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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 15h

Day 6 of the Haifa Film Festival is a busy one! Starting with Israeli director Avi Nesher's Oct. 7 drama "Our Loves"; then Romanian relationship drama "3 Days in September"; and ending with Francois Ozon's filming of Albert Camus "The Stranger."

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Day 5 of the Haifa Film Festival, saw Romanian family drama "A Safe Place." Unfortunately a bit of a dud; pretty tiresome and slow and takes forever to get anywhere. It also does the classic "let's have a character do something horrible out of nowhere so we know they're the bad one."

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Started day 4 of the Haifa Film Festival with "Everytime," a German drama about dealing with grief that takes a turn for the surreal near the end. Starts out deliberately uncomfortable, but for the most part somewhat slow and dry.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Day three of the Haifa Film Festival is gonna be a nordic double feature. First off, Swedish comedy(?) "Adult Supervision"; then Danish crime comedy "The Last Viking," starring Mads Mikkelsen!

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Second day of the Haifa Film Festival, got to see "L'Affaire Marie-Claire," a Charlotte Gainsbourg movie about a landmark case for abortion rights in France. Well made and quite amusing, but I don't need tge importance of abortion rights explained to me, I know already.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Gonna start my journey through the Haifa Film Festival today! Film no. 1: "The Furious," which I have heard absolutely amazing things about.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Am i really gonna have to be the one to do this? Alright. I have been looking at this photo for 15 minutes trying to understand what everyone's so shocked by, and I just don't see it. They look fine. Sure they don't look that much like the Beatles, but that's because they're... not.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Spending another day at the Jerusalem Film Festival! This time, unlike 2 days ago, which was mostly English-speaking American movies, today is all about those foreign flicks, baby! Starting with Japanese psychological thriller "Sai: Disaster"!

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Spending the day at the Jerusalem Film Festival! First movie of the day, the classic western "3:10 to Yuma"!

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I don't know what everyone's talking about, I thought Supergirl (or as I call it, "space True Grit") was pretty good. You've got Kara beating up space pedophiles with the help of Lobo and an adorable muredrous child set to kickass tunes. What more do you want?

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This scene is much funnier now that we know these guy canonically did this after the Penguins got taken out in the first round by the Flyers. youtube.com/shorts/Ies_O...

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His Brother Tried to “Brand” Him With Dry Ice… It Went Horribly Wrong

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Finally caught up with "Wuthering Heights" and I have to ask: does Emerald Fennell... *like* sex? Honestly, didn't hate it, especially the style, but I'm not surprised at the reception. It seems enamored with being gross for its own sake.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Congratulations to Johnny Greenwood for winning a legacy Oscar in 2046 for a mediocre score (screwing over a younger, more deserving candidate) because the Academy will feel bad for robbing him yet again this year. "Sinners" should have won Best Song instead.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Caught up with "Marty Supreme" and enjoyed it a lot (certainly much more than "Uncut Gems") but I do think it has one pretty big flaw: (Spoiler) Marty should have lost the last game. Him winning that game feels like the film pulling its punches right when it should have gone for the jugular.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Time for my yearly oscar nomination thread. As ever, I'll be giving more in-depth thoughts on the music categories. Let's see what nonsense we have this time, eh?

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Ha, even in the "Heated Rivalry" universe, Buffalo can't catch a break. I like to imagine that they considered making their Sabres equivalent not suck, but ultimately decided that doing that would break the viewers' suspension of disbelief.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

At this rate, it's gonna turn out everyone on "Heated Rivalry" is secretly gay.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I'm now in the unenviable position of being a straight guy who has to explain that I watch "Heated Rivalry" for the hockey.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Forgot to give my updates on the desert film festival, so here goes: the next 2 films were ones I had already seen before: the Brazillian political thriller "The Secret Agent," which I saw last month - holds up quite well on repeat viewing; and "The Sting," which, it goes without saying, is great.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

On the second day of the festival saw the French dramedy "Summer Beats" (originally, "Ma Frère"): a charming feelgood story of adorable kids and slightly older kids from different walks of life at a summer camp. Amusingly, one of the leads from last night's movie plays a much more chill role here.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Gonna be spending the next few days at a film festival in the desert! The first film I saw was "Météors," a French coming of age drama about delinquent young men in a dead end town. A well-made exploration of the struggles of addiction and the importance of hope even in hopeless situations.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Having now seen the first three episodes of "Pluribus," the best way I can describe it is "what if the Unity episode of Rick and Morty was a whole series."

