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yeah! I watched some of it as a kid in the '90s and had no idea who anyone was, so the guest stars shocked me this time around - Ron Perlman, Wes Studi, Vincent Schiavelli, some real heavy-hitters. Banks is among my favorites, too.

Connor MacLeod/"Russell Nash" and Brenda (his love interest/sword expert/forensic investigator) in a backlit bar

Connor running down a steamy, blue-tinted, backlit alleyway

misty, almost heavenly backlighting in Connor's antique shop, with Connor and Rachel (his assistant/adopted daughter) in the center of the shot, framed by 2 angel statues

the Kurgan at the end of another foggy alleyway, silhouetted, holding a big-ass sword

bringing my Highlander obsession over to bluesky with a cinematography appreciation post. the backlighting, the fog - just a gorgeous film. wish movies still looked like this.

rewatched the series a few years ago, and it isn't always great, but it's consistently fun and introduces cool shit into the Highlander universe, like the Dark Quickening, Methos, the Watchers (mortal secret archivists of the Immortals). might import the big twitter thread I wrote about it sometime.

Japanese program cover with black background, black & yellow city skyline at the bottom, a big white semicircular glow above it and a column of sky blue on top of that, which reaches vertically to the top of the program - w/Japanese text in orange and red (a rendering of the Quickening, maybe). at the top, it says HIGHLANDER in white font, and below that, in smaller font, it reads "There can be only one"

...I may have also picked up this Japanese Highlander program a few months back

I will neither confirm nor deny that this phrasing was intentional

I love that sense of fun, and to me all the imperfections of Highlander are a feature not a bug - e.g. that no one's bothering to hide their accents, that Lambert is too blind for swordfighting. it's just so idiosyncratic, textured, and human in ways that don't feel like they're allowed anymore

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

polygon article "celebrating" the 40th anniversary of Highlander by taking a dump on it: "For its 40th anniversary, a look back at the self-serious slog that is 1986's Highlander"

in the past few years I've lost loved ones: friends, an ex, my dog. Highlander helped me through it, and its goofiness is exactly what made it perfect for that purpose - watching movies that confront grief head on would've felt too raw. anyway whoever cooked this shit up can go fuck themselves lol

oh I have concerns. obviously I'm a fan of John Wick but I'm also very ambivalent and apprehensive - Highlander is lightning in a bottle.

Once again thinking about the greatest clip of all time: Britney Spears realizing Ryan Seacrest is straight

love it when someone rushes to reply without bothering to read the essay - like, that's the essence of Highlander! that mortality is actually a gift

did you bother to read the essay or just rush here to tell me you hate the ending? because that's the whole message of the movie - that mortality is a gift

*throwing darts at a wall of random words* Today I will be mad at... Timothée Chalamet... about... opera.

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happy 40th birthday to Highlander, one of my favorite movies of all time

I loved it

I posted about how close it feels to the experience of reading the book as a 13-year-old girl (vs a lit major in college) and some dude said "so is the movie an R-rated sex fest for 13 year olds or a juvenile fantasy for immature adult women?" incredible to see someone tell on himself like that

Aaron, you are not alone - we might both be crazy but I'm so relieved and validated that you dug it too 'cause I think I loved it, and your review was spot on. it's just so calculatedly + primally dialed into the frequency of teen girl id from start to finish.

feels like a fool's errand to write up a list of favorite movies of 2025 in March but as long as I beat the Oscars I think/hope it might be okay

one of the outlets I used to write for had another contributor who regularly churned out like 10k-word essays, and they were always in the top 5 most read articles on the site. readers don't hate it!

still trying to catch up with 2025 releases so I can finish my little list of favorites, got my heights wuthered for $5, etc.

apologies for spreading (more) misinformation!

James Bond seeing all those baroque, pristine fruit arrangements while speeding through the streets of Istanbul in his Aston Martin or whatever

also anecdotal but in my experience, people like settling in with a long read during their lunch breaks, or over breakfast on the weekend. it's scratching the same itch as sitting down with a newspaper & coffee in the morning - jumpstarting your brain in a way that has nothing to do with your job

Jeremy Allen White speaks 'a little Huttese' as Rotta The Hutt in The Mandalorian And Grogu The star of The Bear voices the son of Jabba The Hutt in Star Wars' return to the big screen. Read more at Empire.

it's not right that Wampler is gone

www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

this is anecdotal bullshit that probably felt right and obvious to the author and the outlet, but it's actually false. I'm always pleasantly surprised by how much people love a long read.

I believe it's for this sweatshirt specifically via Bikini Kill's Bandcamp

This is wonderful

thank you!

Nothing more beautiful than a 1960s era west Berlin cinema at night.

that's the Beauty of Capitalism™: we're all Daniel Plainviewing over here