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Katie Rife

2 years

Poured my sweet little baby heart out into an essay about Ghost World and Enid Coleslaw:

20 years on, a self-proclaimed Enid looks back at Ghost World

"Looking back on my own sarcastic asshole years through the lens of Enid Coleslaw, I felt a mixture of embarrassment and compassion."

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3 years

Let's keep Facebook down until we reach herd immunity

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3 years

Three generations of Godzilla suit actors, stompin' Tokyo ❤️

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4 years

So, you're a young cinephile who loves PARASITE and wants to see more Korean movies. What an exciting time awaits you! Here's your homework thread:

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5 years

Re: PET SEMATARY: I just keep thinking about whose job it was on set every day to dirty up the cat. Like, “oh, yeah, I have to go in early tomorrow, I have to rub some Vaseline and coffee grounds on this cat”

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1 year

My sweet leftist babies, pitting the people who make $30k a year against the people who make $60k a year is what the people who make $600k a WEEK want.

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4 months

The contrast between the posts shipping them and her actual reaction — "I want people to understand, he's my coworker," "this is a work function," etc — says so much about fan culture and the internet.

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4 months

Ayo Edebiri is too fucking funny we don’t deserve her

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8 months

Adam Driver is back in the news, which means it is my sacred duty to repost that time he was in the local newspaper protesting the price of mayo packets.

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9 months

I unironically love a movie that's a filmmaker basically saying, "Hello world! Here's my fetish!"

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7 months

There is someone in my life (I can't say who) who doesn't watch movies, but does watch YouTube videos about movies, and tries to argue with me about movies they haven't seen with talking points from said YouTube videos. I think this says a lot about where we're at rn.

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13 days

This is the result of decades of devaluation of writing as a profession. People expect full length movie reviews for free on a social media site. I’m being so serious right now.

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@up2anth

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tryn see challengers reviews and its so cool that letterboxd is just useless now

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2 years

I don't even work there anymore, and I feel the urge to apologize to Michelle Yeoh for this insulting exchange.

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3 months

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, a joke I think about at least once a week:

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4 months

The more I think about it and talk to people about it, the more I think that this is one of the most influential shots in film history.

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2 years

I didn’t get this guy’s name, but I am in awe of his shirt

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2 years

It gets even better when you remember that he tried to buy The Onion, but ended up poaching a couple employees for a short-lived would-be competitor called Thud instead.

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2 years

The Onion is ruthless lol

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4 years

First, you gotta catch up with the rest of Bong's filmography. Watch THE HOST first, it's got those sweet shifting tones and anti-capitalist sentiment you love. Then do MOTHER, then do MEMORIES OF MURDER.

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5 years

@rockmarooned I looked it up (because of course I did), and there were five cats: one for jumping, one for hissing, one for staring into the camera looking scary, etc.

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4 years

Criterion took down the paywall on Black film classics, pass it on

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4 months

I really feel that everyone missed the point of criticizing onscreen age gaps. The point was that Hollywood was throwing women out with the trash at age 40, not that it's predatory to pretend kiss someone older than you.

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3 years

HBD to the king

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3 years

The thing Christians don’t get about this Lil Nas X video is that they started it. You tell someone they’re going to hell enough times, and they’ll say “fine, and I’ll fuck the devil while I’m down there.” You become the thing people accuse you of being to stay sane.

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2 years

Imagine asking a woman who's been a star for four decades if Asians in cinema are "just a phase"

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4 years

Then you go to another leading light of the Korean New Wave Park Chan-wook. Start with THE HANDMAIDEN (it's a masterpiece), then the SYMPATHY trilogy. I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK is a sweet diversion after that, for you and for Mr. Park.

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3 years

She doesn't say how she identifies exactly, but I will take Elvira as a win for spooky bisexuals on this, the spookiest, most bisexual week of the year. Love u mom

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2 years

Betty White died before her 100th birthday, but after the People cover story about her centennial went to press. A consummate pro.

Betty White Reveals Her Secrets to a Happy Life at 100: 'I'm So Lucky to Be in Such Good Health'

Carol Burnett, Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds and Mary Steenburgen also tell PEOPLE about their experiences with the "very funny" Betty White

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5 years

I'm setting up an interview with the cat handlers from the movie to get your burning Church questions answered, reply below with anything you want to know! 👇🏻

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2 years

The five words every woman wants to hear: Secret Lynch project at Cannes

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4 months

I’m not anti-horny by any means, but bringing it into the real world is weird.

