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this album - the intricacy & artistry is really really fucking good. so much CULTURE and transcends genre. Made me feel like being partly from Houston, Texas is cool. Healed childhood. The styling is what’s so yummy to me as well… watched this right before freezing my ass off seeing her live at MetLife in Jersey. Worth it. But also why is it so cold in NYC at the end of May

i just know sophie thatcher has a banging letterboxd

no that was experimental camp some of you won't get it but i understand

Watched on Wednesday April 30, 2025.

this is yearn city on the corner of desire and delusion, heavy on the LIMERANCE only real yearners get it. but also can I be mean and say he’s ugly? like ugh lizzie girl STAND UP. i get it tho

if u want to have the most sexually charged dialogue in film do NOT have the characters fuck it’s a RULE

I need you guys to visualize me watching this with an elongated neck, a slight smirk and squint in my eyes analyzing like I am some sort of queer media maestro. I literally caught myself doing this mid-film and cringed at the optic.

And you know what it was fine. It wasn’t some groundbreaking piece on the queer experience. We basically just watched a tale of achillean/sapphic tragedy in the 1950s. Like, oh you are unhappy in your marriage because you’re a housewife who married some troglodyte of a husband you don’t love? You are going on a quest to find your forbidden lover on a horse? You got beat up for being gay by the bad guys? I said oh I’m sureee. Like it was fine but we’ve (literally) seen this film before. N E WAYS I did enjoy watching it though mainly because everyone was good looking and I’m a vain little piece of shit

Erased the angry paragraph I started hate-writing to Brittany Snow midway through the movie because I rlly thought she was about to have Riley fix her masochistic tendencies with a MAN…but she didn’t. It actually turned out to be really poignant and the ending was unhappy and unconventional just the way I like ‘em. I cried then and I’m kinda crying now just thinking abt it

Also, movie punched me right in the jugular & reminded me NOT to trauma dump on first dates no matter how perfected my grippy sock vacation bit is 🤧

I like u Courtney Eaton and I’m glad I discovered you and also wasted 4 weeks of could-have-been-movie-watching on Yellowjackets. My Letterboxd log suffers but my newest hyperfixations prosper <3

I don’t expect anything out of March releases and because of that I had fun

I watched this for courtney eaton after binging Yellowjackets…that is so embarrassing for me

I watched, I checked it off my list, I felt nothing

I wanted it to be about bridge being chaotically single in her 30s but unfortch she had two love interests and neither were redeeming!

It’s so embarrassing how long it took me to get around to this. I moved to Texas in 2010 from Detroit and it felt like such a novelty. Not a lot has changed. The smaller one horse towns still look exactly like “Amarene”. One street - a pool hall, an abandoned picture show, a pool hall, and exuberant amounts of Dr. Pepper propaganda. I always thought it was neat they didn’t change a lot of those little rural Texas towns and preserved so much charm and history. 

This movie started out as a slice of life, its quiet and the acting choices are what move the story along. You’re just watching this miserable people live their mundane lives. But it’s haunting and fascinating - the “nothingness” of their one street world. Then one by one they drop and go out on their own. And the story follows the tragedy of the people who stayed behind. Because staying behind is the magnum tragedy of all. 

“Is being married always so miserable?”
“About 80% of the time, I guess.” 

i can and WILL fix alex ☹️

so many unsettling things happened during the runtime but the worst (as a person with celiac) was the sequence containing SEVERAL close up’s of cult absolutely gnawing on a circular bread loaf we could hear the crackles of the outer shell omg I felt the gluten convulsing in my small intestine (horror)

also u Sundance yuppies are being too harsh on this overall shut up

Casey Carlyle: It is a sport, Mom. It is a thrilling and beautiful sport. 

Joan Carlyle: Are you sure it doesn’t just make you feel beautiful? 

Casey Carlyle: So what if it does? What is so horrible about that? About feeling strong and graceful and beautiful? 

