Sylvie
@slywit.bsky.social
Half 🇺🇸, half 🇫🇷, all-around opinionated. Editor currently living in San Francisco. Hitchcocko-Hawksienne. National parkologist. Opera aficionada. Supporting women directors is my jam. Blog: slywit.wordpress.com
Still staying on the lighter side of 2025, tonight's #DirectedByWomen selection was THE MASTERMIND by Kelly Reichardt. Josh O'Connor may not be able to pull off the perfect heist, but he has managed to get two of his films into my 2025 Top Five. So far anyway. #52FilmsByWomen #5 #Filmsky 📽️
January 28, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Still staying on the lighter side of 2025, tonight's #DirectedByWomen selection was THE MASTERMIND by Kelly Reichardt. Josh O'Connor may not be able to pull off the perfect heist, but he has managed to get two of his films into my 2025 Top Five. So far anyway. #52FilmsByWomen #5 #Filmsky 📽️
When the journal article you are editing cites Jonathan Haidt in all seriousness
January 27, 2026 at 6:56 AM
When the journal article you are editing cites Jonathan Haidt in all seriousness
Needed a pick-me-up, so tonight's selection was one of the lighter films remaining on my 2025 watch list: JANE AUSTEN A GÂCHÉ MA VIE (JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE) by Laura Piani. It's not as raucous, but would make a good double feature with AUSTENLAND. #52FilmsByWomen #4 #Filmsky 📽️
January 27, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Needed a pick-me-up, so tonight's selection was one of the lighter films remaining on my 2025 watch list: JANE AUSTEN A GÂCHÉ MA VIE (JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE) by Laura Piani. It's not as raucous, but would make a good double feature with AUSTENLAND. #52FilmsByWomen #4 #Filmsky 📽️
As an expert on all things French, let me assure you, you can't spell Milice without I, C, and E.
I can't believe I'm regretting giving away my Paxton and Kaplan but here we are.
I can't believe I'm regretting giving away my Paxton and Kaplan but here we are.
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 AM
As an expert on all things French, let me assure you, you can't spell Milice without I, C, and E.
I can't believe I'm regretting giving away my Paxton and Kaplan but here we are.
I can't believe I'm regretting giving away my Paxton and Kaplan but here we are.
When your brother in Minneapolis finally checks in
January 24, 2026 at 11:06 PM
When your brother in Minneapolis finally checks in
This #FemaleFilmmakerFriday is dedicated to my Oscar Blitz. I hadn’t realized KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (2025) was co-directed by a woman (Maggie Kang) until I was going through the nominations list. It’s up for both Animated Feature and Original Song. #52FilmsByWomen #3 #Filmsky
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 AM
This #FemaleFilmmakerFriday is dedicated to my Oscar Blitz. I hadn’t realized KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (2025) was co-directed by a woman (Maggie Kang) until I was going through the nominations list. It’s up for both Animated Feature and Original Song. #52FilmsByWomen #3 #Filmsky
3 Oscar nominees and 1 marmalade lover #LastFourWatched
January 24, 2026 at 1:33 AM
3 Oscar nominees and 1 marmalade lover #LastFourWatched
Best Picture 📽️ nominees (I've seen) ranked:
SINNERS
HAMNET
...
BUGONIA
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
...
...
...
FRANKENSTEIN
SINNERS
HAMNET
...
BUGONIA
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
...
...
...
FRANKENSTEIN
January 22, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Best Picture 📽️ nominees (I've seen) ranked:
SINNERS
HAMNET
...
BUGONIA
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
...
...
...
FRANKENSTEIN
SINNERS
HAMNET
...
BUGONIA
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
...
...
...
FRANKENSTEIN
It's here!
My thoughts on today's nominations: wp.me/p1M6Rw-3qX
My thoughts on today's nominations: wp.me/p1M6Rw-3qX
January 22, 2026 at 8:15 PM
It's here!
