#karyn lee

[andiree]

GUYS, the cover for Ready or Not was just revealed by SimonTeen! 🤗 I’ve been sitting on this for what feels like millennia, and I’m so excited to finally get to share it with you 💞 And I miiiight be biased, but this is my fave cover yet. It’s really really wild seeing my name up there. TY to Karyn Lee for the direction, my color balancing queen 👑 Pre-order yours today, tell your friends, tell your mom, tell the rando on the subway 🗣️ And read more about Ready or Not and other upcoming titles of Summer 2024 here!

[what-the-toad-likes]

Cover Art Illustration is by Karyn S Lee!

Find her here:

[andythelemon]

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[lais-a-ramos]

one thing that got my attention in the sneak peak/season 3 premiere date reveal about that scene of lottie being choked is that courtney's expression seems a bit serene, almost defiant

and, of course, it's just a frame and we can't know the entire context yet

but, based on the comment @periwinklekryptonite (thank you, chris <3) made on discord about how, if it's travis, there's a parallel with the scene of travis' death and lottie accidentaly letting him die bc she saw laura lee's ghost, i have the theory that maybe this is how the idea that you have to almost die to contact the wilderness comes from

like, maybe teen lottie is desperate to contact the wilderness again, especially after how last season ended, in which, according to director karyn kusama's interview for harpers bazaar, lottie may have realized the others will do what they feel like doing and lottie might not matter much in this scenario

so, desperate to find a purpose, maybe teen lottie realizes that she was able to have visions when she was on the brink of death -- the food court vision when she almost died of hypothermia, and also her visions of javi's death when she was literally fighting for her life after being brutally beaten down by shauna

and, so, she asks travis for help, bc maybe he might be easier to convince than the others due to feeling lost after his brother javi died

anyways, this is just a theory, and definetely not the only possible scenario

we don't even know if it's travis, and it might as well be ben!!!!

but, i think it'd be an interesting parallel with adult timeline

it would also help to explain why travis asked for lottie's help of all ppl in adult timeline

and, most of all, it would be a way to flesh lottie's character out by showing how she feels about the wilderness and her faith during a faith crisis of sorts

(disclaimer.: i don't ship travlot neither romantically or sexually, but i think their dynamic is too intriguing, especially bc lottie is one of the girls who, in courtney eaton's own words for vulture magazine post-1x09, sexually assaulted travis.

and yet he not only became one of her most loyal and enthusiastic acolytes -- he literally spilled his own blood with no hesitation after lottie asked him to, in that offering to save shauna's and the baby's lives --, but also is seemingly the only wilderness survivor who knew where lottie was before the events of adult timeline in season 2

the showrunners already confirmed during paley fest panel last year that there's no love triangle thing and there is no romance

but, that's the thing, platonic bonds are worthy of talking about as well

especially one as mysterious as this one)

[mappingthemoon]

Movies/TV Watched 2024

Asteroid City (Wes Anderson, 2023)

Nomadland (Chloé Zhao, 2020)

Cordelia (Adrian Shergold, 2019)

The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)*

Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992)*

Avatar (James Cameron, 2009)

Child’s Play (Tom Holland, 1988)*

Train (Gideon Raff, 2008)

Silent Hill (Christophe Gans, 2006)

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (PBS American Masters) (Amanda Kim, 2023)

Past Lives (Celine Song, 2023)

Basic Instinct [Director’s Cut] (Paul Verhoeven, 1992)*

In Cold Blood (Richard Brooks, 1967)

What Lies Beneath (Robert Zemeckis, 2000)

Fellini Satyricon (Federico Fellini, 1969)

Significant Other (Dan Berk, Robert Olsen; 2022)

The Mimic (Huh Jung, 2017)

Extinction (Miguel Ángel Vivas, 2015)

The Visit (M. Night Shyamalan, 2015)

The Hole in the Ground (Lee Cronin, 2019)

Batman (Tim Burton, 1989)

Cronos (Guillermo del Toro, 1993)

Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013)

Our Flag Means Death [szn 2] (2023)

Wes Craven Presents: They (Robert Harmon, 2002)

Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey, 1962)

Leviathan (George P. Cosmatos, 1989)

Rick and Morty [szn 5] (2021)

Dark Skies (Scott Stewart, 2013)

Insidious: Chapter 2 (James Wan, 2013)*?

Insidious: Chapter 3 (Leigh Whannell, 2015)

Insidious: The Last Key (Adam Robitel, 2018)

Insidious: The Red Door (Patrick Wilson, 2023)

American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973)*?

The Pope’s Exorcist (Julius Avery, 2023)

Independence Day (Roland Emmerich, 1996)*

Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997)*

The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)*

Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023)

Angels & Insects (Philip Haas, 1995)*?

