#fillums

[thursdaymurderbub]

Screenland magazine, January 1938

[weirdgirlbymommylonglegs]

this ideas almost defo been done but here’s kim at the film rental holding some of my favourite films

[mndvx]

SHORTCOMINGS (2023) directed by Randall Park | written by Adrian Tomine ››› Justin H. Min as Ben Tagawa

[total-television-productions-act]

reconsidering furries. i think: birds don't get teeth. fish do

[ennaih]

Every Film I Watch In 2023:

223. Luv (1967)

[downthepub]

i love when scottish ppl say fillum. it is the perfect word in the perfect accent.

[doomspiral]

Doom's Movie Rec List

Some of these are bangers, some of these are the worst thing I have ever seen in my life, but I think they are all worth watching and enjoying one way or another. Sometimes the enjoyment is cringe and sometimes its staring at a wall for three hours. <3

The seventh seal (1957)

Classic chess game with Death film, I presume the entire thing is Bergman staring into the soul of the viewer in dead silence until you can read his mind.

The cabinet of Dr. Caligary (1920)

Strange, lurching, I watched this in German without knowing enough to keep up and I believe my confusion added to the experience.

Atomic blonde (2017)

This is my favorite movie. This is the one that I can't stop rewriting in my fics. I can't get the "lies" soliloquy out of my mind. My soul is tied to this fillum. Hot insane woman does a lot of violence, kisses women, beats up a guy who truly deserves it. Iron Curtain Spy Nonsense.

Hackers (1994)

Am I depressing you? Good, watch Hackers to experience child-like wonder and also see a grown man skateboard down a foggy street in the middle of the night to harass the homosexual teenagers (and slim shady) he's beefing with.

The core (2003)

This is not a good movie. But there is a little freak in there named "Rat" who I am obsessed with.

Angel's egg (1985)

This is the kind of movie where you have to not try to figure out what's going on and instead let it take you by the hands, just experience it, just keep your mouth shut and your mind at rest and you can consider the implications afterward when its safe.

Princess mononoke (1997)

I watched this as a child and saw those beasts dissolve into bloody worms and apparently that left a lasting mark on my brain.

Nausicaä of the valley of wind (1984)

I actually read the manga for this one but this is a movie rec list, so please go watch this for the death and rebirth vibes, and some mild foeyay yuri.

Invasion of the body snatchers (1978)

Horror movie that's odd and disturbing and clearly betraying some better dead than red fears, worth it for the horrible despicable freakish noise the guy makes at the end while pointing at the viewer.

Strange days (1995)

Please read up on this before watching it, it revolves around a fictional, then-futuristic critique of the adult film industry, HEAVY focus on the capitalistic dehumanization and devaluing of human life.

Underworld (2003)

Bad asses in leather fighting monsters. Core memory.

Blade (1998)

Bad asses in leather fighting monsters but maybe you need a break from how white this whole movie list is overall. That's okay, I see you, this vampire flick fucks severe.

Fright night (1985, 2011)

The first movie is pretty campy (fun) but the remake dug into my actual stressors and fears and scared the lights from my eyes for a day or two. Welcome... to FrrrighT NighT.

Dracula (1931, 1992)

First movie is a classic, this is thee one with the guy crawling around like a lizard and there's armadillos for no reason. The 90's version has no business being as deranged as it is and for this it is a core personality trait movie.

Fast&furious: Tokyo drift (2006)

Not sure I would say this is peak cinema but it's a racing movie that falls in line with the F&F tradition of being clearly in love with the entire premise, location, and cast. Rent free.

Drive (2011)

I like this movie because it is not about the guy getting the girl, it is about doing the right thing every single time because that's what it takes to be a real human bean. being. whichever. I was so obnoxious about this movie when I watched it with my now-ex gf that I wish I could siphon the memory of it out of her brain, because I kept pointing at actors I knew.

Green room (2015)

This is the best punk parable I can think of. Litany against not reading the room, litany against being the hero when there's no one to save, litany against thinking shared trauma is gonna get you any pussy.

Lords of chaos (2018)

I'm obsessed with the band Mayhem there is no other explanation.

There will be blood (2007)

WILD WEST TOXIC YAOI. I'm not apologizing for this summary and I'm not elaborating.

Butch Cassidy and the sundance kid (1969)

I don't know. I watched this in the wee hours of the morning with my best friend and actually cried about it. Doomed criminals and a famous final stand.

Saw (2004)

I used to watch Saw movies when I lived in the trailer park while hiding from my family in a neighbor's place so I don't know if these movies are good or if I needed to watch tortureporn to relax bcs the roof leaked on my bed when it rained? But I think everyone should at least watch the first movie or how are you going to play any games?