My thoughts on today's nominations: wp.me/p1M6Rw-3qX
My thoughts on today's nominations: wp.me/p1M6Rw-3qX
I did not have SINNERS crushing ONE BATTLE on my Oscar nominations bingo card this morning but, given the current state of my top ten, I couldn't be more thrilled! Annual reaction post incoming. #Filmsky 📽️
January 22, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I did not have SINNERS crushing ONE BATTLE on my Oscar nominations bingo card this morning but, given the current state of my top ten, I couldn't be more thrilled! Annual reaction post incoming. #Filmsky 📽️
PSA: This Criterion collection (updated for February) includes the following #DirectedByWomen narrative features:
WILL
A DIFFERENT IMAGE
LOSING GROUND
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST
ALMA'S RAINBOW
THE WATERMELON WOMAN
DRYLONGSO
COMPENSATION
(plus two of my favorite docs, PORTRAIT OF JASON & PARIS IS BURNING)
WILL
A DIFFERENT IMAGE
LOSING GROUND
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST
ALMA'S RAINBOW
THE WATERMELON WOMAN
DRYLONGSO
COMPENSATION
(plus two of my favorite docs, PORTRAIT OF JASON & PARIS IS BURNING)
January 20, 2026 at 10:03 PM
PSA: This Criterion collection (updated for February) includes the following #DirectedByWomen narrative features:
WILL
A DIFFERENT IMAGE
LOSING GROUND
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST
ALMA'S RAINBOW
THE WATERMELON WOMAN
DRYLONGSO
COMPENSATION
(plus two of my favorite docs, PORTRAIT OF JASON & PARIS IS BURNING)
WILL
A DIFFERENT IMAGE
LOSING GROUND
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST
ALMA'S RAINBOW
THE WATERMELON WOMAN
DRYLONGSO
COMPENSATION
(plus two of my favorite docs, PORTRAIT OF JASON & PARIS IS BURNING)
Happy National Winnie the Pooh Day!
"The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually."
"The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually."
January 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Happy National Winnie the Pooh Day!
"The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually."
"The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually."
And this abomination. I love TOPSY-TURVY but I refuse to buy the Criterion until that cover goes.
January 16, 2026 at 11:51 PM
And this abomination. I love TOPSY-TURVY but I refuse to buy the Criterion until that cover goes.
But, surely, you say, it didn't score worse than DEATH OF A UNICORN, did it? 📽️
Reader, it did.
My bottom ten of 2025 (so far):
Reader, it did.
My bottom ten of 2025 (so far):
January 14, 2026 at 8:39 AM
But, surely, you say, it didn't score worse than DEATH OF A UNICORN, did it? 📽️
Reader, it did.
My bottom ten of 2025 (so far):
Reader, it did.
My bottom ten of 2025 (so far):
Me, next month, approaching people who complain about how Emerald Fennell's WUTHERING HEIGHTS isn't faithful enough:
January 14, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Me, next month, approaching people who complain about how Emerald Fennell's WUTHERING HEIGHTS isn't faithful enough:
Byron? Motherf*cking Byron is your closer?!?
January 14, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Byron? Motherf*cking Byron is your closer?!?
Call me by my name? Jesus wept.
January 14, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Call me by my name? Jesus wept.
Me looking for any sign of the Orkney Islands in this travesty:
January 14, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Me looking for any sign of the Orkney Islands in this travesty:
Not to mention that this completes rewrites a pivotal moment in the creature's development and understanding of the world and his place in it.
January 14, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Not to mention that this completes rewrites a pivotal moment in the creature's development and understanding of the world and his place in it.
Ok, he finally gets to PARADISE LOST. But, my God, the audacity of quoting the other Shelley.
January 14, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Ok, he finally gets to PARADISE LOST. But, my God, the audacity of quoting the other Shelley.
Instead of PARADISE LOST, PLUTARCH'S LIVES, and Goethe, he reads the Bible? No, no, no.
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Instead of PARADISE LOST, PLUTARCH'S LIVES, and Goethe, he reads the Bible? No, no, no.