#Conclave 2021

[weepylucifer]

folks, not to be aunty no fun allowed, but i thought i remembered reading some stuff abt kabul back when the taliban took over, and i just briefly looked it up to check if what i remembered held up.

kabul is... a city. it is the capital of afghanistan. it has over 7 million inhabitants. i daresay most of them are probably just non-extremist muslims trying to go about their day despite the taliban being there. kabul has parks, museums, malls, mosques, hotels, embassies, schools, roads, cars, public transport, an airport, several sports arenas (for some reason cricket???) etc. it's a place subject to violent unrest according to tripadvisor (lol), but it's not a shelled-out wasteland. also it's not in the desert! they can get pretty cold winters, apparently!

vincent benitez would notttt have been squatting in a tent and riding on a camel. that is what tedesco would think was going on. do not be like tedesco.

here are pictures:

[ffffinalizer]

— il materiale emotivo | a bookshop in paris (2021)

[robespapier]

Barbarin is going to the Conclave. Barbarin, the ex-archbishop of Lyon who covered up child abuse. Barbarin could theoretically become pope (he won't, but still).

[fandomtrumpshate]

Unlisted Fandoms Challenge

Welcome to the LAST update on write-in fandoms for FTH 2025 (only one day left to sign up! go Do The Thing!)!! We have a LONG list of fandoms for you - TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE write-in fandoms this year. So far!

And there's been some movement near the top of the list. Jeff Satur, with 10 signups, still holds the lead, but in second place we now have a TIE. Control (Remedy Game) gained *four* new signups to match Zhen Hun / Guardian's 9 signups. Cabin Pressure has also moved up the rankings, with three new signups bringing it to a total of 7 to claim third place. Whew! Just below them we have:

a four-way tie for fourth place with 6 signups includes-

6 Alien Stage 6 Carry On 6 Dimension 20 6 Dungeon Meshi / Delicious In Dungeon

two fandoms with 5 signups each, in fifth place are-

5 BBC Ghosts 5 White Collar

which brings us to an eight-way tie for sixth place with 4 signups each-

4 Detective Conan 4 Fire Emblem Awakening 4 It - Stephen King 4 Pathologic 4 Roswell New Mexico 4 Schitt's Creek 4 The X-Files 4 Transformers 4 Voltron: Legendary Defender

and with 3 signups each, an 11-way tie for seventh place-

3 Dungeons and Daddies (Podcast) 3 Fields of Mistria 3 Fire Emblem Fates 3 Inception 3 Iron Widow 3 MotoGP RPF 3 Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint 3 Rusty Lake/Cube Escape 3 Stand By Me/The Body by Stephen King 3 The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison 3 Zhen Hun / Guardian (drama) RPF

Below the cut are 56 fandoms with 2 signups each, and 195 fandoms with a single write-in.

2 Animorphs 2 Attack on Titan 2 Avatar Legend of Korra 2 Beyond Evil 2 Biggles Series — W. E. Johns 2 Binan Koukou Chikyuu Boueibu (Cute High Earth Defense Club) franchise 2 Black Sails 2 Bridgerton (TV) 2 Britpop RPF 2 Castlevania (All Media Types) 2 Challengers 2 Cherry Magic 2 Conclave (2024) 2 Dan and Phil (rpf) 2 Dangan Ronpa 2 Dead Boy Detectives RPF 2 Digimon 2 Dishonored 2 Dr. Stone 2 Due South 2 Dune (Villeneuve) 2 Five Nights at Freddy's - All Media 2 Fruits Basket 2 Grantchester (TV) 2 Gravity Falls 2 IndyCar RPF 2 Jeeves and Wooster 2 Kingdom Hearts 2 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2 Link Click (Shiguang Dailiren) 2 Lovecraft Mythos 2 Lucifer (tv) 2 MAS*H 2 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury 2 Nirvana in Fire (琅琊榜) 2 Oasis 2 Princess Tutu 2 Sailor Moon 2 She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) 2 Slow Horses 2 Sonic the Hedgehog (Games) 2 Team Fortress 2 2 The Blue Wolves of Mibu 2 The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros 2 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series) 2 The Poppy War 2 The Stanley Parable 2 Tiger & Bunny 2 Tower of God 2 Universal Century Gundam 2 Valdemar Series by Mercedes Lackey 2 What We Do In The Shadows 2 When the Third Wheel Strikes Back 2 Word of Honor 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! 2 ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 / JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

