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She just announced an adaptation of Three Incestuous Sisters with Saoirse Ronan and Dakota Johnson, directed by the La Chimera director? Yes yes yes please

I'm so glad Jessie Buckley keeps doing weird shit in between coming for Oscars. Give me Chernobyl (GOATed imo), Hamnet and Women Talking; give me I'm Thinking of Ending Things (GOATed imo), Men and The Bride! Give me them all, and keep it coming.

"What if the Bride of Frankenstein was a neglected commoner surrounded by criminals and perverts, got possessed by literal Mary Shelley, got a second chance at a life she might deserve, and went full Bonnie And Clyde with it in the second half". More than enough here for me to justify multiple views

I'll always go to bat for giving weird shit a chance (especially when it's harder than ever to come by, and when it's arguably more necessary than ever to have more of it). This absolutely fits the bill. If neither the aforementioned Bale performance nor the first 20mins shake you off: enjoy.

The Bride!: When this comes to physical media I'm gonna rewatch it at least 6 times, and I swear to god if Christian Bale's accent or whatever the fuck he was going for here finally clicks by the end of the third or fourth watch, I'm going to end up loving this, not just really liking it.

This is Buzz: Visually creative (and thematically-relevantly-rebellious, also!) documentary about an ahead-of-its-time underappreciated aspect of MTV's history. Suffers from padding its runtime (a solid 70-80min doc extended 20mins with too much pre-debut fluff), but still worthwhile for the subject

Trans rights are human rights. This isn't a tough one.

made fan art for my favourite horror movie

My only post here until Monday despite having just started Slamdance: Justice for Melissa Barrera. Free Palestine.

There were human beings harmed over this, and Bluesky libs went out of their way to tell us that they don't view Black people as humans

And you expect solidarity, right? Pfft. A lot of yall are just as racist as MAGAs, if not worse because you ride a high horse and think you're one of the good ones

Every person with genuine human feelings knew this fact during the campaign. But the Harris campaign refused to listen to the chorus that both warned them and asked them to do the right thing.

Scoop: DNC officials working on secret report found Gaza stance cost Harris votes The DNC's research on what went wrong in 2024 has been under lock and key since party leaders decided to hide it from the public.

Top Democratic officials who worked on the party's secret autopsy of the 2024 election concluded that Kamala Harris lost significant support bc of the Biden administration's instance on backing the genocide in Gaza, Axios has learned.

Not even getting into the skin-picking scene, which particularly did me in because I do that shit all the time when I'm stressed, and I'm always stressed. Don't tell me this isn't a horror film.

The Plague (2025): Put my head in my hands multiple times after pausing two scenes actively begging for it to not go the way I thought it was about to go just for it to go that exact way.

Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo: Very depressing film about a man who just wants kindness to himself, his mom, and his dog, and finds pain and no luck anywhere despite a seemingly endless supply of people wanting to help. Unfortunately relatable

Comfortable like a warm hug and as hesitant to let you go as you are to leave. Available on the Letterboxd Video Store through tomorrow night

The Golden Spurtle: I should have known a 70min documentary about a cozy community of people gathering together for a world porridge championship in Scotland would have wound up making me cry, but I was still not ready when it happened in those last few minutes.

Counselor: These feelings of "everything sucks," how long have you had them? Butt-head: Uhh, since everything started to suck, I guess.

Here it is, your moment of zen.

LMAO imagine BRAGGING about how you were able to do more damage to immigrant communities, but much quieter and less obnoxious.

This is probably ok

Ribbons+Taxes is the only one that didn't fully connect on my first listen, but by the end of the titular track I'd already accepted that this is one of those replay-frequently albums, so it's When not If I grow to love that too. Favs: World Famous, I'm Crying Are You, and the original title track.

August Ponthier - Everywhere Isn't Texas: Fascinating lesbian pop-country debut where Ponthier stands out by being (and eventually embracing) themself, even with the risks that may come internally (I'm Crying, Are You?) or externally (Bloodline).

Triumphant, at its best reminds me of CHVRCHES or Magdalena Bay; we need more.

hemlocke springs - the apple tree under the sea: Impressive and confident synthpop full-length debut that's going to take a few more listens for me to even narrow it down to two favs (closest I have to a singular take is be the girl! is the closer this deserves).

Charli XCX - Wuthering Heights: The only thing that may be better than Margot Robbie's performance from Fennell's wonderful experiment, a 5-star soundtrack to a 5-star film. Charli's followup to brat rules a lot, maybe even more? Darkly angelic/rapturous. House or Chains of Love for my fav track

How interesting that can be for 2 hours relies on who's involved. Credit to Grace Glowicki for continuing to be up to the task and helping win me over on this one; if you missed out on Strawberry Mansion or Booger, fix that!

Honey Bunch: Leaning to liking it, but man a) the pacing doesn't make it easy and b) that's still a massive step down from how I felt about Violation (the directors' prior effort). People in relationships trying to stave off one's death through...problematic means is interesting.

(though Charli's soundtrack tried its best re-balancing that)

While I'm at it, do I even care about the concept of writing making sense? This and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey make me think that I don't as long as Margot Robbie's there because she's just incapable of even a mid performance. Am I even still queer? I don't know that anymore either

Wuthering Heights (2026): This didn't care about the book or the concept of books, and it continued Emerald Fennell's trend of not caring about poor people. It slayed still, nevertheless, to the point it makes me question whether I do either