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (Eli Craig, 2010)

The Purge (James DeMonaco, 2013)

4/20 Massacre (Dylan Reynolds, 2018)

The Fast and the Furious (Rob Cohen, 2001)

Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal (PBS American Experience) (Jamila Ephron, 2024)

Beetlejuice (Tim Burton, 1988)*

The Signal (William Eubank, 2014)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Tim Burton, 2024)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Osborne; 2004)

Felix the Cat: The Movie (Tibor Hernádi, 1988)

Speak No Evil (James Watkins, 2024)

Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964)*?

The Portrait of a Lady (Jane Campion, 1996)

Sisters with Transistors (Lisa Rovner, 2020)

Holy Smoke! (Jane Campion, 1999)

Shock Treatment (Jim Sharman, 1981)*

Space: The Longest Goodbye (Ido Mizrahy, 2023)

House of Wax (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2005)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Bill Melendez, 1979)*

Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker (Chris McKim, 2020)

Longlegs (Osgood Perkins, 2024)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen, 2000)*

Tess (Roman Polanski, 1979)

Barbarian (Zach Cregger, 2022)

Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990)*

Jennifer’s Body (Karyn Kusama, 2009)

Rick and Morty [szn 6] (2022)

The Seeding (Barnaby Clay, 2024)

Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990)*

Beatles ’64 (David Tedeschi, 2024)

Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara (Erin Lee Carr, 2024)

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (Richard Williams, 1977)*

Rick and Morty [szn 7] (2023)

Five Nights at Freddy’s (Emma Tammi, 2023)

Immaculate (Michael Mohan, 2024)

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told (P. Frank Williams, 2024)

The Booksellers (D. W. Young, 2019)*

His House (Remi Weekes, 2020)

Time Cut (Hannah MacPherson, 2024)

Don’t Move (Adam Schindler, Brian Netto; 2024)

Carry-On (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2024)

Subservience (S. K. Dale, 2024)

The Muppet Christmas Carol (Brian Henson, 1992)*

May December (Todd Haynes, 2023)

Horse Girl (Jeff Baena, 2020)

Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)*

Movies/TV watched 2024; asterisks * are rewatches, asterisks w/question marks *? are rewatches I couldn’t remember having seen before but had a vague sense of familiarity and/or I found evidence of watching elsewhere in my archive. Struck titles were unfinished (I absolutely loved the book In Cold Blood but dozed off a bunch during the movie; Under the Skin seemed promising but I had to turn it off because I could NOT emotionally deal with the baby on the beach.)

This year I treated myself to some old weird nostalgia movies on VHS (YouTube or Internet Archive links provided when available). We have a decent collection of thrifted DVDs and we borrow a lot of movies from the library. Occasionally I’ll sign up for a month of a streaming service if there’s something ~exclusive~ we want to watch, and then we’ll end up watching whatever horror garbage is offered. Honestly, I think “meh, it was okay” was my main reaction to a lot of the movies I watched this year? Kind of a bummer.

Favorites in 2024: BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE!!!!! I just loved everything about it :D I thought it was aesthetically the right amount of Tim Burton without being *too much* Tim Burton, ya know? (Love movie environments that feel like a dark ride!) Beetlejuice is a forever favorite, one of my earliest “crushes” (proving that I have absolutely never had good taste in men & that as early as age 4 I yearned for a witty dirtbag prankster to show up and “promptly whisk [me] off from [my] ordinary life into wacky adventures in the land of the dead” [description from the box set of the animated series, yikes lmao; my other fave beginning around this time was Doctor Who lol, obvious underlying theme is obvious]). ANYway, BJ BJ was also the first movie we saw in theatres post-covid! Not necessarily due to covid-related concerns, but just like, idk, being busy and frugal homebodies. And I guess since more theatres are offering restaurant food nowadays, they’re making it more difficult to sneak food in (no bags allowed), booooo.

Other faves: Asteroid City (I’m not usually a Wes Anderson person but this was visually stunning), His House, Poor Things. The Seeding was pretty wild, if heavy-handed. Tho I kind of thought *everything* about male/female relationships in horror movies I saw this year was getting pretty heavy-handed :/ Sisters with Transistors was a cool documentary about women (Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Wendy Carlos, Pauline Oliveros, et al.) in the early days of electronic music, dreamily narrated by Laurie Anderson (*heart-eyes*). Beatles ’64 was surprisingly okay! I *really* appreciated the interviews with people who were young Beatlemaniacs back in the ‘60s, hearing (mostly) women talk about how the Beatles represented a new way of being masculine, how liking the Beatles could provide a sense of agency for women navigating their own desires, etc. That was a cool perspective which I do not personally encounter very often in the Beatles cinematic universe. (For background: My two most recent long-term relationships have been with indie musicians who just happen to be extremely obsessed with the Beatles, so I’ve spent the past 17+ years absorbing deep dives about how great they are, and while I like many of their songs and Understand Their Position of Importance in the History of Pop/Rock/Human Culture, I just do not give a fuuuck on a personal level. But I do still begrudgingly respect my partner’s interest enough to occasionally watch a Beatles documentary with him.)