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1 Warriors / Warrior Cats 1 Watcher Entertainment/BuzzFeed Unsolved RPF 1 Weak Hero Class 1 1 Wind Breaker 1 WNBA RPF 1 Wonka 1 World Trigger 1 Xenoblade Chronicles series 1 Yellowjackets 1 Young Wizards (Diane Duane) 1 Yuwu (Remnants of Filth) 1 Zatch Bell 1 Zombieland Saga 1 บ้านหลอน ON SALE / Peaceful Property (TV)

[irisbleufic]

Hi can I just say that you walking into Conclave fandom of all fandoms, out of fucking nowhere, like six months late to the party, and writing one of the most beautiful stories I’ve ever fucking seen full stop is surreal? And it turns out you’re the intersex author of that amazing Gatsby novel with the intersex OC I loved, from like back in 2021? I’m having an embarrassingly Lawrence like heart eyes moment over you omg sorry, have a nice day 🥰 byeeeee

Oh, yep—The Pursued and the Pursuing, I did write that 💙 There’s a thing happening with that right now, actually: somebody’s running an Intersex Book Club over on Bluesky, and they’ve announced it as the May 2025 reading selection. I’m extremely tickled.

I’m annoyed at myself for not seeing Conclave when it first came out last year! This is always my inadvertent m.o., though, because I get so wrapped up in my teaching and present writing projects that I’m always a few months behind everyone else on whatever the newest…well, anything is. Better late than never, I guess? Especially in this case, for more reasons than one. I’m pleased that you’re enjoying More Certain Than the Light. Thanks, anon; you’re incredibly sweet.

[sebnameyourcar]

add 2025 papal conclave to events longer than valtteri bottas’ 2021 monaco pit stop

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

My Top Ten Frontrunners for the Next Pope

Several cardinals are considered possible candidates to become the next Pope. But I've narrow it down ten contenders who have a shot that I like to succeed Pope Francis.

Cardinal Angelo Scola (Italy, 83) 🍆💦💦💦

Former Archbishop of Milan, Scola has long been considered a papabile candidate. His theological expertise and conservative views make him a strong candidate for those who seek continuity with traditional teachings. The former Archbishop of Milan was a frontrunner in 2013 when Francis was chosen, but he is thought to have fallen victim to the adage of entering the conclave as Pope and leaving as cardinal.

Cardinal Reinhard Marx (German, 71) 🍆💦💦

The Archbishop of Munich and Freising was chosen as an adviser when Francis became pope in 2013. For 10 years he advised the Pope on Church reform and still oversees financial reform of the Vatican. He has advocated a more accommodating approach towards homosexuals or transgender people in Catholic teaching. But in 2021 he offered to resign over serious mistakes in tackling child sexual abuse in Germany's Catholic Church. That resignation was rejected by Francis.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet (Canadian, 80) 🍆💦💦💦

Cardinal Ouellet has twice before been seen as a potential candidate for Pope, in 2005 and 2013. For years he ran the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops, which chooses candidates for the episcopate around the world, so he has played a significant and formative role in vetting the future members of the Catholic hierarchy. As another octogenarian, he will not be able to play a part in the conclave itself, which may hinder his chances. Ouellet is viewed as a conservative with a modern outlook, who is strongly in favour of maintaining the principle of celibacy for priests.

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline (French, 66) 🍆💦💦💦💦

Aveline is known for his folksy, easy-going nature, his readiness to crack jokes, and his ideological proximity to Francis, especially on immigration and relations with the Muslim world. He is also a serious intellectual, with a doctorate in theology and a degree in philosophy. According to the French press, he is known in some domestic Catholic circles as John XXIV, in a nod to his resemblance to Pope John XXIII, the round-faced reforming pope of the early 1960s. If he got the top job, Aveline would become the first French pope since the 14th century, and also be the youngest pope since John Paul II. He understands but does not speak Italian - potentially a major drawback for a job that also carries the title Bishop of Rome and requires a lot of familiarity with Roman power games and intrigues.

