Billie Anderson
@billieanderson.bsky.social
Bad film lover, PhD, human muppet
Working on my dissertation about Cronenberg, monster movies, and disability
Working on my dissertation about Cronenberg, monster movies, and disability
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social wraps up her coverage of HAL & HARPER and says, "The finale hit me like a truck."
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #mubi
#TVJawn
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #mubi
#TVJawn
HAL & HARPER's ending is sadness with structure — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer With its conclusion, Hal & Harper knocks it right out of the park.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social wraps up her coverage of HAL & HARPER and says, "The finale hit me like a truck."
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #mubi
#TVJawn
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #mubi
#TVJawn
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "As the finale swiftly approaches, HAL & HARPER gives its audience an emotional break. In a Cooper Raiff kind of way."
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #Mubi
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #Mubi
HAL & HARPER wants its characters present, even if it hurts — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer As the finale swiftly approaches, Hal & Harper gives its audience an emotional break. In a Cooper Raiff kind of way.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "As the finale swiftly approaches, HAL & HARPER gives its audience an emotional break. In a Cooper Raiff kind of way."
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #Mubi
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #Mubi
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "Chloe Zhao’s HAMNET reminds us that art is not optional. It’s how we survive."
#Hamnet opens in select theaters Friday and wide on December 12.
#Hamnet opens in select theaters Friday and wide on December 12.
HAMNET turns a centuries-old tragedy into a living, breathing experience — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet reminds us that art is not optional. It’s how we survive.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "Chloe Zhao’s HAMNET reminds us that art is not optional. It’s how we survive."
#Hamnet opens in select theaters Friday and wide on December 12.
#Hamnet opens in select theaters Friday and wide on December 12.
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "Six episodes in, HAL & HARPER has built one of the most complete portraits of a family I’ve seen on television."
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #Mubi
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #Mubi
The past keeps knocking in HAL & HARPER — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Hal & Harper continues to paint a full and truthful portrait of a family.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "Six episodes in, HAL & HARPER has built one of the most complete portraits of a family I’ve seen on television."
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #Mubi
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on #Mubi
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "Reinhart’s performance here is the best she’s given yet."
Catch up on episode 05 of HAL & HARPER, now streaming on #mubi.
#TVJawn #Hal&Harper
Catch up on episode 05 of HAL & HARPER, now streaming on #mubi.
#TVJawn #Hal&Harper
HAL & HARPER brings Halloween to its roots: a holiday about pretending — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Halloween on Hal & Harper shines a light on the emotional core of the holiday through an adult lens.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "Reinhart’s performance here is the best she’s given yet."
Catch up on episode 05 of HAL & HARPER, now streaming on #mubi.
#TVJawn #Hal&Harper
Catch up on episode 05 of HAL & HARPER, now streaming on #mubi.
#TVJawn #Hal&Harper
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "FRANKENSTEIN is Guillermo del Toro at the pinnacle of his craft."
@realgdt.bsky.social's #FrankensteinMovie is now streaming on @netflix.com.
@realgdt.bsky.social's #FrankensteinMovie is now streaming on @netflix.com.
Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN is a careful, uncompromising exploration of monstrosity and human fallibility — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Del Toro’s Frankenstein is less about historical accuracy than it is about the timeless ethical and existential questions Shelley posed: What is human? What is mons...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "FRANKENSTEIN is Guillermo del Toro at the pinnacle of his craft."
@realgdt.bsky.social's #FrankensteinMovie is now streaming on @netflix.com.
@realgdt.bsky.social's #FrankensteinMovie is now streaming on @netflix.com.
One of my favourites of the year has a trailer! Read my thoughts on Ann Lee for @moviejawn.com www.moviejawn.com/home/2025/10...
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
One of my favourites of the year has a trailer! Read my thoughts on Ann Lee for @moviejawn.com www.moviejawn.com/home/2025/10...
I was, and I wish I was joking, genuinely asked this question during my PhD defence
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I was, and I wish I was joking, genuinely asked this question during my PhD defence
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MJ’s @billieanderson.bsky.social shares thoughts on the latest episode of HAL & HARPER.
#HalAndHarper is now streaming on Mubi
#HalAndHarper is now streaming on Mubi
There isn't a big fix for childhood trauma in HAL & HARPER, only slow movements forward — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Lili Reinhart is a knock out in this week’s Hal & Harper .
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November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
MJ’s @billieanderson.bsky.social shares thoughts on the latest episode of HAL & HARPER.
#HalAndHarper is now streaming on Mubi
#HalAndHarper is now streaming on Mubi
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares thoughts on episode 03 of HAL & HARPER.
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on Mubi.
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on Mubi.
