Suhel Banerjee

Time for my favourite (and only, if we're being honest) blog post of the year - the annual movies round up. suhelbanerjee.com/2026/01/movies… Movies watched: 69 Rest in the post.

Have been an admirer of @greatbong 's writing since I stumbled on his blog in the fossil era of early 2000s Internet. It takes great skill and passion to write one book, but 7 fiction novels, over 15 years, and consistently high quality is a different bar. It was once again my privilege to read an early preview of his latest book - The Bucket (horror/thriller). While there may be some recency bias here, I think he has raised an already high bar. It helps that he's set his story in the Bengal of the last 30 years, one of his core strengths, with highly identifiable characters for us millennials growing up in Bengal and India of that era. Go ahead and buy the book. Here's my full review. goodreads.com/review/show/81…

@ChrisStocking @ItsRobbAllen True for almost everything we eat actually if you stop to think about it, no?

@ItsRobbAllen @suhel I go through this same thought process every time I have cheese. Wild to think about how we got to where we are today.

Once again, I struggle to understand how we have chocolate. I mean, someone saw this fruit & thought "Fruit is usually yummy, I should eat it." They opened it up & saw a glob of mucus covered pods thar are—from my understanding—sweet & slightly citrusy but look like a giant booger. That person then said "You know what, I should ferment these for a while! And then I should just let them sit there for a week or so to let them dry and get all crusty. You know what would work after that? ROASTING them! Probably should break them down into little nibs, too. Ah, then I probably should grind them into dust! Oh, I should add milk and sugar too!" How we got from point a to point b just baffles me.

@sidin Looks like 4pm in Seattle.

This is 4:30 pm in London in November. Unbearable nonsense.

Dear Sir, If the stars had aligned a little differently that day you could have been getting ready for your office farewell now. Planning to take care of those pension forms and finding a post-retirement hobby. Well, 60 years ago today, the brightest of the stars decided to come to our random planet instead to spread joy, love, and laughter. You don't know me, Sir. Likely never will. However, as you often say "I will be happy even if I have touched one life" please know that you didn't just touch this life, but gave it guidance, direction, and confidence. A constant during almost the entirety of my 40 odd years. I have nothing to give someone who has it all. You likely even have every wish that I could wish for you today. So, Happy 60th. Thank the stars for going off-script that day. #HappyBirthdaySRK #SRKDay

@AravSrinivas @perplexity_ai Feedback on Perplexity Finance S&P500 price display. The formatting of the "prev close", "day range", "52w range" is non-standard in this decimal points + K format. Can you please use the conventional full numerical value, with 2 decimal places ideally (like you have at the top for the S&P 500 price)?

@THRIndia_ Your Reviews RSS feed seems to be broken. Depend on it for my Indian cinema watchlist. Can you please share a working feed for hollywoodreporterindia.com/reviews ? [CC: @anupamachopra @ReelReptile ]

@GabbbarSingh It's really not done to share the final images of a series with "spoiler alert" written in the tweet.

@chhabs I mean how badly he pronounced itself felt like a joke, but I think he thought he was speaking in Hindi.

@suhel It was a joke, but badly executed joke!

What that hell was that Hindi sentence #CononOBrien? I could only make out the word nashta.

Best Actor: Adrian Brody (The Brutalist) Best Actress: Demi Moore (The Substance) Best Director: Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) Best Film: The Brutalist

Best Adapted Screenplay: Nickel Boys Best Original Screenplay: Anora Best Animated Film: Inside Out 2 Best International Film: I'm Still Here Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez)

And as the Academy Awards kick off, time for the annual predictions! Managed to catch all 10 of the Best Film nominees and the majority of the other nominated ones as well. Here are my calls.

Been one of the most exciting projects I've worked on in my career so far. Can't wait for everyone to try this out soon!

@CricCrazyJohns Why do you find the need to write in this hyperbolic fashion all the time? Have you tested that this clickbait style works better than a simple "Rohit Sharma will play in the Ranji trophy on January 23rd"? I actually love your prompt updates, but find your language unnecessary.

MARK YOUR DATES, ROHIT SHARMA IS GOING TO PLAY RANJI TROPHY. - January 23rd at BKC, Captain returns 🔥

@maxdavinci Greater religion of movies.

@suhel Off brand ho gaya, isn't your patron saint the one with outstretched arms?

The annual movies round up post, in its 16th year, and 11 days delayed. suhelbanerjee.com/2025/01/movies… On the positive side, one more year end list to revive that holiday spirit!

@maxdavinci Ekbar commitment kar diya toh...

@suhel Noice, gotta commend keeping it up. I just mark them down on letterboxd. Itna humse na hoga

@jschultzf3 Don't do this again!

The weight of the financial world hangs in the balance. The value of your home, portfolio, and dollars themselves is at stake. Tomorrow morning is the most critical PCE print of our lifetimes with no close second.