Cardinal Peter Erdo (Hungary, 72) 🍆💦

Erdo was already considered a papal contender in the last conclave in 2013 thanks to his extensive Church contacts in Europe and Africa as well as the fact that he was seen as a pioneer of the New Evangelisation drive to rekindle the Catholic faith in secularized advanced nations -- a top priority for many cardinals. He has excellent Italian, and also speaks German, French, Spanish and Russian -- which could help him thaw relations between the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches after the deep chill of the war in Ukraine. Erdo is not a charismatic speaker, but while this was once undoubtedly viewed as a serious drawback, it could potentially be seen as an advantage this time around if cardinals want a calm papacy following the fireworks of Francis' rule.

Cardinal Mario Grech (Maltese, 68) 🍆💦💦💦

Grech comes from Gozo, a tiny island that is part of Malta, the smallest country in the European Union. But from small beginnings he has gone on to big things, appointed by Pope Francis to be secretary general of the Synod of Bishops -- a heavyweight position within the Vatican. His views have won him some high-profile enemies, and conservative Cardinal Gerhard Muller memorably turned on him in 2022, belittling his academic profile and accusing him of going against Catholic doctrine.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin (Italy, 70) 🍆💦

The Vatican’s Secretary of State, Parolin is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. Parolin is seen as a compromise candidate between progressives and conservatives. He has been a Church diplomat for most of his life. A softly spoken and genteel person, Parolin would return the papacy to the Italians after three successive non-Italian popes - John Paul II of Poland, Benedict of Germany and Francis of Argentina.

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle (Filipino, 67) 🍆💦

Tagle is often called the "Asian Francis" because of his similar commitment to social justice and if elected he would be the first pontiff from Asia. On paper, Tagle, who generally prefers to be called by his nickname "Chito", seems to have all the boxes ticked to qualify him to be a pope. He has had decades of pastoral experience since his ordination to the priesthood in 1982. He then gained administrative experience, first as bishop of Imus and then as archbishop of Manila. Tagle is seen as a possible front-runner to continue Pope Francis's progressive agenda.

Cardinal Joseph Tobin (American, 72) 🍆💦💦💦💦💦

It's unlikely the world's cardinals would pick the first ever U.S. pope, but if they were up for that, Tobin would seem the likeliest possibility. A former global leader of a major Catholic religious order known as the Redemptorists, the Detroit native has spent time in countries around the world and speaks Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese fluently. He also has experience in Vatican service and in top positions across the U.S. church. He is known for an attitude of openness toward LGBT people, writing in 2017 that "in too many parts of our church LGBT people have been made to feel unwelcome, excluded, and even shamed".

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi (Italy, 69) 🍆💦💦

An insider within Pope Francis' Vatican, Zuppi is seen as a moderate who could continue the pontiff’s agenda. He is known for his focus on inclusivity and social justice. When Zuppi got a promotion in 2015 and became archbishop of Bologna, national media referred to him as the "Italian Bergoglio", due to his affinity with Francis, the Argentine pope who was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Much like Pope Francis when he lived in Buenos Aires, Zuppi is known as a "street priest" who focuses on migrants and the poor, and cares little about pomp and protocol. He goes by the name of "Father Matteo", and in Bologna he sometimes uses a bicycle rather than an official car.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan (America, 75) 🍆💦💦💦💦💦

Of course I have to add my dark horse pick.

