incredible soul, someone you really felt like you knew through his work. ($) thereveal.substack.com/p/of-time-an...

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Of Time and the Filmmaker: Terrence Davies (1945-2023)

Terence Davies always understood our world wasn’t built to last.

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