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  1. I watched “Nighshift” (1981) yesterday, and it’s still sticking with me. The 16mm-shot indie “stars” punk rock icon Jordan as a hotel clerk. Guests come and go.

    It’s definitely in the Chantel Akerman school of cinema — there is no plot, not much happens, we are largely experiencing the hypnotic tedium of one woman’s job. We don’t get much about her. She’s a cypher, but an unusual one in that she reveals little actual truth about her world.

    #CriterionChannel

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  2. I watched “Nighshift” (1981) yesterday, and it’s still sticking with me. The 16mm-shot indie “stars” punk rock icon Jordan as a hotel clerk. Guests come and go.

    It’s definitely in the Chantel Akerman school of cinema — there is no plot, not much happens, we are largely experiencing the hypnotic tedium of one woman’s job. We don’t get much about her. She’s a cypher, but an unusual one in that she reveals little actual truth about her world.

    #CriterionChannel

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  3. I watched “Nighshift” (1981) yesterday, and it’s still sticking with me. The 16mm-shot indie “stars” punk rock icon Jordan as a hotel clerk. Guests come and go.

    It’s definitely in the Chantel Akerman school of cinema — there is no plot, not much happens, we are largely experiencing the hypnotic tedium of one woman’s job. We don’t get much about her. She’s a cypher, but an unusual one in that she reveals little actual truth about her world.

    #CriterionChannel

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  4. I watched “Nighshift” (1981) yesterday, and it’s still sticking with me. The 16mm-shot indie “stars” punk rock icon Jordan as a hotel clerk. Guests come and go.

    It’s definitely in the Chantel Akerman school of cinema — there is no plot, not much happens, we are largely experiencing the hypnotic tedium of one woman’s job. We don’t get much about her. She’s a cypher, but an unusual one in that she reveals little actual truth about her world.

    #CriterionChannel

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  5. “Daughters of the Dust” is leaving the #CriterionChannel this month. Juie Dash’s lyrical and image-rich portrait of a Gula community is one of my favorite films.

    Definitely worth watching before it goes. Also, her follow-up novel (same title, but set a generation later) is wonderful.

    #Film

    criterionchannel.com/videos/da

  6. “Daughters of the Dust” is leaving the #CriterionChannel this month. Juie Dash’s lyrical and image-rich portrait of a Gula community is one of my favorite films.

    Definitely worth watching before it goes. Also, her follow-up novel (same title, but set a generation later) is wonderful.

    #Film

    criterionchannel.com/videos/da

  7. “Daughters of the Dust” is leaving the #CriterionChannel this month. Juie Dash’s lyrical and image-rich portrait of a Gula community is one of my favorite films.

    Definitely worth watching before it goes. Also, her follow-up novel (same title, but set a generation later) is wonderful.

    #Film

    criterionchannel.com/videos/da

  8. “Daughters of the Dust” is leaving the #CriterionChannel this month. Juie Dash’s lyrical and image-rich portrait of a Gula community is one of my favorite films.

    Definitely worth watching before it goes. Also, her follow-up novel (same title, but set a generation later) is wonderful.

    #Film

    criterionchannel.com/videos/da

  9. I’ve been watching “The Prisoner” on the #CriterionChannel. I’d only ever seen a few episodes on old VHS copies. It looks fantastic remastered.

    It’s such a masterfully weird show about surveillance and individuality.

    Anyway, I’m only on ep 4, but happy to discuss #ThePrisoner with folks.

    Be seeing you. 👌🏻

    criterionchannel.com/the-priso

  10. I’ve been watching “The Prisoner” on the #CriterionChannel. I’d only ever seen a few episodes on old VHS copies. It looks fantastic remastered.

    It’s such a masterfully weird show about surveillance and individuality.

    Anyway, I’m only on ep 4, but happy to discuss #ThePrisoner with folks.

    Be seeing you. 👌🏻

    criterionchannel.com/the-priso

  11. I’ve been watching “The Prisoner” on the #CriterionChannel. I’d only ever seen a few episodes on old VHS copies. It looks fantastic remastered.

    It’s such a masterfully weird show about surveillance and individuality.

    Anyway, I’m only on ep 4, but happy to discuss #ThePrisoner with folks.

    Be seeing you. 👌🏻

    criterionchannel.com/the-priso

  12. I’ve been watching “The Prisoner” on the #CriterionChannel. I’d only ever seen a few episodes on old VHS copies. It looks fantastic remastered.

