How people perceive themselves is nothing that interests me. There are very few that are gonna look in the mirror and say: The person I see is a savage monster. Instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do. And there it is. You're rich, so you're a philanthropist, so you can cure your conscience for not paying enough in tax. Not contributing enough to society. And I recall, I was seven years old walking into the kitchen to find my mother crying inconsolably. Martin Luther King had been shot. Two months later, she was crying again. Bobby Kennedy was killed. I couldn't know then what I know now, that the invisible thread connecting Martin Luther King, the Kennedy brothers, and Malcolm X, was that in each case, my government had their finger on the trigger. My government murdered Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Bobby Kennedy and John F. Kennedy. My government overthrew good, honest, democratic leaders of the people in Chile, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama and Bolivia. Along with Britain, we carved up the Middle East, creating artificial geological boundaries and installing puppet dictators. War itself became our most lucrative industry. Every bomb that is dropped makes somebody millions of dollars. You don't have to know where those bombs are exploding. You don't have to see the grieving mothers and the mangled bodies of their children. Eugene Debs gave this speech in Canton Ohio, in 1918: "Throughout history, wars have been waged for conquest and plunder. The master class has always declared wars. The subject class has always fought. They've taught you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. - Triangle of Sadness. (2022) dir. Ruben Östlund

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- Tár (2022)

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zacfarro: This Is Why out today. Not really sure what to say, But I’ll tell you what, having friends for 20 years you still make music with is rare — and for that I’m thankful as hell.

The banshees of inisherin is about emptiness.

Boredom, futility, despair. The priest even asks about it.

Nothing happens. Absolutely nothing. They are so alone on that island, detached from the entire world. Even war doesn’t reach them. They don’t have any experiences, any impressions, any hopes or strivings or dreams.

Colum is terrified of it. The futility of his life, the fact that he will die without leaving any trace on this earth scares him more than he can comprehend. But even in the present moment it is impossible to live with.

People need experiences and communication to live through things happening inside. You process grief and joy and terror through things happening. It’s very hard work to process them yourself. And there is absolutely nothing happening on Inisherin, nothing for any of them to live through. So they create occasions, otherwise they might as well go mad.

Colum cuts his fingers off because then he can’t play anymore that way. Not leaving a trace on this earth isn’t his fault now, how can you play the violin without five fingers? He doesn’t stop Podric from burning the house down.

And after it all happens? After he’s lost half his fingers, after his home is lost to the fire, after his friend’s donkey chokes on, again, his own fingers, after a boy is found dead in the lake, after all of that he starts talking to Podric again. Because he’s lived through the terror of the futility of life. He is free of its weight on him, and he used Podric to do it.

So the banshees of inisherin is about emptiness. Not having anything to go through. Not having anything to fight against or for, to love, to hate, to destroy, to enjoy. There is a reason why one of the worst sentences that can be brought out is solitary confinement.

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This is my portrait of Adam Driver playing Jack Gladney in the upcoming 2022 film White Noise directed by Noah Baumbach and based on the 1985 book by Don DeLillo.

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Kimi (2022)

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Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema, from Academy Award®-winning director Sam Mendes

Triangle of Sadness. (2022) dir. Ruben Östlund

Favourite Films of 2022

My Favourite Films of 2022! Did I include yours? #Film #Film2022 #Review #FilmTwitter

Following on from my look back at my favourite TV shows and TV episodes of the year, it’s time to turn to films. In my opinion, it’s been a great year for films, even though we’ve had fewer releases than pre-pandemic years. Before I set out my top 10, I’ll flag that I’ve not seen some films that may feature on your list, especially if you’re a US reader and that’s due to later UK releases for…

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