HAL & HARPER treats the past less like a memory and more like an active ingredient — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Hal & Harper ’s third episode sits in the past, living in it.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares thoughts on episode 03 of HAL & HARPER.
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on Mubi.
#Hal&Harper is now streaming on Mubi.
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BLUE HERON from debut filmmaker Sophy Romvari: “But this isn’t just a family drama. Romvari layers memory, fiction, documentary, and meta-cinema together, creating something that feels closer to time travel than storytelling.”
Review from Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social out of #TIFF50
Review from Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social out of #TIFF50
BLUE HERON is nostalgic, sharp, and grief stricken — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer The point of Blue Heron is to sit with the unspeakable, to look at it squarely, and to love through it anyway.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
BLUE HERON from debut filmmaker Sophy Romvari: “But this isn’t just a family drama. Romvari layers memory, fiction, documentary, and meta-cinema together, creating something that feels closer to time travel than storytelling.”
Review from Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social out of #TIFF50
Review from Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social out of #TIFF50
Lived in Toronto for over 6 years time to do something about this I guess
October 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Lived in Toronto for over 6 years time to do something about this I guess
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MJ’s @billieanderson.bsky.social says, “Television might be the perfect medium for Raiff, or maybe the most dangerous.”
Check out Billie’s thoughts on the first two episodes of Cooper Raiff’s HAL AND HARPER.
#HalAndHarper is now streaming on Mubi.
Check out Billie’s thoughts on the first two episodes of Cooper Raiff’s HAL AND HARPER.
#HalAndHarper is now streaming on Mubi.
Cooper Raiff's new series HAL AND HARPER is shaping up to be his crowning achievement — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Hal and Harper is creator Cooper Raiff’s new crowning achievement.
www.moviejawn.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
MJ’s @billieanderson.bsky.social says, “Television might be the perfect medium for Raiff, or maybe the most dangerous.”
Check out Billie’s thoughts on the first two episodes of Cooper Raiff’s HAL AND HARPER.
#HalAndHarper is now streaming on Mubi.
Check out Billie’s thoughts on the first two episodes of Cooper Raiff’s HAL AND HARPER.
#HalAndHarper is now streaming on Mubi.
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"It is here, in the intersection of gothic spectacle, moral inquiry, and deep psychological insight, that Del Toro proves why he is unmatched as a chronicler of monsters."
Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social reviews FRANKENSTEIN, the latest from director Guillermo Del Toro.
Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social reviews FRANKENSTEIN, the latest from director Guillermo Del Toro.
Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN is a careful, uncompromising exploration of monstrosity and human fallibility — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Del Toro’s Frankenstein is less about historical accuracy than it is about the timeless ethical and existential questions Shelley posed: What is human? What is mons...
www.moviejawn.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"It is here, in the intersection of gothic spectacle, moral inquiry, and deep psychological insight, that Del Toro proves why he is unmatched as a chronicler of monsters."
Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social reviews FRANKENSTEIN, the latest from director Guillermo Del Toro.
Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social reviews FRANKENSTEIN, the latest from director Guillermo Del Toro.
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social thinks IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is necessary viewing.
#ItWasJustAnAccident is in theaters Friday.
#ItWasJustAnAccident is in theaters Friday.
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT opens up what it means to be a survivor — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer It’s one of those rare movies that feels both scrupulously controlled and wildly alive, the kind of thing that makes you realize you’ve been missing a whole dimension...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social thinks IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is necessary viewing.
#ItWasJustAnAccident is in theaters Friday.
#ItWasJustAnAccident is in theaters Friday.
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "We’re lucky to live in a world where DEAD LOVER exists—a film disgusting, hilarious, heartfelt, and entirely itself."
#DeadLover premiered at #TIFF2025 and will screen @brooklynhorror.bsky.social October 18.
#DeadLover premiered at #TIFF2025 and will screen @brooklynhorror.bsky.social October 18.
TIFF 2025: DEAD LOVER is disgustingly good (in every sense) — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Watching Dead Lover felt like being jolted with 100,000 volts of weird, beamed directly into my skull, and I left the theater grateful to be alive in a world where ...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "We’re lucky to live in a world where DEAD LOVER exists—a film disgusting, hilarious, heartfelt, and entirely itself."
#DeadLover premiered at #TIFF2025 and will screen @brooklynhorror.bsky.social October 18.
#DeadLover premiered at #TIFF2025 and will screen @brooklynhorror.bsky.social October 18.
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "I walked out of THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE dazed or shaky in a way I usually only feel after leaving a long concert where the sound has reverberated through my chest."
#TheTestamentOfAnnLee plays at #BFIFilmFest tomorrow, opens in theaters December 25.
