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A Song of Ceylon (1985)

[letterboxd | imdb]

Director: Laleen Jayamanne

Cinematographer: Gabrielle Finnane

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The Song of Ceylon (1934)

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Director & Cinematographer: Basil Wright

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A Song of Ceylon (1985)

[letterboxd | imdb]

Director: Laleen Jayamanne

Cinematographer: Gabrielle Finnane

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A Song of Ceylon (1985)

[letterboxd | imdb]

Director: Laleen Jayamanne

Cinematographer: Gabrielle Finnane

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A Song of Ceylon (1985)

[letterboxd | imdb]

Director: Laleen Jayamanne

Cinematographer: Gabrielle Finnane

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A Song of Ceylon (1985)

[letterboxd | imdb]

Director: Laleen Jayamanne

Cinematographer: Gabrielle Finnane

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A Song of Ceylon (1985)

[letterboxd | imdb]

Director: Laleen Jayamanne

Cinematographer: Gabrielle Finnane

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Drylongso (1998)

directed by Cauleen Smith cinematography by Andrew Black

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Welcome to Watch More Movies

My edit of a print ad for the Alla Nazimova film Billions, reworked to present some of my cosplays

It feels like eons ago that I started this blog, but I’ve never made a proper introductory post!

Watch More Movies is a celebration of cinema and (hopefully) a way to present the medium with new hooks to encourage you, dear readers, to discover new-old films and filmmakers.

My cosplays are typically $0 endeavors—I try to put the looks together only using materials at hand and styling my own hair. I started creating self-portraits of my closet cosplays about a decade ago and this blog began as a central repository for them. BUT I’ve branched out since, allowing me to research and write about films that I’m unable to cosplay! 

Here are some highlights of my work:

Cosplay the Classics

A catch-all category for my cosplay posts, usually accompanied by essays on the performer and film

Lost, but Not Forgotten

Profiles of lost American films of the silent era constructed from the invaluable Media History Digital Library

The Vamps

Series of cosplays and essays about different facets of the Vamp archetype

A Century of Glamour Ghouls

Surveying 100 years of horror filmmaking through cosplay (including tutorials)

How’d They Do That?

My newest series using historical articles about how stunts and special effects were executed in the 1910s/1920s accompanied by gifs or stills whenever possible

———

Occasionally I also feature spotlight pieces on specific films or filmmakers. This blog is highly associative—the things I read or research usually lead directly into the next topic that I’ll research and write about. This past year’s main themes have been experimental filmmaking, how the origin story of the American film industry was (re)written in the 1920s and how women filmmakers were written out of said story, and Orientalism in American films of the interwar period. (All these topics are related to one another by the way!)

I also do regular round-ups of what I’m watching, reading, writing, researching, etc.

Here, on the tumblr edition of the blog, I post edits and gif sets of films almost every day! There you might find anything from silent Italian epics to experimental video shorts to anime pilots to cyberpunk musicals.

——— ——— ———

About me:

I definitely was not born in the wrong era, but I’ve always been old. My academic/professional background is in information science, cultural history, and film. I speak a smattering of different languages—mostly of the romance and slavic varieties. I was the 1,529th Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion. I’ve been hugged by a walrus and an emu (not at the same time). One day, when the time is right, and I’m of stronger character, I hope to own a cat.

——— ——— ———

Disclaimer: I have never, nor will I ever use generative “AI” in any of my work. Please refrain from using gen “AI” in relation to my work in any capacity. Thank you for being a friend!

——— ——— ———

If you’ve learned something from this blog, if you’ve been inspired to try out new aesthetics, or to watch different types of movies, or if you’ve just liked my pictures—please consider supporting my work!

☕ Buy me a coffee! ☕

🖌️ Buy me supplies! 🖌️

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Hypocrites (1915)

[letterboxd | imdb | kanopy (US)]

Director: Lois Weber

Cinematographers: Dal Clawson, George W. Hill

Lois Weber’s ambitious allegorical film, laden with special photographic effects, tells the mirrored stories of a harried minister with a wayward flock and an ill-fated medieval monk whose work scandalizes his village.

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By the way, Jerry, I see your husband around quite a lot. - Oh, yeah? Well, the next time you see him, you tell him I'm still holding my own.

Norma Shearer as Jerry Martin in THE DIVORCEE (1930) dir. Robert Z. Leonard

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Hypocrites (1915)

[letterboxd | imdb | kanopy (US)]

Director: Lois Weber

Cinematographers: Dal Clawson, George W. Hill

Lois Weber’s ambitious allegorical film, laden with special photographic effects, tells the mirrored stories of a harried minister with a wayward flock and an ill-fated medieval monk whose work scandalizes his village.

