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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

His real name is Abdulrahman! You don't need to invent a scary-sounding foreign name for him, his actual name works just fine for that purpose!

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Still, Digger joins the ranks of "Babylon" and "Joker: Folie à Deux" as movies everyone mocks and hates, but I personally like a lot.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Admitedly, there are some problems with it. I don't really understand what Tom Cruise's character's deal is. And though a lot of the problems can be explained by The Twist™️, I get why audiences might be turned off by a filmaker going "it's bad on purpose, guys!"

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm gonna be honest... I liked "Digger" quite a bit. One could even say I, ahem, dig it. The main reason it works for me is The Twist™️, that makes it more than just a trite satire about how "Trump/Oil Companies/Climate Change Bad," like I don't fucking know already.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Alright, I'm gonna check out what this "Digger" thing is y'all have been talking about.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"I is Another": a journalist tries to prove Himmler's personal masseur is lying about his supposed heroic deeds to save holocaust victims. Small and claustrophobic, the tension is well-maintained by the two leads, Claes Bang and Valerie Pachner. And...

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Classic Looney Tunes 'That's All Folks!' Ending

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One scene near the beginning that is especially weird: they interview a Taliban guy, and he blows up the interview when her head covering slips off - which she seems completely oblivious about. Like... do you not know what the Taliban's deal is?

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"No Good Men": a news camerawoman tries to find love/professional advancement during the last months of American presence in Afghanistan. Has a weirdly jokey tone in the beginning, but improves as it goes on, and is quite moving by the end.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's the last day of the Haifa Film Festival! Closing it out with a double feature: Afghan drama "No Good Men" and German drama/thriller "I is Another."

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Colony": a mad scientist releases a zombie virus in Yeon Sang-Ho's latest, that is clearly indebted to "Dawn of the Dead" and "The Last of Us," but retains his own kinetic style. Highly recommended!

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Roma Elastica": aging and dying Marion Cotillard arrives in Rome to shoot an arthouse scifi film that looks a lot like this one. Deeply indebted to Fellini, it throws a lot of stuff at the wall, and quite a but of it sticks. Still, some of its pretentions can be grating; not for beginners.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Minotaur": Andrey Zvyagintsev's latest film mixes family drama and political thriller to highlight the moral decay in Russian society with the, uh, "Special Military Operation" as a backdrop. Compelling and gripping despite the length.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Day 8 of the Haifa Film Festival! Starting the day with Russian drama "Minotaur"; then later on, "Roma Elastica" starring Marion Cotillard; and finally, Korean zombie film "Colony" from the "Train to Busan" guy!

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Mishima: a Life in Four Chapters": Paul Schrader's examination of the life of a controversial Japanese author/political terrorist is visually stunning and has a Philip Glass score I mostly didn't hate(!), but I think it bites off more than it can chew.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Maybe he's trying to become the "Donald Trump of the Left" people keep insisting we need for some fucking reason.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Unraveled": a former swimmer's life is upended when accusations about her husband and former coach start surfacing. The film has a very welcome narrative bait-and-switch, but it does take a while to get there, making a lot of the viewing deliberately uncomfortable.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Day 7 of the Haifa Film Festival starts with an earpy screening of Danish drama "Unraveled" and ends with a late screening of Paul Schrader's "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters," from back when he was still a welcome presence in cinema.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"The Stranger": Francois Ozon does commendable work adapting Albert Camus's mostly introspective novel in visually arresting black and white. The film also adds a bit of commentary on life and bigotry in colonial-era Algeria, which I don't remember having much emphasis in the novel.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"3 Days in September": a woman that finds out her fiancee has been cheating on her on her wedding day goes on a single-take journey of self-discovery in this Romanian drama that combines an impressive technical feat with really strong acting, especially in the lead role.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Our Loves": Avi Nesher recounting of the Oct. 7 attacks suffers from blunt, cliched writing and some innapropriately placed humor. The movie doesn't really do the event justice, and is arguably disrespectful. It certainly won't sway any anti-Israel sentiment abroad.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

I mean, that is the target demo for an action movie starring 2 replacement Roger Moores.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wouldn't say it looks bad, it looks pretty interesting if you're into that. My problem is that I have lost all patience with comedies/satires about how everything is bad and the world is doomed. Kinda... don't think that's funny anymore. Never saw "Don't Look Up" for the same reason.

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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

Ended with the much buzzed about Korean creature-feature "Hope." The characters were entertainingly dumb and there are plenty of fun, exciting moments. However, it's a bit too long and its open-ended nature might be a bit frustrating.

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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

"The Last Viking": DID patient Mads Mikkelsen and his ex-con brother look for buried loot in this Danish crime comedy that has a large cast of kooky characters, some bursts of graphic violence and genuine poginancy. Very highly reccomended!

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

"Adult Supervision": three dads accompany a field trip that goes increasingly wrong. Starts out cringingly funny, and become much more disturbing as it goes along. And where the hell are the teachers?! Please tell me schools in Sweden aren't this irresponsible.

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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

"The Furious": dear lord, what a thrill ride! Haven't seen action like this since "The Raid 2". Obviously tightly choreographed, but relentlessly brutal, like a mixture of kung fu, underground gladiators and pro wrestling. Plot is very simple and some dodgy CGI, buy who could possibly give a shit?

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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 · 24/09/2026

In a lot of orchestral scores it (used to be) fairly standard practice to have horn parts be written with no key signature. It's probably a holdover from when horns had interchagable crooks for different keys, so the horn was always in whatever key the piece is.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Seems about right. As far as I remember, "Roseanne" got increasingly insane as it went on (which is unfortunately also true of Roseanne herself).

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How much of the gross do you think goes to Adam Sandler? I'm guessing an obscene amount.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The way I remember the later seasons of Community, an episode by this point would just be: Abed (directly into camera): "I am the voice of series creator Dan Harmon, please stop watching this show, I hate it and you, the audience who enjoys it" (repeat as necessary).

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ha, reminds of the after-credits scene in "Vice" where the woman is like "have you seen the new fast & furious movie? I heard it's lit." I remember being like "I don't belive for a second this woman uses that word in real life."

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

They did, it's called [insert movie it is currently popular to hate].

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The use of Freebird at the end of "The Devil's Rejects" is absolutely incredible (which is weird, because I don't even like that song). youtu.be/4qLNamgPFOk?...

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The Devil's Rejects Soundtrack End Movie Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird 2006

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Well, no, this is obviously a kind of ironic hell where Charlie Kirk is forced to debate people for all eternity.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This kind of discourse is always hilarious to me, because, as someone who makes contemporary classical music, anyone who uses major or minor triads is a basic and derivative hack as far as I'm concerned.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Bodhi comes back... as a sea creature bent on revenge, terrorising the beaches of Australia!

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

These sorts of movies rely on an ironic juxtaposition of something cheerful and innocent in a horror setting. Mr. Blobby is already the most frightening thing ever created by man, so making it into a horror movie seems superfluous.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I love how he says that this sort of thing will make ai music sound less generic, when these instructions are so basic they're functionally identical to some dipshit going "make it sound like Nile Rogers."

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When I find out people have Crushers on me.

The characters Beverly and Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: the Next Generation gaze admiringly at William Riker (with no beard).

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I am very well adjusted and have no dark secrets that torment my psyche, so there's nothing Silent Hill can do to me. The mutant zombies will eat my face regardless of my inner life.

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Tamir Shimshoni @tshimshoni.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

That last part is especially baffling because Will Smith, famously, was banished from the Oscars for a decade for that, so like... no, you demonstrably can't do that.

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