Molly Rasberry
@mrasberry.bsky.social
She/They.Film Studies MA and MLIS. bylines:
@TheFilmStage @NCFilmCritics. Academic librarian. Former Film Fest Coordinator. Kate Bush Fan. http://mollywoodwrites.wordpress.com
https://letterboxd.com/mbrasberry/
@TheFilmStage @NCFilmCritics. Academic librarian. Former Film Fest Coordinator. Kate Bush Fan. http://mollywoodwrites.wordpress.com
https://letterboxd.com/mbrasberry/
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“A film will speak politically whether its makers intend for it to or not, but storytellers shouldn’t be compelled to give neat, prescriptive messaging perfectly calibrated to the moral temperature of an audience.”
Finally. My big 2800 word essay about One Battle After Another and its black women characters is live. www.vulture.com/article/blac...
Black Actresses Are Carrying One Battle After Another
Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall propel the film’s most conflicted ideas, for better and worse.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“A film will speak politically whether its makers intend for it to or not, but storytellers shouldn’t be compelled to give neat, prescriptive messaging perfectly calibrated to the moral temperature of an audience.”
Part 2 of my Meet John Doe essay will probably arrive next week, just in time for December. Apologies for the delay to the 4 people who may read it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Part 2 of my Meet John Doe essay will probably arrive next week, just in time for December. Apologies for the delay to the 4 people who may read it.
Another Thin Man?! In this economy?!
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Another Thin Man?! In this economy?!
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As the year winds down and everyone is playing year-end catch up, please don't overlook Carson Lund's EEPHUS, a meditation on mortality and the transience of time played out during a small town baseball game that is quietly one of the most remarkable films of the year.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
As the year winds down and everyone is playing year-end catch up, please don't overlook Carson Lund's EEPHUS, a meditation on mortality and the transience of time played out during a small town baseball game that is quietly one of the most remarkable films of the year.
Watched Train Dreams
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Watched Train Dreams
Up to 450 movie watches this year.
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Up to 450 movie watches this year.
Wildest thing happened at my screening of Branded to Kill (1967) turns out the digital file the Alamo drafthouse I went to see it didn’t come prepackaged with subtitles. So the audience spent 20 minutes trying to figure out what the characters were saying. Got a movie pass and snack coupon though.
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Wildest thing happened at my screening of Branded to Kill (1967) turns out the digital file the Alamo drafthouse I went to see it didn’t come prepackaged with subtitles. So the audience spent 20 minutes trying to figure out what the characters were saying. Got a movie pass and snack coupon though.
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I wrote about DOG DAY AFTERNOON and its complicated legacy among trans viewers for my reader's choice series. My co-writer Caden Mark Gardner will be discussing many of these same topics tonight on TCM before this film is shown. Please tune in!
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I wrote about DOG DAY AFTERNOON and its complicated legacy among trans viewers for my reader's choice series. My co-writer Caden Mark Gardner will be discussing many of these same topics tonight on TCM before this film is shown. Please tune in!
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
Hilariously I've reported that my twitter account has been hacked and twitter doesn't think so. Even though someone posted this on my account. I don't have a cousin nor do I endorse Bitcoin/NFTs
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hilariously I've reported that my twitter account has been hacked and twitter doesn't think so. Even though someone posted this on my account. I don't have a cousin nor do I endorse Bitcoin/NFTs
My answer if you ask me if I want to see a Barbara Stanwyck film noir.
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My answer if you ask me if I want to see a Barbara Stanwyck film noir.
They Live by Night (1948) was the first film to have a tracking shot from a helicopter. Insane that Ray requested to do a chase sequence to open the film and then state it needs to be a tracking shot from a helicopter. Glad the producer had faith in Ray's vision cause its so cool.
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
They Live by Night (1948) was the first film to have a tracking shot from a helicopter. Insane that Ray requested to do a chase sequence to open the film and then state it needs to be a tracking shot from a helicopter. Glad the producer had faith in Ray's vision cause its so cool.