[ironworked]

60 Sec Rec: Halt and Catch Fire

I'm going to borrow from a Vox article for the summary and a reason to watch:

"[...] originally set up the series as a conventional antihero drama about the sneering, self-proclaimed genius Joe Macmillan, who hijacks a small Texas computer manufacturer in the early 1980s and tries to get it to build his dream machine. He’s joined in this by two computer whizzes who can do the work while Joe offers the Steve Jobs-style bravado — Gordon Clark and Cameron Howe. These early episodes struggled to stand out from the glut of other antihero dramas rattling around in the 2010s. Yet they’re also necessary for setting up the series’ larger idea, which is that Joe might think he’s a genius, but the thing he really needs is to be tempered and improved by the people around him." [Vox]

"It also absolutely nails a tone that’s tricky to manage: optimism, tempered with a sense of how hard it is to accomplish anything with real meaning in this world." [Vox]

This show is a stand-out for the way it focuses on its characters and their relationships. Very rarely have I seen a show that lets all its protagonists be brilliant, and assholes, and sad, and flawed, much less one that lets them not just evolve but change their dynamics. Their arguments make sense, you can see why they're drawn to each other and also why they fight.

It has some scenes that will have you teary-eyed even if you're not a crier, because they're just so... they feel so real, so true.

Created by Christopher Cantwell and Christipher C. Rogers (Paper Girls, Lodge 49). Written by the showrunners, plus Jamie Pachino (Chicago PD, Fairly Legal), Zack Whedon (Southland, Fringe), Jason Cahill (Fringe, The Sopranos), Mark Lafferty (White Collar). Directed by Juan José Campanella (Law & Order SVU), Karyn Kusama (In Treatment, Yellowjackets), Daisy von Scherler Mayer (Yellowjackets, Bosch). Starring Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy, Kerry Bishé, Mackenzie Davis, Toby Huss, Annabeth Gish, ... Kathryn Newton (10 eps).

Previous: Deadloch - Dead Boy Detectives - The Tick - This Close - Kung Fu - Nancy Drew - Kevin Can Fuck Himself - Silo - The Flight Attendant - Severance - Hacks - Hit The Floor - Black Sails - 12 Monkeys - T@gged - The Diplomat - The Mick - Timeless - UnReal - Kings - All Rise - Barry

[doormouseetcappendix]

Best Films Of 2023 11-20

John Wick Chapter 4 directed by Chad Stahelski

Infinity Pool directed by Brandon Cronenberg

Godzilla Minus One directed by Takashi Yamazaki

Scavenger's Reign directed by Joseph Bennett, Charles Huettner, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Vincent Tsui, Rachel Reid, Christine Jie-Eun Shin, Diego Porral

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 4 directed by James Gunn

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Theives directed by John Frances Daley & Jonathan Goldstien

Beef directed Hikari, Jake Schreier, Lee Sung Jin

Dead Ringers directed by Sean Durkin, Karena Evans, Lauren Wolkstein, Karyn Kasuma

The Fall Of The House Of Usher directed by Mike Flanagan & Michael Fimognari

Saltburn directed by Emerald Fennell

[uttersorcery]

10 Horror films for Halloween

By David K Frampton

The Curse Of Frankenstein (Terrence Fisher 1957)

Hammer’s classic features a fine pair of performances from Chistopher Lee and Peter Cushing.

It also features the first time in cinema history to feature red blood. It’s so atmospheric and deep

And I love the way that Dr Frankestsein (Peter Cushing) becomes more and more evil as the film progresses yet somehow we still care about him. Classy early Hammer with tons of charm, atmosphere and darkness.

Les Yeux Sans Visage (Georges Franju 1960)

This French horror from the late 50s pioneers body horror. Beautifully shot and featuring some of the most haunting imagery of the era. There are some heart in mouth moments and a powerful performance my it’s cast…

Lake Mungo (Joel Anderson 2008)

This Australian horror flick might be the most terrifying movie I have ever seen…at least the most upsetting. But it is extremely well made and realised. A mockumentary with an edge it recounts the last days of a persons life. The gut wrenching finale is unforgettable and truly deeply scary.

Skinamirinck (Kyle Edward Ball 2022)

For true fear and originality try Skinamirink this film utilises atmosphere and tension to build a truly terrifying portrait of a young girl alone in her house. Too say anything more would spoil it but from a technical perspective this film uniquely creeps it’s way into your mind through showing and hiding key information leading to a disorientating and captivating stew of pure dread.