[victusinveritas]

Taken from this article in The Times of London:

Some of the article:

*There is some overlap between factions, and votes are not cast solely according to political beliefs, but the cardinals are broadly split into five camps: liberals, soft liberals, moderates, soft conservatives and conservatives.*

*Battle lines are drawn over theological matters, such as blessing same sex couples, ordaining female priests, and restricting the traditional Latin mass, the Tridentine, which was banned following the Second Vatican Council in 1963 in an attempt to simplify church rites and make them more accessible to the public.*

*The Tridentine was authorised for limited use by John Paul II and Benedict XVI, but in 2021 Francis reimposed restrictions on the mass, requiring priests to seek explicit permission from their bishops to celebrate it, which is only granted in consultation with the Vatican.*

*The Sunday Times has analysed the public statements of every voting cardinal and assigned them a score based on how liberal or conservative they are. To take two examples, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, 66, from Luxembourg, is marked as a high-scoring liberal because he has voiced support for ordaining women priests, relaxing priestly celibacy and blessing same sex unions, while Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller, 77, from Germany, is a high-scoring conservative for his opposition to female ordination, changes to priestly celibacy and restrictions on the old Latin mass.*

*The analysis found that liberals such as Parolin and Tagle form the largest grouping in the college, though no faction holds an overall majority. The fine balance could mean longer deliberations than typical; in both the 20th and 21st centuries, just one conclave lasted longer than four days.*

[monokuromuheaven]

Carlos Diehz: cinema’s architect. All about Conclave’s premiere

Carlos Diehz felt a special inclination toward acting when he was a child. However, his shyness led him to study architecture, though he excitedly recounts his time as an extra in The Man in the Golden Mask, which French filmmaker Jean Reno shot in Mexico City in 1989. After over 30 years of working as an architect, living in Canada due to his job, and witnessing how his children grow up, the Mexican rekindled his interest in acting and began taking classes.

“With the kids out of the house, I said: ‘Now I can do whatever I want, and I thought about acting’, since it was unfinished business for me. I chose an acting studio in Vancouver, but then the pandemic happened, so I started searching online and found an acting workshop. It was great. It lasted eight weeks, three hours a day, and I learned a lot. One of the lessons I learned came in the first class when a teacher said: ‘If any of you are taking [this workshop] as a hobby or just to learn something new, don’t make me waste my time and don’t waste yours because this is a business and you are your capital.’ That idea stuck with me, and I took it seriously”, Carlos Diehz said in an interview with Excelsior.

A couple of days ago, the actor and the rest of the cast of Conclave stepped onto the stage to receive the Best Cast 2025 Award at the Palm Spring International Film Festival. In the film created by Edward Berger, Carlos Diehz plays Cardinal Benítez, a Mexican priest who lived in several conflict-torn countries. He arrives at the Vatican to join the conclave that will designate the next Pope, not imagining that his presence would be highly significant. With only three short films and a formal acting career of three years, the Mexican actor has captured the attention of international media, primarily due to his importance in Berger’s story, whose film All Quiet on the Western Front received a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars. “One day, one of the acting and life coaches told me: ‘You are the hero of your own story, and in the end, you get what you’re looking for, but if you don’t know what you’re looking for, you’ll struggle constantly.’ It was in 2021 when she asked me: ‘What is your wildest dream to accomplish within the next five years?’ and I said: ‘In five years, I want to be in a movie working alongside Oscar winners or nominees, if possible.’ At the time, she thought it was cute, but it was what I wanted. One must follow their passions, and there is no age limit. Acting was a pending passion of mine, and it worked out—it’s going well. We’ll see what happens next”, Carlos said via Zoom. In September 2022, he received the movie script for Conclave from a young agent who worked with him. He knew the role was his when he read the character’s description: a Mexican priest of small height, brown-skinned, and with a “peculiar” voice that the actor describes as soothing. After a long talk with the film director, during which he expressed to Berger how he envisioned the character, he got the role that put him in the limelight within the film industry. “When I met with Edward, he asked me what I had in mind for the role, and I told him I thought of Saint Francis and Saint Ignatius. They saw God as a mother because the relationship with their fathers was difficult. I told him Benitez treated everyone with maternal love, [because] a father is a guide but is also authority. In contrast, a mother is affectionate, nurtures the emotional side, and, at the same time, steers it. So I told him Benitez was like that. I got the role, and I recalled some teachers telling me, just when I was beginning, ‘Keep going because someone has already written a role for you’”, recounted the actor born in 1971. Amidst the euphoria sparked by Conclave, which last Sunday won Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes and recreated the Sistine Chapel in Cinecittà, Carlos Diehz has a clear stance on fame. “The people in front of the screen are just like any of us. Talking to them in Rome was about life, not work, and you realize everyone is the same. We all suffer, we all love, and we all cry in the same way. Being there at the front and having that fame—it's all temporary. It comes and goes, and they all know it. That’s why they keep their feet on the ground, and that’s amazing. It doesn’t matter how famous they are in their field; everything is temporary.” Diehz told us he will continue to combine his job as an architect with his acting career since both are his passions. “Both are an escape from the other.”