    It’s such a masterfully weird show about surveillance and individuality.

    Anyway, I’m only on ep 4, but happy to discuss #ThePrisoner with folks.

    Be seeing you. 👌🏻

    criterionchannel.com/the-priso

  13. Jonathan Demme's "Something Wild" (1986) has really stuck with me after seeing it yesterday. I almost turned it off as it seemed like another manic-pixie-dream-girl meets straight-laced-everyman film — one of those bromides for '80s materialism.

    But it manages to subvert expectations through noirish twists while showing a weird-ass and occasionally violent America.

    The soundtrack is stellar, and I even liked Melanie Griffith who is well matched with Jeff Daniels.

    #CriterionChannel

  14. Jonathan Demme's "Something Wild" (1986) has really stuck with me after seeing it yesterday. I almost turned it off as it seemed like another manic-pixie-dream-girl meets straight-laced-everyman film — one of those bromides for '80s materialism.

    But it manages to subvert expectations through noirish twists while showing a weird-ass and occasionally violent America.

    The soundtrack is stellar, and I even liked Melanie Griffith who is well matched with Jeff Daniels.

    #CriterionChannel

  15. Jonathan Demme's "Something Wild" (1986) has really stuck with me after seeing it yesterday. I almost turned it off as it seemed like another manic-pixie-dream-girl meets straight-laced-everyman film — one of those bromides for '80s materialism.

    But it manages to subvert expectations through noirish twists while showing a weird-ass and occasionally violent America.

    The soundtrack is stellar, and I even liked Melanie Griffith who is well matched with Jeff Daniels.

    #CriterionChannel

  16. Jonathan Demme's "Something Wild" (1986) has really stuck with me after seeing it yesterday. I almost turned it off as it seemed like another manic-pixie-dream-girl meets straight-laced-everyman film — one of those bromides for '80s materialism.

    But it manages to subvert expectations through noirish twists while showing a weird-ass and occasionally violent America.

    The soundtrack is stellar, and I even liked Melanie Griffith who is well matched with Jeff Daniels.

    #CriterionChannel

  17. One thing I find pretty consistent in my liking of a movie is the long take. It’s both technically impressive but also just feels so much less manipulative than lots of quick takes, close-ups, and reverse shots. They show a moment’s true time and choreography.

    Thinking of this because I just saw “Deep Crimson” (1996) — and, oooh boy — there are long takes with pans that are virtuosic. And in the age of film too, it’s truly impressive.

    #CriterionChannel

  18. One thing I find pretty consistent in my liking of a movie is the long take. It’s both technically impressive but also just feels so much less manipulative than lots of quick takes, close-ups, and reverse shots. They show a moment’s true time and choreography.

    Thinking of this because I just saw “Deep Crimson” (1996) — and, oooh boy — there are long takes with pans that are virtuosic. And in the age of film too, it’s truly impressive.

    #CriterionChannel

  19. One thing I find pretty consistent in my liking of a movie is the long take. It’s both technically impressive but also just feels so much less manipulative than lots of quick takes, close-ups, and reverse shots. They show a moment’s true time and choreography.

    Thinking of this because I just saw “Deep Crimson” (1996) — and, oooh boy — there are long takes with pans that are virtuosic. And in the age of film too, it’s truly impressive.

    #CriterionChannel

  20. One thing I find pretty consistent in my liking of a movie is the long take. It’s both technically impressive but also just feels so much less manipulative than lots of quick takes, close-ups, and reverse shots. They show a moment’s true time and choreography.

    Thinking of this because I just saw “Deep Crimson” (1996) — and, oooh boy — there are long takes with pans that are virtuosic. And in the age of film too, it’s truly impressive.

    #CriterionChannel

  21. Wow. “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets” (2020) renewed my #sobre card for another year. This quasi-documentary (really a drunken improv exercise) is the best movie about the closing of a dive bar since “Last Night at the Alamo.”

    I didn’t find it a warm & fuzzy alcohol film, though it is compassionate for its characters. But it reminded me of all the reasons drunken conversations are so pointless, with all the declarations and forgettable epiphanies.

    On the #CriterionChannel

    youtu.be/uEvilRp8we4

  22. Wow. “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets” (2020) renewed my #sobre card for another year. This quasi-documentary (really a drunken improv exercise) is the best movie about the closing of a dive bar since “Last Night at the Alamo.”

