Evening viewing recommendation? Watch FAR FROM HEAVEN (2002), Todd Haynes's masterpiece modeled on Douglas Sirk’s exquisite melodramas of the 1950s, now playing in our Julianne Moore collection! ❤️

I’ll Be Seeing You (1944) • A very touching, nourish film about a “shell shocked” war hero (Joseph Cotton) and a woman convicted of manslaughter released on furlough (Ginger Rogers) who fall in love over the holiday despite their individual struggles with PTSD.

The '90s MOTHRA trilogy began a year after GODZILLA went on another hiatus. These movies are weird, wild and campy. More folks should watch them. My thoughts at @bloody-disgusting.com

This is genuinely the most touching thing I’ve read in some time. Gift yourself a few minutes to read it and sign up for the Terror Teletype so you don’t miss future greatness. Pouring one out for Manteigh tonight 💚 #ripmanteigh

Ms. Rachel is an absolute hero. She’s gotten so much abuse for her extremely compassionate, humane - and in my opinion, common sense - views on children being hurt and killed in Gaza. But she’s not letting that silence her. Bless you Ms. R.  @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social

It's a Christmas miracle! The new Silent Night Deadly Night reboot is the anti-fascist Christmas movie of my dreams, just a joy from start to finish. Champagne cinema, five stars, no notes, would watch again. Actual film still:

I never miss an opportunity to tell New Yorkers that the DVD section of the Library of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center has a better selection than any video store I've been in aside from Mondo Kim's

Excited to announce that my next book, I AM THE NIGHT, not only has a great cover but is available for pre-order now: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Oh my gawd I just found this barbarian woman photo shoot Katy O'Brian did a few years and again: her. Movie. With battle axe. Now.

Hair for the holidays 💃✨

shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights

The creepiest losers in the world are trying to cram the most uncool garbage down the world's collective throat and I don't understand why they think we would want this and why they wouldn't at least hire someone beloved to hawk it. I don't want Chat GPT I don't want Sora I don't want Potter merch.

A 1957 Christmas comedy about early AI starring Katherine Hepburn with a trailer that features the chilling line: “Meet [the Desk Set], the girls and boys that make the office such a wonderful place… to love in.”

ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33

“Ppl seem to be identifying his behavior as rage bait, and they are increasingly refusing to respond w/the anger Trump desires. Instead, the eye roll is proving to have power. The immune response to provocation is building/robbing Trump of what was once one of his most effective political tools.”

Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station

Today is the first anniversary of my mother’s passing. I’m putting up our tree and watching Curse of the Cat People in her honor.

Underseen holiday gems

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 is a crime against cinema. Call the movie police.

because Jurassic Park is trans rep

Klaus really is a classic.

Letterboxd Video Store opens tomorrow. 🥳

💥 Letterboxd Video Store launches December 10 (ET).   👀 Announcing our Lost and Found shelf: rent these underseen underdogs on Letterboxd Video Store. Regions and prices vary by title. Read more: boxd.it/dEI

They grew up during a time when streaming everything is the norm but enshittification is in full effect so all the apps are getting actively worse so now actually owning a physical object feels novel and refreshing.

It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards! This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷 Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.

Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch "I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life" (via SiteJamesons | TW)

An underrated lil holiday gem from Aardman featuring voices by Gillian Anderson and Richard E. Grant.

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tis the season

In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.

The face of someone who has already announced ‘January Giallo’ 🖤🔪 Check out our @cinematicvoid.bsky.social series page to see what’s playing at LF3 next month! www.americancinematheque.com/series/cinem...

Remembering legendary and influential, Oscar-nominated film editor Dede Allen, on her 102nd birthday, famous for her work on films like The Hustler, Bonnie and Clyde, Dog Day Afternoon, and Reds, and collaborations with Arthur Penn, Sidney Lumet, Robert Wise, Elia Kazan, and George Roy Hill.

finally saw FUCKTOYS after almost a year of anticipation. Has more life in its pinky finger than most movies have in their entire body. cannot imagine *not* being head over heels for this. movies with VISION >>>>

Born on this day in 1954 (d. 2024), Happy Birthday, TONY TODD! 🎉

My top 20 favs of the 21st century (so far)

The first must-read best-of film list of the year is here, and it’s John Waters’. Spots one and two won me over completely (even if he sees fit to put the terrible Empire in there at number ten). ❤️‍🔥

Suitable Flesh is a Christmas movie! Didn’t you know? Watch on @shudder.com, Hulu, Prime and more 🎄🩸

Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.

This week, Netflix will drop a western with Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson as warring matriarchs of opposing clans. Not a one of the dozens of media writers I follow online has ever mentioned this show, and yet its three-week-old trailer has over 1M views. Make it make sense.

Everything Happens on X

Very excited that my first narrative film is not only premiering on @shudder.com tomorrow, but that it's also getting so many screenings!! Being a 30-minute film I didn't expect it to get any theatrical play, so the fact that all these venues programmed it to support features is a huge deal to me.🖤

The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste

The futility of compassion in the hellbound frontier. A powder keg moment between the Mormons, indigenous peoples, and the U.S. government. Betty Gilpin. Shea Wigham. Kim Coates. Music by Explosions in the Sky. Relentlessly brutal and beautifully poignant. One of the best things I’ve seen all year.

look at him go

Been in London for the last few weeks but I’m so glad I heard about this in time. Less than 24 hours to pledge.