Molly Rasberry
@mrasberry.bsky.social
She/They.Film Studies MA and MLIS. bylines:
@TheFilmStage @NCFilmCritics. Academic librarian. Former Film Fest Coordinator. Kate Bush Fan. http://mollywoodwrites.wordpress.com
https://letterboxd.com/mbrasberry/
@TheFilmStage @NCFilmCritics. Academic librarian. Former Film Fest Coordinator. Kate Bush Fan. http://mollywoodwrites.wordpress.com
https://letterboxd.com/mbrasberry/
They Live by Night (1948) was the first film to have a tracking shot from a helicopter. Insane that Ray requested to do a chase sequence to open the film and then state it needs to be a tracking shot from a helicopter. Glad the producer had faith in Ray's vision cause its so cool.
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
They Live by Night (1948) was the first film to have a tracking shot from a helicopter. Insane that Ray requested to do a chase sequence to open the film and then state it needs to be a tracking shot from a helicopter. Glad the producer had faith in Ray's vision cause its so cool.
Wicked spoilers: It is terrifying to contemplate that Glinda’s song “Popular” actually provides the whole thesis of the political landscape of Wicked.You don’t need brains/knowledge, all you need is popularity and you can become a dictator of Oz cause the citizens are stupid and easily manipulated.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Wicked spoilers: It is terrifying to contemplate that Glinda’s song “Popular” actually provides the whole thesis of the political landscape of Wicked.You don’t need brains/knowledge, all you need is popularity and you can become a dictator of Oz cause the citizens are stupid and easily manipulated.
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So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
My sister has still never finished this film cause of this scene. It’s been 3 decades since she first attempted to watch it.
Atreyu losing Artax really affected some of you more than you’re willing to admit
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My sister has still never finished this film cause of this scene. It’s been 3 decades since she first attempted to watch it.
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Felt compelled to write about Pope Leo and his remarkable recent speech about cinema: www.vulture.com/article/the-...
The Pope vs. the Algorithm
In his speech to filmmakers last weekend, Pope Leo XIV showed he’s been paying serious attention to the issues facing cinema as an art form.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Felt compelled to write about Pope Leo and his remarkable recent speech about cinema: www.vulture.com/article/the-...
So I really did not care for Wicked: For Good, and I ended up writing one of my longest pieces of film criticism in years (1,200+ words) expressing my criticisms. mollywoodwrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/w...
Wicked: For Good Flies off the Handle and Lands with a Thud in a Disappointing Followup
Written by Margaret “Molly” Rasberry on November 19th, 2025 (Minor spoilers for a Broadway show that is almost a quarter of a century old and a film that is over 85 years old). In 2004,…
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November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So I really did not care for Wicked: For Good, and I ended up writing one of my longest pieces of film criticism in years (1,200+ words) expressing my criticisms. mollywoodwrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/w...
Watched Wicked: For Good
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Watched Wicked: For Good
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What do you know about Jekyll and Hyde? Probably not as much as this week's special guest, @mrasberry.bsky.social so come learn about Pre-Code movies with us, will ya?
youtu.be/1hNmtJmq2TU
youtu.be/1hNmtJmq2TU
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
What do you know about Jekyll and Hyde? Probably not as much as this week's special guest, @mrasberry.bsky.social so come learn about Pre-Code movies with us, will ya?
youtu.be/1hNmtJmq2TU
youtu.be/1hNmtJmq2TU
I got way more Wages of Fear vibes from Sirat (2025) than Mad Mad Fury Road and I think it’s because so many people have never seen The Wages of Fear(it’s at 82k watched on Letterboxd compared to 2.2 million for Fury Road) people see trucks and explosives in the desert= Fury Road.
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I got way more Wages of Fear vibes from Sirat (2025) than Mad Mad Fury Road and I think it’s because so many people have never seen The Wages of Fear(it’s at 82k watched on Letterboxd compared to 2.2 million for Fury Road) people see trucks and explosives in the desert= Fury Road.
Found out the video limit on this app is 3 minutes instead of 60 seconds. Hell yeah! Time to post some more clips
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Found out the video limit on this app is 3 minutes instead of 60 seconds. Hell yeah! Time to post some more clips
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The U.S. trailer for Lav Diaz's epic #Magellan has arrived ahead of a January release.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The U.S. trailer for Lav Diaz's epic #Magellan has arrived ahead of a January release.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
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Twitter went down because too many people watched the Magellan trailer and the site crashed
The U.S. trailer for Lav Diaz's epic #Magellan has arrived ahead of a January release.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Twitter went down because too many people watched the Magellan trailer and the site crashed
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
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Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Watched Nouvelle Vague (2025) last night after watching Blue Moon (2025) and if you told me the better biopic of an artist that Linklater made in one year was not the film director one I would’ve scoffed. You can tell Linklater probably does not care for Godard’s Marxist ideology he cultivated.
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Watched Nouvelle Vague (2025) last night after watching Blue Moon (2025) and if you told me the better biopic of an artist that Linklater made in one year was not the film director one I would’ve scoffed. You can tell Linklater probably does not care for Godard’s Marxist ideology he cultivated.
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Live stream today talking movie news, Pre-code movies, and DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (1931) with special guest @mrasberry.bsky.social
1:00pm PST / 4:00pm EST
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1:00pm PST / 4:00pm EST
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November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Live stream today talking movie news, Pre-code movies, and DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (1931) with special guest @mrasberry.bsky.social
1:00pm PST / 4:00pm EST
youtube.com/live/WFDcRgA...
1:00pm PST / 4:00pm EST
youtube.com/live/WFDcRgA...
If I Had Legs I Would Kick You (2025) has given me the most uncomfortable and claustrophobic experiences I've had this year. A bold film that encourages the viewer to sympathize with the person society often ostracizes, the self-loathing mother. I was transfixed. 4/5 🌟 An extraordinary film.
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If I Had Legs I Would Kick You (2025) has given me the most uncomfortable and claustrophobic experiences I've had this year. A bold film that encourages the viewer to sympathize with the person society often ostracizes, the self-loathing mother. I was transfixed. 4/5 🌟 An extraordinary film.
Wrote a review for a film I found to shockingly mediocre. letterboxd.com/mbrasberry/f...
A ★★ review of After the Hunt (2025)
What is so disappointing is realising all the pieces are there to produce a strikingly thrilling, engaging, and didactic film like this film clearly intended to be, only for everything to fall apart t...
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October 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Wrote a review for a film I found to shockingly mediocre. letterboxd.com/mbrasberry/f...
Still struggling to find a job that has me working 12 months instead of just 10, but at least I got up to 400 films watched this year so that’s something
October 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Still struggling to find a job that has me working 12 months instead of just 10, but at least I got up to 400 films watched this year so that’s something
Got rejected from another job and didn’t get an interview. How do people get jobs in this economy?
October 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Got rejected from another job and didn’t get an interview. How do people get jobs in this economy?
Favorite first watches of September
September 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Favorite first watches of September
Barbara Stanwyck: Hello!
Her co-stars/director: oh my god you’re so tiny I need to pick you up!
Her co-stars/director: oh my god you’re so tiny I need to pick you up!
September 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Barbara Stanwyck: Hello!
Her co-stars/director: oh my god you’re so tiny I need to pick you up!
Her co-stars/director: oh my god you’re so tiny I need to pick you up!
Just applied for a job that I’m way overqualified for but it pays more than my current job now. Can’t wait to be rejected for it cause I’m too overqualified cause I have a masters and the minimum requirement is an associates degree.
September 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just applied for a job that I’m way overqualified for but it pays more than my current job now. Can’t wait to be rejected for it cause I’m too overqualified cause I have a masters and the minimum requirement is an associates degree.
Martin Scorsese outmogging everyone in his first scene in Robert Redford's Quiz Show (1994)
September 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Martin Scorsese outmogging everyone in his first scene in Robert Redford's Quiz Show (1994)
Me at my job on Monday morning
September 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Me at my job on Monday morning
Applied for two more jobs. Submitted about 10 applications for library jobs in about 3 weeks
September 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Applied for two more jobs. Submitted about 10 applications for library jobs in about 3 weeks