Sarah Welch-Larson
@dodgyboffin.com
I write about movies, feminism, theology, and sad men in space for Bright Wall/Dark Room and Seeing & Believing.
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Sarah Welch-Larson
@dodgyboffin.com
· Aug 1
Not now, widening gyre
There is no way my man Dr. Robby should be riding a motorcycle without a helmet given his day job
January 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM
There is no way my man Dr. Robby should be riding a motorcycle without a helmet given his day job
Hi new followers! I’m a Chicago-based film critic whose favorite topics include feminism, theology, and sad men in space. I’m a staff writer for @brightwalldarkroom.com and the writer of the Seeing & Believing newsletter (subscribe here: seeingandbelieving.substack.com)
Seeing & Believing | Sarah Welch-Larson | Substack
Searching for the sacred on screen. Click to read Seeing & Believing, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
seeingandbelieving.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Hi new followers! I’m a Chicago-based film critic whose favorite topics include feminism, theology, and sad men in space. I’m a staff writer for @brightwalldarkroom.com and the writer of the Seeing & Believing newsletter (subscribe here: seeingandbelieving.substack.com)
latent Trigun obsession is going to hit a rolling boil in about a week or two, everybody brace yourselves
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
latent Trigun obsession is going to hit a rolling boil in about a week or two, everybody brace yourselves
Successfully managed to convince my young Wisconsin niece to say “bear down, go Bears” in front of the in-laws
January 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Successfully managed to convince my young Wisconsin niece to say “bear down, go Bears” in front of the in-laws
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New on the site!
Our Best of 2025 issue continues, with @dodgyboffin.com on Steven Soderbergh’s BLACK BAG
Our Best of 2025 issue continues, with @dodgyboffin.com on Steven Soderbergh’s BLACK BAG
Black Bag (2025): Suspicions, Hearsay, and Pillow Talk
Black Bag is a study of the notion of trust—and how it can be assured in a world where everyone is always lying to each other.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
New on the site!
Our Best of 2025 issue continues, with @dodgyboffin.com on Steven Soderbergh’s BLACK BAG
Our Best of 2025 issue continues, with @dodgyboffin.com on Steven Soderbergh’s BLACK BAG
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
ICYMI, @dodgyboffin.com's best-of-2025 list went up on the Substack. It's a great read with some hidden-gem picks, while doubling as a nice summation of and eulogy for the year we all just lived through.
Sarah's Favorite Movies of 2025
Notes on the year that was.
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
ICYMI, @dodgyboffin.com's best-of-2025 list went up on the Substack. It's a great read with some hidden-gem picks, while doubling as a nice summation of and eulogy for the year we all just lived through.
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
Everything, please.
Watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, 5x5.
Watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, 5x5.
January 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Everything, please.
Watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, 5x5.
Watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, 5x5.
It is once again ska-o’clock at House Welch-Larson
January 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
It is once again ska-o’clock at House Welch-Larson
A medical drama TV show but it’s exclusively about the lab technicians conducting blood tests
January 10, 2026 at 4:45 AM
A medical drama TV show but it’s exclusively about the lab technicians conducting blood tests
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
For @brightwalldarkroom.com’s Best of 2025 issue: BLACK BAG
Black Bag (2025): Suspicions, Hearsay, and Pillow Talk
Black Bag is a study of the notion of trust—and how it can be assured in a world where everyone is always lying to each other.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
For @brightwalldarkroom.com’s Best of 2025 issue: BLACK BAG
I would like to believe that everyone can be redeemed, but God, these ghouls make that belief seem so naive
January 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I would like to believe that everyone can be redeemed, but God, these ghouls make that belief seem so naive
For @brightwalldarkroom.com’s Best of 2025 issue: BLACK BAG
Black Bag (2025): Suspicions, Hearsay, and Pillow Talk
Black Bag is a study of the notion of trust—and how it can be assured in a world where everyone is always lying to each other.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
For @brightwalldarkroom.com’s Best of 2025 issue: BLACK BAG
Welp, basement flooded
January 9, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Welp, basement flooded
God bless the theater kids who came to Phantom of the Opera on a gross rainy night in full black-tie ballgowns
January 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
God bless the theater kids who came to Phantom of the Opera on a gross rainy night in full black-tie ballgowns
It is my life’s purpose to glean insights from actionable data
January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
It is my life’s purpose to glean insights from actionable data
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losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
Each new detail is sadder than the last
January 8, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Each new detail is sadder than the last
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
New today!
Our reflections on the best movies and first watches of 2025, featuring @eccantwell.bsky.social, @frankfalisi.bsky.social, @franhoepfner.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @russellnichols.bsky.social @abigailoswald.bsky.social, @chadperman.bsky.social, @aheartofgould.bsky.social & more
Our reflections on the best movies and first watches of 2025, featuring @eccantwell.bsky.social, @frankfalisi.bsky.social, @franhoepfner.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @russellnichols.bsky.social @abigailoswald.bsky.social, @chadperman.bsky.social, @aheartofgould.bsky.social & more
BW/DR Picks: The Best of 2025
Bright Wall/Dark Room editors and contributors share their favorite movies, first watches, and movie moments of 2025.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
New today!
Our reflections on the best movies and first watches of 2025, featuring @eccantwell.bsky.social, @frankfalisi.bsky.social, @franhoepfner.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @russellnichols.bsky.social @abigailoswald.bsky.social, @chadperman.bsky.social, @aheartofgould.bsky.social & more
Our reflections on the best movies and first watches of 2025, featuring @eccantwell.bsky.social, @frankfalisi.bsky.social, @franhoepfner.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @russellnichols.bsky.social @abigailoswald.bsky.social, @chadperman.bsky.social, @aheartofgould.bsky.social & more
My yelling-to-watching an episode of THE PITT ratio is holding steady at a solid 1:1
January 7, 2026 at 2:13 AM
My yelling-to-watching an episode of THE PITT ratio is holding steady at a solid 1:1
THE PITT is ruining my life
January 7, 2026 at 12:59 AM
THE PITT is ruining my life
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Here's the crux of the gist: we're on the cusp of a brink
January 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Here's the crux of the gist: we're on the cusp of a brink
- gardening
- linguistics
- Tolkien’s legendarium
- Homestuck (lmao)
- fiber crafts (man I miss knitting)
- linguistics
- Tolkien’s legendarium
- Homestuck (lmao)
- fiber crafts (man I miss knitting)
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
January 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM
- gardening
- linguistics
- Tolkien’s legendarium
- Homestuck (lmao)
- fiber crafts (man I miss knitting)
- linguistics
- Tolkien’s legendarium
- Homestuck (lmao)
- fiber crafts (man I miss knitting)
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
My top ten list of 2025 releases is up!
Sarah's Favorite Movies of 2025
Notes on the year that was.
seeingandbelieving.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
My top ten list of 2025 releases is up!
My top ten list of 2025 releases is up!
Sarah's Favorite Movies of 2025
Notes on the year that was.
seeingandbelieving.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
My top ten list of 2025 releases is up!
Just submitted proofs for the second edition of Becoming Alien
a man singing into a microphone on a stage
Alt: Bo Burnham wearing sunglasses and laughing maniacally into a microphone
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Just submitted proofs for the second edition of Becoming Alien