Cathy Leaves
@cathyleaves.bsky.social
stories and stuff, she/they. on unceded kaurna country, https://cathyleaves.blogspot.com/
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“We’ve understood so far that Benoit Blanc’s purpose in these films is not simply to ‘solve’ a mystery, but also offer support to genuinely good people who have been railroaded by powerful figures who don’t give a damn about them.” crimereads.com/wake-up-dead...
Wake Up Dead Man Knows the Whodunnit is Inherently Political. (It’s also a Perfect Movie.)
Featured image: Netflix To be honest, I’ve been afraid of writing this review. I was so deeply moved by Wake Up Dead Man, the new film from Rian Johnson (and the third in his Benoit Blanc tri…
crimereads.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
“We’ve understood so far that Benoit Blanc’s purpose in these films is not simply to ‘solve’ a mystery, but also offer support to genuinely good people who have been railroaded by powerful figures who don’t give a damn about them.” crimereads.com/wake-up-dead...
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New today on the site!
"It’s the End of the World As We Know It and I Hadn’t Really Noticed, Actually"
- Celia Mattison on THE MASTERMIND
"It’s the End of the World As We Know It and I Hadn’t Really Noticed, Actually"
- Celia Mattison on THE MASTERMIND
The Mastermind (2025): It's The End of the World As We Know It
The Mastermind is Kelly Reichardt's most ambitious film yet, exploring many of the ideas she's been interested in since the beginning.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New today on the site!
"It’s the End of the World As We Know It and I Hadn’t Really Noticed, Actually"
- Celia Mattison on THE MASTERMIND
"It’s the End of the World As We Know It and I Hadn’t Really Noticed, Actually"
- Celia Mattison on THE MASTERMIND
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Rob Reiner & River Phoenix | Stand By Me | 1986 | 🖤
December 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Rob Reiner & River Phoenix | Stand By Me | 1986 | 🖤
Absolutely incredible to watch Ginwoo Onodera win the SLS Supercrown and see a generational talent emerge.
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Absolutely incredible to watch Ginwoo Onodera win the SLS Supercrown and see a generational talent emerge.
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1727
December 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1727
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An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
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Thanksgiving Conversation Devolves Into Just Stating Things Dog Is Currently Doing https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-conversation-devolves-into-just-stating-th-1840069525/
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thanksgiving Conversation Devolves Into Just Stating Things Dog Is Currently Doing https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-conversation-devolves-into-just-stating-th-1840069525/
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!
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"I look at that, and I have affection for a young man. It’s a Saturday night, and I’m at a typewriter with the fucking headphones on. I’m putting in the work. I’m doing it."— @themountaingoats.bsky.social's John Darnielle to Grayson Haver Currin for @GQmagazine.bsky.social
The Story John Darnielle Lived to Tell
When he was a teenager, the Mountain Goats founder never expected to live to 21. He has since become one of this century’s best songwriters. The lessons of his survival, life, and work feel endless.
www.gq.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"I look at that, and I have affection for a young man. It’s a Saturday night, and I’m at a typewriter with the fucking headphones on. I’m putting in the work. I’m doing it."— @themountaingoats.bsky.social's John Darnielle to Grayson Haver Currin for @GQmagazine.bsky.social
fukuoka 23/11/25
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
fukuoka 23/11/25
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“But perhaps most of all, it’s because of England’s years of talk about cultivating 11 players to approach the game in a certain way, only to be beaten by the one player on the opposing team who does the same.”
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
Travball 1-0 Bazball: Head’s big numbers add up to a damning zero for England | Geoff Lemon
Australia’s bold call as replacement for creaking Usman Khawaja in second innings set up a Test-winning 69-ball ton, the second-fastest in Ashes history
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“But perhaps most of all, it’s because of England’s years of talk about cultivating 11 players to approach the game in a certain way, only to be beaten by the one player on the opposing team who does the same.”
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
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"On paper, RED ROOMS is the ideal horror movie for a person like me, which is to say, a coward. It would be a misnomer to say the film has no violence though—it is violence, a bloodless film that is rich with blood."
Red Rooms (2023): Seeing Is
On paper, Red Rooms is the ideal horror movie for a person like me, which is to say, a coward. It's a bloodless film that is rich with blood.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"On paper, RED ROOMS is the ideal horror movie for a person like me, which is to say, a coward. It would be a misnomer to say the film has no violence though—it is violence, a bloodless film that is rich with blood."
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🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Great to see a whole television miniseries dedicated to American President Chester A. Arthur.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Great to see a whole television miniseries dedicated to American President Chester A. Arthur.
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For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social I wrote about Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND, and what her riff on the heist film has to say about labor, art, and entitlement lareviewofbooks.org/article/rebe...
Rebel Without a Clue | Los Angeles Review of Books
Elizabeth Alsop picks up the trail of Kelly Reichardt’s alienated art thief in “The Mastermind.”
lareviewofbooks.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social I wrote about Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND, and what her riff on the heist film has to say about labor, art, and entitlement lareviewofbooks.org/article/rebe...
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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I think Nia DaCosta's HEDDA is fantastic. It's a show of style and force that features the best performance of Tessa Thompson's career.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
How to Define Freedom: Nia DaCosta on “Hedda” | Interviews | Roger Ebert
An interview with the writer/director of this week's Hedda.
www.rogerebert.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I think Nia DaCosta's HEDDA is fantastic. It's a show of style and force that features the best performance of Tessa Thompson's career.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
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Australia's humpback whales are doing so well that their population is expected to reach carrying capacity and plateau in the near future--they have not just reached but exceeded pre-whaling numbers. For this to happen with such a long-lived, slow-reproducing species is near miraculous. #goodnews
These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there are 50,000 of them
Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.
www.abc.net.au
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Australia's humpback whales are doing so well that their population is expected to reach carrying capacity and plateau in the near future--they have not just reached but exceeded pre-whaling numbers. For this to happen with such a long-lived, slow-reproducing species is near miraculous. #goodnews