Half ๐บ๐ธ, half ๐ซ๐ท, all-around opinionated. Hitchcocko-Hawksienne. Mostly film but also books, bears, national parks, and opera.* *everything's politics
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Itโs #FemaleFilmmakerFriday! As I did last year, Iโm beginning my new #DirectedByWomen thread with an Indie Spirit contender. And, since itโs Christmastide, I'm bearing witness to the religious musical bio-pic THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (2025) by Mona Fastvold. #52FilmsByWomen #1
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Itโs just crazy how literally nothing can break the perception that republicans are fiscally conservative. It does not matter that republicans have exploded the debt and deficit every time for the last 50 years, people still insist theyโre fiscally conservative
When you can't sleep and have an 11-hour plane trip
#LastFourWatched
ALT Letterboxd posters for ANTOINETTE DANS LES CรVENNES, CASSE-TรTE CHINOIS, TOUT CE QUI BRILLE, and PARTIR UN JOUR
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Sesame Workshop mourns the loss of Sir Patrick Stewart. Thank you for being our friend and for sharing your brilliance, joy, and kindness with the world. ๐๐
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noticing that no one thinks the dad is narcissistic for being the main characterโฆ.itโs just moms who are expected to fade away into frumpy side charactersโฆ.โฆ.#interesting
James Bond is dead, long live #FemaleFilmmakerFriday! Tonight's selection is MANAS (2025) by Marianna Brennand. A Portuguese drama set in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Available on Kanopy. #DirectedByWomen #52FilmsByWomen #45
ALT Kanopy thumbnail for MANAS featuring the film title in mauve and a young woman's face looking out from jungle foliage.
Though I didn't see any movies while in France this month, I did catch 3 #DirectedByWomen films on the plane: PARTIR UN JOUR (2025) by Amรฉlie Bonnin, TOUT CE QUI BRILLE (2010) by Gรฉraldine Nakache, and ANTOINETTE DANS LES CรVENNES (2020) by Caroline Vignal. #52FilmsByWomen #46-48
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Fun fact: in 2020 Florida Republicans paid (illegally) a man with the same last name as the Democrat incumbent to run in an effort to confuse voters and they actually succeeded. The Democrat lost by 32 votes and the sham candidate received 6,000 votes. Election was not overturned.
My favorite horror per decade
1900s: Barbe-bleue
1910s: Suspense
1920s: The Cat and the Canary
1930s: The Old Dark House
1940s: Spiral Staircase
1950s: Them!
1960s: Psycho
1970s: Jaws
1980s: The Fog
1990s: Fire Walk withย Me
2000s: Am.ย Psycho
2010s: Getย Out
2020s: The Substance
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10 Films You Seem to Talk About More Than Anyone Else on Twitter
THE GRUB-STAKE
THE CAT AND THE CANARY
L'ASSASSIN HABITE AU... 21
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP
THE LAST STAGE
THE HOT ROCK
SHAG: THE MOVIE
THE DRESSMAKER
MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS
THE WHISTLERS
Top 5* new-to-me watches in September:
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DONโT DIE (2026)
THUMBSUCKER (2005)
ะะะ ะะขะะะ ะะกะขะ ะะงะ (BRIEF ENCOUNTERS) (1967)
BAD DAY FOR THE CUT (2017)
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER (2001)
*Since most of the month was spent rewatching Bond films, I only have a Top 5.
To kick off my #SeptemberRankingChallenge2026 thread on #JamesBond films, a link to the beginning of my series on the books that Iโll finally be finishing over the course of the month:
slywit.wordpress.com/2025/04โฆ
September 29: NO TIME TO DIE (2021)
Opera last night means I just rewatched this now. I remembered it as a good (if long) send-off for Craig and I still think that. Now I also realize the plot is partly from the novel YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. #JamesBond #SeptemberRankingChallenge2026
September 30: Final James Bond Ranking
Top and bottom was easy, but that middle...
Thanks to @stonegasman for prompting me to rewatch everything with an eye to finally finishing my blog project on the novels. #JamesBond #SeptemberRankingChallenge2026
letterboxd.com/sylvie/list/jโฆ
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A throwback picture of Holly the Duchess of Density and Backpack
Legends of the Game
He got it from his mama.
Bear 89, aka Backpack, is the 2026 Fat Bear Week champ. Turns out hefty runs in the family.
His mom, Holly the Duchess of Density, won in 2019. She carried him on her back as a cub and helped him survive a serious leg injury. Now her little Backpack has a crown of his own. ๐
ALT An offensively large brown bear with massive girth and several fat rolls.
I can't believe 910 isn't in lead.
There can only be one.
Go VOTE at fatbearweek.org/ and choose your ultimate 2026 fighter.