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Hypocrites (1915)

[letterboxd | imdb | kanopy (US)]

Director: Lois Weber

Cinematographers: Dal Clawson, George W. Hill

Lois Weber’s ambitious allegorical film, laden with special photographic effects, tells the mirrored stories of a harried minister with a wayward flock and an ill-fated medieval monk whose work scandalizes his village.

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Hypocrites (1915)

[letterboxd | imdb | kanopy (US)]

Director: Lois Weber

Cinematographers: Dal Clawson, George W. Hill

Performers: Courtenay Foote, Myrtle Stedman, Dixie Carr

Lois Weber’s ambitious allegorical film, laden with special photographic effects, tells the mirrored stories of a harried minister with a wayward flock and an ill-fated medieval monk whose work scandalizes his village.

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Hypocrites (1915)

[letterboxd | imdb | kanopy (US)]

Director: Lois Weber

Cinematographers: Dal Clawson, George W. Hill

Lois Weber’s ambitious allegorical film, laden with special photographic effects, tells the mirrored stories of a harried minister with a wayward flock and an ill-fated medieval monk whose work scandalizes his village.

[fibula-rasa]

Welcome to Watch More Movies

My edit of a print ad for the Alla Nazimova film Billions, reworked to present some of my cosplays

It feels like eons ago that I started this blog, but I’ve never made a proper introductory post!

Watch More Movies is a celebration of cinema and (hopefully) a way to present the medium with new hooks to encourage you, dear readers, to discover new-old films and filmmakers.

My cosplays are typically $0 endeavors—I try to put the looks together only using materials at hand and styling my own hair. I started creating self-portraits of my closet cosplays about a decade ago and this blog began as a central repository for them. BUT I’ve branched out since, allowing me to research and write about films that I’m unable to cosplay! 

Here are some highlights of my work:

Cosplay the Classics

A catch-all category for my cosplay posts, usually accompanied by essays on the performer and film

Lost, but Not Forgotten

Profiles of lost American films of the silent era constructed from the invaluable Media History Digital Library

The Vamps

Series of cosplays and essays about different facets of the Vamp archetype

A Century of Glamour Ghouls

Surveying 100 years of horror filmmaking through cosplay (including tutorials)

How’d They Do That?

My newest series using historical articles about how stunts and special effects were executed in the 1910s/1920s accompanied by gifs or stills whenever possible

———

Occasionally I also feature spotlight pieces on specific films or filmmakers. This blog is highly associative—the things I read or research usually lead directly into the next topic that I’ll research and write about. This past year’s main themes have been experimental filmmaking, how the origin story of the American film industry was (re)written in the 1920s and how women filmmakers were written out of said story, and Orientalism in American films of the interwar period. (All these topics are related to one another by the way!)

I also do regular round-ups of what I’m watching, reading, writing, researching, etc.

Here, on the tumblr edition of the blog, I post edits and gif sets of films almost every day! There you might find anything from silent Italian epics to experimental video shorts to anime pilots to cyberpunk musicals.

——— ——— ———

About me:

I definitely was not born in the wrong era, but I’ve always been old. My academic/professional background is in information science, cultural history, and film. I speak a smattering of different languages—mostly of the romance and slavic varieties. I was the 1,529th Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion. I’ve been hugged by a walrus and an emu (not at the same time). One day, when the time is right, and I’m of stronger character, I hope to own a cat.

——— ——— ———

Disclaimer: I have never, nor will I ever use generative “AI” in any of my work. Please refrain from using gen “AI” in relation to my work in any capacity. Thank you for being a friend!

——— ——— ———

If you’ve learned something from this blog, if you’ve been inspired to try out new aesthetics, or to watch different types of movies, or if you’ve just liked my pictures—please consider supporting my work!

☕ Buy me a coffee! ☕

🖌️ Buy me supplies! 🖌️

[fibula-rasa]

Hypocrites (1915)

[letterboxd | imdb | kanopy (US)]

Director: Lois Weber

Cinematographers: Dal Clawson, George W. Hill

Lois Weber’s ambitious allegorical film, laden with special photographic effects, tells the mirrored stories of a harried minister with a wayward flock and an ill-fated medieval monk whose work scandalizes his village.

[fibula-rasa]

Hypocrites (1915)

[letterboxd | imdb | kanopy (US)]

Director: Lois Weber

Cinematographers: Dal Clawson, George W. Hill

Lois Weber’s ambitious allegorical film, laden with special photographic effects, tells the mirrored stories of a harried minister with a wayward flock and an ill-fated medieval monk whose work scandalizes his village.