@willowcatelyn.bsky.social
Film Critic (Film Comment, Reverse Shot, Criterion). GALECA. Co-Author of CORPSES, FOOLS AND MONSTERS Currently writing a book about TWIN PEAKS
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialI love when the deer goes lmao at the plight of our hero
@tjamesdobbin.bsky.socialReposted by @willowcatelyn.bsky.socialMy zine on 1930 & 1931 animation is on sale now. I'm dealing with small quantities, so this listing will go away when my current stock is sold. But fear not, this isn't a once-only print run. This'll pop in and out of sale as I make copies. Available in USA/CAN only at the moment.
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialL'AVVENTURA (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960) I like a bit of everything in cinema, but the films that really make me think and feel are usually a little boring. They let you wander, rather than hold your hand. Feel the time, rather than dispose of it.
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialHe's having a little bit of a renaissance and I'm super here for it.
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialSuper rad. Enjoy!
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialHis description of St. John's as an unusually special city because it is at once very bright, but haunted feeling is pretty accurate. (He was here in the Summer/Fall of last year)
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialJosh Hartnett really put the work in when preparing for his Newfoundland set Netflix series. His interview with Tom Power on Q is very detailed about process and the training he did to get the part right to respect this province. He seems rad. Everyone I know who worked on the show said as much
@feminaridens.bsky.socialReposted by @willowcatelyn.bsky.socialgetting @tjamesdobbin.bsky.social
zine in the mail made my week!! if you read his (essential) substack you know his deeply researched & beautifully observed writing on animation
his new zine on 1930/1931 american animation captures a medium in its infancy. an enormous task & a treasure to behold ❤️
@tjamesdobbin.bsky.socialReposted by @willowcatelyn.bsky.socialMy 15th Bugs Bunny piece is up. There's some great stuff in this short revolving around Bugs using hypnosis to turn Elmer Fudd into a doppelganger of himself, breaking the fabric of accepted Bugs Bunny cartoon reality. A pretty good early Freleng/Maltese Bugs short.
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialReposted by @willowcatelyn.bsky.socialMy series on the HALLOWEEN films continues with HALLOWEEN II. In this essay, I take a look at the community rot of Haddonfield, the growing place of TV news in the series, and what is lost without John Carpenter.
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialYou can also read a sample of this essay over here
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialA sample paragraph on my essay can be found here: My essay on HALLOWEEN 3: SEASON OF THE WITCH should be up on Monday or Tuesday. I love that one.
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialMy series on the HALLOWEEN films continues with HALLOWEEN II. In this essay, I take a look at the community rot of Haddonfield, the growing place of TV news in the series, and what is lost without John Carpenter.
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialYup lol. This sort of thing happens more frequently than we'd probably like to remember in action movies from the 90s.
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialI bought this on VHS forever ago to show to TJ, because I kept saying "this is a silly movie we watched growing up! Tommy Lee Jones is a hoot! We will have a good time with it" and then as soon as it started I got a George Bush jump scare and it killed the mood lmao
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialI can't imagine ever wanting to watch any of these movies about the people who are ruining the world rn. I see and hear enough about them in real time. All these guys suck, and I already know they suck, and if I watched those movies I'd probably leave the theater thinking, "yeah that guy sucks"
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialHALLOWEEN II on my patreon tomorrow.
@redroomrantings.bsky.socialReposted by @willowcatelyn.bsky.socialSome underseen seasonal recs for your viewing pleasure afilmdiary.substack.com/p/ten-unders...
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialCAMP is so amazing. Loved this list
@willowcatelyn.bsky.socialIs it fair to call a movie's pleasures "old fashioned" if its choice of bloodshed reminds one of the frenzied camerawork of grisly mid-00s pictures like The Ruins, The Devil's Rejects and The Descent? A throwback to a lean, mean-spirited era in horror, but in hindsight, a good one.
