Sam Bodrojan
@helmetgirl.bsky.social
words in Filmmaker Mag, LARB, Reverse Shot, Peach Mag, Little White Lies, etc.
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FUCKTOYS is the best undistributed film of the year and a modern camp classic. As part of my end-of-year round-up, I spoke to writer/director/star Annapurna Sriram about tarot, angels, and solidarity:
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"Fucktoys" is the Best Undistributed Movie Of the Year
“I wrote the movie because a psychic told me to dump my boyfriend, and I did”
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December 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
FUCKTOYS is the best undistributed film of the year and a modern camp classic. As part of my end-of-year round-up, I spoke to writer/director/star Annapurna Sriram about tarot, angels, and solidarity:
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I want to pay more money for movies made by people who got paid more to work less for a longer period of time and I’m not kidding
pricing for LB movies is certainly high, and high enough that it might have been the wrong calculus. but tbh I don’t think it’s unfair; you SHOULD be paying this much to support indie films without distribution. streaming oligarchs have just convinced u otherwise
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I want to pay more money for movies made by people who got paid more to work less for a longer period of time and I’m not kidding
pricing for LB movies is certainly high, and high enough that it might have been the wrong calculus. but tbh I don’t think it’s unfair; you SHOULD be paying this much to support indie films without distribution. streaming oligarchs have just convinced u otherwise
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
pricing for LB movies is certainly high, and high enough that it might have been the wrong calculus. but tbh I don’t think it’s unfair; you SHOULD be paying this much to support indie films without distribution. streaming oligarchs have just convinced u otherwise
Helmet Girl Year in Review kicks off w some reflections on the newsletter’s first anniversary, my favorite music of 2025, and a list of every single book I read:
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2025 Year In Review, Part One
The books/music/games/stuff that defined my year
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December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Helmet Girl Year in Review kicks off w some reflections on the newsletter’s first anniversary, my favorite music of 2025, and a list of every single book I read:
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It is flat out embarassing that the conversation around the transparently fascistic, implicitly anti-queer censorship of a video game (I.e. the vanguard of every social movement for the past 15 years) has been derailed by a smug debate about the nature of art.
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It is flat out embarassing that the conversation around the transparently fascistic, implicitly anti-queer censorship of a video game (I.e. the vanguard of every social movement for the past 15 years) has been derailed by a smug debate about the nature of art.
just connected two and two re: the casting of a side character in MARTY SUPREME that is probably the most galaxy-brained thing in a movie this year in a way that is like lowk maddening
December 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
just connected two and two re: the casting of a side character in MARTY SUPREME that is probably the most galaxy-brained thing in a movie this year in a way that is like lowk maddening
pretty things
on "Casanova 20" by Davey Davies and having friends
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December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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i am going completely insane watching gamers make up shit about horses and interrogating every single thing the devs have said for inconsistencies and then deciding well it probably had cp in it. this is the easy mode version of the kinds of censorship that are to come and you're failing like babies
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
i am going completely insane watching gamers make up shit about horses and interrogating every single thing the devs have said for inconsistencies and then deciding well it probably had cp in it. this is the easy mode version of the kinds of censorship that are to come and you're failing like babies
finally saw FUCKTOYS after almost a year of anticipation. Has more life in its pinky finger than most movies have in their entire body. cannot imagine *not* being head over heels for this. movies with VISION >>>>
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
finally saw FUCKTOYS after almost a year of anticipation. Has more life in its pinky finger than most movies have in their entire body. cannot imagine *not* being head over heels for this. movies with VISION >>>>
just ran a half marathon in a blizzard 👍👍
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
just ran a half marathon in a blizzard 👍👍
Everyone who suggested I watch this is in recommendation jail sorry
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Everyone who suggested I watch this is in recommendation jail sorry
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Dave Chappelle (suddenly getting serious 50 minutes into a special): On November 27, 2025, Hamnet died. He fucking died.
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Dave Chappelle (suddenly getting serious 50 minutes into a special): On November 27, 2025, Hamnet died. He fucking died.
This week’s newsletter is about PLAYERS, the Kiarostami-esque e-sports melodrama only available via unlisted YouTube videos:
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Let Me Describe A Very Weird TV Show To You
A Thanksgiving Week Distraction
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November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This week’s newsletter is about PLAYERS, the Kiarostami-esque e-sports melodrama only available via unlisted YouTube videos:
open.substack.com/pub/cchelmet...
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I offered some words for "Jack the Modernist," the book I wanted to be when I grew up:
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on owning your favorite book
some brief words for Robert Glück's "Jack the Modernist"
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November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I offered some words for "Jack the Modernist," the book I wanted to be when I grew up:
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Sandy Peterson thinks he’s John Romero. John Romero thinks he’s John Carmack. John Carmack thinks he’s J. Robert Oppenheimer
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sandy Peterson thinks he’s John Romero. John Romero thinks he’s John Carmack. John Carmack thinks he’s J. Robert Oppenheimer
saw MARTY SUPREME…I have tapped into the grindset….I am ready to abandon my loved ones and blow up my life in pursuit of my dreams…five stars
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
saw MARTY SUPREME…I have tapped into the grindset….I am ready to abandon my loved ones and blow up my life in pursuit of my dreams…five stars
I’m seeing Marty Supreme tonight, nothing can touch me
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I’m seeing Marty Supreme tonight, nothing can touch me
Expedition 33 is the most normal video game of all time. The enemy design is great and the combat is fun to break. The story is charmingly terrible. It is shiny and expensive-looking and ugly. The music is hilariously bad. It is, in many ways, exactly what we deserve.
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Expedition 33 is the most normal video game of all time. The enemy design is great and the combat is fun to break. The story is charmingly terrible. It is shiny and expensive-looking and ugly. The music is hilariously bad. It is, in many ways, exactly what we deserve.
the hamnet marketing is really misleading btw. the kid doesn’t even die she just transitions. but Jessie Buckley keeps saying “it FEELS like I’ve lost a child.” she has a panic attack seeing a man playing Ophelia on-stage too. rly unfortunate stuff :///
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
the hamnet marketing is really misleading btw. the kid doesn’t even die she just transitions. but Jessie Buckley keeps saying “it FEELS like I’ve lost a child.” she has a panic attack seeing a man playing Ophelia on-stage too. rly unfortunate stuff :///
it’s genuinely awesome that the LUMINES ARISE team spent like decades of research and incessant iteration on the dream of a truly metaphysical artwork, only to wind up building Major Lazer: The Video Game.
November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
it’s genuinely awesome that the LUMINES ARISE team spent like decades of research and incessant iteration on the dream of a truly metaphysical artwork, only to wind up building Major Lazer: The Video Game.
if I speak
The Game Awards GOTY nominees leaked:
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
if I speak
"Die My Love" is awesome, actually
+ some words on watching movies for the discourse
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November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
not only will your health insurance costs double next year, it will also be worse!
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
not only will your health insurance costs double next year, it will also be worse!
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In Super Mario Galaxy, the stars on the letters of the logo spell "u r mr gay", while for the movie it says "he mr gay". This is because you are watching Mario, not playing him.
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In Super Mario Galaxy, the stars on the letters of the logo spell "u r mr gay", while for the movie it says "he mr gay". This is because you are watching Mario, not playing him.