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my favorite problematic romcom

apart from a few great bits of dialogue, this really did not live up to the hype…

Watched on Friday May 9, 2025.

the people yearn for a vampire musical

this restored my faith in humanity 🥲

Watched on Thursday February 27, 2025.

i’ve come to the conclusion that many people either don’t like or just don’t understand gothic horror as a genre. everyone was acting like this is the most disturbing, depraved movie they’ve ever seen and quite frankly, i think it could have been much weirder. it’s a near perfect vampire movie. appropriately dark, erotic, and horrific with classic elements of the gothic genre. and a masterful (and surprisingly feminist) exploration of trauma, and the dichotomy of shame and desire. it’s a story about being repulsed by your own desire and feeling unlovable because of it, but feeling it nonetheless. and overall i think the film does a fantastic job at working through these themes.

Watched on Saturday February 15, 2025.

Watched on Sunday January 26, 2025.

i stand by my teen self, i still don’t like this movie

not my favorite story wise, but visually stunning

it’s a miracle that this movie exists!! it’s breathtaking and truly makes you feel like you’re inside van gogh’s paintings

beautiful animation, a poignant message, AND aurora on the soundtrack?? perfection

I watched the sequel before watching this because I didn’t realize it was part of a trilogy!! but honestly, I think Before Sunset is much better and can stand on its own. 

but this was still a beautiful film and now I’m tempted to watch the third!

is this….the greatest movie ever made??

i didn’t realize this was a clint eastwood movie until the credits rolled, but i should have guessed based on how racist and illogical it was

i love dysfunctional families and complicated women!!!!

i love a less depressing, lesbian dead poets society 🙂‍↕️

didn’t realize 26 year old racist, misogynistic, incel protagonists were so prolific in classic film bro cinema, but that’s on me I guess 

I get it, but this is just a less interesting, more explicitly racist American Psycho 

this was heartbreakingly beautiful 🥲

something about this left me feeling so uncomfortable. it’s funny at times, the acting is great, but it all feels a little flat. and for a film named after her, Anora as a character was almost entirely overlooked by the narrative.

Watched on Wednesday January 1, 2025.

SLAY (ethically)

the only sane people in this movie were shay mitchell and the gay best friend

no one writes yearning like jane austen 🙂‍↔️

about to start referring to everyone in my life as “your eminence”

cinema is so back, this was PERFECT 🩷💚

finally, a christmas movie for boy moms whose dream man has an oedipus complex

1000 likes and i’m making this my top movie of the year

he (bradley cooper) can’t keep getting away with this (ruining otherwise good movies with his terrible aura)!!!

some of the most accurate sibling representation i’ve ever seen

i feel spiritually connected to petyr

i didn’t realize there would be men in this movie 😔

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“sexually anorexic” took me tf out 💀

i simply would never attend my ex wife’s dinner party

oh….i am unwell

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I cried when he gave her the earrings 🥲

the slavery subplot was so…..weird? they somehow made it one of the main underlying themes of the narrative, made parallels between class, gender, and slavery (albeit shitty ones), depicted really disturbing images, but then by the end chose to not take it all that seriously? they actually had the opportunity to explore something extremely essential that most period dramas choose to ignore entirely, but it was handled so carelessly. it was just so strange and it really ruined the rest of what could have been an amazing film

you can feel the love and care that went into making this film

so sweet and the animation is beautiful! 🥹

when it comes to the message of this film, i feel similarly to how i felt about the barbie movie: yes it’s a bit shallow, yes it’s kinda giving tumblr feminism 101. 
but unfortunately, with where we are as a society, some people need that so i'm not entirely mad about it. i’m just grateful we’re still making art that’s willing to have these conversations. 

but i LOVED the body horror! and to put it simply, this film is cool. it’s suspenseful, it’s relatable, it’s disgusting, and i enjoyed my time watching it.

“when do we know it’s finished?”
“at one point, we stop.”

this is an objectively beautiful film on every level. in of directing, cinematography, acting, and set design, it’s a 10/10. but i’m a little sad because the story didn’t hit me the way i expected it to. 

who knows, maybe my expectations going in were just too high. and maybe if i revisit it in a couple years, my feelings will change.

jeremy strong might just be the greatest actor of all time

‘tis the season

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JUSTICE FOR NANCY!! girl was so justified for killing those men, she did nothing wrong 😔

while (I think) I understand the commentary this film makes on female sexuality in heteronormative relationships, and the co-opting of feminist terminology to further uphold patriarchy, I didn’t particularly enjoy the experience of watching it.

stylistically, it’s beautiful. the costumes, the makeup, the fact that it’s shot on film, and the dedication put into maintaining the 1960s aesthetic, are all incredibly irable.

however, it was at least half an hour too long, and the acting was so bad it was nearly unwatchable at times. and while that was clearly an intentional direction given to the actors and a stylistic choice on the director’s part…..it didn’t work. 

what bothered me most is that it’s difficult to pinpoint if the gender essentialist beliefs of some of the characters are meant to be satire (which is how I read it), or if that’s truly what the filmmaker believes about gender? I understand how someone could read the film either way, but it makes me question the film’s feminist politic if it really wasn't intended to be satire. 

I’m disappointed because I really hoped to love this one, but sadly it just isn’t my cup of tea.

nothing has ever made more depressed, angry, and hopeful all at once. truly one of the best movies ever made

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noooooo sarah michelle geller, you’re too pretty to die

changing :) to :p is PEAK teen boy behavior

being a depressed teenager online is truly horrific

my ranking for all the 2024 film releases i’ve seen

1. I Saw the TV Glow
2. Monkey Man
3. Wicked
4. Dìdi (弟弟)
5. Challengers
6. Dune: Part Two
7. The Substance
8. Nosferatu
9. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
10. The First Omen

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The First Omen
• Monkey Man
• Strange Darling
• Love Lies Bleeding
• Anora
• Longlegs
• MaXXXine
• Dune: Part Two
• In a Violent Nature
• Sing Sing

...plus 48 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

the best movies i’ve watched this year ✨

• Dead Poets Society
• The Shawshank Redemption
• I Saw the TV Glow
• Wicked
• Aftersun
• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Iron Claw
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Monkey Man
• The Stepford Wives

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Before Sunset
2. Wolfwalkers

• Howl's Moving Castle
• Pride & Prejudice
• Dead Poets Society
• Little Women
• Before Sunset
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Your Name.
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

...plus 30 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

a movie for every night of October (except there are 32 movies because I’m indecisive and I like having options)

these are all movies on my watchlist, so it’s everything I plan to watch this month. I’ll make a separate list of list of 31 Halloween/October movies I love and recommend 🧛‍♀️

1. Barbarian
2. The Love Witch
3. Pearl
4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
5. Strange Darling
6. Malignant
7. The Invitation
8. Longlegs
9. In a Violent Nature
10. Practical Magic

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Birds
• Your Monster
• Dracula
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• The Substance
• The Cabin in the Woods
• The Conjuring
• The Craft
• Scream
• The Woman in Black

...plus 69 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Blonde
• Death Proof
• The Last Airbender
• The New World
• Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
• The Greatest Showman
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
• Allegiant
• The Kissing Booth

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 10 Things I Hate About You
• Love, Rosie
• The Wedding Banquet
• The Princess Diaries
• The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
• Mamma Mia!
• (500) Days of Summer
• Ella Enchanted
• Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
• Crazy Rich Asians

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.