spooky autumnal arvo färt "The world in which you seek to undo the mistakes that you made is different from the world where the mistakes were made."

Unironically think phone use in cinemas is a symptom of a serious collapse in social order. Maybe only second to playing music or videos out loud on public transport.

Gollum interviewing Sméagol

fun to remember THE ODYSSEY is also a non-linear epic framed by multiple POVs and tellings of the tale, and already plays into Nolan's structural bullshit, especially as it employs what we could now see as meta-narrative trickery. the more I think on this the more it fits. all in

My dream adaptation of this is still ‘Quentin Tarantino’s The Odyssey’

Rarely post personal updates on here, but Lewisham Local’s FoodCycle charity branch, which my mum helps to organise, is fundraising to cover its 2025 services, & I would be incredibly grateful if any of you could donate. Link here: avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/foodcycle-le…

My hot take is that this is first-blush about as credible as any list like this can be. Lots of greats in the game right now!

I was WAY off the movie new releases pulse this year, but I agree with this entirely - it’s a masterpiece

Can’t wait for Nosfera-two ✌️

Nosferatu (2024)

Shocked but surprised to report that #BetterMan is Very Good Actually: joysandpassions.wordpress.com/2025/01/07/bet…

Good time to note that if we ballpark the cost of a UK election at $100m (c. $50m for each of the two major parties to contest every seat), Musk could buy a UK government every day for a year and *still* be the richest man on Earth

A Complete Unknown needs more chimp joysandpassions.wordpress.com/2025/02/17/a-c…

No need to separate art from the artist when the art is also bad

dont you fucking tempt me disney plus i swear to God

Every book is called either ‘WHY POLITICS FAILS’ or ‘on cuddling 🥰’