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5 months

Finally broke the space-time barrier (logged more movies than there are days in the year)

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4 years

Kim Jee-woon's movies hop between genres in a fun way that's pretty similar to Bong and Park's; go for the trilogy of A TALE OF TWO SISTERS, I SAW THE DEVIL, and THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD

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13 days

If only there were dozens, if not hundreds, of places where you could read the longform thoughts of professional movie reviewers…

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2 years

"I, a white man, am the default setting for the human experience and everyone else is an 'other'" is an embarrassing stance to take in the year 2022. Woof.

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2 years

The Matrix Resurrections is Lana Wachowski’s New Nightmare, and that kicks ass.

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3 years

This is one of the most chilling paragraphs I have ever read

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8 months

I love that the prevailing response here is "he's right and he should say it."

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4 months

Like, what the hell is she supposed to say?

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4 years

Y'all, I did not forget OLDBOY. It's part of Park Chan-wook's VENGEANCE trilogy: SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE, OLDBOY, and LADY VENGEANCE.

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1 year

Sorry, but I just do not think that you can say with any certainty that a film that came out three years ago deserves to stand among the best of all time.

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1 year

I understand some of these numbers are shocking; it boggled my mind to learn that $30k a year was not a lot, because the adults I knew growing up made that number. But it does cost more to live in certain places, and we can accomplish so much more when we band together…

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6 months

The lack of classic John Woo on Blu-ray is an international cinema emergency at this point.

Space Cowboy | COMMS OPEN

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6 months

would be really funny if MCU fans try to start beef with the guy that directed this

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3 years

Types of guys, ranked: Conan Guys Maron Guys Comedy Bang! Bang! Guys Stern Guys Rogan Guys Chapo Trap House Guys Barstool Guys

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2 years

John Waters returning to directing, Biden making moves on weed...Roaring 20s could still happen

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2 years

TIRED: Writers shouldn't read WIRED: No uggos behind the keyboard

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2 years

Joyce Carol Oates shouldn't have written Blonde. What could a literary non-hottie know about the exploitation of femme, highly sexualized women - women who look and act like Oates have no compassion or love for women like Marilyn. They're just as bad as men at writing them.

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4 years

I have to get to work here soon, but South Korean horror movies are also awesome. WHISPERING CORRIDORS kicked off a boom in Korean horror; I'm a big fan of THE WAILING, and TRAIN TO BUSAN was an instant classic when it came out in 2016.

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2 years

I can’t recommend in good conscience that fat people watch The Whale. I can’t recommend that skinny people watch it either, since it reinforces the notion that fat people are objects of pity who have brought their suffering upon themselves through lack of coping skills. #TIFF22

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2 years

Dad just explained Licorice Pizza: An LP is black and rubbery, like licorice, and flat and round, like a pizza. Also, LP. Seems stunningly obvious when your look at it that way.

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3 years

In fifth grade, I won a dodgeball game by standing to one side and letting all the other kids hurl the ball at each other until I was the only one left. This is the energy I will be bringing to twitter from now on (if I can help it)

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4 years

Director Jang Joon-hwan never really took off the way Bong, Park, and Kim did, but his 2003 movie SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! is a delightfully bizarre genre-bender you'll like if you like the movies you already watched so far.

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4 years

South Korean cinema is also known for its airtight police thrillers as well as its wild genre-benders, and Im Sang-so's 2005 film THE PRESIDENT'S LAST BANG brings both by blending true crime and black comedy. Also try A BITTERSWEET LIFE, THE CHASER, and THE MAN FROM NOWHERE.

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7 months

You can get up and pee during a movie whenever you want. If you hurry back, you should still be able to follow what’s happening. Hope this helps.

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1 year

Than if we waste time endlessly litigating online purity tests while living conditions crumble around us.

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4 years

I’m jurying a documentary festival (Hot Springs, if you’re curious) and one of the films is about architect Bruce Goff—probably not something I would have watched on my own, but oh my fucking god

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4 years

Kim Ki-duk's film's are a little more challenging, but worth it. He usually makes dark crime dramas like BAD GUY, 3-IRON, and PIETA, but is best known for the poetic SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER...AND SPRING.