RIP Michelle 💔

chaotic bad but had potential to be chaotic good with a couple more rewrites and a higher budget. still. a heart from me

i’m usually fine with the pretentiousness of arthouse theaters showing movies solely on film but the print the aero showed of this tonight was so bad. it had several skips and was completely sepia filtered…everything seemed so washed away and dull. like in this case, why not just show the digital remaster? sometimes original film prints are just…old :/ it was soooOo distracting 

olivia hussey and zac efron this has nothing to do with u bbys <3

color me obsessed 💗 dewey decimal (derogatory)

I can’t believe movies used to be real ☹️

when ze rain comes i am sad

Hey so this is insane! The twins are back and this time causing their parents to get a divorce because their misogynistic dad is pissed the recreational 7th grade soccer team he lives vicariously through (coaches) is going co-ed and their mom who’s a shrink is making him pick Ashley (who is yet again typecast as the girly girl fashion obsessed pink enthusiast) over Mary Kate (who is also typecast as the athletically inclined tomboy) to prove he loves both equally but then the twins decide they want to switch places and convince dad to go behind mom’s back but it doesn’t work because mom finds out and then ALSO STARTS COACHING RECREATIONAL SOCCER even though she said she had shrink duties during their Saturday games (which leads me to believe she quit her career to get back at her husband) and suddenly I’m feeling bad for the dad because tbh he just was doing what the twins wanted and Ashley didn’t even want to play soccer in the first place, she just wanted free pizza (relatable). Also they only got the rights to ONE song and played it over and over again during the film. By far their worst work. Whew

THERE IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT AND SMALL MICHAEL CERA CAMEO.

did i get it? no 
did i like it? yea

one of my faves of the year

I love the way agents are portrayed in Old Hollywood films. Slippery, sleazy and slimy. Trying emulate that aura to spice up my work day. 

Joe Gillis : What do you think I've been doing? I need 300 dollars!

Morino : SweetHahhhrt, maybe what’ya need is anotha  agent!

the kind of movie that’s even better once you leave the theater and get lost in Reddit threads about it for two hours

There is just so much to talk about. Right off the bat I noticed the cinematographer doing some funky shit and looked it up. Turns out he went on to shoot AVATAR. amongst other titles. You gotta start somewhere, i guess. Inspiring 

I’m five MK&A films deep and ranking the dads based on hottest and this guy HAS GOT to be the lowest on that scale. What the fuck? And this is the film that centers around the dad being hot. That’s the whole point. He’s so insufferable 

I watching this as a kid and thinking this was what Venice, California would be like. I was right. Except they go to a sandwich shop called the “Van Gogh” and we don’t have that sadly. 

There’s also an amazing display of late 90s sunglasses here. Best part of this film

I HAD SO MUCH FUN AND I LEFT THE THEATER SMILING LIKE A GOON SUE ME! CAST SZA AND KEKE IN EVERY MOVIE ILL FUND IT

I REALLY enjoyed this. More than I thought I would. It sucks you in from the jump, haven’t been this locked in a movie in awhile. It’s breezy too, like you’re watching tv show. Callina Liang is a standout. Needed more Julia. 

But we all know the real tethered spirit  - the real haunted presence that resides in most suburban American homes…boy moms. 🤢

i am just logging that i saw this at the new bev. gonna steal tarantino’s personal print

Came for Jennifer Connelly, almost left, but stayed for Jennifer Connelly.

wow i missed that entire subplot about forced child labor as a kid #freethebutkis

If you hear people saying this is the best film nominated for best picture, they are right. 

It’s a film about memory. of people you’ve loved and lost and how you them. it’s based on a true story that many of us wouldn’t know existed had the events not been documented and ed by the families that lived through them. it locks you in from the jump with its beautiful cinematography that looks like found footage from the 70s and charming family dynamic you want to lose yourself in. It’s that true to time period. it’s gut-wrenching at times with powerful performances from fernanda + cast. the poignant ending left me sobbing like a baby. its formula and structure is impeccable. it’s the whole package. it’s the best picture. 

i also decided today I’m going to the academy. not sure exactly how but give me about 6 years and imma do it

I’m so not versed in enough Lynch to accurately assess whether or not he’s the guy for me but I will say, I started with Mulholland Drive and i think that did me in. Blue Velvet nor Wild At Heart has held my focus the same way MD did. I was LOCKED INNNN. I was honestly expecting all of his stuff to be as brilliant and thought provokingly dreamlike as that one and I’ve been disappointed thus far with these two titles. I liked them, just not love. I kind of left feeling nothing after this. Yes it’s hot, but a little aimless. I will keep trying with Lost Highway and Twin Peaks. And whatever else I need to try. I’m always open to trying!!!!

