links: “I don’t understand how they’re not still shooting that film. And I don’t understand how hundreds of people aren’t dead.”

The best and worst film stuff from the week of May 11-16

I took this from GQ. It's Julia Fox in downtown Manhattan in the middle of the night. She's photographed by her best friend, Richie Shazam.

I tried to get this roundup out on Friday but between my full-time job, trying to move my family into a house, and my allergies making me think “this is it….” I haven’t been able to get it out until now. I worry about keeping a schedule and being consistent for you all, so let me know when you would find these link roundups popping in your inbox the most helpful and I’ll try to get it there then.

I put this together with a heavy heart despite there being some really incredible writing and photography that come out this week. I hope you find something you like.

1. George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road is a beautiful post-apocalyptic action film that won a bunch of Oscars. It was a brutal, painful film to make. Kyle Buchanan gathered the filmmakers to tell a drama-filled oral history for the NYT. (The headline for this post is from Steven Soderbergh about Fury Road)

2. There is something about the world’s last Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon providing film experiences to people during the pandemic that feels warm and hopeful and futile and post-apocalyptic all at once.

3. The Cannes film festival was supposed to start last week. Xan Brooks writes about what he thinks Cannes is supposed to be and his sadness in missing it for The Guardian.

4. Vulture rounded up Edgar Wright, Ava DuVernay, Ari Aster, and other filmmakers for their quarantine plugs.

5. Vanity Fair as a first look at Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, a war drama set during the Vietnam War. It’s set to release on June 12 on Netflix.

6. The editors of GQ asked a bunch of celebrities how they’re keeping creative in the time of quarantine. Uncut Gems actor Julia Fox seductively slinks through the NYC night (pictured above) and Robert Pattinson keeps it delightfully weird for the June cover.

7. The Ringer gives a nostalgic look at the making of 1995’s Twister.

8. I’m so sad about the loss of writer/director Lynn Shelton. Her work was so beautiful and thoughtful and her brilliance so unique. We lost one of our most humane and tender storytellers.

Richard Lawson @rilaws

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