Recent viewing

The best hot chips of my youth were crinkle-cut ones in a foam cup from the canteen at the public swimming pool, eaten on your beach towel in a shady spot, after you'd been mucking about in the water for hours.

* "Bad Times At The El Royale" (2018) [Disney+]: Mystery upon mystery. Violent. A little long.

* "Damsel" (2024) [Netflix]: Modern action fairytale satisfyingly constructed and executed.

* "Monolith" (2023) [Apple Store rental]: Brilliant Aussie one-hander. (Podcaster uncovers conspiracy.)

* "The Birthday Party - Mutiny In Heaven" (2024?) [Apple Store rental]: Raucous time capsule of a biopic. Superb.

* "The Lost Leonardo" (2021) [Netflix]: Everything wrong with the art world today.

* "The Name Of The Game" (2018) [Kanopy]: Slowburn, follow-the-money videogame-creation diary.

* "Venom - Let There Be Carnage" (2021) [Netflix]: Far less shit than I had anticipated.

<<< Pick of the bunch is "Monolith". >>>