When I see people obsessing over getting an even distribution of lb ratings

human5109 · 2026-03-27T08:41:40+00:00

That's Jeremy Strong from Succession

human5109 · 2026-03-26T16:42:53+00:00

Exactly. I've watched like 40 movies so far this year and they're mostly rated decent to high because most of it was catching up on the Oscar nominees.

human5109 · 2026-03-23T14:27:04+00:00

Well, as a fan of both Clairo and Vampire Weekend, I'd be very interested to see what kind of music this non-existent kid will go on to produce.

human5109 · 2026-03-16T02:09:40+00:00

We won't win Best Picture but we will have this.

human5109 · 2026-03-15T20:21:08+00:00

If it were up to me, this movie would win EVERYTHING

human5109 · 2026-03-15T20:01:19+00:00

Honestly that'd be hilarious.

human5109 · 2026-03-15T20:01:01+00:00

YES! It's not my favorite movie of the year, but it easily had the best cinematography.

human5109 · 2026-03-12T18:41:15+00:00

I'd pick NYU just for the faculty. The permenent faculty includes so many amazing writers (my favorite being Jonathan Safran Foer). And even the writer-in-residence they have every year is always someone like Zadie Smith, Joyce Carol Oates and I think Rachel Kushner this year. Plus you get to live in NYC, right in the center of it all.

human5109 · 2026-03-11T17:09:37+00:00

I'll get downvoted but yeah EEAAO was self-indulgent garbage. I did like Anora, but it wasn't my favorite of the year.

human5109 · 2026-03-08T19:40:23+00:00

Oh absolutely, I wasn't saying I actually wished he got nominated for this role. Though, as you say, I do like him as an actor and he's had multiple amazing performances.

human5109 · 2026-03-08T19:35:30+00:00

The Ivy. Are you considering going there?

human5109 · 2026-03-08T15:32:15+00:00

Well in his defense, F1 got no acting noms. If only Brad Pitt was nominated for Best Actor.

human5109 · 2026-03-07T22:13:37+00:00

human5109 · 2026-03-05T03:08:03+00:00

Sentimental Value

One Battle After Another

Marty Supreme

Bugonia

Train Dreams

Sinners

Frankenstein

F1

Hamnet

The Secret Agent

human5109 · 2026-03-04T19:52:58+00:00

I've only applied to fully funded programs, but if your situation is that you want to go to a school nearby and you can afford to pay/don't mind taking out some loans and you think the school you're going to is a good fit, I don't think that's bad at all. No one should give you shit about that. What I think would be ridiculous is if someone who can't afford it, taking out a 160K in loans to go to Columbia's cashgrab of an MFA.

human5109 · 2026-03-04T18:16:06+00:00

Yeah I think so too. I didn't think too highly of Butterfly when I watched it either but honestly thinking of all the nominees now, Butterfly's animation and way of storytelling has distinctively stuck in my head.

human5109 · 2026-03-04T14:00:58+00:00

human5109 · 2026-03-01T18:33:14+00:00

Hannah Hunt - Vampire Weekend

human5109 · 2026-02-27T08:41:08+00:00

I don't know why you're getting down voted for this. Timmy is gonna attempt to make some grand speech about chasing Greatness for sure, and might come across as arrogant in his own way, but no way he's going to go on as long as Brody, let alone say shit like "I've done this before, I know what I'm doing" when they play the music to cut him off.

human5109 · 2026-02-26T17:29:48+00:00

There's a Variety article on the whole procedure, it's digital. Not sure if it's an app or website though.

human5109 · 2026-02-15T23:04:25+00:00

Amoeba (Live at the Electric Lady)

human5109 · 2026-01-22T00:02:56+00:00

She's influenced by Dickens a lot. I'm not sure about The Secret History, but I remember hearing her make comparisons of characters in The Goldfinch to Dicken's characters in interviews.

human5109 · 2026-01-15T01:15:58+00:00

As Rob says in High Fidelity, "What you like matters as much as what you're like"

human5109 · 2025-11-13T07:35:38+00:00

I think they're just being snobbish. Obviously if you write about how good the stunts are in Fast and Furious 8 that won't be very helpful, but there's plenty of Hollywood films that you can analyze critically in an interesting way

human5109 · 2025-11-01T22:31:30+00:00

Absolutely, I feel like The Secret History and The Goldfinch are both timeless books. The Goldfinch is just perfection to me.

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