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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

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Film and TV critic. Co-host of the Overinvested movie podcast, co-editor of the Rec Center newsletter. Bylines: TV Guide, Inverse, Vulture, Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, Empire, etc. she/her

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

Out now on Overinvested: Our review of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/one...

Ep. 326: One Battle After Another — OVERINVESTED

Steffan and Gavia review One Battle After Another, widely hailed as the best film of 2025. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, this comedic thriller displays startlingly bold politics for a Hollywood st...

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 23h

anyway Mastermind (starring josh o'connor as a total mess) is excellent, and very stressful. kelly reichart never misses!!

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 23h

I've made my peace with the fact that there's always going to be some element of my appearance that sherlock holmes would erroneously use as evidence that i've Fallen On Hard Times.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 23h

I'm not saying full slovenly, which is of course also part of his oeuvre. but if you put me in a three piece suit, the hair still isn't going to be neat.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 23h

josh o'connor important representation for those of us who always look slightly a mess

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Morgan Leigh Davies @mldavies.bsky.social · 1d

The sheer evil of this government, for absolutely no fucking reason when no one is asking for it, is beyond my powers of comprehension

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 1d

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1d

ONLY migrants though, no one else is to study English because it's a rip off and a waste of time, am I getting this right.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 1d

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2d

this girl Gloria who got into my local newspaper for seeing Titanic 50 times in Rome and who I have remembered since reading about her in 1998

Published March 14, 1998|Updated Sept. 12, 2005

A 12-year-old from Rome, identified only as Gloria, goes to the movies every day. Same time, same place, same movie: Titanic. So far, the girl has seen the hit film about 50 times, leading the pack of Italy's fervent Titanic fans. And she's still not tired of it. She even has cats named Jack and Rose. The young movie buff was discovered by the newspaper La Repubblica. "She comes to the 9 o'clock feature every night," said Giancarlo Malferrari, the owner of the only movie theater in Castelfranco Emilia, a town of 11,000 in central Italy. "And every weekend, she watches two shows in a row." Now the theater has started saving her favorite seat and even letting her in free. Neither he nor La Repubblica used the girl's last name, citing Italy's privacy law. Gloria told La Repubblica it isn't heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio that attracts her, but the character he plays: Jack Dawson, a struggling artist who wins his passage on the Titanic in a poker game. "Jack is cuter than Leo," she said. "And it's for real; it's a true story. That's what makes it so beautiful." Gloria's mother, a cleaning woman who works at night, says she hasn't seen Titanic yet but she's not worried about her daughter's obsession. "She's not doing anything bad," she told the newspaper, adding that Gloria has to do her homework first every night.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

Out now on Overinvested: Our review of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/one...

Ep. 326: One Battle After Another — OVERINVESTED

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 3d

😭😭😭 my comeuppance...

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 3d

I already know I'm in the extreme minority here, but I found Hamnet infuriatingggg.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 4d

sounds cool!!

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Lin Codega @lincodega.com · 4d

BANG BANG!!
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Extended First Look at The Vampire Lestat ft. Sam Reid | Premieres 2026 | AMC+

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 4d

it's a mix of too tropey *while also* failing to use the right genre conventions to string us along as a suspenseful mystery

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

thank you!!

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

interesting! I think a big part of the Andor situation is Tony Gilroy having decades of industry experience dealing with execs etc, and managing to leverage creative control, which still feels miraculous.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

i'm an easy mark for the kind of movie where a glamorous A-lister gets gaslit on a yacht, but this one is weirdly lacking in character development AND red herrings.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

Keira Knightley and her supporting cast are doing heroic work in The Woman in Cabin 10, elevating a script that's just way too obvious and predictable for a suspense thriller. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

'The Woman In Cabin 10' Is A Shallow But Entertaining Psychological Thriller

'The Woman in Cabin 10' has shades of Agatha Christie and 'Knives Out.' But does it live up to its premise?

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

ooh that sounds like a great thesis topic, I hadn't considered that connection!!

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

it looks like quite a few people have been trying to edit the page and then getting re-edited back haha

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

i do think nepo baby is a useful shorthand when it's like, the kid of a movie star getting to be an actor due to their connections. people generally still aren't great with understanding/talking about privilege like this tho.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

LITERALLY

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

i've already bought a ticket for this movie, which looks good! who doesn't want to see a gay bdsm comedy with alexander skarsgard? but the british film industry is deeply embarrassing.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

i should state for the record that there's no conclusive proof he is doing this with his own two hands. but someone sure is!! for some reason.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

wikipedia editors are at WAR trying to reveal and/or cover up the fact that this indie director is Certified Posh lol

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 5d

out here playing whackamole with wikipedia edits so people don't find out he's the son of a baronet before his film comes out... cmon man

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