Great heist flick, expertly directed by Dassin. The heist sequence is brilliant, but the charm of Melina Mercouri and Peter Ustinov’s Oscar-winning performance are what make it extra special.
RIP Gene Hackman, an all time actor. The French Connection is one of those movies everyone’s heard of but not enough people have seen. It it’s been on your watchlist take this as a sign to give it a go. My favorite crime film ever.
Also such a crazy poster
New novel by Rachel Cusk—sharp, insightful, surprising. Finished this one over a week ago, and I’m still unpacking all the ground she covered here… One of our best living writers
But only in theory. In practice I’m a capitalist pig. But also think given climate change a very .. commanding government will likely be necessary to enact the changes that are going to be required
