2024

january

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

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

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 ★★★★★
/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 32/39 ★★★★
what word starts with c and rhymes with schmannibal? is the fbi stupid?
 
/tv, psychological, thriller

november

11.1 sweeney todd 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