Tonight's viewing is... in the spirit of Southern Gothic week for #TransformationsintheGothic I'm diving into the new Cape Fear on Apple tv. So far the dialogue is really unnatural. Maybe it's a style choice to make them seem Stepford white, rich, and happy.

Glad Midsommar 🐸🌸

I am so late to this party, but I'm watching Insecure, the Issa Rae thing. I'm bingeing the hell out of it because I hadn't realised just how much I needed Black female friendship stories. This show is really important. And when I clicked "more like this" they offered Sex in the City...

Nuff said...

It must be the dialogue that's hot because this image is giving best friend's little brother

TIL David Bowie was a really good mime. Um... okay

Tonight's film is... Cape Fear (1962). Back on my Robert Mitchum Southern Gothic kick ahead of next week on #TransformationsInTheGothic I think I watched this one when the DeNiro one came out. But ever since mistakenly thought 90s Cape Fear was a remake of Night of the Hunter.

Ideas like this will make me love L.A. even more...

Tonight's film is... Crimson Peak (2015) I remember it's pretty but lots of moths on light bulbs and so much indoor snow and water. It's not my fave, but anything for #TransformationsoftheGothic

In Uber coming back tipsy from Stitch n Bitch... can I stay awake through Crimson Peak tonight, which is ultimately a pretty but boring film 😬 It's the #TransformationsoftheGothic watchalong tonight...

Why am I cold. In June!?! 😭

Tonight's film is... Night of the Hunter. Robert Mitchum is a favourite. Stick him in a Southern Gothic film and I'm all about this. He's the killer dressed like a preacher with H A T E and L O V E tattooed on his knuckles.

Henry Nowak was a Polish-Brit. Polish migrants were once the main target of the bigots. Their targets might change - their hatred is always the problem.

A film cafe DVD rental place just opened near me. So I just rented Night of the Hunter and Cape Fear (1961) for the weekend. It's a Robert Mitchum double bill in preparation for Southern Gothic week for #TransformationsoftheGothic

Tonight's film is... Dragonwyck (1945). It has Vincent Price. And this is my third Gene Tierney film in a month. #TransformationsOfTheGothic

"The Flower Maiden" and was created by Scottish artist Annie French (1872–1965)

I'm reading the saddest book ever. Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward. It's Black trauma on every page. It's beautiful and I can't put it down (partly to make it end) but... oof 😓 I need a book focused on Black joy. Recs please. No fantasy unless the writing is impeccable. #booksky📚

Me realising that Blue Eyed Samurai S2 not coming until 2027 means no ai...

Makes sense 🤷🏾‍♀️

The first time I went to the US at 15 I was so excited to see all the US shows I loved but got later in Europe. But was shocked at adverts between the opening credits and the show, then more midway and before end credits. Worst viewing experience ever.

Waking up to this poisonous woman (Kemi B) coming for BLM & trying to rewrite the definition of racism in the UK is just nauseating. How many times do we have to explain that white ppl can't experience racism in the UK bc the power structures are created by & for them to serve them.

Tonight's film is... The Fall (2006). It has Lee Pace. I'm not a Pace person but this might convince me because look at how gorge this film looks... I always thought this shot was from a fashion shoot for a glossy mag.

Tonight's film is... The Vampire Lovers (1970). It's Hammer Horror. That's all I know... #TransformationsOfTheGothic

My happy place is discussing vampire literature, the Gothic, female rage, and stupid men getting eaten, of an evening... Thanks to Transformations in the Gothic run by @romgothsam.bsky.social

Tony Blair dissing Starmer is literally the best thing that's happened to the PM in months bc nobody wants to hear what that creep has to say. Blair: Starmer is focused on renewables not cheap fossil fuels. Um... good!?! Blair on Burnham "too left". Blair is so far past left it's a joke 🤡

Tonight's film is... Sicario rewatch. Daniel Kaluuya is in it. I'd also totally forgotten Jon Bernthal is in it as a gum chewing, dancing cowboy cop who clocks her from across the bar.