Wicked spoilers: It is terrifying to contemplate that Glinda’s song “Popular” actually provides the whole thesis of the political landscape of Wicked.You don’t need brains/knowledge, all you need is popularity and you can become a dictator of Oz cause the citizens are stupid and easily manipulated.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Wicked spoilers: It is terrifying to contemplate that Glinda’s song “Popular” actually provides the whole thesis of the political landscape of Wicked.You don’t need brains/knowledge, all you need is popularity and you can become a dictator of Oz cause the citizens are stupid and easily manipulated.
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So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
My sister has still never finished this film cause of this scene. It’s been 3 decades since she first attempted to watch it.
Atreyu losing Artax really affected some of you more than you’re willing to admit
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My sister has still never finished this film cause of this scene. It’s been 3 decades since she first attempted to watch it.
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Felt compelled to write about Pope Leo and his remarkable recent speech about cinema: www.vulture.com/article/the-...
The Pope vs. the Algorithm
In his speech to filmmakers last weekend, Pope Leo XIV showed he’s been paying serious attention to the issues facing cinema as an art form.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Felt compelled to write about Pope Leo and his remarkable recent speech about cinema: www.vulture.com/article/the-...
So I really did not care for Wicked: For Good, and I ended up writing one of my longest pieces of film criticism in years (1,200+ words) expressing my criticisms. mollywoodwrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/w...
Wicked: For Good Flies off the Handle and Lands with a Thud in a Disappointing Followup
Written by Margaret “Molly” Rasberry on November 19th, 2025 (Minor spoilers for a Broadway show that is almost a quarter of a century old and a film that is over 85 years old). In 2004,…
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November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So I really did not care for Wicked: For Good, and I ended up writing one of my longest pieces of film criticism in years (1,200+ words) expressing my criticisms. mollywoodwrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/w...
Watched Wicked: For Good
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Watched Wicked: For Good
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What do you know about Jekyll and Hyde? Probably not as much as this week's special guest, @mrasberry.bsky.social so come learn about Pre-Code movies with us, will ya?
youtu.be/1hNmtJmq2TU
youtu.be/1hNmtJmq2TU
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
What do you know about Jekyll and Hyde? Probably not as much as this week's special guest, @mrasberry.bsky.social so come learn about Pre-Code movies with us, will ya?
youtu.be/1hNmtJmq2TU
youtu.be/1hNmtJmq2TU
I got way more Wages of Fear vibes from Sirat (2025) than Mad Mad Fury Road and I think it’s because so many people have never seen The Wages of Fear(it’s at 82k watched on Letterboxd compared to 2.2 million for Fury Road) people see trucks and explosives in the desert= Fury Road.
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I got way more Wages of Fear vibes from Sirat (2025) than Mad Mad Fury Road and I think it’s because so many people have never seen The Wages of Fear(it’s at 82k watched on Letterboxd compared to 2.2 million for Fury Road) people see trucks and explosives in the desert= Fury Road.
Found out the video limit on this app is 3 minutes instead of 60 seconds. Hell yeah! Time to post some more clips
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Found out the video limit on this app is 3 minutes instead of 60 seconds. Hell yeah! Time to post some more clips
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The U.S. trailer for Lav Diaz's epic #Magellan has arrived ahead of a January release.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The U.S. trailer for Lav Diaz's epic #Magellan has arrived ahead of a January release.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
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Twitter went down because too many people watched the Magellan trailer and the site crashed
The U.S. trailer for Lav Diaz's epic #Magellan has arrived ahead of a January release.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Twitter went down because too many people watched the Magellan trailer and the site crashed
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Watched Nouvelle Vague (2025) last night after watching Blue Moon (2025) and if you told me the better biopic of an artist that Linklater made in one year was not the film director one I would’ve scoffed. You can tell Linklater probably does not care for Godard’s Marxist ideology he cultivated.
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Watched Nouvelle Vague (2025) last night after watching Blue Moon (2025) and if you told me the better biopic of an artist that Linklater made in one year was not the film director one I would’ve scoffed. You can tell Linklater probably does not care for Godard’s Marxist ideology he cultivated.