Stagger Lee
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Just drinking margaritas at the mall
Fuck me.
Angels by Denis Johnson
Angels by Denis Johnson
February 2, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Fuck me.
Angels by Denis Johnson
Angels by Denis Johnson
30. Results (MUBI, 2015 - Andrew Bujalski)
Bujalski's working with a budget and a name cast for the first time so I guess this is elevated mumblecore or something. It's smart, insightful, quietly funny and I've a lot of time for Kevin Corrigan.
Bujalski's working with a budget and a name cast for the first time so I guess this is elevated mumblecore or something. It's smart, insightful, quietly funny and I've a lot of time for Kevin Corrigan.
February 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM
30. Results (MUBI, 2015 - Andrew Bujalski)
Bujalski's working with a budget and a name cast for the first time so I guess this is elevated mumblecore or something. It's smart, insightful, quietly funny and I've a lot of time for Kevin Corrigan.
Bujalski's working with a budget and a name cast for the first time so I guess this is elevated mumblecore or something. It's smart, insightful, quietly funny and I've a lot of time for Kevin Corrigan.
Jacob Bethel there, looking like a rubbish punk in an eighties American cop show
February 1, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Jacob Bethel there, looking like a rubbish punk in an eighties American cop show
29. Ramen Shop (mubi, 2018 - Eric Khoo)
Sweet and gentle, possibly a little too gentle. Tampopo it's not...
Sweet and gentle, possibly a little too gentle. Tampopo it's not...
February 1, 2026 at 12:05 PM
29. Ramen Shop (mubi, 2018 - Eric Khoo)
Sweet and gentle, possibly a little too gentle. Tampopo it's not...
Sweet and gentle, possibly a little too gentle. Tampopo it's not...
08. David Szalay - Flesh (2025)
This was an unsettling read. István's passive, resigned drift felt familiar at times, the numbness and alienation too. The sparseness of the language is a perfect fit. As István rises + falls without seeming to really act, we get existentialism, sexuality, trauma...
This was an unsettling read. István's passive, resigned drift felt familiar at times, the numbness and alienation too. The sparseness of the language is a perfect fit. As István rises + falls without seeming to really act, we get existentialism, sexuality, trauma...
February 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
08. David Szalay - Flesh (2025)
This was an unsettling read. István's passive, resigned drift felt familiar at times, the numbness and alienation too. The sparseness of the language is a perfect fit. As István rises + falls without seeming to really act, we get existentialism, sexuality, trauma...
This was an unsettling read. István's passive, resigned drift felt familiar at times, the numbness and alienation too. The sparseness of the language is a perfect fit. As István rises + falls without seeming to really act, we get existentialism, sexuality, trauma...
January in movies
January 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM
January in movies
28. I Hired A Contract Killer (mubi, 1990 - Aki Kaurismäki)
Even by Kaurismäki's standards, this is a bleak, moribund affair but I'm here for that. The portrayal of London is so squalid and decrepit I'm almost offended on its behalf.
TW: contains gratuitous Strummer.
Even by Kaurismäki's standards, this is a bleak, moribund affair but I'm here for that. The portrayal of London is so squalid and decrepit I'm almost offended on its behalf.
TW: contains gratuitous Strummer.
January 31, 2026 at 11:08 PM
28. I Hired A Contract Killer (mubi, 1990 - Aki Kaurismäki)
Even by Kaurismäki's standards, this is a bleak, moribund affair but I'm here for that. The portrayal of London is so squalid and decrepit I'm almost offended on its behalf.
TW: contains gratuitous Strummer.
Even by Kaurismäki's standards, this is a bleak, moribund affair but I'm here for that. The portrayal of London is so squalid and decrepit I'm almost offended on its behalf.
TW: contains gratuitous Strummer.
I was asleep 30 minutes ago but a rousing sinfonia should wake me briefly
January 30, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I was asleep 30 minutes ago but a rousing sinfonia should wake me briefly
27. Mysterious Skin (mubi, 2004 - Gregg Araki)
This was a hard but rewarding watch. Araki makes an almost dreamlike, deeply serious movie about child abuse but doesn't entirely abandon his usual queer trash aesthetic. It's powerful stuff.
This was a hard but rewarding watch. Araki makes an almost dreamlike, deeply serious movie about child abuse but doesn't entirely abandon his usual queer trash aesthetic. It's powerful stuff.
January 30, 2026 at 2:53 PM
27. Mysterious Skin (mubi, 2004 - Gregg Araki)
This was a hard but rewarding watch. Araki makes an almost dreamlike, deeply serious movie about child abuse but doesn't entirely abandon his usual queer trash aesthetic. It's powerful stuff.
This was a hard but rewarding watch. Araki makes an almost dreamlike, deeply serious movie about child abuse but doesn't entirely abandon his usual queer trash aesthetic. It's powerful stuff.
26. Art School Confidential (Amazon, 2006 - Terry Zwigoff)
Zwigoff and Clowes' second collaboration but this is no Ghost World. It's gleefully snarky although the misanthropy veers a little close to misogyny and the targets are a bit obvious and a bit of a Clowes revenge fantasy. Has its moments.
Zwigoff and Clowes' second collaboration but this is no Ghost World. It's gleefully snarky although the misanthropy veers a little close to misogyny and the targets are a bit obvious and a bit of a Clowes revenge fantasy. Has its moments.