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6 years

On the eve of BLACKKKLANSMAN, your periodic reminder that Adam Driver once appeared in a local newspaper complaining about mayonnaise

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3 years

I hope Ronnie is having a nice cold glass of champagne right now

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3 years

ronnie spector in the telegraph, 2014. “the more he tried to destroy me, the stronger i got.” 💗

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4 years

Lee Chang-Dong isn't super prolific, but everything he does is good. You're gonna love BURNING in particular. and Hong Sang-soo is firmly in the slow-burn, realist arthouse tradition; try RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN and see if you dig it.

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13 days

Not to mention that several prominent critics do the charitable legwork of reposting their reviews on Letterboxd.

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3 years

@wowiwrite @sylvyfernandez I was in an uber pool once time and this couple comes out of their house...the woman is very very pregnant. The man lays down a towel, and she gets in the back seat. She was in full on labor and he called a pool 😑

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2 years

One thing I will do until the very bitter end of my tenure at AV Club is try to get people to watch Black Dynamite. (It's back on Prime Video—as is Hollywood Shuffle!)

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1 year

And I’m turning 40 in December, so I can call you all babies if I want. So there.

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10 months

If you’d like to meet cute, shy singles in your area, might I suggest the Criterion section at an IRL Barnes & Noble?

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2 years

I kinda liked it when Alexandra Daddario threw Leatherface the chainsaw and said, “do your thing, cuz!” This is my truth, and I am standing in it.

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1 year

@strangeharbors The "Maybe that's the...point?" killed me dead.

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13 days

AND Letterboxd itself pays critics to write about movies for its Journal section. We embed links to those articles on the landing page for a film. It’s one click. C’mon.

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5 years

Cosplay is fun pt. 2

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2 years

Publicly and officially, my last day at The A.V. Club will be March 2nd. I have a lot of emotions about leaving what’s been a fantastic experience and a dream job, but looking back at the last seven years, what I feel the most is gratitude.

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UPDATE: The seven A.V. Club workers in Chicago have decided to take their union-contract-protected severances rather than move to L.A. without a cost-of-living adjustment. A statement from the union (1/X):

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5 years

You assholes want to talk about ruining childhoods? Try having your favorite cartoon when you were in preschool being condemned by gross dudes because the remake only gets them to half mast.

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2 years

Everything Everywhere All At Once is a fantastic movie, go see it.

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4 years

(Oh, and watch THE HOUSEMAID, a story that's been adapted for film several times; and the anthology film THREE...EXTREMES—only one segment is Korean, but it's a Park Chan-wook grand guignol banger.)

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4 years

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Juggalos are all right

ICP Cancel Gathering 2020: "We Refuse To Risk Even One Juggalo Life"

Good guys ICP

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2 years

🚨🚨🚨 ATTENTION ALL HERETICS, QUEERS, AND SEX SCENE EVANGELISTS! BENEDETTA IS PREMIERING ON HULU ON MARCH 4! 🚨🚨🚨

Paul Verhoeven's lesbian nun drama Benedetta is both profane and sublime

If Benedetta is a true saint, then queer sex is holy, and church hierarchy is parasitic and unnecessary. This, even more so than the sex scenes, is what makes Benedetta dangerous.

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3 years

Listen, I know it's trendy to hate on Tarantino but writing a novelization of your own movie—and debuting it as an airport paperback instead of some $140 coffee table book—objectively rules

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6 months

I live for interesting and idiosyncratic work like Poor Things — and, yes, Beau Is Afraid — and do not understand (or, frankly, respect) "critics" who reject this type of film on sight.

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6 months

A film “journalist” taking a selfie mid-movie with the flash on. Jail.

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4 years

It’s 12:30, I already brushed my teeth and had a coffee, and I’m still the first one awake

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2 years

There should be a word for the opposite of mansplaining: When you keep telling a man something you know to be true, and he won't listen until you show him that another man said it also.

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2 years

That’s it. I’ve logged out of my AV Club email for the last time. I’m feeling a little overwhelmed by all the support today, so while I’m sure I will have more thoughts soon, right now I just want to say thank you, thank you, a thousand times THANK YOU!

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4 years

There's much more I didn't cover here; chime in with favs in the replies, fellow olds who still have your Tartan Asia Extreme DVDs. Also, look up the Tartan Asia Extreme label from the mid-'00s.

