Jade Bahr

^very much my thoughts 😄 More of those 2 cute 🍪

DJATS press junket also by Adrian Martin

for Versace by Adrian Martin

Very thrilling so far.

Loved the netflix doc

Another possible KOTFM cannes update via filmmaker Isabel Sandoval. How About ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ as Cannes Opener? Yesterday, Roger Friedman reported that Pedro Almodovar’s 30-minute “Strange Way of Life” would open the 76th Cannes Film Festival. It was strange intel but, not that I don’t trust Roger, whose been quite accurate with his exclusives over the years, it felt a little off having a short film open the festival. Meanwhile, Isabel Sandoval is a filmmaker — she hangs with other filmmakers. Her declaration this morning that Scorsese’s ‘Flower Moon’ will be the opening night film at Cannes therefore has credibility. On the other hand, it’s always better to play within the festival — being the opening-nighter always sends the wrong message in some way. What makes me hesitate about believing this is that, as a general rule and tradition, whatever film opens Cannes must be released in French theaters the day after. From what I’ve heard, Scorsese’s film is a fall release, so take this with a major grain of salt. I’m honestly hoping this isn’t true, because it would mean that ‘Killers’ will be headed to Cannes only to be released the following day. I mean, how anticlimactic would that be? Source @Sugarwater Maybe you already knew and I don't know if you have the time and/or interest to catch him up but the writer of the KOTFM book David Grann will be in Oklahoma at March 3 at the University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha. https://journalrecord.com/2023/02/21/killers-of-the-flower-moon-author-to-speak-in-chickasha/ Also The Times has an article about KOTFM but I can't open the site. Maybe someone who can could post the article here? (even though I think they mostly complain about the actual runtime lol) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-view-on-the-latest-scorcese-epic-maybe-lose-the-middle-bit-k9w75dgkl

Leo: *standing randomly next to a woman* the world collectively: @BarbieErinthx for the little TAR feedback

Some love of producer Reese

Just posting because Leo is in the list.... What’s the Best Acting Performance of the 21st Century? It’s been a slow news day, and I’ve been meaning to ask readers this for a few weeks... My question is simple: what’s been the best, most towering performance, male or female, of the 21st century? We had an all-timer this past year with Cate Blanchett’s Lydia Tár. However, the 21st century … that’s 23 years of performances. I won’t add Blanchett or Goth’s performances below, we’ll let them simmer in our subconscious for a few years. I don’t think anything comes close to Daniel Day-Lewis’ work as Daniel Plainview in “There Will Blood” and Joaquin Phoenix’s Freddie Quell in “The Master.” Both characters are absolute ticking time bomb creations from Paul Thomas Anderson. I went through my archives to find the performances that blew me away since 2000. There were too many, and I might have forgotten a few, but these were the obvious candidates: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) Joaquin Phoenix (The Master) Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) Leonard DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher) Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men) Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York) Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive) Denis Lavant (Holy Motors) Only three of these performances won acting Oscars. Go figure. If I had an honourable mentions list then it would definitely include Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Denzel Washington (Training Day), Nicole Kidman (Birth), Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast), Anna Paquin (Margaret), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Sean Penn (Mystic River), Steve Buscemi (Ghost World), Ellen Burstyn (Requiem For A Dream), Bjork (Dancer in the Dark) Joaquin Phoenix (Two Lovers) Is Joaquin Phoenix the best actor of the 21st century? It’s certainly a conversation worth having. Certainly Daniel Day-Lewis should be a contender. However, Phoenix’s eccentricly unpredictable acting style matched the last decade’s mood quite perfectly. On the female side, there will be debate over whether Cate Blanchett or Isabelle Huppert deserve the crown. Blanchett, just barely, wins it for me, there is no more talented actress than her. I don’t know how much more she has to prove to be crowned the undisputed GOAT. Source Matthew McConaughey winning for simply looking ugly over Leo that year is still haunting me. Also very much agree with this comment: As much as Day-Lewis' Plainview is a great all-timer performance, I would dare argue that DiCaprio's turn in The Wolf Of Wall Street is the definitive performance of the 21st Century so far. It's easily the most impactful on a real-life level. I doubt there are figures like Andrew Tate, without DiCaprio's turn in Scorsese's film. It's so good of a performance that it manages to con the audience into enjoying the presence of a horribly abusive, egotistical sociopath. In fact, so much of the audience like him by the end of the film that many have misconstrued the film's motivations as being supportive of Belfort. There are similar performances in levels of villainy, like Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood and Blanchett in TAR. (You could probably add Bale's turn in American Psycho and both Phoenix's and Ledger's turns as the Joker here - but all three are far more OTT than the others I've mentioned). However, I think DiCaprio's turn is the only one which is so convincing that it actually manages to trick the audience. In short: Leo was just masterfully mindblowing in TWOWS and I still think he should've won the oscar for this role. And I agree Cate Blanchett is a goddess. Anyone saw TAR already??

