MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares a snapshot of her favorite Canadian films from this year's TIFF. #Tiff2025 #NormalFilm #YouHadToBeThereMovie #HoneyBunch #MileEndKicks

I’ve created a substack! I want to space to think through my more casual movie thoughts (esp. context I’m watching the movies in). Subscribe if you want to know why I watch the ways I watch 🫶 billielanderson.substack.com/p/this-showi...

I’m at TIFF friends! I’ve been too busy to post anything, so here’s a thread of my week so far. #TIFF50

MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares "three buzzy titles" and "two wonderfully weird Canadian" flicks she can't wait to watch at #Tiff2025. Tiff 2025 kicks off September 4 until 14th.

The rumours are true! I’ve successfully defended my PhD and am now and forever Dr. Anderson. I’ve spent the last week sleeping (and have many plans to do more) and am happy to continue my time in the Disability Studied department at King’s in the fall. More soon!

Some good snags at @baystreetvideo.com birthday sale

It's syllabus season! This year, my students in Disability and Popular Culture will be watching Joker (2019), The Fly (1986), Mad Max: Fury Road (2016), and A Different Man (2024) among other great (terrible) movies about disability.

My glowing review of THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS for @moviejawn.com is, like the film, a love letter to the King of comics: www.moviejawn.com/home/2025/7/...

I’m back baby! #TIFF50

Love a Canadian movie. Love how much Canadians love car crashes :)

I guess sometimes you submit the last chapter of your dissertation on a random Tuesday at noon

MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "APRIL strips away all artifice to confront us with something far more terrifying: reality." #AprilMovie is in theaters Friday.

I wrote about the Death of the author, ambiguity, and Alex Garland’s new movie Warfare for MovieJawn www.moviejawn.com/home/2025/4/...

MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "A war film that has “no point” isn’t profound—it’s a missed opportunity, or worse, a quiet endorsement of the status quo." #Warfare is now playing in theaters.

I’m a big Grace Glowicki and and Ben Petrie fan, what’s new?

If I don’t see Nirvanna the band the show the movie post haste I will off myself

ICYMI MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social wrote a lovely feature article about her feelings on THE SHROUDS and THE LIFE OF CHUCK and how they both handle life, death and grief. #TheShrouds is in theaters April and #TheLifeOfChuck is coming soon.

Oscar day, time to rewatch Challengers

I just made a 35 minute compilation video of all my fave Tik tok edits for all the Oscar noms that I will show to my friends before the red carpet on Sunday

Have they checked The Gorge for the Yellowjackets?

I actually think severance is making me crazy. This is how I imagine 17th century philosophers felt. Like I am thinking For Sure.

MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares five movies to add to your 2025 watch list and two available to peep right now! #Tiff2024 #watchmoremovies

Sometimes my sister will text me “tell me why I should see (insert movie name)” and I feel like it’s practice for my dissertation defence

I watched 68 2024 releases (some are actually 2025 releases but I included them anyway). So many more to watch, but here’s my current ranking: boxd.it/tjUGs

Hate crimed at the airport (they flagged my bag because it had a harmonica in it)

Entering Bob Dylan mode (wearing a jacket that’s too light for how cold it is, learning to play harmonica)

MJ’s @billieanderson.bsky.social says, “I’m focusing on some of my favorite lesser-known gems of the year—films you might not find on every Best of 2024 list but absolutely should make the time to see.” Check out Billie’s #BestOf2024 list.

Need a movie to watch this holiday season? MJ’s @billieanderson.bsky.social shares 16 non-traditional festive flicks to help stave off cabin fever.

I wrote about a movie I loved so dearly and can’t wait to watch a million more times. Check it out here (yes I call it monumental):

MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE a film that tests its audience’s endurance, forcing them to grapple with stark realities and unsettling moral questions." #TheGirlWithTheNeedle is now in theaters.

MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "#Queer is an unflinching examination of unbalanced love, identity, and addiction, made all the more remarkable by Daniel Craig’s fearless performance and Drew Starkey’s nuanced portrayal of a man caught between curiosity & detachment." In select theaters.

Maybe my first MovieJawn post (and the basis of my PhD dissertation) www.moviejawn.com/home/2022/10...

Wrote about two movies that meant a lot to me at TIFF this year on grief www.moviejawn.com/home/2024/10...

In the middle of the night last night, my husband said, in his deep slumber, the words “meat from Taco Bell, yum yum” so loud it woke me up

I’ve heard of stories of getting your cat a bed and they hate it or ignore it or sit in the box it came in. Anyway, I got my cat a bed and she loved it instantly.

I’m watching all the Mission: Impossible movies with friends for the first time (mine) and we were joking about the Jeremy Renner app so I missed them initiating ghost protocol

Time to buy new glasses, asking so I can pick the ones she doesn’t like

I, for one, think it's very cool that the sun starts to set at 3:30 pm and I cannot function past that time

There comes a time in every young girls life where she needs to attack her current dissertation chapter to make it completely different in every imaginable way except the sentences she likes and wants to reuse

Nothing infuriates me more than wasting time on ChatGPT-written assignments when I could be helping students who actually try. I’m here to support real effort, not to grade AI regurgitation, and yet here I am week after week meeting with students who use AI rather than those who don’t.

Letterboxd! I change my faves once a month to fit the vibe of the season

I knit a vest! Just started a sweater but really proud of myself for actually following a pattern

Hey Movie Pals and New Followers! We created a MovieJawn Staff starter pack to make it easier to find our staff writers and contributors. Check it out... it we missed someone, let us know! Thanks old sport.

MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares, "I can enjoy a good haunted house flick or psychological thriller, but the kind of fear that stays with me long after the credits roll comes from a different place." #SpookyJawn #GrotesqueriesWeek #BodyHorror

MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "ANORA continues Baker's trend of scaling things up. It's a propulsive, crowd-pleasing experience that captivates from start to finish." #Anora is in theaters Friday, see it at Philly Film Fest. #TIFF2024 #PFF2024

MJ's Billie Anderson shares thoughts on #TheShrouds and #TheLifeOfChuck. "Two of my favorite films from #TIFF2024 this year were from two of my favorite directors, that both had very different approaches to representing life, death, and grief on screen."

MJ's Billie Anderson says, "In a landscape crowded with films designed to force tears, WE LIVE IN TIME will remain at the top of my list for a long while." #WeLiveInTime is in theaters Friday. #tiff24

MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social says, "SATURDAY NIGHT plays like a historical drama for those who find traditional war films dull." #SaturdayNight is in theaters Friday.

MovieJawn's #Tiff2024 coverage starts now! @rosaliekicks.bsky.social and @billieanderson.bsky.social will be on location, find their latest dispatches here: www.moviejawn.com/home/categor...