Chernobyl diaries (2012)

I walked out of this movie shaking head to toe and couldn't think about anything else for months. I don't think I'd be as scared now but I can't say if that's because I'm not 16 anymore. Warning against going into a dangerous situation with a guy you met off Craigslist.

Constantine (2005)

Demon hoards, evil angels, catholic bullshit, 9/10.

The neverending story (1984)

Well after all that let's reinstate some whimsy into our souls again bcs this is the Jim Henson Power Hour. This one is just a solid entry point into "puppets are fun and practical effects are my best friend".

The dark crystal (1982)

My babysitters put this on for me as a bed-time story when I was five (5) years old and I do not believe I slept, I think they regretted this and had to tell my parents what they did. But now I will never stop making Skeksis noises at people I love.

Labyrinth (1986)

Y'know the phenomenon of alt teens and preteens dating young adult men who are total and complete losers, including actual band members? It's not that this pre-dates any of that, but I believe it does a good job representing it through the lens of a modern fairy tale. Like when you watch this you have to realize this is wish fulfillment for people who want to be Sarah because their age-gap goth boyfriend in the real world is a manipulative disappointment.

Pacific rim (2013)

Love letter to the mecha and kaiju genre(s). Makes no sense, compels me though.

Eurotrip (2004)

This is the movie "Scotty doesn't know" is from. Some high schoolers fuck off to Europe and have the most misadventure possible. It's somehow exactly the kind of cringe humor you would expect from the 00's without being cruel or overly disgusting. I used to watch a lot of really bad 00's comedies and this is a good one I promise. Scussie.

Hamlet (1996)

Personality point, I think this is the best version on film because the guy actually looks like how I envisioned Hamlet. Ignore your girl! Avenge your dad!

Advantageous (2015)

This movie goes in on the connection between race and class in a sci-fi future where you can change the former through predatory, dangerous cosmetic surgery.

Gravity (2013)

This is my go-to movie when I need to sob like a sick little baby. Space travel as a metaphor for motherhood, spaceships as the womb, scientists are the babies who left their babies back on earth. It's about what you give up in the name of fulfilling your human urge for the unknown.

All clear on the western front (2022)

Thee anti-war fillum. Very well done. I never recovered from one of the final scenes to the point I wrote a final paper on it. Without spoiling it, the Ending gave me the feeling of when you're a kid and you want to go play, but you're grounded and you fall asleep listening to your friends outside in the street. I hope this sentence ruins your life if you watch this movie.

Inglorious basterds (2009)

They lock some nazis in a theatre and set them on fire, good cinema.

Shadow dancer (2012)

Domhnall Gleeson in one of his classically pathetic twink roles but its about British imperial violence and Irish reactionary violence.

Logan (2017)

Good art film, a story about dementia, legacies, and why putting children in cages is fucking evil.

The batman (2022)

Weird art film, next question.

Joker (2019)

I do not care about the opinions of straight men who watch things uncritically, this is a good movie because of the depictions of poverty in the US. I don't believe this needed to be about the DC Joker this should have been a standalone art film about a mime.

Dragonheart (1996)

Medieval era dragon nonsense, I will never be convinced this is a bad movie.

Sleeping beauty (1959)

Personality trait was rooting for the dragon.

Snow dogs (2002)

I'm not defending this one it stands on its own, please watch this movie if you wanna see Cuba Gooding Jr. bite a husky's ear so it'll stop ruining his life.

Luck of the irish (2001)

This movie is genuinely so bad I have considered it some kind of hate crime since the day it came out, because I watched this the day it was a direct-to-TV movie. I think I was too young to feel insulted but I was deeply, deeply bemused.

Black swan (2010)

There is a woman inside her and she is trying to crash the plane. Can I get away with calling this foe-yay yuri also? I'm going to.

I, tonya (2017)

Sufjan Stevens' song "Tonya Harding in Eb major" makes me so unreasonably emotional, so one day I watched this movie and then the film of the 1988 Calgary Olympics in the living room while all of my housemates had to sneak around in the dark. This is just a solid movie about ambition, betrayal, abuse, tragedy, and having to get over it and move on because you're not dead yet.

Phantom of the opera (2004)

Whatever was going on in Labyrinth, this is the adult version. Weird man in a sewer possessing a soprano. I think there's some gender happening here but it gets a little lost under the love(?) triangle.

A knights tale (2001)

Just go watch some more medieval nonsense, it's good for you, its fun.

White chicks (2004)

I'm not defending this choice, it's a good movie. "You were thinking it" "Yeah but you said it" there are some phrases you could use to see if I had been replaced with a body double and this is one of them.

