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I can't wait for this.

Sundance Days

It has started. I wished I was rich to buy a ticket, fly to Utah and just watch a bunch of films for days.

Here's the press conference.

Laggies

Keira Knightley is in every scene in the film.

It is the first film Lynn directs without writing it.

Read an interview from Women and Hollywood featuring Lynn Shelton.

Here.

A promising film with a promising role for KStew.

Camp X-Ray.

A soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there for eight years. (x)

Miles Teller opens the show with another hit - he is IT.

I hear the film brings this epic final scene.

Intense film and good reviews are showing up.

Whiplash.

The Green Prince.

Here's a quick read from here -

""The Green Prince," which premiered at Sundance on Friday night, is poised to become this year's "Searching for Sugar Man." While the film's subject, about a Palestinian son of a Hamas leader who became a spy for Israeli's Shin Bet security service, sounds closer to another 2012 documentary hit "The Gatekeepers," the new movie is far more humanistic than its political logline suggests."

Meryl Streep on Ellen

Meryl Streep everyone. With Ellen.

The Wolf of Wall Street

Directed by Martin Scorsese.

Written by Terrence Winter.

The Wolf of Wall Street is about looking what’s beyond the powder and the ass. In a daring resume, I would say it is America. Jordan Belfort is America, though definitely smarter, that office is America, in its deficient form of the search of the futile American dream, and those people riding the subway are America, in the sense that they are the ones suffering from all the Jordan Belforts.

This film is not about celebrating Jordan Belfort, it’s about exposing his vicious wrongs. Can it be more explicit? How? Do you need someone to tell you that what he’s doing is wrong, that there a lot of people like him and that there are a lot of others inspired to be like him?

I’m sure Americans may find it hard to deal with this film because first and foremost it feels like, at least to me, a great portraits of America’s economy – a great part of America. Jordan Belfort knew America; this is a guy that knows America so well that he will keep winning.

One of the things that I hate and scares me the most, after humans, it’s probably sails and all the rest of its parts, stock brokers, marketing, publicity, you name it, because it is a pure, clear and indisputable matter of taking advantage from others. I am not an American citizen but I can guarantee you I was thinking about the so called ins and outs of this story all along. I couldn’t laugh for the most part of the film because I was constantly thinking about the 99%. I think it's because of how well told this story is, by showing us these men's actions. I was thinking about these one percenters and I was thinking how the middle class has been screwed by these people throughout decades. And I was thinking how the one percenters will keep thriving from them because today they not only are richer, in fact they get richer and richer, to the point they will bribe everyone, they will bribe presidents, they will even become presidents themselves. They own everything, they own everyone and today they won’t even go to jail, not even for one month, much less the twenty something months Jordan Belfort’s got.

So I don't think this film lacks the representation of the 'poor', the other part of the society, the 99%, it is there, it should be in your minds.

Matthew McConaughey gives you a pretty clear explanation of his work at the beginning of the film. He says to Jordan that he’s not interested in improving his investor’s shares; he is interested in his own profit. The thing about these movies is that you are getting the hard core truth. And if a particular company, a particular man from Wall Street comes and says the whole picture is an inaccurate portrait, it's wrong, it’s like the LGBT community, at times, claiming a particular space, claiming a possible tendency that it isn't necessarily exclusive. And sometimes, it’s the usual getting away from the main cause – by talking about the drugs or the parties, they are not talking about their vicious work, many times corrupt, of taking advantage of other people’s money, because this is necessarily universal. There’s no denying it. Every one deals with this in their lives, there are always salesmen out there working for a living.

This film gives you a brilliant sequence followed by another brilliant sequence again and again. When you think of one scene in particular you remember another. When you think of this line you think of another brilliant dialogue. There’s a certain way to look at this film, I mean, I didn’t laugh once when Jordan Belfast pasted out on the floor and couldn't walk to his car, I was both horrified by the situation, and mesmerized because how brilliantly executed it was. This film is great in doing these scenes because it makes it a clear cut for you. Would you really think that the way he was ‘altered’, he would get home safe like that? Then you see the car smashed. I honestly thought he had killed someone. After all the shit he has done, do you still trust what he says?

