Talking about movies, books and tv shows — MDNI — 18+ — Leviticus, La bola negra, The Wheel of Time, Dune and Cosmere
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Gery retweeted
stitching them all together really makes this feel soooo much cooler
the first-person POV shots zach cregger incorporated really added to that video game feel... such a cool creative choice #ResidentEvil
Gery retweeted
between this and recent discourse on miasma being "too masturbatory," i think an odd resistant to evolution aftertaste is left in these critic's mouths whenever a film depicting queer experiences not just takes itself seriously, but allows itself to take up space to be grand
“La Bola Negra,” a new film by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, dramatizes gay repression and liberation across three interconnected stories. At first, the year is 1937 and viewers are thrust deep into the Spanish Civil War, where a Nationalist soldier and a wounded Republican freedom fighter exchange furtive glances. By the end, it’s 2017, and a Madrid-based historian need only look to Grindr to satisfy an urge. The movie “wants to be a sweeping historical epic of gay longing—a film about what it means to be a man who desires other men in times of war and peace,” Justin Chang writes. Instead, the directors have produced “a film that insists, arrogantly and aggressively, on its own monumentality”. Even compelling performances from Glenn Close, Penélope Cruz, and Lola Dueñas fail to rescue the extravagantly overwrought film. Read Chang's full review: newyorker.com/culture/the-cu…
Gery retweeted
Sebastian sides with the Nationalists bc they find him and hand him a gun. He wants to survive. But survival becomes complicity, and "I had no choice" is how so many have justified their complicity in fascism. We sympathize with him, but that doesn't absolve him. And he knows it.
Gery retweeted
Notice how none of the men moved a muscle while he was attacking her, but as soon as she defended herself, suddenly they ALL knew how to intervene.
Gery retweeted
a mí me da risa que un yankee que se supone que es crítico de películas, no haya investigado lo más mínimo lo que quiere contar la película, ni la guerra civil española, ni a lorca.. y lo haya reducido en "a sweeping historical epic of gay" en fin que no ha entendido nada
“La Bola Negra,” a new film by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, dramatizes gay repression and liberation across three interconnected stories. At first, the year is 1937 and viewers are thrust deep into the Spanish Civil War, where a Nationalist soldier and a wounded Republican freedom fighter exchange furtive glances. By the end, it’s 2017, and a Madrid-based historian need only look to Grindr to satisfy an urge. The movie “wants to be a sweeping historical epic of gay longing—a film about what it means to be a man who desires other men in times of war and peace,” Justin Chang writes. Instead, the directors have produced “a film that insists, arrogantly and aggressively, on its own monumentality”. Even compelling performances from Glenn Close, Penélope Cruz, and Lola Dueñas fail to rescue the extravagantly overwrought film. Read Chang's full review: newyorker.com/culture/the-cu…
Gery retweeted
The filmmakers and cast of ‘LA BOLA NEGRA’ will be honored with the International Star Award at the 2027 Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Gery retweeted
13. Procrastinating like my life depends on it, then somehow thriving under a deadline: I can spend three weeks avoiding something. Three weeks. Thinking about it. Knowing I need to do it. Feeling guilty about not doing it. Doing everything except it. Then the deadline arrives, and suddenly… WE HAVE A SYSTEM. I become the most productive woman alive. I don’t even understand it. My parents didn’t raise a quitter, but they sure did raise a woman who apparently believes urgency is a productivity tool.
