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thomas calabro stan account. mostly talk about exploitation films and tennis.
good morning from cookie bed
February 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“garfield: a tail of two kitties” has a pretty incredible cast that kind of elevates this little delight into a minor masterpiece…. but goddamn it, roger rees is so brilliant. he’s the anchor. you buy this ridiculous world because of him.
February 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
julie doiron and the wooden stars still hits so hard. what a fucking album.
February 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
god i love sunrises in new york city (hashtag no filter)
February 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
it’s already happening… i thought it would maybe be a month or two before he started “joking” about a third term… but he’s already doing it.

there’s no doubt in my mind what’s coming.

call me crazy all you want… but every single warning sign is being checked off like some apocalyptic to-do list.
January 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
cookie sez “good morning”
January 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
trying to compile a list of all of jess franco’s “al pereira” films… here’s what i’ve got so far… what else?
January 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
and now cookie has decided she wants to sit on this bag…
January 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
rarely has one picture summed me up so well…
January 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
aw man… rip jeannot szwarc.

one of the last of the great journeyman directors to come out of the old hollywood television system. another huge loss for cinema.
January 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
go fuck yourself hollywood reporter
January 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
just found the ticket stub for the first time i saw the movie that made me fall in love with movies…

#movielover #ticketstub #batman1989 #timburton
January 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New Years Eve double feature part 2: Phantom Thread (35mm) 📽️
January 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
New Years Eve double feature part 1: “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
December 31, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Horizon: An American Saga - Part 1 (Kevin Costner)
My Old Ass (Megan Park)

Honorable Mentions: The Apprentice (Ali Abbasi), The Beekeeper (David Ayer),
December 31, 2024 at 8:45 PM
my top 10 movies 📽️ of 2024:

Challengers (Luca Guadagnino)
The Brutalist (Brady Corbet)
Flow (Gints Zilbalodis)
The Substance (Coralie Fargeat)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Mohammad Rasoulof)
Problemista (Julio Torres)
Joker: Folie a Deux (Todd Phillips)
Kill (Nikhil Nagesh Bhat)
December 31, 2024 at 8:45 PM
swapped out the posters in my living room 📽️
December 14, 2024 at 2:51 PM
anyone else get excited by the phrase “patrick muldoon in a fred olen ray film”?
December 12, 2024 at 1:28 PM
“Marilyn Manson doesn’t know who I am…”
December 9, 2024 at 5:54 PM
i liked conclave well enough… but mostly it just makes me think of the young pope / the new pope and how much i loved those shows.

it really doesn’t get better than the sexytime nun dance party…
December 9, 2024 at 2:26 PM
misfit cinema journal
streaming pick of the day:

“Last Christmas” (2019)
directed by Paul Feig
starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Emma Thompson and Michelle Yeoh

now streaming on Max 📽️
December 9, 2024 at 11:41 AM
misfit cinema journal
streaming pick of the day:

“Le Pont du Nord” (1981)
directed by Jacques Rivette
starring Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-François Stévenin

now streaming on Criterion Channel 📽️
December 8, 2024 at 1:55 PM
what are you doing right now and why aren’t you seeing “flow”? i would tell you it’s incredible, but that would be underselling it.
December 8, 2024 at 12:58 AM
lol
December 7, 2024 at 5:29 PM
happy #letterboxdfriday…. this #lastfourwatched was a pretty strange run. i’m pretty positive none of these movies have ever been mentioned together before!

Reptilicus (1961)
Two Guys Talkin’ About Girls (1995)
Holiday Road (2023)
Love Camp (1981)
December 6, 2024 at 3:16 PM