#Eighth Grade

[mybigjacket]

Louise Glück, “Unpainted Door” Poems 1962-2012 / Ingmar Bergman, Bergman On Bergman interviews with Stig Bjorkman, Torsten Manns and Jonas Sima / Moonlight 2016 dir. Barry Jenkins / Fiona Apple, Second Bite interview by Craig McLean, The Guardian / Eighth Grade 2018 dir. Bo Burnham / Norman Rockwell, Little Girl Looking Downstairs at Christmas Party / Anne Carson, “The Anthropology of Water” in Plainwater

[filmperidot]

My Favorite Coming of Age Movies

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)- One of the only rom-coms out there that I don’t feel guilty about loving. Its also one of the only rom-coms that I find laugh out loud funny, and where I genuinely really like both the protagonist and the love interest (I feel like at least one of them typically annoys me).

Booksmart (2019)- Great characters, and a fun new version of a pretty classic plot. It’s extremely funny, and highly enjoyable.

Easy A (2010)- Honestly one of my all time favorite comedies. Emma Stone is an absolute icon, and Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson play the best parents known to cinema.

Eighth Grade (2018)- My god is this movie painful to watch. Prepare to cringe the whole way through, but it’s also quite sweet, and easily the most accurate depiction of middle school I’ve ever seen.

Lady Bird (2017)- The hype is real for this one. Saorise Ronan is amazing. It makes you laugh, tugs at your heartstrings, and does an incredible job depicting the high school experience.

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)- I love Wes Anderson’s style. If you generally aren’t a fan of his work, you won’t be a fan of this one either. But if you’re a fan of his cinematography, campiness, and awkward humor, this one’s for you. It’s a great summer movie.

Stand By Me (1986)- What a classic. It’s nostalgic, poignant, and funny. For me, this is a movie that defines the genre.

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)- Hailee Steinfeld and Woody Harrelson made a hilarious duo. Similar to the other movies on this list, it’s funny, relatable, and slightly heartbreaking in just the right way.

The Kings of Summer (2013)- This ones an underrated gem. It’s a bit of an acquired taste, but overall it’s a great experience. The atmosphere is amazing, and it’ll bring you back to your childhood summers.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)- God I love this movie. It’s incredibly heartbreaking, and the acting is great (especially from Logan Lerman)! Yes I cry every single time, no not at the part you’d think.

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[godlessondheimite]

welcome to the dollhouse is eighth grade for people whose parents genuinely did not love them and who, from a young age, exhibited symptoms of treatment resistant depression and cluster a personality disorders and burnt their brains out on club drugs instead of people with average-bad parents with mild depression and a slight weed dependence (by which i mean, it’s far superior)

[thoughtdaughterdisease]

i'm genuinely scared of people who write outsiders fics and then it's like the filthiest most vile smut ever

and i just have to stare at it like, omg i know you're written by a 12 year old.

[cinematicmasterpiece]

eighth grade (2018)

[grctagerwig]

the trials and tribulations of a preteen girl

are you there god? it’s me, margaret by judy blume // eighth grade // never grow up by taylor swift // moonrise kingdom // shameika by fiona apple // stranger things

[ilovekimyadawson]

eighth grade audio lol

[hamiltonandpercyjackson]

is there a bo burnham fanbase? i have been a fan for YEARS and literally think he is one of the greatest writers/producers like ever

and don’t even get me STARTED on eighth grade that movie is a freaking MASTERPIECE

[edlynbot]

'what was in there?' 'nothing really. just sorta my hopes and dreams.'

eighth grade (2018) dir. bo burnham

[standupcomedyhistorian]

Big news for BO BURNHAM fans—

His directorial debut (and one of my favorite movies) Eighth Grade will be playing in select theaters next Wednesday night!

Yes, as part of a Teen Movie series, A24 is screening the film written AND directed by Bo himself on August 7, 2024. I've already got my tickets to see it in PA with my boyfriend Jeff (woot!).

Let me know if you'll be attending a screening! Will it be your first time seeing the movie?

Keep it here for more comedy news! ✌🏼🐔

[adam-trademark]

School Day

(April 5, 2018)

[birdofthunder]

Honestly being at a combination middle/high school is ideal. I teach 8th and 11th grade and I adore both.

Everytime I pass one of my 8th graders in the hall we stop and wave saying, "Hello Traveler!" because as he says, it's the main character's world and we're all just NPCs living in it.

Then I see one of my 11th graders and he yells "BAGUETTES" for a reason I still don't understand but high schoolers are the funniest people on the planet so I roll with it.

Then I have a poetry unit at the end of which one student says to me "before this unit I hated poetry with the passion of a thousand burning suns. Now I only hate it with the passion of 999 burning suns." and everything is worth it.

My 11th grade honors class makes pride and prejudice jokes (it was the fall play and most of them were in the cast and/or crew) and they email me memes they make based on class jokes.

My eighth graders are writing horror stories and they're the most amazing things I've ever read.

Being a teacher is amazing, despite the way we're treated.

[fieriframes]

[WE MOVED HERE IN '63, SO I BEEN HERE SINCE EIGHTH GRADE.]

[angelstills]

"I can't wait to be you." Eighth Grade (2018)

[caleohateclub]

My Letterboxd Top 4 but in Gacha Club

(+ my reviews)