Jake Cole

@jakecole.bsky.social

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Freelance critic and terminally online figure. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jakepcole/

Still from Martin Scorsese’s Casino where the dust trail kicked up by a car driving through the desert is reflected in De Niro’s sunglasses
Jean-Luc Godard staring at an iPhone and muttering “my god…crap…”
Nomad (Patrick Tam, 1982, Hong Kong) The War Game (Peter Watkins, 1966, UK) Sudden Impact (Clint Eastwood, 1983, US) The Lost Honour of Katharine Blum (Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta, 1975, Germany) Falling Leaves (Otar Iosseliani, 1966, Georgia) Infernal Affairs II (Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, 2003, Hong Kong) Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011, France) Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Aki Kaurismäki, 1989, Finland) The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Marielle Heller, 2015, US) The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016, US)
Gendo Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion
Teen Girl Squad from Homestar Runner
Ending of Brazil (1985)
Leonard Nimoy teleporting away in The Simpsons
Anton Arcane from Swamp Thing in his bug creature mode
Wally West Flash
Shot from the Simpsons intro of Maggie “driving” with her fake wheel as Marge drives the car
La Région Centrale (Michael Snow, 1971, Canada) The Mouth Agape (Maurice Pialat, 1974, France) Humanity and Paper Balloons (Sadao Yamanaka, 1937, Japan) Five Year Diary, Reel 23: A Breakdown (and) After the Mental Hospital (September 1–December 13, 1982) (Anne Charlotte Robertson, 1982, US) Japanese Girls at the Harbor (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1933, Japan) Girl with Hyacinths (Hasse Ekman, 1950, Sweden) L’homme Atlantique (Marguerite Duras, 1981, France) The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Karel Zeman, 1962, Czechoslovakia) Clifford (Paul Flaherty, 1994, US) The Testament of Ann Lee (Mona Fastvold, 2025, US) Baby Boy (John Singleton, 2001, US) By the Time It Gets Dark (Anocha Suwichakornpong, 2019, Thailand) Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1965, Italy) Rain (Joris Ivens, 1929, Netherlands) My Way Home (Miklós Jancsó, 1965, Hungary)
Purple Reign, 1978-1986 Let’s Go Crazy [Purple Rain] When You Were Mine [Dirty Mind] New Position [Parade] Do Me, Baby [Controversy] Kiss [Parade] Moonbeam Levels [unreleased, 1982] Pop Life [Around the World in a Day] Little Red Corvette [1999] Controversy [Controversy] How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore? [b-side of “1999” single] Condition of the Heart [Around the World in a Day] I Would Die 4 U [Purple Rain] America [12” single] The Beautiful Ones [Purple Rain] Sometimes It Snows in April [Parade] When Doves Cry [Purple Rain] Electric Intercourse [live, First Avenue, March 8, 1983] Raspberry Beret [Around the World in a Day] Anotherloverholenyohead [live, Detroit, June 7, 1986]] 1999 [1999] Hello [b-side of “Pop Life” single Purple Rain [Purple Rain] D.M.S.R. [1999] Erotic City [b-side of 12” “Let’s Go Crazy” single] She’s Always in My Hair (New Mix) [b-side of 12” “Raspberry Beret” single] Sexy Dancer [live, Atlanta, March 6, 1980] Head [Dirty Mind] Soft and Wet [For You] I Wanna Be Your Lover [Prince] Let’s Work [Controversy] Girls & Boys [alternate take of track on Parade] Purple Music [unreleased, 1982] 17 Days [b-side of “When Doves Cry” single] Extraloveable [unreleased, 1982] Let’s Pretend We’re Married [1999] Computer Blue [complete version recorded during Purple Rain sessions] Partyup [live, Saturday Night Live, February 21, 1981] Irresistible Bitch [live, First Avenue, June 7, 1984] Possessed [live, First Avenue, June 7, 1984] Baby, I’m a Star [live, Atlanta, January 4, 1985]