Kyle Stevens

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Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)

You know he’s picturing Yul Brynner.

So do we know why Hegseth just summoned hundreds of generals and admirals to a meeting in VA??

Pernille on Netflix (Porni is the real title and titular character, but I guess that was off-putting) is THE show. Writer-star Henriette Steenstrup is everything.

Yeah, if you've not yet deleted your academia*edu account, now is seriously the time. The terms of service and AI-generated "podcasts" are so gross.

Actors’ chemistry and narrative beats are very different.

(Yes, still finding measly ways to post that don’t repeat the woes lest I contribute to desensitization.)

Superman (2025): the first one that feels like he and Lois actually fuck?

"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology."

This video's framing is great.

(I want to post about the starkly heinous media propaganda, lynchings, etc., but I have no novel takes and don’t want to contribute to the possible desensitization to these topics.)

The Morning Show is back. Such a great cartoon. Marion Cotillard is 50???

It’s so sick, but I had a blip of jealousy for Germans in the 1930s who didn’t have such a clear precedent emblazing their immediate futures before them.

Anyway, J Lo’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman” is okay unless you’ve ever heard someone else sing it.

This whole thing may have finally, finally, undone my impulse to look at social media too often.

Only Murders in the Building fortifies with delight. It’s medicine. Of course you might say that about anything with Dianne Wiest.

The follow-up I need is for someone to ask the timeline of how this Deep State plan worked. Who is the mastermind who in 2003 realized the guy who used to be Donald Trump would start a reality show next year that would springboard him to the presidency, and launched a nefarious two-decade long con

I had enough done I could watch a movie, too! Jane Austen Wrecked My Life was fascinatingly unsentimental given its subject matter. Super promising feature debut from Laura Piani. (Though the heroine chose the wrong guy!!)

Flown thrice the last few weeks and a guy next to me watched the new Top Gun. Men aren’t doing well, if it wasn’t obvious. (Yes, still doing the 700 mile commute to App State.)

thanks to @dorianlynskey.bsky.social for introducing me to this movie poster, featuring a tagline that made me hyperventilate with laughter

Directed By Women: A TIFF 2025 Guide Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide: Festival Edition

This week's Directed By Women Viewing Guide highlights some selections premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival over the next week and a half.

There's a fantastic Gastropod (podcast) about pawpaws!

Burkina Faso has passed a law criminalising homosexuality.

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over 25% of United Auto Workers nationwide are ACADEMIC WORKERS!

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The Women was released on this day in 1939. Praise be.

I did this the other day for each and every one of the 15 or so titles of mine it stole. Let's do this!

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W o w.

News of *that* engagement came out before a class yesterday, and I casually mentioned that I just don’t understand her popularity. Found out today that a student broke out in severe hives over my comment! That fandom is terrifying!

Tawdry DVD cover of The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders.

Horses charging through the legs wins it for me.