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This is about to escape containment. Please read Letterboxd journal, it’s the tab on the upper right hand side of the app. Every article incorporates thoughtful quotes from Letterboxd members.

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24 days

Somewhere where all the trans filmmakers attending Sundance can use the bathroom would be nice.

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Huge film festival shake-up: the #Sundance Film Festival is looking to leave Park City, Utah.

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4 years

I don't know a ton about South Korean romances—except that they're super popular—or comedies (I've seen a few; last year I saw an action/comedy/food porn hybrid called EXTREME JOB that was HILARIOUS), so please chime in if you do!

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I think the reason I like outsider/micro budget filmmaking so much is that it’s very, very easy to hide a lack of vision behind expensive production values

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4 years

If we’re going to blame George W. Bush (and by all means, let’s), let’s also blame him for No Child Left Behind. That act tied school funding to standardized testing, prompting a shift to “teaching for the test” whose long-term effects we see every day on twitter.

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2 years

My editor described this as a "scorched earth" review, to which I replied, "that's not true, I said Brendan Fraser was good." The disingenuous empathy and self-serving miserablism of The Whale:

Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale is an act of hate disguised as tough love

Brendan Fraser’s performance is legitimately award-worthy, but the film is an act of hate disguised as tough love

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1 year

Oh yikes, this tweet is leaving my circles. I wish I could take everyone who’s been hurt by capitalism and hug them. The pain is so real.

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4 years

Sir, I have seen this movie, and this does not turn out well for you.

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3 years

I’d be curious to know how many reporters solemnly stating that Sha’Carri Richardson “broke the rules” have also written a story about a white “cannabis entrepreneur”

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Not only is David Ehrlich very good at his job, he answers my emails promptly, which is the highest praise any freelancer can give to an editor. Good dude, be normal, etc.

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I like all kinds of movies, because I’m not a child, but saying that gore and scares are “for the boys” really does a disservice to the gals making the really gnarly stuff.

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Far too many people see the horror genre as an endurance contest.

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4 months

When Maggie Gyllenhaal is being declared "too old" to play the love interest of someone 20 years older than her, the implication there is that she's a decrepit old hag who must be replaced with a younger model. THAT'S the misogyny.

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5 years

@Anne_Hogan @ivadixit I also wonder this! Did the cats scratch them, or were they purring the whole time?

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@danielleradford I reserve my right to goof off with a silly review when I’m off the clock.

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1 year

An under-discussed aspect of Tarantino’s evolution is Sally Menke’s death in 2010. He and Fred Raskin tried to re-create her style in Django Unchained, & it didn’t quite work. It wasn’t until OUATIH that they relaxed into a new rhythm, and the work benefited from it.

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I think he just wants to chill but your stupid theory may be right, who knows. Also, who cares

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3 years

There it is. The first sign of spring in Chicago.

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5 years

@maia419 Sophie Turner recap all of Game Of Thrones S8 while drunk on red wine challenge

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3 years

I'm not blowing anyone's mind here, but goddamn "film twitter" is full of jerks

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2 years

I recommend you GGG—"Google. Get your card out. Go."—to see RRR

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In the wild three-hour action movie RRR, Baahubali series director S.S. Rajamouli re-imagines two real historical revolutionaries as god-tier superheroes

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3 years

Did someone complain bout editors? Because I'm happy to share my opinion that not only do good writers not mind being edited, but being hostile to edits is actually a sign of a bad writer. How are you supposed to get better with no feedback?

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If you logged your movie-watching habits before Letterboxd, how did you do it? I bought several notebooks meaning to keep lists, but would always fall off.

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9 months

I'm glad you all agree. The movie that inspired this tweet, Piaffe, opens in NYC this weekend ✌️🐴

Piaffe (Oscilloscope Laboratories | Official Trailer)

Introverted and unqualified, Eva is unexpectedly tasked with foleying the sound for a commercial featuring a horse. As she slowly acclimates to the new job, ...

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4 years

Few things make me crankier than hearing I HAVE TO support some would-be blockbuster because a male studio executive deigned to let a woman behind the camera, as indie films and documentaries—where most female directors work—are slowly choked to death

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@crushsong

4 years

I hate how seeing movies and consuming pop culture is a fucking social movement to some people.

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