Blake Simons
@blakethinks
🎥 interview specialist, festival director @lifff_official ✍ romance, japan, latam, self-reflexivity, global queer at @TheFilmStage @ScreenAnarchy @BFI & more
I spoke with Kiyoshi Kurosawa about Robert Bresson, elliptical endings, the increasing internationalism of Japanese cinema, and the ambiguities in defining a remake. It's one of the most rewarding conversations I've ever had with a filmmaker. screenanarchy.com/2025/07/cloud-…
Free programming idea: AFTERSUN and TRAP. Comparmentalized frames; the grasping terror of being perceived as a parent; wistfully watching your pre-teen child performing on stage for a crowd; pop songs as plot pivot points; melancholy farewell hugs.
Watching TRAP again; “wouldn’t it be unbelievable to see what’s down there?”
When Hamaguchi or Wes Anderson or Hong Sung-eun uses an Ozu shot, I'm floored by the possibility of flourishes as evolving entities that gain new meaning in different hands and different contexts. To reference without purpose other than marketing and jangling keys is embarrassing
Jared Leto does an Akira slide on a lightcycle in ‘TRON: ARES’ #SDCC
neutral milk hotel lyric
if we were birds i would share my favourite telephone wire with you
Tbh the only reason Western anime fans don't think anime does "reference-based humor" is because the references all go over their heads
Found it. Lots of interesting stylistic flourishes, trailer editing is Kojima-esque. This is going to be the best one -- I can feel it.
If anyone can point me in the direction of the Fire and Ash trailer, DM me. I haven't had the time to watch Fantastic Slop: Baby Steps yet
he should’ve been a French New Wave film star
Ringo Starr on holiday in Greece, 1963
The number of things I find repugnant about this one tweet should qualify for a world record
My fiancé sent me this AI generated image of us with two kids. I can’t quite put my finger on it but something tells me she wants something 🤔
If anyone can point me in the direction of the Fire and Ash trailer, DM me. I haven't had the time to watch Fantastic Slop: Baby Steps yet
Are British users legally permitted to view this image?
[Trying to flirt] I had several dreams about you. None of them good, very ambiguous actually. But hopefully this means something.
[Trying to flirt] I had several dreams about you. None of them good, very ambiguous actually. But hopefully this means something.
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Will Forte reveals #CoyoteVsAcme will release on August 28, 2026 | #SDCC2025
Breaking Baz: Gurinder Chadha Reveals ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ Sequel In Works With U.S. Women’s Soccer Manager “Collaborating” & Hope For Original Cast's Return deadline.com/2025/07/bend-i…
Credit where it's due: @AndreasWiseman asked the question that any journalist with integrity had to ask here. But it should have been asked in the AFTER THE HUNT context because the connection is clear. I mean who would want their #metoo drama to be judged by Alexander Payne?
Venice Chief Alberto Barbera On This Year's Lineup, Oscar Hopefuls, A Final Cut Dispute & Why Films Are Too Long These Days deadline.com/2025/07/venice…
Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes would’ve done the same thing.
japanese people are dressing up as the 1960s Hanna Barbera version of Doctor Doom to watch the new Fantatsic Four because of a gag dub that went multi platinum on niconico. this gives me hope for humanity
いま映画館に着いたで！ #ファンタスティック４
Are they still doing Scholastic Book Fairs in schools? Either way replace them with mobile criterion closets