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The DGA Honors Paul Thomas Anderson
If you were like me and you were hoping for some sort of big upset at the Oscars next month, it looks like we’re out of luck! The Directors Guild has honored Paul Thomas Anderson as director of the year for One Battle After Another.
The winners are in bold:
FEATURE FILM
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Guillermo Del Toro – “Frankenstein” (Netflix)
Josh Safdie – “Marty Supreme” (A24)
Chloe Zhao – “Hamnet” (Focus Features)
FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Hasan Hadi – “The President’s Cake” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Harry Lighton – “Pillion” (A24)
Alex Russell – “Lurker” (Mubi)
Charlie Polinger – “The Plague” (IFC)
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby” (A24)
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special King Vidor Edition
4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films is just what it says it is, 4 (or more) shots from 4 (or more) of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films lets the visuals do the talking.
Today, we celebrate the 132nd birthday of Texas-born filmmaker, King Vidor! Though Vidor may no longer be a household name, he was one of the most important and idiosyncratic filmmakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age. The Crowd is regularly cited as one of the most influential films ever made. (Certainly every film that’s ever featured a shot of an anonymous office worker sitting in a room full of cubicles owes a debt to it.) Duel in the Sun went on to inspire countless spaghetti westerns. The Fountainhead is also regularly cited as a favorite by a surprisingly large number of directors.
In honor of King Vidor’s life and legacy, here are….
4 Shots From 4 King Vidor Films
The Champ (1931, dir by King Vidor, DP: Gordon Avil)
Duel In The Sun (1946, dir by King Vidor, DP: Lee Garmes)
The Fountainhead (1949, dir by King Vidor, DP: Robert Burks)
Solomon and Sheba (1959, dir by King Vidor, DP; Fred A. Young)
Live Tweet Alert: Watch The Planet of Dinosaurs With #ScarySocial!
As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in a few weekly live tweets on twitter. I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of #MondayActionMovie! Every week, we get together. We watch a movie. We tweet our way through it.
Tonight, for #ScarySocial, I will be hosting 1977’s Planet of Dinosaurs!
If you want to join us on Saturday night, just hop onto twitter, start the film at 9 pm et, and use the #ScarySocial hashtag! The film is available on Prime and Tubi! I’ll be there co-hosting and I imagine some other members of the TSL Crew will be there as well. It’s a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy!
Planet of the Dinosaurs (1978, dir by James Shea, DP: Henning Schellerup)
Scenes I Love: Lambada Is The Forbidden Dance
Today’s scene that I love comes from my favorite Greydon Clark movie, 1990’s The Forbidden Dance!
And remember — this film is dedicated to the preservation of the rain forest.
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Greydon Clark Edition
4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films is just what it says it is, 4 (or more) shots from 4 (or more) of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films lets the visuals do the talking.
Today, Through the Shattered Lens wishes a happy 83rd birthday to the one-of-a-kind director, Greydon Clark! And that means that it’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Greydon Clark Films
Angels Brigade (1979, dir by Greydon Clark, DP: Dean Cundey)
Without Warning (1980, dir by Greydon Clark, DP: Dean Cundey)
Final Justice (1985, dir by Greydon Clark, DP: Nicholas Josef von Sternberg)
The Forbidden Dance Is Lambada (1990, dir by Greydon Clark, DP: R. Michael Stringer)
The Society of Composers and Lyricists Honors Sinners
The Society of Composers and Lyricists has announced its picks for the best of 2025. The winners are listed in bold.
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film
LUDWIG GÖRANSSON – Sinners
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT – Frankenstein
JONNY GREENWOOD – One Battle After Another
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ & JOHN POWELL – Wicked: For Good
MAX RICHTER – Hamnet
JERSKIN FENDRIX – Bugonia
Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film
DARA TAYLOR – Straw
BRYCE DESSNER – Train Dreams
DAVID FLEMING – Eternity
FABRIZIO MANCINELLI – Out of the Nest
JÓNSI & ALEX SOMMERS – Rental Family
SARA BARONE & FOREST CHRISTENSON – To Kill a Wolf
Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production
DIANE WARREN – “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
ALICE SMITH, MILES CATON & LUDWIG GÖRANSSON – “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” from Sinners
RAPHAEL SAADIQ & LUDWIG GÖRANSSON – “I Lied to You” from Sinners
SARA BAREILLES – “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from Come See Me in the Good Light
NIKHIL KOPARKAR & RAMMY PARK – “The Hills of Tanchico” from The Wheel of Time
ED SHEERAN, BLAKE SLATKIN & JOHN MAYER – “Drive” from F1
Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production
EJAE & MARK SONNENBLICK – “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ – “No Place Like Home” from Wicked: For Good
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ – “The Girl in the Bubble” from Wicked: For Good
JACK BLACK & JARED HESS – “Steve’s Lava Chicken” from A Minecraft Movie
MARK RONSON, ANDREW WYATT & JACK BLACK – “I Feel Alive” from A Minecraft Movie
BLAKE SLATKIN, SHAKIRA & ED SHEERAN – “Zoo” from Zootopia 2
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Francois Truffaut Edition
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!
Today, on what would have been his 94th birthday, TSL pays tribute to the great Francois Truffaut. No one captured the act of falling in love in life, people, and cinema with the skill, sensitivity, and humor of Francois Truffaut. It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Francois Truffaut Films
Shoot the Piano Player (1960, dir by Francois Truffaut, DP: Raoul Coutard)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966, dir by François Truffaut, DP: Nicolas Roeg)
Day For Night (1973, dir by François Truffaut, DP: Pierre-William Glenn)
The Story of Adele H. (1975, dir by Francois Truffaut, DP: Nestor Almendros)
Live Tweet Alert: Join #FridayNightFlix for Cherry 2000!
As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in a few weekly watch parties. On Twitter, I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday and I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday. On Mastodon, I am one of the five hosts of #MondayActionMovie! Every week, we get together. We watch a movie. We tweet our way through it.
Tonight, at 10 pm et, I will be hosting #FridayNightFlix! The movie? 1988’s Cherry 2000
If you want to join us this Friday, just hop onto twitter, find Cherry 2000 on Prime, start the movie at 10 pm et, and use the #FridayNightFlix hashtag! I’ll be there happily tweeting. It’s a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy.
See you there!
Scenes That I Love: Ronald Reagan in Kings Row
Today’s scene that I love features future President Ronald Reagan, giving what he considered to be his best performance in 1942’s Kings Row. He liked one of the lines in this scene so much that he used it as the title for autobiography.
On what would have been Ronald Reagan’s 115th birthday, here is today’s scene that I love. 38 years after this scene, Reagan would be elected to his first term, saving the country from the twin scourge of the incompetent Jimmy Carter and the pompous John Anderson. Ronald Reagan would go on to save the world from communism, at least temporarily. Not bad for a self-described “B-actor!”
Through the Shattered Lens 