Matt Zoller Seitz
Author, filmmaker, book dealer. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. New York Magazine writer.
- Now watching The Professionals (1966), an understated tough-guy Western that prefigures Sam Peckinpah’s “revisionism.” Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Woody Strode, Robert Ryan & clever writing (with a nod to The Iliad) partly mitigate “wild Mexico” cliches & Jack Palance in brownface as the heavy.
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View full threadI know you peg English speaking actors. But he's been doing so much work in English he practically is one anyway. But I think Stellan Skaarsgard could have mixed it with these legends. There's an intense steel in him that I feel can go head to head, butt heads, with anyone.
- Yeah, I think you’re right about that His sons are pretty tough too
- “This movie has Chekov’s Beer Bottle, Chekov’s Soul Band, Chekov’s Nose Ring, Chekov’s Garden Hose, Chekov’s Glass Shards, Chekov’s Logging Truck, and Chekov’s MRI Chamber. This list barely digs beyond the uppermost level of Chekov’s 2025 Murder Object Bag.” www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fina...
- Something is going on vibes wise on Bluesky right now. It’s always tilted a bit towards paranoid readings and performative scolding but the number of accounts I see talking about how many people they have to block every day is going way up.
- It’s bumming me out because I really been enjoying myself here. And sue me, this is the kind of thing I enjoy
- There’s a little bit too much Twitter brain showing up on here, and I will confess that I’ve been guilty of that at times I think it’s the unrelenting anxiety
- Italian vs Italian American
- You’re really good at this
- I always liked Kleya, but the last three episodes of Andor solidify her as a really incredible character. One of many on the show!
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View full threadIn terms of other Star Wars tv shows, it's basically Oops! All Jod Na-Nawoods
- I haven’t seen season two yet, but I definitely have appreciated that the show isn’t doing the IP equivalent of three tramps in a cabin, trying to carve up a single bean
- Genuinely depressing to encounter someone on here who’s eager to throw trans kids under the bus for some theoretical electoral advantage that is never actually going to happen, and then look at their bio and it says “democrat”
- Happy birthday to Stevie Wonder, the closest thing we’ve ever had to an American pop Mozart
- I remember this vividly Even as a teen I wondered why a police force would be allowed to even have actual bombs, let alone use them
- “US residents are being urged to discuss their mental health conditions and personal beliefs with chatbots, and their simplest and best-known options are platforms whose owners are cozy with the Trump administration.”
- Exactly this. www.theverge.com/policy/66568...
