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To mark 40 years of Donna Deitch’s trailblazing lesbian romance Desert Hearts, Marya E. Gates looks back on the legacy of this love. boxd.it/31E

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Definitely a 3

I love when she calls people sluts! 😂

😂 I’m sure! It’s a nostalgic favorite for me. And Alan Rickman is delicious in it.

Special remembrance: Fred Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) 🕊💖

What is it the kids used to say? Screaming crying throwing up?

Film posters for All That Jazz, Anselm, Grey Gardens, and Visions of Eight

A great week of film. All new to me, via the Criterion Challenge. I’d seen Ann Reinking’s dance sequences from ALL THAT JAZZ a million times (j’adore!), but hadn’t seen the full film. Whew, what an experience!

#CriterionChallenge2026
Prompts 6/26/52/11
#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday #FilmSky

It’s incredible. I would have gotten it too!

That’s so cool! It looks like a gorgeous place.

Film posters for La Ceremonie, Thunder Road, The Nun, and The Piano Teacher

A week of (mostly) Isabelle Huppert. After a revisit of THE PIANO TEACHER, I was reminded just how brilliant Huppert is. Hadn’t seen that film in 24 years. Just magnificent.

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky

Have you watched THE NEWSREADER? He’s incredible in that series.

Same here!

Film poster for Thunder Road, starring Robert Mitchum.

#NowWatching: THUNDER ROAD (1958)

Saw folks talking about BENEDETTA on Reddit. I thought, hm, lesbian nunsploitation starring Charlotte Rampling? Count me in! Sadly, I didn’t vibe with it.

Then I read about THE NUN. More lesbian(ish) nunsploitation, this time with Isabelle Huppert. Also turned out to be pretty mid.

Disappointing.

Curling
Bisbee, ND

The Princess Bride (1987) In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicili...

THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987)
Criterion Challenge prompt 32/52
⭐️⭐️⭐️

Having grown up in the 80s, it’s kind of crazy that this was my first time seeing this classic. Amusing, but not really my jam. Did enjoy Mandy Patinkin, though.

#cc2026 #criterionchallenge2026

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Raul Julia 😍

Film posters for Detour, Benedetta, I Know Where I’m Going, and Au Revoir Les Enfants

It’s Friday! #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky

Detour (1945) The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

DETOUR (1945)
Criterion Challenge prompt 20/52
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Intense. Grimy. And wow, what a ferocious performance by Ann Savage. Vera is such a terrifying creature.

Beautiful restoration, too.

#cc2026 #criterionchallenge2026 #filmsky

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Some great stuff in this lineup.

Yes! Was excited to see Petula Clark show up!

I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to contin...

I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! (1945).
Criterion Challenge 2/52
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Not my favorite Powell/Pressburger, but still great. Stunning photography. And the opening credit sequence was perfection.

#cc2026 #criterionchallenge2026 #filmsky

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Excited about this one!

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987) Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths...

AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (1987).
Criterion Challenge 1/52
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

A beautiful and tender exploration of friendship at a boarding school in occupied France during the second world war.

#cc2026 #criterionchallenge2026 #filmsky

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Full original caption: VELVET SKATING--dresses are popular with Hollywood's younger set this winter. Navy blue velvet trimmed in white yarn has beer chosen by Ida Lupino, Paramount player now in "The Light That Failed" with Ronald Colman. The short swing skirt is topped by a basque jacket with scalloped peplum and long tight sleeves. The round high collar is trimmed with the same white wool. Short velvet trunks are worn under the skirt, and white skating shoes complete the costume. This is an original from Lanz of California, in Hollywood.

Ida Lupino poses in a figure skating outfit in a Paramount publicity shoot after filming “The Light That Failed” (1939). The caption describes this as “navy blue velvet trimmed in white yarn.”

I don’t think it matters either way, but I made a watchlist so I can quickly grab a film from it when I sit down to watch something.

The Criterion Challenge 2026 Rules: There are 52 categories. The goal is to watch any Criterion released film based on the categories below between 1/1/26-12/31/26. Your choices can be any films released by Criterion on 4K, Blu-r...

Anyone else doing the Criterion Challenge over on Letterboxd this year? Finally finished assembling my watchlist. Can’t wait to dive in! boxd.it/Rcbh0

#NowWatching: FRENCHIE (1950). DVD arrived in the mail today. Ready for Shelley and Marie to throw it down.

It’s an excellent doc. Have some tissues handy.