Source

Translation made by: marianaalvarez0808@gmail.com

[thepratandtheidiot]

🍿 movie knights 2025 official list ⚔️

[town crier voice] HEAR YE, HEAR YE!

so the deal was originally 52 films, but y'all are great at suggestions and i have apparently missed A LOT of cinema over the years!! hence we're listing an even (and extremely optimistic) 100 titles under the cut, in no apparent order.

what: our noble quest, to watch at least one film every week

when: every friday, i'll post the upcoming week's film(s) and a ✨ lazy review ✨ of the previous week! will also update this post with links once watched

who: me (lars), sometimes theo, anyone else who wants to yap about movies or schedule a watch-along!

and so, without further ado...

in 2025, we're watching:

In Bruges (2008) Wuthering Heights (2011) Gladiator (2000) * The Great Muppet Caper (1981) Silence of the Lambs (1991) The Godfather (1972) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Parasite (2019) Citizen Kane (1941) Reservoir Dogs (1992) There Will Be Blood (2007) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The Dictator (1940) Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) Blazing Saddles (1974) Trainspotting (1996) The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) * Beetlejuice (1988) * Pulp Fiction (1994) Django Unchained (2012) American Psycho (2000) Blackklansman (2018) The Italian Job (1969) ✅ Far From the Madding Crowd (2015) Train to Busan (2016) Challengers (2024) The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920) The Passenger (2023) The Pelican Brief (1993) * Fire Island (2022) * Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) * A Man For All Seasons (1966) * That Funny Feeling (1965) * Cloud Atlas (2012) * Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) * Impetigore (2019) * Rope (1948) * Ladyhawke (1985) The Big Sleep (1946) Bringing Up Baby (1938) The Outrun (2024) Moonlight (2016) The Dark Crystal (1982) * My Own Private Idaho (1991) Annihilation (2018) * Pride (2014) Ready or Not (2019) Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997) * Pather Panchali (1955) Emma (2018) Mona Lisa Smile (2003) * I Saw the TV Glow (2024) The Thin Man (1934) The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) Velvet Goldmine (1998) * Labyrinth (1986) * Victor/Victoria (1982) * Conclave (2024) ✅ Ravenous (1999) The Thing (1982) Planet of the Apes (1968) Topper (1937) Psycho (1960) The Lion in Winter (1968) Some Like It Hot (1959) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Monkey Man (2024) The Lighthouse (2019) * Nosferatu (2024) * ✅ Prey (2022) Seven Samurai (1954) * ✅ Death on the Nile (1978) ✅ The Shining (1980) Maurice (1987) Space Sweepers (2021) Wings (1927) Flesh and the Devil (1926) Sherlock Jr. (1924) Goodfellas (1990) And Then We Danced (2019) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) * Interstellar (2014) * 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Rebecca (1940) I’m No Angel (1933) The Court Jester (1955) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Bill (2015) Kes (1969) My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) * The Wedding Banquet (1993) At the Circus (1939) The Old Dark House (1932) The Others (2001) Lisa Frankenstein (2024) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) * ✅ The Martian (2015) * Amsterdam (2022) * God's Own Country (2017)

[salvadorbonaparte]

January 2025 in Films

Hey what if I do these monthly?!