Heathers (1988)

Ouughhgh ough oh. Personality trait. Watched this because I kept listening to the musical soundtrack, love both but agree the themes are much tighter in the movie. This is just a fun schlock to tell teens life is stupid and difficult and bad things will happen, so don't abandon your friends.

Priscilla queen of the desert (1994)

Classic homo fillum, if you wonder why I write Gilbert Like That it's partially because of the mean little fruit from this movie. It's about the Aussie drag scene and who belongs in the queer community.

300 (2006)

I'm not sure that I would call this a "good" movie, but it's a classic as far as I'm concerned. This is the "THIS IS SPARTA" movie.

The foreigner (2017)

I actually don't remember the plot of this one too solidly but the suspense and action were solid, and I enjoyed the setup. Good for if you wanna be really pissed off for two hours.

Conan the barbarian (1982)

Look at me. Look into my eyes. You're going to watch this movie. You're going to think about the wheel of pain and you're going to go wow, this is so stupid. Don't look away I'm not done. You're going to watch this movie and then you're going to get a couple of paper towel tubes and find someone to beat the shit out of each other with the tubes.

Law abiding citizen (2009)

I don't know I think watching this movie changed my brain chemistry in very special ways. Guy fucking loses it and becomes a problem for his local community by kidnapping and torturing people who killed his family. Cathartic and vile.

Black dog (1998)

:D DO YOU WANNA WATCH AN ACTION MOVIE ABOUT AN 18-WHEELER?

The hunt for red october (1990)

Almost forgot this one. Lithuanian Submariner off the shits, goes rogue, I'm not sure what accent Sean Connery is going for, I get the impression he just showed up to gigs and did whatever he wanted.

[londonlingo]

Differences in Irish English vs British English

-Prepositions:

Irish people use more prepositions. It’s anecdotal but my Dad always likes to reference the joke of a parent saying to their kid: “get out from behind that thing behind which you are currently stood”

-Tenses (To be or not to be after doing?)

Where a Brit has “just done something”, and Irishman will “after doing” it. For example, in his  1988 novel “The Commitments”, Roddy Doyle writes: “I'm after rememberin'. I forgot to bring mine back. It's under me bed.”  That is to say that character just remembered in that moment.

-Yes/No

For the Portuguese reader this may seem natural; in Ireland they are less likely to use yes or no. Instead they opt for using the verb again. Think: “Would you like a cup of tea?” “I would”. This may stem from the Irish language’s lack of the words yes and no.

-Religious influences in everyday speech:

Irish has been known to be “the most Catholic country in the world” so its like surprise that such phrases have entered into everyday vernacular:

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, - This is used to expressed surprise 

Jesus H. Christ - This is used in anger, surprise, frustration or for humour (I would if Jesus has different initials internationally!)

-Individual bits of vocab

Press = Cupboard 

Hot press = Airing cupboard

Gas = Great

To give out = To tell off a child 

Yer man/yer wan = Any man/ woman that you’re referring to

Grand = Good/fine

Acting the maggot = Messing around or acting up

On the lash = Out drinking

Give it a lash= Give it a go

Now we’re suckin’ diesel = Now this is a phrase to mean something has started to go right

Effin’ and blindin’ = Swearing

Eejit = An insult for an idiot

I’ve been feeling homesick so here’s a list of differences between Irish English and British English inspired by my Irish da. Anyways go watch The Banshees of Inisherin -a good Irish film (pronounced fillum)

[engineer-gunzelpunk]

Traintober 2024: The Film (A Steam Train Passes)

This next loco doesn’t need all that much introduction. Though my special interest is the Victorian Railways, it would be remiss of me to exclude the great 3801 from my sentient train AU; not just because of her fame as Australian’s best known engine, but the part her presence played in preservation and railfan culture generally.

Coincidentally, a celebration the 50th anniversary of the release of the film A Steam Train Passes featuring 3801 in the starring role has been announced this week for next year!

Off Camera

"01, you can't be serious...", moaned the scriptwriter.

"Does it look like I am laughing? I want you to put them in the opening scene…’

3801 gazed imperiously at the scriptwriter from her berth as they were working out ideas for the film they were shooting.

When the director came up with the idea of making a film about a day in the life of 3801, all parties involved needed to be consulted. The star herself was not short on suggestions.

"This is bizarre, most people won't even recognise the engines as a reference to the Railway Series..."

"Believe me, people in the know will get the hint, however subtle... to those who don’t, it will just be shots of nice looking steam engines… I am not asking you to paint one of my remaining C38 sisters in blue and call her Gordina…’

‘Also I’ve seen you humans put in things that you like in fillums all the time… Even if they gave nothing to do with the plot…’

I’m being lectured on mise en scene by a giant pickle on wheels…

Who is showing films to this machine for Christ’s sake?

