Canada's excellent film industry [1] has a window - a few years, probably long enough, but getting shorter every day - to do the funniest film re-make of all time.

It would be such a shame to wait until after he's gone to do it.

[1] Don't you dare call it "Hollywood North", you condescending ass.

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“How totalitarian regimes die.” @OldStPublishing #thedeathofstalin

Author Sheila Fitzpatrick has appeared on the Ramblings before, when I reviewed her excellent "A Spy in the Archives" back 2020. A noted and respected Soviet historian, as the book relates she spent some time living in the USSR and so she brings expertise and personal knowledge to her writings on the country and its history. So when I heard that Old Street Publishing were bringing out a new work by…

https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/how-totalitarian-regimes-die-oldstpublishing-thedeathofstalin/

I went down an awful figurative rabbit hole the other day. I was watching a clip on #Thedeathofstalin and it got to thinking about Lavrentiy Beria.

All I'll say is, if you don't know about this monster, don't look him up. It'll give you a nightmare.

Stalin, again, not exactly 'heaven' material, reportedly said of him, he's "our Himmler".

Before Biden Dropped Out, Armando Iannucci Compared the White House to ‘The Death of Stalin’
#IndieWire #GeneralNews #News #ArmandoIannucci #Biden #Film #TheDeathofStalin

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/biden-armando-iannucci-the-death-of-stalin-1235028160/