modern vampire of the city

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

expect people to throw out their backs lifting their items over this

MEN!! Lets get reading 🫵

*World burning down*

Apple news notification: Why different folks prefer different strokes—plus, why eating purple foods helps your remember your email password

I like sports headlines that could also be summaries of medieval chivalric romance

throwing a reply in here to come back to people’s feel-bad comfort movies. Mine is Midsommar

I’m eating baba ghanoush in a big way

*sad to see

Paul schrader making an ai film of lincoln and einstein in a gun fight

Paul schrader ranting about how AI is going to change cinema

Paul Schrader, you made FIRST REFORMED, a film about feeling powerless about a global catastrophe perpetuated by corporate interests and wanting to act drastically to get anyone to care or even notice. It’s side to see you on the other side of this. AI is climate- and art-destructive.

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There were things about it that worked better than film. I hate when films tell and don’t show but there are some “offscreen” things in the play that just really work as a great ghost story being told right in front of you with just words and ambience

Just saw the theater adaptation of Paranormal Activity and it felt so fresh - full of surprises, brilliant set design, and characters, stories, sound design, and themes tied it together to elevate the thrills. I neeeeed more horror theater now

A review of Ad Astra (2019) Unfortunately, a snooze. Brad Pitt and Liv Tyler are so wooden. The editing is off. The cerebral themes lack any real depth. The first half’s diversions really dilute the story. Bad script.

2026 movie 15: Ad Astra

This is a diluted, Diet Interstellar boxd.it/cZy4aH

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."

Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

The lives of sex workers keep getting worse while the lives of pedophiles and sexual abusers keep getting easier. Every piece of evidence shows the superstructure loves sexual abuse and hates sexual agency. Destroy it or forever be Protestant.

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:

2026 movie #14: Marie Antoinette boxd.it/cTmMJD

"it is right to give him thanks and praise" was always the funniest part of catholic mass to me. a bunch of people murmuring "retweet"

This is why i have a cup of batteries in the corner of my closet that i never think about but nags at my subconscious

AI chatbots cheapen the experience of chatting with real humans because you start to treat them with the assumption they are bots

“inflammatory” rhetoric is a good thing if, like an inflammatory immune response, it’s alerting a system to a threat it can’t see

A review of Vertigo (1958) Gagged. The light, shadow, color, and composition are all so alive and entrancing.

2026 movie #13: trying to catch up on some of the classics I had never seen, and loving it boxd.it/cQUIm7

A review of The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Such a classic. An oddly comforting, disturbing ride. Just nails the atmosphere and tone.

Silence of the Lambs: soooo many movies wish they could hit the perfect balance this movie has. Sorry to Longlegs for trying and failing boxd.it/cPDWIj

A review of Zodiac (2007) David Fincher is just the best

2026 movie #11: Zodiac

It was really surreal watching a movie about trying to catch a killer on the same day as ICE killed someone in the street with no accountability. The world is upside down. Not really related to the movie, but fuck ICE and fuck fascists.

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An office building lit up in the dark with a crowd of people holding signs in front of it.

HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd is gathered in freezing temperatures outside ICE headquarters in DC to demand ICE OUT OF ALL COMMUNITIES NOW.

I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”

I am doing my best to respond to this without a string of expletives. But let's be very clear. What just happened in Minnesota was cold blooded murder of a civilian by out of control federal agents, aided and abetted by the entire Trump administration and their fascist enablers.

i should be able to log rpg games on goodreads. I’m in the outer worlds 2 reading!!

A review of Billy Elliot (2000) Socialism 🤝 the arts 🤝 lgbt

2026 movie #10: Billy Elliott

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A review of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) A great way to follow up 28 Years Later without retreading—Nia DaCosta navigates Danny Boyle’s legacy with care and individuality. This is classic Alex Garland—big ideas, very on the nose, but it work...

2026 movie #9: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

A great way to follow up 28 Years Later without retreading—Nia DaCosta navigates Danny Boyle’s legacy with care and individuality. This is classic Alex Garland—big ideas, very on the nose, but it works because of its sincerity. Themes… boxd.it/cJhvil