‘3616 Giesel is an emerald green 4-6-0, an obvious stand in for Henry…’

‘I suggest a shot of H381 as a nod to James’

"But he's doesn’t even look like James in the books…’

3801’s face barely flinched.

"So? The suggestion of a brass dome and red paint is plenty! The kids can put two and two together. I shouldn't have to lecture you on the use of color and shape as an evocative motif…’

How does an engine know about film making techniques?

She was implacable. The scriptwriter had heard she could be very strongwilled when it came to things like this.

He had never worked with a machine that talked before, and was finding it a bit of an experience.

Particularly one who was as switched on to the importance of image and perception as she was. She was far, far too clever about the power of images for a mere machine.

They continued reading the script together, making changes here and there.

"One more thing... I want you to put a lingering shot of the scrap roads in the opening scene..."

‘It would have a of a bit of a depressing effect…’ he said.

Her face for the first time since the meeting started changed, from stern careerwoman to aggrieved survivor; her smooth forehead creasing up.

She blinked, recomposed herself and her stern expression returned.

‘It’s not meant to be depressing, it’s meant to be sobering and bittersweet…’

‘I don’t need to impress upon you the gravity of our situation even in preservation…’.

The scriptwriter looked at her straight on and tilted his head.

‘’01, I do get it. It hasn’t been that long since you were set aside… and it’s still raw for you…‘

‘lt’s not just that. The scrapping still continues, even with me in preservation… I can’t help but think of one’s that were not so fortunate…, my other streamlined sisters…’

‘If I can’t save other engines directly, I can at least use my fame and influence to win over hearts and minds to us… what good am I to what remains of the NSWGR fleet if I don’t do that?’

Silence for a while.

‘I see you’ve learnt how human propaganda techniques work, ‘01…’

She smiles.

‘When you get to be as famous as me, and then you lose that love and adulation, and manage to claw it back through luck, guile and a bit of help, you really do learn what humans seem to like…’

The scriptwriter looked thoughtful.

‘Shall we bring in your driver and fireman then?’

‘Yes…’

‘Shall we bring your old friend Jack Sparkes in, too?’

Her face softened and her eyes brighten.

‘Of course!’

[supermariomamafucker]

Ive been calling them fillums lately and i forgot it was because of him.

[fuckyeahfightlock]

Shared my holiday viewing with my little, today, and tried out this new animated Bri'ish fillum on Netflick called That Christmas.

Despite the fact it explicitly goes out of its way to mock Love, Actually, guess what structure this movie loosely follows? That's right, simultaneous but not fully intertwined stories of many characters in orbit around a central location (a Northern English village called Wellington-on-Sea). A bunch of parents go to a wedding and leave their bunch of kids alone together. The "new kid" in town is lonely because his single mum works like mad and his no-good father disappoints him by repeatedly not showing up. The schoolteacher is a strict battleaxe who's secretly lonely. Twin sisters Sam and Charlie are the "nice one" and the "naughty one"--and Santa knows it. The lighthouse keeper's elderly mum is dying, and a huge blizzard not only cancels the town's parade and sing-along, but also separates kids from parents on Christmas eve.

"Naughty" Charlie is one of these spirited, outgoing, pain-in-the-ass children who's always scheming and pranking and causing her straight-laced twin no end of worry. She reminded me of a child I know quite well, on the one hand, but also got me thinking about a couple of conversations I've had with my friend Toni, who is a social worker over there in England, about the English use of the term "naughty" as it applies to children. While in the US we tend to label bad behaviour as "naughty," English naughtiness describes the actual child. Toni often talks (affectionately) about "my naughty kiddos" when he refers to the children he works with; we would never say that here. I do think labeling behaviour is probably less damaging to peoples' perceptions of children; a child who exhibits occasional naughty behaviour is basically the same as every other child, while a "naughty child" is just inherently bad and slightly rotten. Anyway.

The other thing I was thinking about was: if you write (and I suppose, read) enough fic, eventually every piece of media you consume will in some way remind you of something from a fic. In this case, it was the lonely lighthouse keeper, and the lighthouse itself, which both have a hero moment near the end of the movie when Lighthouse Bill uses the light to help find a lost child in the snowy wilds at the edge of the village. Just in case you're new here, I once wrote a fic about a lonely lighthouse keeper, and later expanded it into an entire novel about a lonely lighthouse keeper and his suicidal boyfriend.

You can buy the book here. I reread it about six months ago; still good.

