A chaotic street-level documentary, filmed by two local graffiti artists, following the savvy, scheming child urchins of Naples, facing competing rival gangs and police while trying to collect as many discarded Christmas trees as possible throughout late December and early January (and dragging them at high speed through the warren-like maze of the Quartieri Spagnoli) for a mysterious annual purpose (namely, eventually, the spectacular community-led bonfires of Saint Anthony's Day). Great movie but good luck finding it!
Dec 23, 2024
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The 2009 Argentinian version, a really good detective thriller, feels like an early christopher Nolan film in a lot of way. its got the same time thing going on, with it cutting between the detectives solving the case and then writing a book about it 20 years later. thereās a scene about halfway through set at a football pitch, which is genuinely one of the most impressive scenes Iāve ever seen in a movie. 100% recommend
Jan 26, 2025
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very ~fun~ documentary about an NHL team that some guy bought his 17 year old son in 2006. The āsome guyā is the guy/family that the Sopranos was based on which makes it way more fun to watch. #BringBackDanburyTrashers
(Itās on Netflix)
Jan 25, 2024
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I watch this every year around Christmastime. The beginning of the movie is set during Christmas, and thatās kind of enough for me to make it a seasonal treat. Itās also one of my favorite movies for a number of reasons. I never read the book, and I know that itās radically different in many aspects, but Iāve also heard this movie is a great example of condensing and contorting the source material into a feature length film. One thing that stands out to me is that it was a huge awards winner at the time, and Iām not so sure it would even get made nowadays. The characters are all flawed, and corrupt, and preoccupied with climbing the ladder of police politics. But they all have these great redemption arcs, especially Kevin Spacey as Jack Vincennes. Itās really hard to believe there was a time when Academy Award winning movies ended with thrilling shootouts.
Dec 14, 2021
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Finally saw this for the first time (on 35mm thxx Prince Charles Cinema) and wow. Jonathan Glazer and co-writer Jean-Claude CarriĆØre spending all of pre-production re-writing the script without informing the studioā¦ DP Harris Savides pushing the boundaries of underexposed film and getting the craziest deepest browns and purples out of Kodak stockā¦ Alexandre Desplat starting with what seems like a very polite classical score and then gradually bringing in heavy synth bassā¦ and of course Nicole Kidman throwing herself headlong into an insane role (and apparently bullying the producers for more $$$ when they finished under budget)
Nov 10, 2024
The less you read about it (or look at maps) the better. Just enter via Haight Street, turn your phone off and wander 'til you reach the ocean. If you go on a Sunday afternoon and you didn't already come across it, proceed to turn your phone back on and track back to the 6th Avenue Skate Park to check out the roller disco party š¼šš
Mar 3, 2024
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Because of the extensive tradition of pirate radio in the UK (from Radio Caroline on down), London probably has the most insane landscape of 24/7 internet radio in the world. I've tried to rank these in terms of approximate popularity ranging from NTS (as mentioned) on down to purely DIY weekend-only amateur collectives like LWSTD. If you don't know the stations in your city, just have a quick google and do some Instagram "Following" list exploration and it should be pretty easy to find more (e.g. in Amsterdam check out Echobox, Radio Tempo NĆ£o PĆ”ra, RRFM, etc...)
- NTS (Dalston) https://www.nts.live/
- Rinse FM (Hoxton) https://rinse.fm/
- Worldwide FM (Islington) https://worldwidefm.net/ (currently mostly on ice but great archive)
- Balaami (Peckham) https://www.balamii.com/
- Soho Radio https://sohoradiolondon.com/
- Reprezent Radio (Brixton) https://www.reprezentradio.org.uk/
- Netil Radio (Hackney) https://www.netilradio.com/
- Subtle Radio (Hackney) https://www.subtleradio.com/
- Voices Radio (Kings Cross) https://www.voicesradio.co.uk/
- Aaja (Deptford) https://aajamusic.com/radio/
- Do You!! Radio (Hackney) https://doyou.world/
- LWSTD https://www.lovewillsavetheday.fm/
Apr 4, 2024