Bit more input about the (possible) running time. Did anyone know the maximum running time for a feature film in Cannes? Can't find anything about such a rule except for short films: https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/participer/rules?id=2

Cami is coming

No bad blood between Leo & Gigi

Elle Mexico, February 2023 2023 | Greg Williams ph. for British Vogue’s Hollywood Portfolio W Magazine Best Performances (2023) Es Magazine, 2023

KOTFM update. Source: Scorsese’s “Flower Moon” Will Go to Cannes If He Can Cut it Down from Three Hours, 20 Minutes With the Oscars coming into view, and the end of the 2023 awards season, we turn out attention to the next round of movies. Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” is at the top of all lists for this year’s new crop. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, “Flower Moon” is set in the West in the 1920s, and it’s based on the book by David Grann. The story concerns the real life murders of Native Americans in Oklahoma when their land is discovered to be sitting on oil fields. I’m told that the Cannes Film Festival is chomping at the bit to premiere the film, not in competition and not for opening night. It would be just the prestige of that trio walking the red carpet. So what’s the issue? I’m told by sources that “Flower Moon” is currently clocking in at three hours, twenty minutes. This is nothing new for Scorsese, whose every new film starts at super sized until Oscar winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker summons a succinct two and a half hour final cut out of Scorsese’s masterful shots. But Cannes can’t program such a long film, so they’re waiting to see how this all works out. So is Apple. They wrote the check for all this. And they’ve got to promise Cannes the film will have a real theatrical run before streaming, and in every country, especially France. Stay tuned… Source

Personally I think winning the Oscar is not only about giving a great performance but also giving this great performance to the right time. I mean it's kinda ironic that Colin Farrell missed out for many years for being the too-handsome younger actor just to loose now against Butler - just when he finally gets in the "usual" age range for best actor. Even though I have to admit movies like Swat, Total Recall, Miami Vice etc did him no favour in the past. I still feel bad for Andrew Garfield who just had unbelievably bad timing last year for a similar type of performance. I mean is anybody even remembering for which movie Will Smith won? Just tragic 🤣 Same for Taron Egerton. He was as amazing in Rocketman as was Malik in Bohemian Rhapsody. But giving the oscar 2 years in a row to the actor who's playing a musician in a biopic? Not happening. Nobody had a chance against JOKER sure but Egerton wasn't even nominated. Be still my heart. I also think it will be hard for Colin to win the damn oscar like ever. I mean this were his first major nominations in -what- 30 years? I hope the 2nd ones don't take this long again 🙈 Also when it comes to the best actor race the movie has to be at least a contender for best picture otherwise your chances to win are already bad. I think that is what happening to Brendan Fraser. THE WHALE is considered as "weak movie" aka not nominated for BP. What I like about Austins most likely win that he proofs a young -former disney kid- handsome actor can win the oscar. It's not like this win is so self-evident here.

^thx for your review 🥰 In germany the release of the movie is only in April. So I guess I have to wait until then 😩

Pretty in pink 💖 (fanpage just stated 'new pics')

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^damn! @AliceT how is Brendan F in The Whale? Still haven't seen the movie.

^he probably cut the shooting star for this particular reason when he recreate the night sky because like you said with deleting the scene of this motive it became indeed kinda pointless. Also this science dude had probably complained again with claiming there was no shooting star at this night to this hour 🤣 Always liked this deleted scene because it also shows Jack and Rose singing 'Come Josephine' together. Another motive which had worked even better with including this scene in the final cut. But actually I think it of most of the deleted scenes. There are so many lost parallels and connections and also many scenes who gave the other characters more depth. I will never understand why Cameron never agreed to make an extended cut for the fans while he made TWO for Avatar. Trivia: The original cut was 6 hours long what means there is tons of unseen footage out there 😭

^I can answer the sky question (it was already changed in the 2012 version): https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/titanic-night-sky-adjusted-after-neil-degrasse-tyson-criticized-james-cameron/2012/04/03/gIQAZyZItS_blog.html But I didn't notice the absence of Roses laugh. Are you sure about that?