Godzilla Minus One (2023) - I love a big scary lizard but I love stories of hope and perseverance and of trauma and horrors of war even more so you can imagine the great time I was having crying while watching this

Mutt Boy (2003) - the protagonist's dog is killed and eaten by bullies and he should have been allowed to go full John Wick on them. He does get to beat people though, which is a plus. A very weird film but somehow enchanting. Also a rare example of a film with a mentally disabled protagonist without it being the main focus

Operation Mincemeat (2021) - pretty standard when it comes to based on a true story WW2 spy stuff but fun to watch

Steel Rain (2017) - character dynamics reminiscent of a buddy cop movie, blatantly propaganda and weirdly pro nuclear weapons but also surprisingly nuanced in some ways, some really fun and tragic character moments

Steel Rain 2: Summit (2020) - fascinating choice to have the same actors in different roles and switching nationalities, a lot sillier and a lot more convoluted than the first one, works pretty well as a satire and once again surprises with some character dynamics

Conclave (2024) - Edward Berger's sins (his all quiet adaptation) have been forgiven. So beautifully shot. Like 12 angry men both in some plot aspects and in the way I was surprisingly on the edge of my seat despite it just being old men talking. The plot twist made me gasp

A City of Sadness (1989) - tfw a film called a city of sadness is actually sad... I've screamed about this film before but insane how it portrays mundane beauty in times of political terror, really interested in disappearances and presences in it, my first Taiwanese film and made me really curious about Taiwanese history

In the Mood for Love (2000) - I put off watching this for years because I wasn't in the right mood and then it peeled me like an orange, a film that feels like basking under the warm glow of an infrared lamp while it tears you apart at the seams

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Paul Newman I love your salad dressing! Great landscapes and an outlaw polycule

Kommt ein Vogel geflogen (2023) - the poster has a parrot and an old timey German font so I jokingly asked if the parrot is a Nazi and then the parrot actually was a Nazi. Insane film. Funny in a surreal fever dream way. Takes itself too seriously at times but really good when taken as satire

Eternal Summer (2006) - deeply moving and tender, filled with so much yearning I had to hold my breath at times, yearning so intense it becomes self destructive and isolating, I'd argue the ending is more ambiguous and positive than some claim

Girlfriend Boyfriend (2012) - it's only fair that after Eternal Summer Joseph Chang plays the gay yearning part of the love triangle this time, more yearning to the point of self destruction or how the film puts it "the bitterness is self-inflicted", an exploration of teenage rebellion succumbing to adulthood and the changing political landscape

The Silent War (2012) - Good news this included two research interests at the same time and also Tony Leung. Bad news it wasn't very good. Really difficult to find online with English subtitles.

Soul (2013) - this one was surprisingly difficult to find with English subtitles at first but worth the search, a very quiet slow horror film but still shook me to the core, I loved the ambiguity between possession and mental illness because in the context of the movie does that even matter?

[indynerdgirl]

If you haven't been following the huge Vatican financial scandal over the past few years (seriously, go read up on it if you haven't - the whole thing is better than anything Hollywood could come up with!), you probably don't know who Cardinal Becciu is but this is something huge to keep an eye on as we get closer to the start of the conclave. Becciu was forced back in September of 2020 to resign all rights & privileges of a cardinal (but not formal membership of the college), which includes being able to vote in conclaves, after Vatican City prosecutors presented the late pope with preliminary findings from an investigation into possible financial crimes committed by Becciu while working in the the Vatican’s Secretariat of State. Then in December of 2023, Becciu was found guilty on charges of abuse of office, embezzlement, conspiracy, and witness tampering. He received a sentence of five years and six months, a fine of 8,000 euros (around $8,700), and perpetual disqualification from holding public office. (his appeal is still ongoing) But despite this, Becciu has been telling Italian newspapers that he does have voting rights and is saying he'll be participating in the upcoming conclave, no matter that the Holy See press office has him listed as a "non-elector". And if you're wanting some more background about the financial scandal, this piece by the Financial Times from Nov 2021 is another good explainer. Whatever your thoughts are on Pope Francis, he worked hard to reform Vatican finances and to make them more transparent.

[whileiamdying]

‘I’m Still Here’ Makes Oscar History as First Brazilian Film to Win International Feature Category

By John Hopewell

Rich Polk

Walter Salles’ deeply moving drama “I’m Still Here” has won the Academy Award for best international feature, marking a historic first for Brazil.

The film, which tells the real-life story of Eunice Paiva’s decades-long search for justice after her husband’s disappearance during Brazil’s military dictatorship, has been gaining momentum in recent weeks. Its surprise nomination for best picture — alongside expected nods for international feature and best actress for star Fernanda Torres — solidified its status as a major contender.