I’ve also been exploring the fact that I might not be a “favorite director” or die kind of gal. Cause I don’t normally LOVE every work from a specific director. This happened with the coen bros and with wes anderson and with kubrick. idk I think movies resonate with me really specifically based on the plot and characters rather than the directing style. In the same way I’m a song girly and not an artist girly. I make my own playlists of songs I just LIKE rather than listening to an album front to back. Does this make sense? I know this review is not me talking about the film at all. Maybe I should be journaling privately instead of dancing around movie reviews with personal anecdotes. Anyways, RIP David Lynch

Do it for van goh 👂🏼

This review may contain spoilers.

This is how I assume all gothic horror novels look like. Hauntingly gorgeous. I went into this with a queer lens it’s been on my watchlist for years and heard there was lesbian subtext (barely) but the entire time i was waiting for them to reveal that her confession to Maxim on their honeymoon was that she was a lesbian but apparently it was that she was sleeping with her cousin? Something like that? Anyways, I think she was just a devious, sexually liberated woman who slept around with both genders (the maid, duhhh) and did monstrous things. Maxim couldn’t handle her. If they ever made a remake of this, Angelina Jolie should have played her. 

Oh, and Rebecca is INNOCENT‼️

Another fantastic entry in the “no dad, im giving up YOUR dream” cinematic universe. Watching felt like slipping back into an all too familiar, yet of course cringy, old friend. The soundtrack is gas bumping ASAP on Spotify. 

All the (small things) this movie reminds me/emulates the feeling of:

Inspector Gadget happy meal toy at McDonald’s (you had to get all parts separately and put them together like a puzzle)  
I’m Blue yabadeeyabadiie  
Spy Kids 3D: GAME OVER  
Writing ur celebrity crushes PO Boxes
RocketPower 
Mary Kate and Ashley’s solve any crime by 
dinner time series 
Built in DVD players in mini-vans 
Matching family vacation cruise outfits 
Steve Irwin 
Tower of Terror at Disney World 
on that note, the Star Wars simulator ride as well 
When All That! Had a search for the funniest kid in America on Nick 
My 2006 digicam 
Big Fat Liar starring Frankie Muniz and Amanda Bynes 
Sum 41 
Disney Channel original movie, Stuck in the suburbs 
also Brink! 
Lil Romeo’s show 
Phil of the future (22nd century man)

….

“We’re gonna need some stuff you can’t get at radio shack.” 

Extreme makeover howl edition. MOVE THAT CASTLE

Creative and solid. I do think this is a case of over stylizing, however. The POV’s are cool but a little dizzying (my fault, I just started a new antidepressant) and also robs us of some sincere intimacy. 

Agree with Sabrina - the shot of the two boys looking into the mirror is poignant. Best shot of the film. Feels like a reward for working so hard to sink into the quirks and truly get invested in the story. I really wanted to love love LOVE it - but it just lost me a little in the middle. I didn’t care enough to work for it.

The ending however, is visually elevated. A movie scrapbook through time that arouses my senses AND moves the story along, perfectly gifting us pieces of the answers we’ve all been yearning for. That was beautiful.

Really pretty film. Wish I gave more of a shit

Intermission was cool. Why don’t we do that more?

kinda invented homophobic allyship dialogue. masterful.

Paul “Big Daddy” Newman 😋😋😋 I’d like him to UNdress my salads

35mm at the American Cinematheque. Yeah. I saw an early 2000s dance movie on 35mm at the American Cinematheque. And I LOVED IT. A very inspiring picture. I was truly moved. Not being facetious. Loved. 

Huge unrealistic element was Jessica Alba making $9k on her first music video job as a dancer. LMAOOOO YEAH RITE

A great little hodgepodge of NYE tales all wrapped in neon lights and 80s Tinseltown. Good luck watching it tho it’s not streaming ANYWHERE

Exactly the kinda movie i would eat up on a plane. And i did! Sure the script is a little rough around the edges, a lil cheesy, Kirsten Dunst’s character takes the most rapid 180 in of character development I’ve ever seen but maybe if we cared as much about female academia themed movies as we do male (see: goodwill hunting, dead poets, holdovers, rushmore) we’d get a fully fleshed out dark academia masterpiece for the girls. 🙃

Maggie G was the star

‼️ I survived the sing along version ‼️

Would be 5 stars if it was a Joan Baez biopic instead with Bobotheé as a side character

hear me out-

Oh my god not even a tear jerker. A SOB jerker. We’re talking violent sobs through half the movie. My god.