#TheTestamentOfAnnLee plays at #BFIFilmFest tomorrow, opens in theaters December 25.
TIFF 2025: THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is a special historical epic that respects and cares for its subject — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer The Testament of Ann Lee trusts that audiences can endure ambiguity, that we can sit with the strangeness of devotion without demanding neat answers.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "I walked out of THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE dazed or shaky in a way I usually only feel after leaving a long concert where the sound has reverberated through my chest."
#TheTestamentOfAnnLee plays at #BFIFilmFest tomorrow, opens in theaters December 25.
#TheTestamentOfAnnLee plays at #BFIFilmFest tomorrow, opens in theaters December 25.
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“Every gag is a mini miracle of guerrilla filmmaking, a perfect storm of timing, stunts, hidden cameras, and sheer audacity. It’s cinematic anarchy at its finest: hilarious, chaotic, and deliberately crafted.”
Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social reviews NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE.
Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social reviews NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE.
TIFF 2025: NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE is a hilarious love letter to Toronto — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Beyond the city, the film is a near–copyright-infringing comedic masterpiece: absurd, defiant, and meticulously structured.
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October 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Every gag is a mini miracle of guerrilla filmmaking, a perfect storm of timing, stunts, hidden cameras, and sheer audacity. It’s cinematic anarchy at its finest: hilarious, chaotic, and deliberately crafted.”
Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social reviews NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE.
Billie Anderson @billieanderson.bsky.social reviews NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE.
I loved Frankenstein (2025), but my enjoyment aside, it also does something really important: humanizes the monster. Read about my thoughts here: theconversation.com/in-guillermo...
In Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, what makes us monstrous is refusing to care
Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ reconsiders the cultural imagining of ‘the monster’ and how stories reflect attitudes about difference — especially difference in embodiment.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I loved Frankenstein (2025), but my enjoyment aside, it also does something really important: humanizes the monster. Read about my thoughts here: theconversation.com/in-guillermo...
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"TIFF this year was, in a word, weird, and I mean that in the best possible sense."
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares four weird flicks she caught at this year's #TIFF25.
#BadApples #Roofman #GoodBoy #FuckMySon
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares four weird flicks she caught at this year's #TIFF25.
#BadApples #Roofman #GoodBoy #FuckMySon
A sampling of TIFF 2025's weirdest offerings — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer This year, the weirdness was everywhere, and it came in so many flavors: tender, chaotic, unsettling, hilarious, and occasionally horrendous.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"TIFF this year was, in a word, weird, and I mean that in the best possible sense."
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares four weird flicks she caught at this year's #TIFF25.
#BadApples #Roofman #GoodBoy #FuckMySon
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares four weird flicks she caught at this year's #TIFF25.
#BadApples #Roofman #GoodBoy #FuckMySon
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares a snapshot of her favorite Canadian films from this year's TIFF.
#Tiff2025 #NormalFilm #YouHadToBeThereMovie #HoneyBunch #MileEndKicks
#Tiff2025 #NormalFilm #YouHadToBeThereMovie #HoneyBunch #MileEndKicks
TIFF 2025: 4 Canadian films to add to your watchlist now — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer A small list of the Canadian films Billie Anderson especially enjoyed at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares a snapshot of her favorite Canadian films from this year's TIFF.
#Tiff2025 #NormalFilm #YouHadToBeThereMovie #HoneyBunch #MileEndKicks
#Tiff2025 #NormalFilm #YouHadToBeThereMovie #HoneyBunch #MileEndKicks
I’ve created a substack! I want to space to think through my more casual movie thoughts (esp. context I’m watching the movies in). Subscribe if you want to know why I watch the ways I watch 🫶 billielanderson.substack.com/p/this-showi...
This Showing Only
On why movies never meet us in a vacuum, and why the context of watching matters as much as what’s on screen.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I’ve created a substack! I want to space to think through my more casual movie thoughts (esp. context I’m watching the movies in). Subscribe if you want to know why I watch the ways I watch 🫶 billielanderson.substack.com/p/this-showi...
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MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares "three buzzy titles" and "two wonderfully weird Canadian" flicks she can't wait to watch at #Tiff2025.
Tiff 2025 kicks off September 4 until 14th.
Tiff 2025 kicks off September 4 until 14th.
TIFF 2025: Buzzy and wonderfully weird films to look out for — Moviejawn
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Picking “most anticipateds” always feels like setting myself up for disappointment, but here are five films that I already know I’ll be in line for: three buzzy title...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares "three buzzy titles" and "two wonderfully weird Canadian" flicks she can't wait to watch at #Tiff2025.
Tiff 2025 kicks off September 4 until 14th.
Tiff 2025 kicks off September 4 until 14th.