Jade Bahr

Yesterday it was #2 in the ranking of most watched movies/shows on apple tv. Don't know if they count worldwide or after countrys like netflix or prime though. Today it's #1 I see

^ A STAR IS BORN Lily Gladstone Is Seizing the Moment — and Making History

Uhm!? Could PTA’s Next Film Still Be ‘Vineland’? Some additional details on Paul Thomas Anderson's next film, and whether it’s still a possibility that Pynchon is indeed being tackled here. Production on the film is set to begin on January 22nd in Eureka, on the coast of California. I had originally posted rumors that PTA might be working on an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s “Vineland”, a 1990 postmodern novel set in … Eureka. Daniel Richtman had also previously published the synopsis of the film, which was basically “Vineland.” I sadly could never confirm that it was “Vineland”. My sources have gone dark. The last bit of information I got was in November when I had it confirmed that Leonardo DiCaprio was indeed going to star in the film. This past December, PTA stated that the film would be “contemporary.” This week we also learned that the film would be the filmmaker’s “most commercial” effort yet. That doesn’t strike me as a Pynchon adaptation. Then again, for “There Will Be Blood,” PTA loosely adapted Upton Sinclair’s “Oil” and made a film that was “inspired,” but not an adaptation of the novel. He did the same thing with “The Master,” which was also “inspired” by Pynchon’s “V.” Back in late November, PTA’s producer and casting director, Cassandra Kulukundis, posted a casting call that was looking for a “teenage girl who excels at Martial Arts” — that fits the description of a character in “Vineland.” So, what is going on here exactly? I’m as confused as you are. Wild guess, it is possible that PTA might be loosely adapting Pynchon’s novel and setting it in today’s world. Last year, Jeff Sneider had a crazy rumor that Kulukundis was seeking an actress to play politician Marjorie Taylor Greene. PTA has mentioned “Vineland” numerous times over the years, and in a 2014 Time Out interview he even insinuated that he tried to script it: “I'd wanted to adapt “Vineland”, but I never had the courage. It seemed to be a great way to translate [Pynchon] into a movie.“ Did he finally crack it? I’m still skeptical about the whole thing, but since we’re in the dark as to what this latest PTA is actually about, it’s fun to speculate. I gather we’ll have some additional details in the coming days and weeks.

Some nice words. Cute pic

Haha love it too 🥰

Fingers crossed for Leo and everything KOTFM 🤞

I think @akatosh already posted the link for voting somewhere here.

This look 🤩

The Best Cinematography of 2023? The American Society of Cinematographers, the most prestigious awards body of its kind, announced its nominees for the 38th ASC Awards: Edward Lachman – “El Conde” Matthew Libatique – “Maestro” Rodrigo Prieto – “Killers of the Flower Moon” Robbie Ryan – “Poor Things” Hoyte van Hoytema –“Oppenheimer”

They def mostly did

Seen better but also worse movies.

So I watched RUSTIN last night (purely for curiosity because SAG decided to choose Domingo over Leo). I don't know what to say but it must be some kind of joke. I mean yes it matched almost every possible award friendly performance boxes biopic (check ✔️) prosthetics (check ✔️) lots of black heros (check ✔️) lots of gays (check ✔️) lots of evil white people (check ✔️) lots of violence against black people (check ✔️) lots of violence against gay people (check ✔️) lots of big showy speeches (check ✔️) lots of teary painful staring because of the injustice in this world (check ✔️) and I mean it's hard NOT TO sympathize with a black, gay man who is fighting not only for his right to live his life however the fuck he wants but also fighting for the rights of black people with the biggest peaceful protest marsh in US history but I don't know - the whole movie felt kinda flat and heartless to me even though the historical topic and his main character Rustin wasn't per se. For Colmans performance yes it was easily the best about the whole movie (he actually was kinda funny and at points even stirring) but he had zero chemistry with any of his co stars so everything about his troubled personal life felt kinda blah to me. I also had the feeling I watched a story I already watched a dozens times before like some sort of painting (or in this case film making) after numbers. There was nothing really impressive or fresh or original what let me said "oh yes this really made the movie special for me". It was all kinda forgettable and I had some trouble to stay focused for those almost 120 minutes. In short: For me this is clearly the "weakest" oscar performance I have seen so far of all contenders this year. Sorry Colman.

I also have to post this because one of the writers of laineygossip called Leo hot - with some restraints but still this is epic for them 😅 Leonardo DiCaprio is wearing his hair longer than usual right now and it’s kind of giving hot? (Lainey is yelling at me right now lol.) Leo looks great with long hair and great with short hair (he was never hotter than in The Departed, that’s science) but he insists on wearing it mid-length. Alternatively, he looks the same as always but seems hotter because he is genuinely showing up for Lily Gladstone at every turn and while it’s what good coworkers do, not a lot of men in his position do it. Source Leo waving in slomo (maybe it's time for a Zach Snyder collaboration? I'm only half serious lol) https://www.instagram.com/p/C10_U7ar4wI/

Now the Leo SAG snub is even more offensive. DGA Nominees: Gerwig, Scorsese, Lanthimos, Payne and Nolan. Now it’s the Directors Guild of America’s turn to announce its batch of nominees. They just came down the wire: Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon) Greta Gerwig (Barbie) Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) Alexander Payne (The Holdovers) This has got to hurt Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”) the most. If there’s one big snub here it’s him. Some were predicting he’d show up as a DGA nominee, but I never bought it — his film has become too divisive. However, some good news for Cooper it rarely happens that all five directors nominated by the DGA go on to also nab a Best Director Oscar nom. Don’t get me wrong, it’s happened before, last time in 2010, but usually one falls through the cracks — this year, if it happens, it’ll either be Payne or Gerwig. One look at the major snubs and any one of these could end up as the #5 come Oscar nominations morning: Celine Song (Past Lives), Bradley Cooper (Maestro), Justine Triet (Anatomy of A Fall), and Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest). Out of this year’s nominees, only Scorsese has previously won the DGA or the Academy Award for Best Director, for 2006’s “The Departed.” I don’t think he’ll win again this time around, it’s probably Nolan’s to lose. The DGA Awards take place on February 10.

^So it's not an adaption of the weird sort of martial arts + ninjas VINELAND because that one didn't sound "commercial" at all 😆

Lovely 😍💖