Period drama + 🍂🍁
EMMA. (2020)
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (1985)
MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006)
CRIMSON PEAK (2015)
BRIGHT STAR (2009)
MR. MALCOLM'S LIST (2022)
BECOMING JANE (2007)
THE SECRET GARDEN (1993)
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Ok, so, I watched the pilot for The Idol against my better judgment after reading the Rolling Stone article about it and reading the poor critic reviews.
It's just as gross and exploitative as people say. I felt physically grossed out by the leering, objectifying gaze of the camera. The Weeknd's alleged behind-the-scenes contributions to the "male perspective" of the show make the scenes between him and Lily Rose-Depp that much more nauseating.
The dialogue between Jocelyn's team the whole first thirty minutes felt like the thinly veiled airing out of Sam Levinson's grievances we got in Malcolm and Marie but put through a "cancel culture/anti-woke" meat grinder. "Mental illness is sexy" and locking an intimacy coordinator in a bathroom came off like Euphoria meta-commentary from Levinson.
I don’t care about nudity in movies/TV if it's done in a way that feels respectful of the actors. But the descriptions of the nudity in this show as "fetishistic" are spot-on. The sex scene at the end of the episode where Jocelyn is being suffocated and he sticks a knife through the silk made me feel weird and uncomfortable. The constant shots up Lily's skirt and in increasingly skimpy outfits for no reason in random scenes felt so on-the-nose for the reaction they're trying to get.
It's not revelatory or exciting. It's just repulsive and relying on shock and outrage for clicks.
Don't waste your time. Don't hate watch. I'm not interested in encouraging a deluded edgelord on a power trip with HBO dollars behind him.
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Cries and Whispers (1973) // Malcolm & Marie (2021)
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My Top 10 of 2022
Fire of Love dir. Sara Dosa
Aftersun dir. Charlotte Wells
Happening dir. Audrey Diwan
The Woman King dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
Neptune Frost dir. Anisia Uzeyman & Saul Williams
Emily dir. Frances O’Connor
Corsage dir. Marie Kreutzer
Bodies Bodies Bodies dir. Halina Reijn
Hawa dir. Maïmouna Doucouré
Mr. Malcolm's List dir. Emma Holly Jones
Honourable mention:
Catherine Called Birdy dir. Lena Dunham, Causeway dir. Lila Neugebauer, Don't Worry Darling dir. Olivia Wilde, The Eternal Daughter dir. Joanna Hogg, Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul dir. Adamma Ebo
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10 CHARACTERS, 10 FANDOMS [MALE EDITION]
I was tagged by @marie-sworld, so I'm doing it.
MALCOLM BRIGHT, Prodigal Son
DEAN WINCHESTER, Supernatural
SPENCER REID, Criminal Minds
JASON TODD, DC Comics
PERCY JACKSON, Riordanverse
PEETA MELLARK, The Hunger Games
PETER PARKER, Marvel
SHERLOCK HOLMES, Sherlock BBC
ANGUS MACGYVER, Macgyver 2016
NATHAN DRAKE, Uncharted
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