Even I thought this was one of mine!

This photo is incredible. It's like a portrait of his soul.

Film Diary Fantasy, 2025 - ★★★½ #LIFF2025 Film 25 For some reason this setup felt very familiar (these girls, this estate, the mysterious new arrival) but despite that it's still engaging and only gets better as each of them goe... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

Film Diary La Grazia, 2025 - ★★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 27 For much of this I was firmly in the 3 star camp, appreciating what I was watching, loving the use of music but not feeling any real connection. Was this another film that was su... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

Film Diary The Virgin of the Quarry Lake, 2025 - ★★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 26 Another I want to see again now that I know how things turn out. On the surface it's already good but there's something deeper running throughout this that's even more compelling. letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

Film Diary Dandelion's Odyssey, 2025 - ★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 24 A gentle start to the day although there are moments of peril. It's an interesting concept and fairly well executed although lacks a compelling thread and may have been better as... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

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Sky News's data forensics team has spent 9 months examining the algorithm on Elon Musk's X platform, and found it clearly promotes right wing views to new users of the site, even to those who deliberately only follow left wing accounts. This short film explains more www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq6M...

Very sad that I will not be able to perform for nine lessons this year in Cardiff. @cosmicshambles.com do this for the love of sharing science, art, & stories & make no money personally. If you like things like that buy tickets to support local events and help maintain the joy of spreading stories.

Every week I try to watch the Daily Show on YouTube and wonder if it would be possible to design a piece of software less suited to watching TV epiosdes

[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!

Film Diary We Believe You, 2025 - ★★★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 23 78 minutes, the majority of which is the real time courtroom meeting to present statements to the judge. It's completely captivating; amazing performances, fantastic writing, a c... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

Film Diary Perla, 2025 - ★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 21 Slowly builds to a powerful climax. This may be one that would benefit from seeing outside of a festival run because I struggled to stay engaged during the slower parts that make... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

Film Diary The Currents, 2025 - ★★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 22 Another film where I can't really explain why it worked so well for me but it definitely did. I have no idea if this will have much of a life outside of the festival circuit but ... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

One day some of these idiots will realise what made America great in the first place

Fairly sure I've spent more time this week trying to finding out how to get refunds from Northern Rail than I've spent on any of their trains.

Northern Rail - what's the fucking point?

Struggling a bit today so delighted to find out my final film is only 78 minutes long #LIFF2025

Film Diary The Black Hole, 2024 - ★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 20 Well that was something and I think I enjoyed most of it. It wouldn't be LIFF without this kind of WTF weirdness. Could've done with each section being a bit shorter and perhaps ... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

No idea what day it is. My star ratings no longer make sense. Struggling to find words for 'reviews'. Still not seen a bad film although didn't get on with a few. #LIFF2025 boxd.it/PQmqE

It doesn't matter how much you pay to go ad free, it's just a matter of time before they'll ask you for more money or demand you subscribe to a higher tier or else ads again. The only ways to deal with these cunts is either deleting your account or using an adblocker.

The problem with this seemingly good news is that S5 feels like it was so long ago

As expected proper #CocksOfLIFF in this one

@scottygb.bsky.social My email was read out on Must Watch and I have an update to my own question. ALL 6 SEASONS of The Good Fight are available to legally stream on the U-TV app for free in the UK!! Please use your hallowed status to share the good news with any GF lovers out there. Thank you 🤩

Film Diary Pillion, 2025 - ★★★★½ #LIFF2025 Film 19 Today was supposed to be my day off from the festival but I realised I could still easily fit in this screening and it turned out to be 0one of my favourite films of the festival... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

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Seems pointless repeating this again like I'm sure I have most years but Everyman screen 4 is just not suitable for showing subtitled films #LIFF2025

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Film Diary Alpha, 2025 - ★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 16 Struggled to get into this which may be early festival fatigue but it also felt quite a difficult watch. It seemed good so I would be interested to see what I think after another... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

Film Diary The Blue Trail, 2025 - ★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 17 Quietly delightful letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

Film Diary Nemurubaka: Hypnic Jerks, 2025 - ★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 18 Lovely film with lots of sweet moments but didnt amount to much. Wish there'd been more moments like the late title card drop. Reminded me of Animals letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Our next First Thursday meet up will be after the #LIFF2025 screening of La Grazia on the 6th. Come along, say hello and chat about what we've seen recently and are looking forward to in the rest of the festival and beyond.

Oh it's Monday

Film Diary A Private Life, 2025 - ★★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 15 Enjoyable enough but I'm not sure how much I'm going to remember it.

Also my first #CocksOfLIFF spot of the season, even though it's brief.

Film Diary Silent Friend, 2025 - ★★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 14 Loved this but can neither begin to explain why, nor why I couldn't give it 5 stars. letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

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Film Diary The Thing with Feathers, 2025 - ★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 13 Really wanted to like this more than I did but something didn't click. Doesn't help that Tuesday and Cumberbatch's own Eric are out there and even though they are both different ... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (42) Bernard Herrmann (13) Florence + the Machine (12) John Carpenter (12) Thom Yorke (8). #myweekcounted 116 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue

Film Diary Dragonfly, 2025 - ★★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 12 It's shot like a horror film so there's a level of tension and uncertainty throughout despite how it appears on the surface. I found it completely engrossing and wondering how it... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

Film Diary Love Letters, 2025 - ★★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 11 Loved this, was hoping for a stronger emotional ending to lift it into 5 star territory. letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

I managed one day of squeezing in Letterboxd reviews between films but don't seem to be able to keep up anymore now #LIFF2025

@letterboxd.social should include the heart along with the stars in the rss feed of reviews.

Day 3, 10 films update #LIFF2025 boxd.it/PQmqE

Phones are following the path laid down by cigarettes: 1. ooh, an expensive exotic novelty; 2. cigs are great, everyone should have them; 3. ah, they're making us sick; 4. ban them for kids; 4. no, restrict access for everyone; 5. no ads either. (We're currently at stage 3ish)

Someone pointed out that pop culture has been all in on nuanced, well-fleshed-out, 3-dimensional antagonists for quite awhile now. Meanwhile, IRL we're being ruled by bottom-rung Dick Tracy villains.

Film Diary Hellcat, 2025 - ★★★½ #LIFF2025 Film 9 Lots to admire here especially when it makes the most of the one woman one location setup. It feels long for a 90 minute film and there are multiple times when it could have ended... letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...

Film Diary We Bury the Dead, 2024 - ★★★ #LIFF2025 Film 10 Great setup but unfortunately doesn't fully explore some of the more interesting aspects and reverts to more familiar tropes and a somewhat muddled ending. letterboxd.com/xim123/film/...