thought this was incredible, absolutely avoids the biopic pitfalls and has the potential to be a future classic. the action feels so immediate and immersive. its politics are unheard of for a modern hollywood film (tho it arguably should be told from Hampton's POV). kaluuya is unbelievable, by far t...

having been to the amalfi coast, there's just tons of stray cats there, kind of unavoidable.

Hell and Gone is always an option, would be interesting to see Nolan do a romance through a historical event. the unknown and debated origin of the fire could be interesting for him to play with structurally/thematically. I'd be surprised to see him go sci-fi again immediately, my guess is a big hor...

on the happy sad confused podcast nolan addresses that max/neil theory and he basically laughs and says if he intends something then it would be in the text

Nolan has refused for years to do interviews with places like collider lol

the radical subjectivity of how people react to this movie proves Nolan got it right. He obviously delights in creating rorschach tests.

and for the above reactions, i think Raup's is the one that gets at that, stripping away conventions creates a more streamlined and alien viewing experience.

1. Zodiac 2. The Social Network 3. Se7en 4. Gone Girl 5. Dragon Tattoo 6. Fight Club 7. Benjamin Button 8. The Game 9. Panic Room 10. Alien 3 11. Mank Don't think he cracks the story in Mank, it's the only one of his that i think fundamentally doesn't come together and buckles. But it's confident, a...

McConaughey talking about interstellar 6 years later!

he's basically said he's gonna do these big movie ideas he has while he still has the chance -- so he knows inevitably these epics will end. However, I do think whatever he does next will have an extra bit of juice bc of what happened with tenet and HBOMax. who he makes that for will be interesting....

finch sinks