Leonardo Dicaprio, my god Leonardo Dicaprio. The energy he put into creating Jordan Belfort goes beyond my imagination. I can’t imagine doing what he had to do day in and day out. The exhilarating and breathless speeches, the constant animal like behavior, the endless and brilliant dialogues, he really gives everything. He ends up reinventing himself.

But in all, this is what I think; it is my personal experience with the film. Now the thought that people may say they feel like experimenting drugs because the scenes are so amusing is just their problem, no one can’t control that side of a film, for better or worse. And it also means how dumb people may be. I obviously can’t understand, or I mean, I understand the backlash, I just think it’s pretty stupid.

This feels like such an accomplished film because people like Jordan Belfort will always get away from their acts. This film is about looking beneath the ass, it’s about understanding beyond the fucks given, both literally and verbally. 

WOOOOO!!! PARKS!!!

Golden Globes

Is this thing live?
Ok, I'm going to put some deodorant on, 'cause I'm going to start sweating a lot...

Jerry or whatever your name is!! What are you doing there??

Ahhhhhhhh.
What if Tatiana Maslany and clones are the joke (in the good sense), or better, the center of the night?
Why am I even questioning this?
Oh, that and probably Orange is the New Black.

Don't disappoint me, Amy and Tina, I want to hear a great Tatiana and clones' mention, the greater joke, and the bar is pretty high, given that the fandom is already pretty good at it.
And I expect to hear about her more than once.
I can't fucking hardly wait for the fucking monologue. Sorry for the cursing but I just come from watching Wolf Street, which is fucking brilliant.

Oops.

Calm the fuck down...

Followed by...

...

Margot Robbie.

Cute authentic moment.
Margot is authentic, is charm, is politeness and pose in person.
Ah, the Australians.
P.S - Or not! Don't want to be discriminatory.

Thanks for making it real Julia.

Elizabeth Moss - TOP OF THE LAKE.
My favorite win so far.

Amy Adams, congratulations.
But god no.
No no no no no.
Julie Delpy - You are perfect, you are talented as fuck, you are intelligent and you don't deserve all the recognition you're not having! But who am I to complain?
I know what you did, many others know too.
Greta Gerwig - I just wish you keep making films like Frances Ha and shows us what's like being real, what's like being honest.

Robin Wright, I'm so happy for her.

I knew it. Jared Leto. It was pretty deserving. But who am I to use the word deserving…Now I’m pretty sure Matthew will be at the stage too.
His performance is an absolute stand out. It's something else, it's absolutely heartbreaking.

The absolute queen.
The best presenter, or whatever, she's just the most authentic person in that place. Learn something Sofia fucking Vergaras...

Meanwhile, you beautiful Tatiana Maslany, you're a winner in our hearts.

"You're a crazy country, but beautiful."
The Great Beauty.

Just a quick note - A reminder that Parks and Rec talent is everywhere in that room.

OH.MY.FUCKING GOD.
AMY POELHER WON.

I am so fucking happy.

Meanwhile - Woody Allen.

I can't stand the part - 'he writes the most remarkable female roles'...meanwhile let's all remember his history with women...He did end up marrying his adopted child. Common.

Like I couldn't fucking stand Jennifer Lawrence say the same thing about Russell, like 'Oh fantastic, I'm going to play a girl going after a guy for the entire fucking movie.'

And this is just the proof that these guys, you know, Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Hitchcock, quite recently, Abdellatif Kechiche, they get away with anything.

I almost believed Parks and Recreation would win. Ah.

Hummmm, wouldn't be interesting to see the actor who actually portrays the real Nikki Lauda? You know, give him some praise? Oh no, Chris is way better looking (and famous).

(hears the words American Hustle) Inside vomit.

Cate Blanchett is class.

Matthew McConaughey.

Lets take a moment to remember a film called 12 Years a Slave - this brave, outstanding and glorious film.

But who would have thought this - Matthew McConaughey, a Best Actor Drama winner.

Were they fucking bluffing all along?
Thanks Sarah Paulson! You're sweet.

OK.

Oh it's over. Totally forgot about that.

Emma Thompson, I hope to be 1/10 the woman you are.