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Every professional composer who has been doing this for literally decades:

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Finally caught up with "One Battle After Another" yesterday, and I have to say: bold choice for Sean Penn to base his performance on Vince McMahon.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

10th and final day of the Haifa Film Festival! And to close it out, 3 films on the program: Chinese animated film "A Story About Fire"; French director Lucile Hadžihalilovič's surrealist fantasy "The Ice Tower"; and for a bit of fun, "Spinal Tap II"!

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Day 9 of the Haifa Film Festival, and it's a busy one - 4 films! First up, Catalan language stop motion animation, "Olivia and the Invisble Earthquake"; then the Peter Weir classic "Picnic at Hanging Rock"; then, the Alain Delon, Toshiro Mifune, Charles Bronson classic "Red Sun";...

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Day 8 of the Haifa Film Festival! Today, I have a triple feature: French avant-garde animated film "Dandelion's Odyssey"; the Charles Bronson French crime thriller "Rider on the Rain"; and German supernatural dramedy "What Marielle Knows."

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Day 7 of the Haifa Film Festival! 3 movies on the program today: French sci-fi thriller "Dalloway"; Ukranian cold war political thriller "Two Prosecutors"; and the new Stephen King adaptation "The Long Walk"!

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Day 6 of the Haifa Film Festival! A pretty light load today - only 2 films: Taiwanese drama "Laft-Handed Girl" from director Tsou Shih-Ching; and Israeli crime drama "Fadia" from director Shady Srour (who is supposed to be in attendance!).

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Day 5 of the Haifa Film Festival is here! 3 movies on the program today: Italian mob film "Tired of Killing: Autobiography of an Assassin"; Bangladeshi social drama "Sand City"; and German/Turkish social thriller "Hysteria."

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Day 4 of the Haifa Film Festival! Two films on the program today: Austrian director Johanna Moder's post-natal thriller "Mother's Baby"; and Park Chank-Wook's new film, "No Other Choice"!

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Day 3 of the Haifa Film Festival! Three movies on the program today: "The Secret Agent," Brazilian political thriller by director Kleber Mendonça Filho; "Waves," Czech political thriller by director Jiři Mádl; and "Orphan," Hungarian drama by director László Nemes.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

My program for the second day of the Haifa Film Festival: First, "Silent Friend" a drama from Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi; second, Hayao Miyazaki's "Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro"! Unfortunately, due to a scheduling snafu, I'm gonna have to miss the last 15 minutes of the first one.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

For the next week and a half, I'm going to be seeing a bunch of movies at the Haifa International Film Festival! First up, starting in about 15 minutes, Julia Ducournau's new body horror, "Alpha"! Bets are open on how long before I start feeling physically ill (complememtary).

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

So, fun thing I just found out: John Oliver's latest piece on Netanyahu is geoblocked in Israel. Had to use a VPN to watch it.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I no longer have any grandparents.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Went to a movie today, and they played the trailer for the new TRON. The second they revealed Jared Leto's face, the woman sitting next to me was like "oh no..." Fantastic Four is pretty good, by the way.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

There are many reasons to hate this move, but "Melania posed for nude photos" isn't one of them. This isn't even about slut-shaming or whatnot. Associating opera with sex is not degrading to the artform or whatever, because operas can be very sexual. Here are some examples (NSFW, of course):

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The thing that gets me with this stuff is that I don't think, in this case, he's motivated by racism. I think it really is just that he hates having to learn a new name for something. The racism (and potential to distract from the Epstein case) is just a bonus.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Watched Ari Aster's new film "Eddington" last night, and unfortunately, it's not very good at all. Way too long, meandering, overstuffed with half-baked ideas. Most importantly, Ari Aster is not a filmmaker equipped to talk about contemporary real world issues.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

What I love about that bit is how it informs Luthor's character. There are so many ways he could have done this, and he purposefully chose the one that is the most unnecessarily cruel. #superman

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Edgar Wright @edgarwright.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

I know what this guy meant, but I am now picturing someone crying and begging for mercy because they were sentenced to live the rest of their life in The Netherlands, lol.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The most fantastical element in David Cronenberg's new film "The Shrouds" is a self-driving Tesla that actually works.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Here's a free tip for y'all: watch "Freaky Tales" if you like any of the following: -punk -old-school hip-hop -retro 80s stuff -anthology films with intersecting storylines -basketball -fun cameos -and most importantly: neo-nazis getting the ever-loving piss beaten out of them.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Finally saw "Anora" today (by the way, what a trip seeing a movie like that on goddamn Disney+) and, uh... don't really see what the big deal is. It's alright, but... all those awards? Really?

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