2024

january

1.10 saltburn / emerald fennell 2023 ★
this movie is like if weird sex was boring and mid
/film, zeitgeist

1.11 the scum villain's self saving system / mxtx 2015 ★★★★★
/book, fantasy

1.12 singin' in the rain / gene kelley 1952 ★★★★
/film

1.19 doctor who: the chimes of midnight / robert shearman 2002 ★★★★
utilizes the medium of audio quite well, and impressively. Eight is one of my favorite doctors, and this story is 100% one of his best. i even like it more than many of the televised episodes of doctor who!
/audio, scifi

1.19 doctor who: scherzo / robert shearman 2003 ★★★★★
freaked me out so much. a great horror story- one i still think about today.
/audio, scifi 1.23 saw / james wan 2004 ★★★★
/film, horror

1.29 phantom thread / paul thomas anderson 2017 ★★★★★

/film, psychological, fav

febuary

2.4 kamikaze girls / tetsuya nakashima 2004 ★★★★★

/film, drama, fashion, fav

2.15 the great gatsby / fitzgerald 1925 ★★★★★
the picmixes i made for this book were absolutely diabolical. why did i do that.

/book, fiction, fav

march

3.16 my own private idaho / gus van sant 1991 ★★★★

/film

april

4.29 alien / ridley scott 1979 ★★★★
/film, horror

may

5.17 challengers / luca gudagnino ★★★★
/film, drama

june

6.9 perfect blue / satoshi kon 1997 ★★★★
/film, horror, psychological

july

7.3 watashi o tabetai, hitodenashi / naekawa sai 2020 42/43+ ★★★★

/scan, manga, fav

7.20 ↻ elisabeth das musical 2005 vienna revival ★★★★★
watched this with a friend! she's a fellow spring awakening fan, and we had an awesome time. hung out in her dorm room over takeout dinner! elisabeth is one of my favorite musicals ever, and i love showing it to people who haven't watched it before :)
/stage, drama, fav

7.26 my lesbian experience with loneliness / nagata kabi 2016 ★★★★★

/book, manga, memoir, fav

7.31 history and presence / robert orsi 2016 ★★★★★
/book, nonfiction, religion, history, fav

7.31 crush / richard siken 2024 ★★★★★
favorite poem: a primer for the small weird loves
/book, poetry, fav

august

8.2 the summer hikaru died / mokumokuren 2021 28/28+ ★★★★★

/book, manga, horror

8.18 dear elia / mimi khuc 2024 ★★★★
absolutely devastating. i'm the exact target audience for this book as well, which made it all the more painful and cathartic to read.
/book, nonfiction, disability, theory

8.28 ↻ ⚑ fleabag / 2016-2019 12/12 ★★★★

/tv, drama

september

9.15 preacher's daughter / ethel cain 2022 ★★★★★
the best poems are the ones that reach into your chest and rip your heart out.
favorite track: televangelism, strangers

/music, fav

9.20 why fish don't exist / lulu miller 2020 ★★★
/book, nonfiction, existential

9.29 whiplash / damien chazelle 2014 ★★★★★
was right around the time i was reading lacan so i have a whole mommy fletcher conspiracy theory lying around somewhere. don't ask.
i got the disk from the library, too, and watched with commentary. which made me so unwell. favorite quotes include:
  > chazelle: and the manipulations a fun part of it…like to what extent were you speaking your mind and to what extent were you luring the lamb back in
  > simmons: i dont think the two were mutually exclusive, thats the beauty of it

  > simmons: love this shot of paul…such a beautiful dad moment there.. watching his son yknow the monster that has been created and all the levels that makes him feel
  > chazelle: oh and heres the replacement dad he comes in and picks miles up when he falls

  >chazelle: look at that flicker you do with your hand its..somewhat sexual

  > simmons: people occasionally comment on the.. is there an undercurrent of homoeroticism here
  > chazelle: undercurrent??
  > simmons: …going along with the homophobia is that what thats all about and again it was never conscious on my part but its totally legitimate yknow the way people perceive it

/film, psychological, in theater, fav

october

10.13 the magnus archives 2016 116/200 ★★★★

/podcast, horror

10.14 i saw the tv glow / jane schoenbrun 2024 ★★
/film, horror

10.14 videodrome / david cronenberg 1983 ★★★★
/film, horror

10.24 sweeney todd (local production) ★★★★★

/stage, live

10.27 hannibal 2013 39/39 ★★★★
what word starts with c and rhymes with schmannibal? is the fbi stupid?
 
/tv, psychological, thriller

november

11.1 sweeney todd / sondheim / 2023 broadway revival ★★★★★
t4t sweenett argue with the wall. watched the boot of josh and annaleigh's last performance- made the comedy hit harder and the the tragedy as well. i'm never going to get over this show.

/stage, fav

11.3 sweeney todd / tim burton 2007 ★★★
joyous chair. boring movie.
/film

11.8 venus in fur / david ives 2011 ★★★★
GUARDS!!! put that man in a collar
/stage, play

11.10 humanist vampire seeking consenting suicidal person / ariane louis-seize 2023 ★★★★
very cozy, very cute

/film

11.13 gatsby: an american myth / martyna majok 2024 ★★★★
super interesting direction for an adaptation!! its like if all the academic headcanons on jstor became super explicit
/stage, musical, audio bootleg

11.17 doctor faustus / marlowe / globe theater 2011 ★★★★★
ive only read goethe's faust, so this was really fun to watch! 1500s yaoi is crazy. as usual. didnt expect to see arthur darvill in here!
/stage, play

11.19 casino royale / martin campbell 2006 ★★★★
probably the most entertaining first hour of a movie i have seen in a while. daniel craig plays james bond like a DOG and mads mikkelsen's le chiffre is an absolute diva of a wattpad mafia boss. so joyous. ten million stars for the cock and ball torture.

/film

11.21 skyfall / 2012 ★★★★
00q forever
/film

11.28 ↻ phantom thread / paul thomas anderson 2017 ★★★★★
guys who kin hannibal should be imprisoned. girls who kin hannibal, lets date
/film, psychological, fav

december

12.7 arcane i / 2021 ★★★★★
🎵 oh the treachery every single person is my enemy 🎵
/tv, zeitgeist

12.10 arcane ii / 2024 ★★★
Is Caitlyn Stupid?
/tv, zeitgeist

12.11 othello / royal shakespeare company 2015 ★★★★
i love stories where men gaslight each other for three hours straight
/stage