Eva Lees 😈👧🎼🍂

I’m a big Björk fan, so I knew von Trier for a while and I was like “God, I’m gonna hate this.” I said surprisingly because I would 100% not be shocked if he stumbled into this. I think I hate him but I like the central performances so much.

Ultimately, it’s the women who cannot live in the luxury of blissful ignorance who must face the end of the world. Who have to be correct, who have to be present for the end of all we know, finding comfort not in dogma but in resignation.

Kind of maddening, isn’t it?

Justine’s husband tells her that she can sit under a fucking tree when she feels sad because he has no concept of depression.

Claire’s tells her that her anxiety towards Melancholia’s impact is meaningless until he realizes she is correct and kills himself alone rather than show fear and humility.

There is a rogue planet with a high likelihood to end all life on Earth, and the women are expected to continue to be “good time girls.” To get married, to dream of apple orchards in 10 years time. A woman’s depression is never treated by the men in the movie as something real.

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Acclaim for Dunst is rightly earned but Gainsbourg is a powerhouse herself.

The movie’s greatest quality is the push-pull between the two sisters. Claire is seen by her husband as the “strong” one but it’s Justine who is ultimately able to accept the fate of oblivion.

Melancholia (2011)

Lars von Trier (surprisingly) succeeds where many fail in displaying uniquely feminine depression.

Men in the film purposefully downplay women’s mental illness and it’s only in each other that Dunst and Gainsbourg truly capture each other’s complexity and significance.

O Brother in April, yay! 🥰🥰🥰

Tech bro oligarch: The AI is... real... sentient.... it's feeling real feelings... we must do everything we can to protect it and give it rights
Also tech bro oligarch: Human females are basically cattle made to push out as many babies as possible, all of which I will neglect

It’s not a Sox flag! 🇵🇷

Just thinking about Hot Al Pacino.

Is it just me or did people start using "perfidious" more after One Battle dropped?

Vibe

I loved it, probably doing a 2nd run over the summer! I wanna get the portrait of Kim Kitsuragi to hang like a Jesus picture on the wall lol

Friday

Would probably have to be these.

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

One of the best casts ever?

Jack Lemmon’s slimy huckster, Jonathan Pryce’s pathetic closet-walker, and Pacino’s… well okay, he’s just kind of Pacino but it’s so good, they all sell you on pure bullshit. It’s not really much of a movie but it’s a damn good play.

Hedda (2025)

Oh man, does this one swing and sizzle. I’ve never read Ibsen but this certainly has my attention. I love Nia DaCosta’s screenplay to this but I don’t love the lighting/camera work. Still, the complexity of these women makes me feel at home in some way. To be not all bad or good.

I walked 200 miles over the course of 13 days to protest the Illinois Budget Crisis of 2017. (That’s me 3rd from the left)

i’d make the case that the doohickey oughta be mentioned in the same breath as excalibur and other weapons of legend

I don't know how they made Dek so expressive while still retaining the Predator design, but Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi is delightful. And matching him all the way is Elle Fanning's Thia, she is a joy to watch and her action sequence when she escapes the box is ridiculously inventive and fun.

Predator: Badlands (2025)

I was genuinely shocked with this one!

They made a blunt commentary on deprogramming the manosphere through Predator, while also expanding the lore on an absolutely brutal planet. A little Disney-fied with few story surprises but a super fun ride.

Prey (2022)

Fantastic camera work, music and action. Naru’s a great hero, and Comanche culture in a Predator movie was fresh and exciting. I like the story (it's a little obvi though) and the performances, but the dialogue/one-liners let the movie down a little. Still, good flick!

Aww congrats!!

So so so sick

Ken, can we get a “trans rights” on Jeopardy?

Got tickets for myself and Michael! He's never seen it and I'm super excited to show him my childhood favorite like this. ♥

*For that to fully sell me, but I can totally see your point!

Really good points, and I'd be inclined to agree.

I think XIV (been a while since I've played) would need more representations of fatness that aren't Vauthry for that to sell me. Dulia-Chai is an overall positive character but her affection for food is still played for laughs IIRC.

Yupyup.

This is also a criticism I had with FFXIV Shadowbringers. We need to get away from this idea that fatness = greed, especially when obesity in the United States is more often seen amongst poor people due to shit nutrition options and food deserts.