    I didn’t find it a warm & fuzzy alcohol film, though it is compassionate for its characters. But it reminded me of all the reasons drunken conversations are so pointless, with all the declarations and forgettable epiphanies.

    On the #CriterionChannel

    youtu.be/uEvilRp8we4

  23. Wow. “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets” (2020) renewed my #sobre card for another year. This quasi-documentary (really a drunken improv exercise) is the best movie about the closing of a dive bar since “Last Night at the Alamo.”

    I didn’t find it a warm & fuzzy alcohol film, though it is compassionate for its characters. But it reminded me of all the reasons drunken conversations are so pointless, with all the declarations and forgettable epiphanies.

    On the #CriterionChannel

    youtu.be/uEvilRp8we4

  24. Wow. “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets” (2020) renewed my #sobre card for another year. This quasi-documentary (really a drunken improv exercise) is the best movie about the closing of a dive bar since “Last Night at the Alamo.”

    I didn’t find it a warm & fuzzy alcohol film, though it is compassionate for its characters. But it reminded me of all the reasons drunken conversations are so pointless, with all the declarations and forgettable epiphanies.

    On the #CriterionChannel

    youtu.be/uEvilRp8we4

  25. @fskornia For sure. It’s the only big one we pay for.

    We should start hashtagging #CriterionChannel for recommendations.

  26. @fskornia For sure. It’s the only big one we pay for.

    We should start hashtagging #CriterionChannel for recommendations.

  27. @fskornia For sure. It’s the only big one we pay for.

    We should start hashtagging #CriterionChannel for recommendations.

  28. @fskornia For sure. It’s the only big one we pay for.

    We should start hashtagging #CriterionChannel for recommendations.

  29. Watching Wall Street for the first time in a long time. #CriterionChannel

  30. Watching Wall Street for the first time in a long time. #CriterionChannel

  31. Watching Wall Street for the first time in a long time. #CriterionChannel

  32. Watching Wall Street for the first time in a long time. #CriterionChannel

  33. Now showing on the #criterionchannel : “Lumière Le Cinema”. 130 year old 50 second films by the Lumière bros. that show how the art of film got its start. Beautifully restored & shown at natural speed with a narrative that ties it all together. We live at a special time: Pick a year from 1895 to now & you can see images of how real people lived. Amazing. A critic at the time these came out said, “…death is not absolute anymore.” #movies #film #cinema #silentfilm

    youtu.be/_3BEsMtLhzU

  34. Now showing on the #criterionchannel : “Lumière Le Cinema”. 130 year old 50 second films by the Lumière bros. that show how the art of film got its start. Beautifully restored & shown at natural speed with a narrative that ties it all together. We live at a special time: Pick a year from 1895 to now & you can see images of how real people lived. Amazing. A critic at the time these came out said, “…death is not absolute anymore.” #movies #film #cinema #silentfilm

    youtu.be/_3BEsMtLhzU

  35. Now showing on the #criterionchannel : “Lumière Le Cinema”. 130 year old 50 second films by the Lumière bros. that show how the art of film got its start. Beautifully restored & shown at natural speed with a narrative that ties it all together. We live at a special time: Pick a year from 1895 to now & you can see images of how real people lived. Amazing. A critic at the time these came out said, “…death is not absolute anymore.” #movies #film #cinema #silentfilm

    youtu.be/_3BEsMtLhzU

  36. Now showing on the #criterionchannel : “Lumière Le Cinema”. 130 year old 50 second films by the Lumière bros. that show how the art of film got its start. Beautifully restored & shown at natural speed with a narrative that ties it all together. We live at a special time: Pick a year from 1895 to now & you can see images of how real people lived. Amazing. A critic at the time these came out said, “…death is not absolute anymore.” #movies #film #cinema #silentfilm

    youtu.be/_3BEsMtLhzU

  37. Now showing on the #criterionchannel : “Lumière Le Cinema”. 130 year old 50 second films by the Lumière bros. that show how the art of film got its start. Beautifully restored & shown at natural speed with a narrative that ties it all together. We live at a special time: Pick a year from 1895 to now & you can see images of how real people lived. Amazing. A critic at the time these came out said, “…death is not absolute anymore.” #movies #film #cinema #silentfilm

    youtu.be/_3BEsMtLhzU