The movie is cute, tolerable even to me, an adult who generally does not enjoy kids' media. Some of you will care that Rhys Da rby's voice is in it. Can't find any gifs; it's brand new this week, I think.

[villaneve-love]

My favorite biological women have a new Netflick episode out today! A solid 32:34 video of them commenting on this fillum, I am so happy 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️👄💞👸👸

[kylo-wrecked]

Say you are having a sleepover. Who is most hospitable, you or Ben?

a) qué

b) if we're talking the senator's son, probably ben. he's "do you want the couch? the bed? the other bed? the other other bed? how many towels? do you like movies? okay, that's a so bad it's bad movie, do you want to watch a fiLlUm? i will make you whatever you want for breakfast i will bend over backwards, literally, if you want? i have fifteen different coffees, i—" you can leave your fluids and your material stuff all over his floor and he's happy as a clam to have you there.

i'm militaristic. "this is your confined sleeping area, this is how the shower works, this is your pillow, this is your rifle, you see a closed door? knock, phone volume OFF, never come up behind me while i'm in the kitchen unless you want to be jumpscared back, breakfast options are porridge with compote or (the best) eggs, the Bustelo, you're out by 10 AM." i'm also mom chasing after you with a dustpan, i'm DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES ON MY FLOOR OR I... will fold them myself... ?? >.>

[ennaih]

Every Film I Watch In 2023:

77. Angel On My Shoulder (1946)

[greenvillainredemption]

We don't know, like, too much about G3 Ghoulia since she hasn't appeared much yet, but I'll try to list most everything we do know:

In the live-action movie, which is a separate continuity from the cartoon and dolls, she's kind of the "weird" girl. I don't mean that in a negative way though- I mean she's the kid that, like... When Clawdeen first meets her she acts in a spooky/dazed/ominous way as a way to, like, prank/spook her? But when Clawdeen doesn't react to it she's just like "aw man" and properly talks to her. She also sleeps in a graveyard in the school rather than in the dorms, and when the main trio is sneaking around in there she'll rise up like in an old zombie movie to make a funny comment.

Ghoulia being the smartest ghoul in school isn't really like, a thing anymore? Probably because of the thing with Frankie's brain being made up of the greatest minds in monster history. But she IS still a nerd! Or at least, it's mentioned she has fast fingers for playing videos game (see the grimtendo screech her basic doll comes with) and her skateboard has Dead Fast on the bottom (her favorite comic superhero in G1)

Speaking of her skateboard, while Ghoulia has always had the taste for things like that (see: her Scooter in G1) G3 seems to be leaning more into it, probably to make up for her no longer being the smart one, so now she's kind of more predominantly a skater girl- her skateboard allows her to go faster than her undead legs can, but she's supposedly not the best at stopping. "It's a good thing zombies don't feel pain!"

She is also part of the Casketball team, alongside Lagoona, Heath, and Deuce. Also Probably Clawdeen and Clawd in the future. This may be a reference to how she fought for zombies to have the right to play in G1.

According to Lagoona's music video, Ghoulia's her bestie. We haven't seen them interact in the show yet, but some leaked episode synopses seem to suggest this is true. In the live-action movie, though, Lagoona's only seen as Cleo's bestie, with Ghoulia just being a fun minor character that shows up on occasion.

One of the concept designs for Ghoulia's appearance in the show has her with Ramona Flowers' hairstyle in the Scott Pilgrim vs the World fillum.

Her design doesn't really feature red anymore :( which sucks cuz red was her theme color in G1 and they incorporated it into her design sooo well, like, when you look at her you don't immediately register her as wearing a lot of red, but when you look closer for it you'll notice almost every piece she's wearing is red. Meanwhile in G3 most everything she wears is black (sometimes white or gray) with the occasional pop of bright lime or hot pink, with the only actual colored piece being her weird plastic-y neon pink skirt, which I really think should've been red pants instead...

She can turn her head 360 degrees.

I feel like i'm missing something but this is all that comes to mind soooo there!

Aaaaaa that’s so fun! So she’s a bit of a daredevil now aaaa I love that??? Really cool how they tie in the old scooter thing into her new vibe. Thanks for sharing!! :D

[skribeworks]

Is Cinema Dead? It might be for me.

Recently, I read snail’s blog posts, fillums and filmfest, about missing film festivals. My wife and I used to attend a lot of them, back in the day, especially the italian or French festivals in Cinema Paradiso in Northbridge. In fact, we used to watch a lot of movies. Some at festivals, some at the regular cinemas, and some at the outdoor cinemas that used to open during the summer months in Kings Park and at Burswood. But those days are long past.