I was so surprised he'd never heard of Dune I couldn't respond ... so I sent him a link to something about it. Not gatekeeping - I hope - but he was young and missed out on some things I took for granted (I later sent him a link to a book with a cover that he could have modeled for ... and he ALSO wasn't aware there were m/m romances (he's gay) and seemingly it sent him down a rabbithole on Amazon that took up quite some time.)

Aw, I feel like Lisa Rose just smiled for no apparent reason, filled with a sudden swelling of warmth and well being

and he ALSO wasn't aware there were m/m romances (he's gay) and seemingly it sent him down a rabbithole on Amazon that took up quite some time.)

Well, I hope you guys don't need him for anything anytime soon.

He'd left for another job, but I was sending him info I thought would interest him ... and a book cover with a model who could almost have been him? I didn't even try to resist.

I wasn't a huge fan of Dune when I read it as a kid, and all I remember from the previous movie is Sting. But this movie, I'll probably break two of my own rules and go see it in IMAX.

I've been feeling down in the dumps about not being at TIFF for the first time in 5 years. The festival just started couple of days ago, with limited in-person component as well as virtual screening, but it's geo-locked in Canada :(

BUT. New York Film Festival, which opens in a week, also has a decent-sized virtual screening component, and the tickets for those are on sale right now! [link]

I went and bought several tickets -- a handful of narrative films including Chloe Zhao's Nomadland, which just won the top prize at Venice, plus a couple of documentaries. Some of the top titles are only available for screening during a 4-hour window on a specific day, while with others, you have 5 days to watch the movie.

If you've always wanted to try film festivals but couldn't due to various circumstances, here's your chance. Tickets go for $25 or $15, which is reasonable as festival ticket prices go.

I've been feeling down in the dumps about not being at TIFF for the first time in 5 years. The festival just started couple of days ago, with limited in-person component as well as virtual screening, but it's geo-locked in Canada :(

I will so miss your TIFF reports.

New York Film Festival, which opens in a week, also has a decent-sized virtual screening component, and the tickets for those are on sale right now!

However, thanks for posting this since I can't wait to see Nomadland. I also got tix for Christian Petzold's Undine and La Nuit des rois, which is more for work than anything else.

I wanted to get tickets for On the Rocks (the new Sofia Coppola) but it was already sold out. I thought about getting David Byrne's American Utopia but it will be on HBO soon enough.

I'm seeing Undine as well! The reviews on the film from Berlinale were mixed, but Petzold is such an interesting filmmaker that I think even his less successful films would be interesting to watch.

I wanted to get tickets for On the Rocks (the new Sofia Coppola) but it was already sold out.

Looks like I snatched the last few tickets for that one, sorry! I think it is set to stream on Apple+ just 2-3 weeks later. I also got tix for the opening and closing night films (the first of the Steve McQueen trilogy, and French Exit, for the Michelle Pfeiffer of it all). That said, the one I'm most psyched about after the Chloe Zhao is probably The Truffle Hunters, which is about a bunch of old men and their dogs hunting for expensive truffles in Italian countryside. The trailer looks charming: [link]

If anyone's interested, here's the trailer for The Craft: Legacy.

Ooh