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anyway, it's about old friends (she/her) (adult)
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unbelievably honored to house @freakinguseless.bsky.social's review of ANORA, a brilliant piece on a movie that leaves her heroine without hope. spoilers follow! theturkishrug.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/t...
The Ballad of Anora
There is no fairy tale, but there isn’t anything else for her, either. A review of Anora (2024, dir. Sean Baker)
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i loved working on this essay with elif. her feedback was enriching and valuable, and i'm proud of the final product. give it a read!
twitter down again, welcome back bsky!
March 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
twitter down again, welcome back bsky!
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ahead of the oscars this weekend, i asked my beloved friend & film enthusiast @freakinguseless.bsky.social to tell me her favorite oscar movies and performances. she's written up this fantastic piece!! dig in theturkishrug.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/t...
The Oscars Dispatch 2025
Ahead of Oscars weekend, film correspondent Emma talks her favorites of the award year.
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February 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
ahead of the oscars this weekend, i asked my beloved friend & film enthusiast @freakinguseless.bsky.social to tell me her favorite oscar movies and performances. she's written up this fantastic piece!! dig in theturkishrug.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/t...
every time ANORA happens i'm like... yeah, i should write my fic
February 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
every time ANORA happens i'm like... yeah, i should write my fic
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imagine being the record exec who heard Pink Pony Club five years ago & not only told Chappell Roan “I don’t think this can be a hit” but also dropped her from your label over it. imagine fumbling that badly.
February 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
imagine being the record exec who heard Pink Pony Club five years ago & not only told Chappell Roan “I don’t think this can be a hit” but also dropped her from your label over it. imagine fumbling that badly.
i miss this place. wish all my friends were here.
January 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
i miss this place. wish all my friends were here.
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stoker | dir. park chan-wook
January 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
stoker | dir. park chan-wook
think the 2nd half of THE BRUTALIST is v. messy but this idea that there is so much love inside that marriage but it is no formidable opponent against everything else going on really worked for me. never giving up, and then in the epilogue, it didn't work. repurposed for someone else's ends.
January 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
think the 2nd half of THE BRUTALIST is v. messy but this idea that there is so much love inside that marriage but it is no formidable opponent against everything else going on really worked for me. never giving up, and then in the epilogue, it didn't work. repurposed for someone else's ends.
love movies! sometimes i think it's more instructive to discuss what i liked about something rather than interrogating its faults. genuine, good faith criticism, positive or negative is important, but sometimes i find it easier to nitpick what didn't land for me rather than celebrating what did
January 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
love movies! sometimes i think it's more instructive to discuss what i liked about something rather than interrogating its faults. genuine, good faith criticism, positive or negative is important, but sometimes i find it easier to nitpick what didn't land for me rather than celebrating what did
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You remember that one ad campaign for the Kate Winslet/Idris Elba mountain movie where it just said, "THE DOG LIVES"? They need to do that for The Brutalist where it just says, "THERE'S AN INTERMISSION."
Intermission??? Sold!!! Thanks.
January 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
You remember that one ad campaign for the Kate Winslet/Idris Elba mountain movie where it just said, "THE DOG LIVES"? They need to do that for The Brutalist where it just says, "THERE'S AN INTERMISSION."
seeing THE BRUTALIST today. excited to find out who the titular brutalist is.
January 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
seeing THE BRUTALIST today. excited to find out who the titular brutalist is.
once again, people need to stop telling me igor is a "good guy" i'll k*ll him (have no idea how moderation works here lol)
January 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
once again, people need to stop telling me igor is a "good guy" i'll k*ll him (have no idea how moderation works here lol)
47% on nomination morning. not bad!
January 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
47% on nomination morning. not bad!
happy oscar nominations morning to those who celebrate
January 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
happy oscar nominations morning to those who celebrate
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Today and in the coming days, remember
January 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today and in the coming days, remember
trying to write more letterboxd reviews but in a way i think it's having the opposite effect than the one i want, i.e. i don't have time to write them all so then there are half-baked thoughts rather than anything really thoughtful or intellectually/emotionally satisfying for me
January 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
trying to write more letterboxd reviews but in a way i think it's having the opposite effect than the one i want, i.e. i don't have time to write them all so then there are half-baked thoughts rather than anything really thoughtful or intellectually/emotionally satisfying for me
it's no fun to not really love movies other people do (ANORA; NOSFERATU), but it's soooo fun to be totally moved by and love movies many people are mixed or down on (BABYGIRL; QUEER)
January 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
it's no fun to not really love movies other people do (ANORA; NOSFERATU), but it's soooo fun to be totally moved by and love movies many people are mixed or down on (BABYGIRL; QUEER)
so many films to watch but kind of want to see BABYGIRL one more time before it leaves theaters
January 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
so many films to watch but kind of want to see BABYGIRL one more time before it leaves theaters
me vs. my keurig descale light
January 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
me vs. my keurig descale light
actually think julianne moore fits almodovar perfectly
January 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
actually think julianne moore fits almodovar perfectly
thinking about writing ANORA fic again
a woman is drinking a glass of water at a table .
ALT: a woman is drinking a glass of water at a table .
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January 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
thinking about writing ANORA fic again
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Those last two sentences make a good ass point I think about a lot — for all media. There is no “correct” reading of a work. Also, just vibe and ride the wave. Open your heart to art, don’t try to “solve” it. An impossibility anyway.
If you’re planning on watching any Lynch, my advice is: don’t watch any analysis videos, don’t think about what stuff is “supposed” to mean, just get your own unique experience from it!!
I think people have become far too concerned with the “correct” interpretations of media. Just experience it!!!
I think people have become far too concerned with the “correct” interpretations of media. Just experience it!!!
January 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Those last two sentences make a good ass point I think about a lot — for all media. There is no “correct” reading of a work. Also, just vibe and ride the wave. Open your heart to art, don’t try to “solve” it. An impossibility anyway.
watched INSTINCT (2019), and the people who actually watched this after seeing BODIES BODIES BODIES... oh no this film is not at all the same
January 16, 2025 at 4:06 AM
watched INSTINCT (2019), and the people who actually watched this after seeing BODIES BODIES BODIES... oh no this film is not at all the same
hate jlc as a person, hated THE LAST SHOWGIRL, but... at least it's a real supporting performance, ig...
January 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
hate jlc as a person, hated THE LAST SHOWGIRL, but... at least it's a real supporting performance, ig...