Yes, tropey with a little hallmark vigor but elevated bc it’s susan sarandon and julia roberts (and to a lesser degree, ed harris). I think cliches can be good in movies SITUATIONALLY. And in this case, the situation be Christmas Eve with the whole family nestled around the living room trying to find a movie with xmas theme that appeals all of our liking (dad will sob at anything, sis hates cliches, mom gave hot frosty 5 stars, i can’t watch trash but I can watch tropes). So therefore, chris columbus served us fun for the whole family! (that’s if you classify 2 hours of heaving sobs while hovering over a tissue box with your family fun)

this is my cursed F•R•I•E•N•D•S ❤️

the colors of their uniforms are red and green therefore this is a christmas film thanks

Me saying, "solid film!" when I know this is on every list of 'best 250 movies of all time' feels stupid!

But when Shirley MacLaine told Jack Lemmon she liked that her mirror was broken because it made her look the way she felt, I said out loud to my mom, "that's GOOD."

I also told my mom that Jim Carrey must have taken great inspiration from Jack Lemmon and she quickly shot me down with, "no. I don’t like Jim Carrey, Jack Lemmon is way better." okay, yes? I said he may have TAKEN INSPIRATION from him. AKA Jack is the blueprint. This film is honestly the blueprint for so many concepts/quotes/references. Like New Year's Eve in NYC. It was INVENTED because of this movie. Dick Clark actually dropped the ball AFTER Billy Wilder dropped the mic!

• Honey Don't!
• Eden
• Wicked: For Good
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
• Blue Moon
• Pools
• From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
• Forbidden Fruits
• Be My Baby
• No Te Olvides

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Aquamarine
• Moulin Rouge!
• Ponyo
• Anora
• Sunset Boulevard
• Purple Rain
• Selena
• Twilight
• The Scorpion King
• Priscilla

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

whenever i see a tiffany lamp in a movie i add to list

• The Love Witch
• Amélie
• Poltergeist
• Mystic Pizza
• Rosemary's Baby
• The Nice Guys
• Maid
• Novitiate
• Fosse/Verdon
• Before Sunset

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

movies I haven’t seen and it shocks people

• Back to the Future
• Erin Brockovich
• Taxi Driver
• The Godfather
• The Godfather Part II
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Jaws
• Alien
• Top Gun

...plus 43 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

i am the academy

1. I'm Still Here
2. Conclave
3. The Substance
4. Wicked
5. Anora
6. Dune: Part Two
7. The Brutalist
8. Nickel Boys
9. A Complete Unknown
10. Emilia Pérez

movies that evoke a sense of profound adventure and remind you of lives you haven’t lived. also some sillies

• Citizen Kane
• Meet Me in St. Louis
• Singin' in the Rain
• Imitation of Life
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• 3 Women
• All That Jazz
• After Hours
• Cinema Paradiso
• Steel Magnolias

...plus 107 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

trope that needs to die

• The Dreamers
• EuroTrip
• Gone Girl
• Practical Magic

more than just a bowling scene

• The Big Lebowski
• The Holdovers
• Across the Universe
• That Night

• A Summer's Tale
• À propos de Nice
• Céline and Julie Go Boating
• Sabrina
• Je Tu Il Elle
• Vagabond
• Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
• La Collectionneuse
• Along the Coast
• The Lady Banker

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

they couldn’t, so they didn’t, but they did

• Bring It On
• Stick It
• Bend It Like Beckham
• Ice Princess
• She's the Man
• Go Figure
• Motocrossed!
• A League of Their Own
• Double Teamed!
• Whip It

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

movies that evoked a strong sense of girlhood for me, that i now bestow onto you sweet sister

• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
• Sixteen Candles
• Pretty in Pink
• A League of Their Own
• Groundhog Day
• Four Weddings and a Funeral
• Before Sunrise
• Clueless
• The Baby-Sitters Club
• Now and Then

...plus 39 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

she needs more stans but im fine being the only one

• Thirteen
• Lords of Dogtown
• Twilight

movies to watch on the 6 hour flight between nyc and la

• All Over Me
• Honey
• Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
• Do the Right Thing
• 42nd Street
• All That Jazz
• Girlfriends
• Rent
• Fame
• The Last Days of Disco

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Thirteen
• Bottoms
• The Fallout
• Euphoria: Trouble Don't Last Always
• Unpregnant
• mid90s
• Never Goin' Back
• Eighth Grade
• Lady Bird
• The Edge of Seventeen

...plus 62 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.