I’ve added the eleven movies that Lav Diaz picked in his Criterion Closet appearance:
Lost Highway
The Apu Trilogy
Le Samourai
Essential Fellini
Ingmar Bergman's Cinema
I Am Cuba
Werckmeister Harmonies
Naked
Persona
Ugetsu
Letters from Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa
Lav Diaz made one original pick: Letters from Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa. Identifying whether a pick is original or not is one reason why my Master List of Closet Picks in the Criterion Closet is so valuable.
I’ve added the seven movies that Will Arnett picked in his Criterion Closet appearance:
Dekalog
John Cassavetes: Five Films
Les Blank: Always for Pleasure (rando pick)
Stranger than Paradise
The Double Life of Veronique
The Tin Drum
Withnail and I
Will Arnett made no original picks. Identifying whether a pick is original or not is one reason why my Master List of Closet Picks in the Criterion Closet is so valuable.
I’ve added the eight movies that Florence Welch picked in her Criterion Closet appearance:
This is Spinal Tap
Häxan
I Married a Witch
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Pina
The Red Shoes
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Withnail and I
Florence Welch made one original pick, This Is Spinal Tap. Rob Reiner was recently murdered at age 78, allegedly by his troubled son. Identifying whether a pick is original is one reason why my Master List of Closet Picks in the Criterion Closet is so valuable.
December 2025 was another outstanding month for dingbats. There were only a handful of massive outlier moves during the month, which I’ve detailed below. You have to prevent yourself from tilting on these days, and reviewing old outlier moves is one way to inoculate yourself from tilt. Good luck!
Don’t forget to review the Worst Adverse Excursions in November 2025 (5) and the Worst Adverse Excursions in October 2025 (23!).
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December 1: AHMA, FLYE
December 9: AFJK, OCG
December 10: BBGI
December 15: RADX
$90 … High Polish Blue … single sided Deep Carve
$67.95 … single sided Deep Carve with Photo Image
Inflation… dollar devaluation … trillion in annual interest payments on U.S. government debt.
I’ve added the six movies that Rose Byrne picked in her Criterion Closet appearance:
An Unmarried Woman
Mulholland Dr.
Paris, Texas
Secrets & Lies
The Piano
Trainspotting
Rose Byrne made no original picks. This is why my Master List of Closet Picks in the Criterion Closet is so valuable.
The system of checks and balances among the branches of the US government has recently broken down. First we’ll look at how the Supreme Court has been imbalanced over time:
Associate Justice, Clarence Thomas, born 1948, Catholic, George H.W. Bush nominated, seated 1991
Chief Justice, John G. Roberts, Jr., born 1955, Catholic, George W. Bush nominated, seated 2005
Associate Justice, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., born 1950, Catholic, George W. Bush nominated, seated 2006
Associate Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, born 1954, Catholic, Barack Obama nominated, seated 2009
Associate Justice, Elena Kagan, born 1960, Jewish, Barack Obama nominated, seated 2010
Associate Justice, Neil M. Gorsuch, born 1967, Catholic, Donald Trump nominated, seated 2017
Associate Justice, Brett M. Kavanaugh, born 1965, Catholic, Donald Trump nominated, seated 2018
Associate Justice, Amy Coney Barrett, born 1972, Catholic, Donald Trump nominated, seated 2020
Associate Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, born 1970, Protestant, Joseph Biden nominated, seated 2022
