Val 🏳️⚧️
@valondar.bsky.social
@VK_HM on twitter, Val (or valondar) most places. Autistic. Trans woman. (she/her) Dublin, Ireland.
It amuses me that on some level the Phalangists intending to abolish the republic but not declaring for a specific candidate for monarch - leaving the issue unclear for decades - was partly a compromise for their Carlist supporters.
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It amuses me that on some level the Phalangists intending to abolish the republic but not declaring for a specific candidate for monarch - leaving the issue unclear for decades - was partly a compromise for their Carlist supporters.
There’s no page on tshrike though. That one might be too old and niche for Fanlore but that I was there for.
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There’s no page on tshrike though. That one might be too old and niche for Fanlore but that I was there for.
Alain Resnais called Kim Manners one of his favourite directors due to the latter’s X-Files work and he was on to something.
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Alain Resnais called Kim Manners one of his favourite directors due to the latter’s X-Files work and he was on to something.
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And speaking of return visits I saw 108 Lumiére films last week… rookie numbers. Let’s get those numbers up!
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
And speaking of return visits I saw 108 Lumiére films last week… rookie numbers. Let’s get those numbers up!
Interesting fellow this Chabrol. boxd.it/bSqWRD
A review of Just Before Nightfall (1971)
Seeing a succession of Chabrol films in this festival there is an emphasized tension between thriller and drama, incisive portrait of mid century French bourgeoise interspersed with flourishes of Hitc...
boxd.it
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Interesting fellow this Chabrol. boxd.it/bSqWRD
Time for my third Chabrol movie of the festival.
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Time for my third Chabrol movie of the festival.
Not bad. boxd.it/bSn6kh
A review of The Stranger (2025)
I primarily know Ozon for his retro touches - remaking Lubitsch films and the like - so a black and white feature based on a Camus novel was not surprising. The film captures something of a serene ban...
boxd.it
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Not bad. boxd.it/bSn6kh