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
26. Art School Confidential (Amazon, 2006 - Terry Zwigoff)
Zwigoff and Clowes' second collaboration but this is no Ghost World. It's gleefully snarky although the misanthropy veers a little close to misogyny and the targets are a bit obvious and a bit of a Clowes revenge fantasy. Has its moments.
Zwigoff and Clowes' second collaboration but this is no Ghost World. It's gleefully snarky although the misanthropy veers a little close to misogyny and the targets are a bit obvious and a bit of a Clowes revenge fantasy. Has its moments.
I watched a few early ones because a girlfriend was into it. That was plenty... 😁
January 29, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I watched a few early ones because a girlfriend was into it. That was plenty... 😁
25. Terminator Judgement Day (torrent, 1991 - James Cameron)
Impressive, expensive, a bit soulless. Edward Furlong is annoying; learning, smiling Arnie likewise. The extended version is a bit baggy.
1/2
Impressive, expensive, a bit soulless. Edward Furlong is annoying; learning, smiling Arnie likewise. The extended version is a bit baggy.
1/2
January 29, 2026 at 6:52 PM
25. Terminator Judgement Day (torrent, 1991 - James Cameron)
Impressive, expensive, a bit soulless. Edward Furlong is annoying; learning, smiling Arnie likewise. The extended version is a bit baggy.
1/2
Impressive, expensive, a bit soulless. Edward Furlong is annoying; learning, smiling Arnie likewise. The extended version is a bit baggy.
1/2
119 episodes. ~6,000 minutes. 100% cool.
Who needs the outdoors?
Who needs the outdoors?
January 29, 2026 at 12:31 PM
119 episodes. ~6,000 minutes. 100% cool.
Who needs the outdoors?
Who needs the outdoors?
The only time I listen to audiobooks is when I can't sleep and need gentle distraction. Something warm and familiar.
This, basically...
This, basically...
January 29, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The only time I listen to audiobooks is when I can't sleep and need gentle distraction. Something warm and familiar.
This, basically...
This, basically...
24. The Terminator (torrent, 1984 - James Cameron)
I've always assumed I'd seen this but now I'm not so sure - it's so referenced / sampled etc, maybe it just feels like I have. Anyways I sat down to watch some austere seventies Russian movie but realised I needed dumb and ended up here.
1/2
I've always assumed I'd seen this but now I'm not so sure - it's so referenced / sampled etc, maybe it just feels like I have. Anyways I sat down to watch some austere seventies Russian movie but realised I needed dumb and ended up here.
1/2
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 PM
24. The Terminator (torrent, 1984 - James Cameron)
I've always assumed I'd seen this but now I'm not so sure - it's so referenced / sampled etc, maybe it just feels like I have. Anyways I sat down to watch some austere seventies Russian movie but realised I needed dumb and ended up here.
1/2
I've always assumed I'd seen this but now I'm not so sure - it's so referenced / sampled etc, maybe it just feels like I have. Anyways I sat down to watch some austere seventies Russian movie but realised I needed dumb and ended up here.
1/2
07. Sally Carson - Crooked Cross (1934)
I was pretty disappointed with this in the end. All the reasons people cite for it being a lost classic centre on its prescience and its family-level take on the rise of the Nazis.
1/2
I was pretty disappointed with this in the end. All the reasons people cite for it being a lost classic centre on its prescience and its family-level take on the rise of the Nazis.
1/2
January 28, 2026 at 3:25 PM
07. Sally Carson - Crooked Cross (1934)
I was pretty disappointed with this in the end. All the reasons people cite for it being a lost classic centre on its prescience and its family-level take on the rise of the Nazis.
1/2
I was pretty disappointed with this in the end. All the reasons people cite for it being a lost classic centre on its prescience and its family-level take on the rise of the Nazis.
1/2
I Used To Be Funny
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I Used To Be Funny
January 28, 2026 at 11:47 AM
23. Ellis Park (Amazon, 2024 - Justin Kurzel)
Well this was lovely. As Cave slips into his comfortable reactionary dotage, Ellis still seems like a real mensch. Part history, part meandering tour movie, part animal park documentary, this is charming and moving and funny.
Well this was lovely. As Cave slips into his comfortable reactionary dotage, Ellis still seems like a real mensch. Part history, part meandering tour movie, part animal park documentary, this is charming and moving and funny.
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
23. Ellis Park (Amazon, 2024 - Justin Kurzel)
Well this was lovely. As Cave slips into his comfortable reactionary dotage, Ellis still seems like a real mensch. Part history, part meandering tour movie, part animal park documentary, this is charming and moving and funny.
Well this was lovely. As Cave slips into his comfortable reactionary dotage, Ellis still seems like a real mensch. Part history, part meandering tour movie, part animal park documentary, this is charming and moving and funny.
Because I'm watching the cricket on a dodgy Irish stream, I've just been confronted by Irish adverts with Lidl pronounced 'Lee-dul'. I was shocked. But not as shocked as when I found out Lee-dul is the correct pronunciation.
My life is quite empty right now
My life is quite empty right now
January 27, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Because I'm watching the cricket on a dodgy Irish stream, I've just been confronted by Irish adverts with Lidl pronounced 'Lee-dul'. I was shocked. But not as shocked as when I found out Lee-dul is the correct pronunciation.
My life is quite empty right now
My life is quite empty right now
