Sylvie

Letterboxd posters for (#1-10) PAST LIVES, ANATOMY OF A FALL, BARBIE, LA CHIMERA, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, GODZILLA MINUS ONE, UNKNOWN COUNTRY, THE HOLDOVERS, PERFECT DAYS, ALL OF US STRANGERS

You know I make these annual top tens, but do people listen?

The Hill: Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years by Dominick Mastrangelo - 02/11/26 10:38 AM ET

Politico: Gallup retreats from political polling , again under new leadership Gallup will announce friday that it plans to measure President Donald Trump's job approval rating only on a monthly basis. 12/21/2018

If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.

tfw when you've been up most of the night but a project that has been hanging over your head for months is finally done

I exchange Christmas cards with at least five people from my high school, most of whom I've visited in their current home, despite everyone being in different far corners of the US geographically.

I like how they managed to get an accent into each choice!

This. But I think more people here in the US would be likely to say "Bravo!" before either of those.

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

A woman in a bridal gown looks down from atop a silo.

Tonight’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday selection was chosen by The Math Greek: LOVE SERENADE (1996) by Shirley Barrett. Miranda Otto, fantastic needle drops, the buttery voice of George Shevtsov, and one heck of an ending. #DirectedByWomen #52FilmsByWomen #9 #Filmsky 📽️

it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for

Riding the bus in PARIAH

Riding in a car in PARIAH

Comforting after heartbreak in PARIAH

Talking on the rooftop with Dad in PARIAH

This Black History Month I'm trying to watch some key films by Black women filmmakers that for whatever reason I haven't managed to get to yet. First up was PARIAH (2011) by Dee Rees. Gorgeous. #DirectedByWomen #52FilmsByWomen #8 #Filmsky 📽️

Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:

Nathalie (aka the second-most popular French name of the decade I was born)

this is also useful for teaching art history, an excellent example of:
1) the priority of medium, and
2) why visual analysis starts with the frame

So hard to limit it to ten, but here goes...

'49-'17 (1917)
3 BAD MEN (1926)
WESTWARD THE WOMEN (1951)
SHANE (1953)
7 MEN FROM NOW (1956)
DAY OF THE OUTLAW (1959)
RIO BRAVO (1959)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968)
UNFORGIVEN (1992)
THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO (1993)

I feel attacked

I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.

CORDER LIST: 607 U.S.) WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2026 25A839 ORDER IN PENDING CASE TANGIPA, DAVID, ET AL. V. NEWSOM, GOV. OF CA, ET AL. The application for writ of injunction pending appeal presented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is denied.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will not stop the use of California's new congressional maps in this year's midterm elections.

The court rejected California Republicans' effort to stop the use of the new maps. There were no noted dissents and no opinion.

Jennifer Lawrence as Grace and Robert Pattinson as Jackson in DIE MY LOVE

Somehow I thought that DIE MY LOVE (2025) by Lynne Ramsay would be the perfect follow-up to last night's SIRĀT (2025). And maybe, just maybe, it was. #DirectedByWomen #52FilmsByWomen #7 #Filmsky 📽️

I miss it so much. My first place in NYC was in Cobble HIll and I was able to go there on the regular.

Two men sit at the edge of a road, next to a field of cows. Scene from the movie WESTERN (1997), used for the poster.

My first thought on watching the opening to SIRĀT?
Sergi López!!!
I wonder if this means it will eventually be possible to find and rewatch one of my favorite French films of the 1990s?

It’s really not difficult to say “Fuck you and your pedophile friends” and the men who didn’t were making a conscious choice

If you’re in line to tell Neil Gaiman to fuck off stay in line

Nothing has made me miss living in NYC as much as these videos. (Well, maybe Sahadi's.)

this is a very cool thing to do and also highlights one of the biggest keys to Zohran's appeal: he just thinks New York City is really neat

people who live somewhere want to vote for someone who likes it there and wants to make it better, not someone who wants to use it as a springboard

If the Republican US attorney for the District of Columbia doesn't recognize the Heller decision then no state is under any obligation to do so either

Another Lois Weber First – Using Locations In her day, pioneering producer/director/screenwriter Lois Weber ranked alongside D.W. Griffith and Cecile B. DeMille as one of the most successful and influential filmmakers of any gender. As hist…

In honor of the late John Bengtson. Eternally grateful for his masterful work tracking down silent film locations — and the due credit he gave my gal.
silentlocations.com/2017/10/29/a...

Josh O'Connor in the doorway of his garage in THE MASTERMIND as his wife leaves in their green VW Beetle.

Walter Moura walking in the streets of Recife in THE SECRET AGENT as a red VW Beetle passes.

Help! Between THE MASTERMIND and THE SECRET AGENT, I'm coveting an old Beetle again.

Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet walking in the forest meme with Piglet asking Pooh, "Is he dead yet?" and, when Pooh responds in the negative, Piglet says "Fuck."

Happy Monday!

Use a gif or video to give everyone a sneak peek at your flirting technique

DANCE, GIRL, DANCE

MAGGIE'S PLAN

PSA: Some incredible #DirectedByWomen films are leaving the Criterion Channel on 2/28. Catch 'em while you can!

AMERICAN PSYCHO
DANCE, GIRL, DANCE
EVE'S BAYOU
JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE IRT
LOST IN TRANSLATION
MAGGIE'S PLAN
MON PÈRE, LE DIABLE (Our Father, the Devil)
A NEW LEAF
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE