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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · 1d

Trans people matter!
So do trans movies.

Support both by checking out #ShesTheHe when you can, and reading my recent review for @moviejawn.com

MovieJawn @moviejawn.com · 1d

MJ’s MD Russell says, “SHE’S THE HE takes time to celebrate the queer and the silly, in a time where we so desperately need it.”

#ShesTheHe premiered today at BFI.

SHE'S THE HE celebrates the queer and the silly at a time when we so desperately need it — Moviejawn

by MD Russell, Staff Writer She’s the He is more interested in celebrating queer culture with every tiny detail than changing minds or garnering a wider appeal.

www.moviejawn.com

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · 5d

25 / SEX WORKER THERAPY

✦ Sauvage (2018): Léo looks for love and gives it in return, often to older men who feel they don't deserve it

✦ Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022): Leo helps Nancy, a recent widow, fulfill a sexual bucket list and they both learn some things along the way

An older man smiles, as a younger man reads to him from a book that also looks old

A young man has pillow talk with an older woman, holding said pillow

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MovieJawn @moviejawn.com · 15d

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · 18d

24 / PUNK ROCKERS BEAT UP NAZIS 🎸

✦ Green Room (2015)

✦ Freaky Tales (2024)

Two cool people playing punk music and screaming into a microphone

A group of cool looking kewl and ready to rock

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MovieJawn @moviejawn.com · Aug 9

Need a cure for the blues? MJ's Megan Robinson recommends a dose of screwball comedies. Here's how to start watching... 📽️

How to Start Watching: Screwball Comedies — Moviejawn

by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer If modern films like Barbie, or the current state of the world, have you itching for more fast-paced comedies, I’ve compiled a list of where to get started.

www.moviejawn.com

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · 25d

23 / INSECURE MAN TAKES A BROMANCE TOO FAR AND IRREVOCABLY CHANGES THE COURSE OF BOTH OF THEIR LIVES

✦ Friendship (2024)

✦ Lurker (2025)

Man in Ocean View Dining jacket gives a half smile, looking off camera. He's got fear in his eyes.

Man in trendy vintage store stares off camera, clearly having a scary plan

md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · 25d

22 / THEY CALL EM THE TALKIES 🎙️

✦ Singin' in the Rain (1952): A couple of silent types struggle to make the transition to talking pictures, but they sing in the rain!

✦ Babylon (2022): Everyone in Hollywood sure is doing something as they transition to the talking pictures

A woman and man staring into each other's eyes, wearing pastels

A man and woman staring into each other's eyes, on a movie set, with the sun setting in the background

md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 16

21 / HORROR COMEDY X VIDEO CAMERA 🎥

✦ Dead Talents Society (2024): Ghosts make tik toks to stay alive (as much as they can, anyway)

✦ One Cut of the Dead (2017): A movie crew desperately tries to film a zombie movie while their reality is much like the movie

A shocked man pointing and ready to make a movie

A bloody man in a tropical shirt holding a video camera, trying to do HIS JOB

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 16

20 / R U REAL? 👾

✦ eXistenZ (1999): A video game designer must fix her buggy game and decide what is reality and what is not

✦ Don't Worry Darling (2022): A perfect housewife begins to have a strange feeling about her world & her "American" husband

A man and woman sitting with a plate of disgusting looking food, the woman has her hand over her mouth because she knows the food is bad

A man and woman laying in bed together but in a really boring way

md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 14

Looks like Solidarity Cinema Archive has it, love them

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 13

19 / QUIRKY IN-LAW MEETINGS 🤪

✦ The Birdcage (1996): Robin Williams and Broadway's own Nathan Lane pretend to be straight to appease some prudes

✦ Meet the Fockers (2004): Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand pretend to be way less cool to appease some uptight weirdos that potty trained their cat

Robin Williams wearing a low cut shirt and a baseball hat backwards, did I mention he has a mustache?

Nathan Lane with his hands on his face, like the Scream painting

Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand sitting together, trying to entertain

md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 13

18 / ADAM DRIVER, MARRIED, BUT UNRAVELING

✦ Marriage Story (2019): Adam Driver struggles through a bi-coastal divorce as sad creative #2

✦ Annette (2021): Adam Driver is a stand up who marries a beautiful singer and then it gets a lil weird

Adam Driver, lit in red, watching a play and not smiling

Adam Driver, lit in green, looking up aimlessly and without purpose

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Tori Potenza (she/they) @theneonbanshee.bsky.social · Sep 12

SO stoked I got to review the new DEMON SLAYER movie! It’s incredible of course.

MovieJawn @moviejawn.com · Sep 12

Incredible animation and empathetic, character-focused stories continue to define DEMON SLAYER in the latest INFINITY CASTLE installment.

Tori Potenza @theneonbanshee.bsky.social reviews it all here.

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA–THE MOVIE: INFINITY CASTLE is catnip for fans of the series — Moviejawn

by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer Infinity Castle also continues to thrill us with the gorgeous animation style that made so many people fall in love with the series.

www.moviejawn.com

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 12

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

a pretty mixed bag
a real fall from grace
(not watching 4 really good movies in a row)

let's be friends: boxd.it/2rs23

In from the Side (2022)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Tall Girl 2 (2022)
Hot Dog (2020)

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MovieJawn @moviejawn.com · Sep 1

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Faustian bargains! Contracts in blood! Souls snatched by Satan!

All orders come with a DEATH RECORDS merit badge - while supplies last.

Preorder to read our devilish dialogue!

MovieJawn Fall 2025 Movie Zine — Moviejawn

A print movie zine that features cinematic deals with the devil.

www.moviejawn.com

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 11

now feels like a great time to remind you I wrote about Victim and the history of queer blackmail for @moviejawn.com

Interested?

1. Watch Different from the Others (1919)
2. Watch Victim (1961)
3. Read my Weird History column

or in whatever order you want, I'm not picky :)

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 11

17 / QUEER BLACKMAIL :'(

✦ Different from the Others (1919): A German work of art destroyed by the Nazis and then pieced back together. That's queer resiliency!

✦ Victim (1961): A British masterpiece that helped legalize homosexuality and was the first English-language movie to even say it

Two men holding hands and looking at each other, but in a way that feels chaste and totally chill for the time (1919)

Two men sharing an intimate conversation that feels serious but not immediately gay, boring!

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 11

16 / MEN MASKING 😶‍🌫️

✦ Stepfather 2 (1989): After a failed attempt, the man tries to find a new family- make room for daddy!

✦ Stalked by My Doctor: The Return (2016): After a bizarre first-attempt, the good doctor decides the easiest way to this teen's heart is marrying her mom!

An average looking man with a lovely woman on her arm who doesn't deserve what is about to unfold

ERIC ROBERTS getting hugged by a woman that likes him way more than she should, this guy has no light behind those eyes

md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 11

Feeling the need to be known, but I am indeed playing Silksong.

I'm in Hunter's March, and I'm trying my best!

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · Sep 11

The above picture of a giant porkchop sandwich but with the meat labeled "my existential dread" and the bun is labeled "me" but now the plate of fries behind the sandwich is labeled "French fries"

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Jun 8

if u do not have anything nice to say well sometimes u are not wrong

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 7

15 /
GIRL GOES TO WEIRD CAMP, LEAVES,
AND ENDS UP IN A GAY BAY

✦ But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)

✦ Yes, God, Yes (2019)

Red-lit gay bar filled with goths and blurry people

Christmas light-lit gay bar with a mature queer sitting at the bar

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 7

14 / QUEER BOWLING LEAGUE 🎳

✦ Death and Bowling (2021): A gaggle of queers mourn the loss of their beloved bowling league captain

✦ Sweethearts (2024): A queer bowling team puts in the work (tries to convince us Ohio is a great place to live)

5 immaculate queers sitting at a bowling alley, staring off into space. There is a mix of pastel yellows, pinks, and blues. They really have a color palette going.

Two gay men look off camera, while also at a bowling alley.

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md russell, film buff @trashexpert.bsky.social · Sep 7

13 /
WHY COPY 1 SERIAL KILLER,
WHEN YOU CAN COPY 5 OR 6?

✦ Copycat (1999)

✦ Virtuosity (1995)

Scary serial killer holds a knife to a policeman's throat while also pointing a gun at the same guy. He can do it all!

A quite pleased with himself serial killer holds a plain looking man at gunpoint

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