@mjbemis.bsky.social
Filmmaker, writer and actor. My newest short film, The Devil and the Ghost, is on Vimeo and YouTube. she/they
Forgot how the marketing for The Fabelmans was like "a heartfelt semi-autobiographical story of the transformative power of the movies" and the movie's actual plot is "here follow the crimes of my Sexual Mother"
13.11.2025 16:07 β π 232 π 15 π¬ 3 π 7πππ
11.11.2025 19:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 08 Dem Senators last night
10.11.2025 16:13 β π 30 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore. It happens a lot 'round here.
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
10.11.2025 10:54 β π 17887 π 7014 π¬ 123 π 208All the Beauty and the Bloodshed. I work in harm reduction, and art vs. activism are often regarded as though theyβre at odds. This is a beautiful story about whatβs possible when the two intersect.
09.11.2025 14:28 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1screenshot from Moonstruck of a giant fake-looking full moon seen through Venetian blinds, caption reads "It's perfect"
it's Cosmo's moon
05.11.2025 03:45 β π 86 π 12 π¬ 0 π 0Something I think doesnβt really get talked about when it comes to cosmic horror is that itβs a safe way to ask questions about belief and why the mere existence of a higher power, no matter how real, is enough for people to justify being unimaginably cruel
29.10.2025 01:26 β π 16 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0Good morning, faggots
Here's the opening credits sequence of VELVET GOLDMINE (1998)
Let's all go out there and suck today's dick, mmkay?
You need to weather the storm diva. Diva you must
24.10.2025 17:01 β π 41 π 10 π¬ 0 π 0Record store clerk (noticing my Princess Bride pin): βAs you wish.β I said that to my ex-girlfriend as we were breaking up.
Me: Whoa.
Clerk: Yeah, it was brutal.
Me: I hope it was cathartic for you, at least.
Clerk: It felt amazing. Have a good day, maβam.
We love you Miss Major. We love you forever.
14.10.2025 14:28 β π 24 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0Poster king. AI could never.
14.10.2025 15:30 β π 35 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0This look *really* suits you.
12.10.2025 22:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The Devil and the Ghost, our queer Halloween romcom, is perfect spooky season viewing. Itβs streaming for free on Vimeo.
vimeo.com/951086486
I've thought a lot about the scene in A Clockwork Orange where Alex finds out that the droogs he used to rampage with are now policemen
03.10.2025 23:35 β π 606 π 118 π¬ 14 π 4If you see this, QTP with a gif of a vampire that isnβt Dracula
02.10.2025 23:48 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1I hope you enjoy cruising the boulevards of regret. π
02.10.2025 23:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Cabaret!
30.09.2025 21:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh! And The Wizard of Oz.
30.09.2025 17:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The movies that taught me what movies are and can be:
2001
The Shining
Raising Arizona
Blue Velvet
Aliens
Do the Right Thing
The Silence of the Lambs
Halloween
Nashville
Raging Bull
Leanna stares at the camera with severe intensity, a lit candelabra in her left hand bedecked by large rings, a hardcover copy of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION with it's golden gothic tracery and haunted house at the center, a book co-authored by herself and Andrea Janes, grasped in her left hand, a large pendant of Edgar Allan Poe is around her neck, the poster of Leanna's debut Gothic novel STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL is behind her, a Victorian mourning poster declaring Rest in Peace over her other shoulder. Leanna is wearing black wire-frame glasses and dressed in her signature black.
IT IS TIME! RELEASE DAY IS UPON US! AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION, co-authored w/ Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social IS HERE! Available wherever books are sold via @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social! Thanks for shares & support! π€
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My kidβs watching Eraserhead with their boyfriend π
29.09.2025 21:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm just trying to get home.
29.09.2025 13:03 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I just ran One Battle After Another on 70mm and in case it's not common knowledge I want to make sure audiences know that those reels are fucking HUGE and HEAVY (like 40-50 lbs) and we have to lift them over our heads and angle them onto a thin shaft without dropping them on ourselves/the projector
27.09.2025 20:25 β π 195 π 36 π¬ 10 π 6art of a werewolf girl talking to a blank stand-in character. The werewolf says "hey y'all got any grounded realistic stories about two transgender women just fuckin. like no magic or sci fi its just two tgirls going at it" the stand-in says "best i can give ya is 80 chapter hardcore sci-fi transformation porn with hypnosis". The werewolf replies: "based but not what im looking for"
thing i run into a lot
(pervert transgender writers out there this is a CALL to ACTION!!!)
Feeling this whole thread π
27.09.2025 05:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My people.
21.09.2025 21:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Me.
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