Tilda Swinton and a dog wait for the arrival of a man who never comes.
Sounds like fun, right?
Well, if anyone can make this work, it’ll be Tilda Swinton and Pedro Almodovar. This is Almodovar’s first English language short film. It’s based on a play by Jean Cocteau, one that was previously filmed by Roberto Rossellini in 1948.
Here’s the trailer:
Here’s the trailer for The Little Things, a serial killer drama that stars three very big actors: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, and Jared Leto. Washington was among the many stars and directors who was not happy about Warner Bros. decision to simultaneously release their films both in theaters and on HBO Max. He felt that The Little Things was made to viewed on the big screen and not just to be used to promote the latest streaming service.
For whatever it’s worth, I see Washington’s point. But, that said, it is what it is and The Little Things will be premiering (in both theaters and on HBO Max) on January 29th. For those keeping track, that means that it will be eligible for the 2020 Oscars, despite having been released in 2021. Try to make sense of all that if you can.
Here’s the trailer!
by Erin Nicole
Is it that time of year again? Why yes, indeed, it is that time of year again — specifically, the end of the year, and with it my end-of-year “Top 10” lists. As usual, things are divvied up into six categories : Top 10 Single Issues (stand-alone comics or comics that are part of an ongoing series that saw only one issue published this year), Top 10 Ongoing Series (serialized comics that saw two or more issues published in the past year), Top 10 Special Mentions (“comics-adjacent” projects such as ‘zines, books on comics history, art books or sketchbooks, or books that utilize words and pictures but don’t adhere to traditional rules of sequential storytelling), Top 10 Vintage Collections (books that reprint work originally published prior to the year 2000), Top 10 Contemporary Collections (books that reprint work originally published, physically or digitally, after the year 2000 and going right…
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4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking.
It’s Christmas Eve so, in the spirit of the holidays, here are 4 Shots from 4 Christmas classics!
4 Shots From 4 Films
The Night of The Hunter (1955, dir by Charles Laughton)
The Godfather (1972, dir by Francis Ford Coppola)
Goodfellas (1990, dir by Martin Scorsese)
In Bruges (2008, dir by Martin McDonagh)
Since Ringo Starr provided yesterday’s video, it seems appropriate to give today’s video to Paul McCartney.
As a group, The Beatles never released an “official” Christmas song, though the members of their fan club received a recording of Christmas Time Is Here Again in 1967. After the band broke up, all four of the members recorded Christmas songs on their own. Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime is probably the most remembered. I don’t know if I would say it was the most popular but anyone who has ever had to rush out to do some last minute Christmas shopping has heard it playing in countless stores on December 24th. Whenever I’ve been in a store while Wonderful Christmastime was playing, I’ve always felt as if the song was taunting me but it is definitely a part of the season.
McCartney recorded this song at his farm. He was just getting into what was then known as “electropop,” which is why he used a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizer in the song. More than anything, that weird bouncing noise probably explains why this song is so well-known. Whenever I hear this song, I imagine that this is what Christmas sounds like on Mars.
The video was shot at at the Fountain Inn in Ashurst, West Sussex. Though the members of Wings had nothing to do with recording the song, they all appeared in the video because they were all hanging out with McCartney on the night that it was filmed.
Reportedly, Paul McCartney receives $400,000 a year in royalties from Wonderful Christmastime.
Enjoy!
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