'A 4,500-year-old Egyptian beadnet dress, crafted from approximately 7,000 blue-green faience beads. It dates back to the Old Kingdom's 4th Dynasty (circa 2551–2528 B.C.E.) The dress was unearthed from a tomb in Giza and painstakingly reassembled from loose beads found among human remains.'

So... this is a note from Prince to Suzanne Vega. Cute story 'n' all but all I can think is even his handwriting was beautiful 😍

Found this positive nugget on an otherwise depressing feed. It would be cool if Wales could build a thriving, sustainable economy based on seaweed... 🧜🏿‍♀️

Tonight's film is... Witches (2024). Part documentary part personal exploration of postpartum mental health & the Western portrayal of witches.

Tonight's film was... The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010). It's basically Night Swimming by R.E.M. but make it a movie. Last day of summer, boys & girls have sleepovers & drift between houses & parties looking for adventure. Lowkey, nostalgic & authentic. Plus the 1 Black girl gets a kiss 🙌🏽

Tonight's film is... The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). My fave creature feature... #TransformationsOfTheGothic

Sign of the times... a new Star Wars film came out today and I didn't even know until a friend told me. I did wonder why Pedro Pascal in disguise at a comicon was on my feed 🙃

I wish ppl were radical enough to reject Burnham. Sadly, ppl like comfort & Andy offers a comfy 'sort of Left' vibe that will make them feel like Labour's back on track & they don't have to really vote for the actual Left. "Burnham is a former Blairite special adviser who voted for the Iraq war."

Can we end the entitled thinking that is 'I have an idea but don't want to or can't put in the work to make it something, so I'll use a tool that spits out a mash of work from people who did have the time & creativity'? Being an author/artist of published work isn't a right.

Surprising no one, tonight's film is... The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). This one has my favourite sequence in the trilogy. I can't remember a whole lot else, apart from parkour

Tonight's film is... Bourney Supremacy (2004). We now enter Greengrass era Bourne. Starting with sad Bourne...

Recently discovered the cyberdeck community - women/girls putting raspberry pi tech into clam shell handbags etc. Mermaid decks & pink & bling. Female centred solarpunk 💅🏼 Also just saw a YT tut of how to burn CDs using her pastel keyboard & making her own CD art 🙌🏼 youtu.be/aumh4oknVuM?...

Went day clubbing yesterday and Avicii came on (it's Sweden it's the law) and this one ww clapping on the 1 and the 3 was the only thing I could hear 👏🏻

Didn't think I could love The Lost Boys more but Alex Winter being a real one definitely tips the scales 🙌

Tonight's film is... Bourne Identity (2002) It's been many years since I watched these films. I think I remember them pretty clearly but...

Tonight's film is... The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947). My second Gene Tierney film of the week. Less noir. More Gothic romcom (?) #TransformationsOfTheGothic

It's been disturbing watching the Black community celebrate the Michael film like it's Black Panther 2018. The estate is just rewriting history & ppl are paying for it. You can't believe some victims & not others just because he made unrivalled bangers. www.theguardian.com/music/ng-int...

True, but just TRY to get something like this past the GOP.

Just back from Amsterdam so today's matinee is... The Razor's Edge. It's an adaptation of Somerset Maugham. It stars Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney and they look like this...

Hi, so I have a side quest for any charity shop fans reading this. If you live outside of southern England, please could you pop into your fave charity store and reply with what video games you found there? Photos would also be appreciated. This is research for an article. RTs appreciated!

In Amsterdam and... inte lagom

Whoot! And that was only the first of two Green mayors of the day 🙌🏽

Watching Daredevil Born Again S2 and the bloom is out of control on the lighting. It's taken a style turn and I'm not convinced. It's distracting. I think they're trying Burton's Batman...