For LA Times (De Los), I interviewed the directors of I AM FRANKELDA, brothers Roy and Arturo Ambriz about making Mexico’s first stop-motion feature film, and how Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) has mentored them over the years. Love the photo LA Times took of them. Link below 🇲🇽
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So, Trump is gonna give Iran $300 billion to open a strait that wasn’t closed, so long as they promise not build a nuke they didn’t have?
Do I have that just about right?
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ALT The FIFA Prize for Literature
Following the success of their Peace Prize, FIFA establishes a literary prize judged by the footballers at the world cup.
(image of trophy)
All does not go well...
Players arrive at games exhausted by reading hundreds of novels and heatedly debating their merits long into the night.
(image of tired players on pitch reading)
The south American teams boycott the tournament when an official disparages Isabel Allende's use of magic realism.
(Image of players angrily leaving)
Seventeen plavers receive red cards after a discussion of radical honesty in the works of Karl Ove Knausgaard turns into a brawl.
(Image of players fighting)
However, all is forgiven as Joyce Carol Oates takes the thrilling final to extra time, before losing on penalties to Haruki Murukami.
(image of Haruki holding the trophy aloft)
You know you're in #NoirAlley when a man's widow hands you a gun and it's a loving gesture.
Also, that shot afterwards with the cross image in the window. Lovely. #TCMParty#Blackout
This is how you know Terrance Fisher's got some chops - he goes from a comedic scene to one with an absolute turnaround. Gods, Belinda Lee is an amazing performer. What a loss. #NoirAlley#TCMParty#Blackout
"You're a very determined young man."
"I have a peculiar habit of breathing."
Again, the dialog sometimes sings despite the exposition drops. #NoirAlley#TCMParty#Blackout
Casamir Marakowski - As an Andrija Popovic, I can understand the temptation to change your name so people can deal with it. Though, I do love this little moment. You actually get the sense, on another day, they'd get along. #NoirAlley#TCMParty#Blackout
An unethical private investigator in #NoirAlley ? I'm shocked.
Love his scenes with Maggie. "My father was a Scott and my mother was from Wales." Now that has to be an interesting story. #TCMParty#Blackout
Once more, the insurance investigator cover proves its worth. Action packed expense account indeed. Really need to look up if companies still have folks on staff or they freelance. #NoirAlley#TCMParty#Blackout
Back to the scene of the crime. And, back in the day when a checkbook could reveal so much. These days, we'd be looking at a transaction screen. #NoirAlley#TCMparty#Blackout
"He's got a rug in his office like an uncut lawn." Now and again, this dialog kicks you in the teeth. Also, I do love how the ladies are conspiring against our poor engineer. "I think you two will be very happy together." Ha! #NoirAlley#TCMParty#Blackout
I absolutely love how, with other leading #NoirAlley men, it's be square-jawed action. Instead, he's almost apologetic for slugging someone.
"Stop acting like a helpless male." Gods, I love Maggie Doone. #NoirAlley#TCMParty#Blackout
"This is a big day for discoveries for you, isn't it?" The wonderful thing about British actors of a certain vintage is they are almost effortlessly able to take small roles and make them amazing. #NoirAlley#TCMParty#Blackout