Homeland And All Things Maher



Posted here to acknowledge the incredible job by the firefighters in California.
The story of the Mann Gulch fire in the Montana mountains in 1949 in which 13 firefighters or smoke jumpers who were part of a 15 man crew that parachuted in to fight the fire. The crew chief, Dodge, tells the story years on his deathbed, he was one of the 2 to survive. He is credited by some for “discovering” out of desperation what became the lighting of firebreaks to contain the spread of forest fires but I really have no idea if that is true. Based on a book by the same name, song written by Canadian folkie James Keelaghan and performed here by the folk “supergroup” Cry, Cry, Cry; Dar Williams, Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell.
 
Trying to knock out most of the likely Best Picture contenders for the upcoming academy awards, I watched Conclave last night

Interesting watch. I enjoyed it but I don't think I loved it. It has a lot of intrigue and building tension throughout, but I don't think the final stretch of the film delivered enough for me to consider it a great movie.

I did really like the core conflict of the movie. Without getting into spoilers, it deals a lot with conflicting opinions regarding how to guide the catholic church forward, and the differing perspectives are laid out very well. You aren't meant to agree with everyone, but you get a good sense of why everyone holds the beliefs they do. A solid film. Available on Peacock which I am sure some of you have given our johnnies play on there.

As a best picture contender though, I don't really see it happening for Conclave. But who knows. I still think Dune: Part Two is the best film of the year but doesn't sound like it is getting touted as a real contender at the Academy Awards
 
Jack Williams said:
Trying to knock out most of the likely Best Picture contenders for the upcoming academy awards, I watched Conclave last night

Interesting watch. I enjoyed it but I don't think I loved it. It has a lot of intrigue and building tension throughout, but I don't think the final stretch of the film delivered enough for me to consider it a great movie.

I did really like the core conflict of the movie. Without getting into spoilers, it deals a lot with conflicting opinions regarding how to guide the catholic church forward, and the differing perspectives are laid out very well. You aren't meant to agree with everyone, but you get a good sense of why everyone holds the beliefs they do. A solid film. Available on Peacock which I am sure some of you have given our johnnies play on there.

As a best picture contender though, I don't really see it happening for Conclave. But who knows. I still think Dune: Part Two is the best film of the year but doesn't sound like it is getting touted as a real contender at the Academy Awards
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Watch Anora! Itis a great watch and Mikey Madison is great as the title character
 
logen said:


As long as you brought it up 😂 my favorite version, beautiful harmonies!!
Collaboration of two bands, Lake Street Dive are the three musicians in the back and the lady who starts singing lead.
Tiny Habits are the 3 other singers, all 7 are grads of the Berklee School of Music in Boston.
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Logen,

Thanks for posting. Lake Street Dive is a band I often hear on the local college radio station here in NC, but I had never heard this, an absolutely gorgeous rendition of a great song. Sent it to my older brother and sister who are in their 80s and long time PPM fans and my daughter who is a big Lake Street Dive fan. Love sharing great music.
 
MainMan said:
They say the Golden Age of Television began in 1999 when Tony Soprano walked into Jennifer Melfi's office.

But we all know it began in 1990 when Dale Cooper entered the town of Twin Peaks.

RIP David Lynch.

There was no one like you.


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Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive are two of my favorite movies ever made. Says a lot about me, I guess. Lynch was a creative genius, he’ll certainly be missed.
 
MainMan said:
Have to check this out.

The director - Sean Baker - made one of my favorite movies in recent years "The Florida Project."

It's one of the best films ever made about both childhood and poverty.

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I will say it’s a much different ride from Sean Baker’s other films. This one takes on more of a Safdie Brother approach, which I don’t know if you’ve seen their film “Uncut Gems” but the style they go for is this very breakneck pace… anxiety inducing dialogue and action that keeps you on your toes throughout.

Anora is very similar in that way and it is what makes the Mikey Madison performance so impressive. She just keeps throwing 101 mph fastballs the whole runtime. Some of the side characters were great too
 
I watched A Real Pain yesterday, it’s available on Hulu and while I enjoyed the movie, I don’t think it’s anything particularly awards worthy. And, this is probably an unpopular opinion but I don’t get why Kieran Culkin is always up for awards. He just seems like he acts like a slightly swarmier version of himself and that includes Succession. Eisenberg is basically doing his usual schtick too (even though I love Adventureland and The Social Network). Maybe I’m still bitter Bob Odenkirk didn’t win one Emmy for playing Saul/Jimmy/Gene 😉.
 
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