The film beat out France’s “Emilia Perez,” Germany’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Denmark’s “The Girl With the Needle” and Latvia’s “Flow.”

“I’m so honored to receive this, and in such an extraordinary group of filmmakers,” Salles said during his acceptance speech. “This goes to a woman who, after a loss suffered during an authoritarian regime, decided not to bend. And to resist. So, this prize goes to her. And it goes to the two extraordinary women who gave life to her, Fernanda Torres, and Fernanda Montenegro.”

Brazil has submitted films to the international feature category every year since 1960, earning five previous nominations: “Keeper of Promises” (1962), “O Quatrilho” (1995), “Four Days in September” (1997), “Central Station” (1998) and now, “I’m Still Here.” Until tonight, however, the country had never secured a win in the category.

This victory is particularly poignant for Salles, who also directed “Central Station,” the last Brazilian film to receive a nomination. That film’s lead actress, Fernanda Montenegro, made history as the first Brazilian actor to be nominated for an Academy Award. Now, her daughter, Fernanda Torres, follows in her footsteps as the second Brazilian performer nominated in the same category.

Their nominations place Montenegro and Torres among an elite group of Oscar-nominated mother-daughter duos, including Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli, Diane Ladd and Laura Dern, Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis, Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson, and Ingrid Bergman and Isabella Rossellini — the latter of whom is also nominated this year for “Conclave.”

Heading into the ceremony, many pundits expected France’s submission, Netflix’s musical crime drama “Emilia Pérez,” to take home the prize. An “Emilia Pérez” victory would have marked France’s first win in the category in more than 30 years since “Indochine” claimed the honor in 1992.

Adding to the night’s excitement, “I’m Still Here” and “Emilia Pérez” were nominated for best picture — the first time international feature submissions and nominees made the top lineup in the same year. Only 10 previous films have achieved that feat: “Z” (1969), “The Emigrants” (1971/72), “Life Is Beautiful” (1998), “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000), “Amour” (2012), “Roma” (2018), “Parasite” (2019), “Drive My Car” (2021), “All Quiet on the Western Front” (2022) and “The Zone of Interest” (2023).

Of those, “Parasite” remains the only film to win both best picture and international feature. With two international contenders in the best picture race this year, one was bound to leave Oscar night empty-handed. Ultimately, Sony Pictures Classics’ “I’m Still Here” prevailed, delivering a landmark win for Brazilian cinema and cementing Salles’ legacy as one of the country’s most celebrated filmmakers.

See all the Oscar winners here.

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Jeff Satur (9) and Zhen Hun / Guardian (7) continue to hang on to spots 1 and 2!

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helloooo I am going down the Merab film rabbit hole....do you please have any idea where to watch Nowhere in Africa??! I am thinking of buying the DVD at this point as it does not seem to be available anywhere in the UK, which fairs for a film from 2001 but I want to watch more non-english speaking films so it's going on the list

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no idea, I've been searching for quite a while, searched several countries on justwatch

I have been meaning to make a post here and hope someone asks on twitter too (since there seem to be more Russian-speaking conclavers there) asking for where we could find that as well as his Soviet films. I really want to watch that...

yesterday I watched his scenes in Homeland and loved Delo/House Arrest (2021) so much it made into my fav four on letterboxd.

I'm trying to gather interested Sabbadiners to rewatch The Courier which I also love so if you're interested in that please send me a dm so I can get your discord!

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Current obsession: hmmm i'm not at peak obsession but i think it's still the Fast & Furious franchise. i just read a really interesting academic article that by starting with how this franchise is popularly considered really diverse, they examine how quantitative methods can be inadequate to account for the significance of that representation, and then go on to expand on the basic Presence "headcount" model of measuring diversity by looking at the Prominence and Portrayal of the characters via quantifying the dialogue in the films. (The 3P's come from the work of Raphael Leung and Bartolomeo Meletti (2021), this article is "Race and Representation in the Fast Saga" by Pete Jones and Joshua Gulam. obviously its Fast and Furious focused but i think it would be an interesting case study for anyone interested in quantitative data and representation in film!)

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