Raw (Julia Ducourno 2016)

Sometimes horror needs to be gut wrenching to truly have fun. And it doesn’t get much more gut wrenching than Raw. What makes this horror film so elemental is that this sort of pairs up as a coming of age tale as much as a cannibal horror. Beautifully shot and finely acted by Garance Marillier).

Jennifer’s Body (Karyn Kusama 2009)

Megan Fox arrived in this sensational witty and huge fun demon flick alongside Amanda Seyfried, writer Diablo Cody and director Karyn Kusama. The film deals with themes such as female sexuality, male gaze and the occult. It’s great fun, very bloody and somehow strangely moving.

From Beyond (Stuart Gordon 1986)

It’s always a pleasure to see some good old 80’s slime in a horror movie. This “slime classic” from Stuart Gordon is fun to watch, intense and woozy. When a scientist opens a portal to hell it is up to Jeffrey Combs to try and close it with disastrous results. This is a staple in the body horror diet as we witness flesh giving birth to flesh.

Audition (Takeshi Miike 1999)

Japan’s “Audition” is about as extreme as it gets as a film maker holds a fake audition to find a wife with terrible consequences. Takeshi Miike’s skill is to never let go of empathy for all of the characters leading to a finale that is both visceral and horrific aswell as heartbreaking. Essential horror.

Prevenge (Alice Lowe 2016)

If like me you think Alice Low is a genius then you’ll truly love her take on the slasher genre incredibly written and directed when she was pregnant. This movie contorts gender roles of men and women into new shapes as one nightmare situation bleeds into another. It’s dark…very dark but also shot with blackest humour. Stunning cinematography by Ryan Eddlestone.

Thanksgiving (Eli Roth 2023)

Eli Roth likes to make horror movies. He’s very good at them. And this is his best yet. My final entrance is a bit of fun. This slasher movie gets more and more crazy and gory as it progresses..almost a love letter to slasher movies the kills get more creative…and he keeps it in at a tight 90 minutes. It’s exhilarating, a little bit exploitative but the tension throughout is crafted immaculately.

[meddling-in-horror]

31 movies 31 days (kind of)

It's that time of year again folks, where I go insane and try to watch a movie a day for the entirety of October. You may see the addendum of 'kind of' attached to this years, and that's because I've decided to be rather ambitious: I'm watching 36 movies this year. This is in part due to a Halloween party hosted by a dear friend of mine, but whatever. You're here for the list, which is as follows:

X (2022, dir. Ti West) Pearl (2022, dir. Ti West) Maxxxine (2024, dir. Ti West) Satanic Hispanics (2022, anthology/multiple) Carrie (1976, dir. Brian De Palma) Blood Relatives (2022, dir. Noah Segan) Suitable Flesh (2023, dir. Joe Lynch) It's a Wonderful Knife (2023, dir. Tyler Macintyre) One Cut of the Dead (2017, dir. Shinichirou Ueda) Audition (1999, dir. Takashi Miike) A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014, Ana Lily Amirpour) Possession (1981, dir. Andrzej Żuławski) Jennifer's Body (2009, dir. Karyn Kusama) The Lure (2015, dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska) The Craft (1996, dir. Andrew Fleming) Stopmotion (2023, dir. Robert Morgan) Werewolves Within (2021, dir. John Ruben) The People Under the Stairs (1991, dir. Wes Craven) Def By Temptation (1990, dir. James Bond III) Day Shift (2022, dir. J. J. Perry) Candyman (1992, dir. Bernard Rose) Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022, dir. Halina Reijin) The Pope's Exorcist (2023, dir. Julius Avery) The Deliverance (2024, dir. Lee Daniels) It Follows (2014, dir. David Robert Mitchell) Run Rabbit Run (2023, dir. Daina Reid) Child's Play (1988, dir. Tom Holland) Child's Play 2 (1990, dir. John Lafia) Bride of Chucky (1998, dir. Ronny Yu) Seed of Chucky (2004, dir. Don Mancini) Trick r' Treat (2007, Michael Dougherty) You're Next (2011, dir. Adam Wingard) Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006, dir. Scott Glosserman) Tucker & Dale v.s Evil (2010, dir. Eli Craig) Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008, dir. Darren Lynn Bousman) Terrifier (2016, dir. Damien Leone) Most of these are relatively new, and I haven't seen 32 of the 36 of them, but I think it's a promising lineup. Plus, I can go in and elaborate on Obvious White Director Syndrome.

I'll also be posting some con round up things from the year in the beginning of November as well, since my last con of the year is coming up mid-October. This was a really good year for horror, and I was able to have some great conversations with some really fucking cool people (my favorites being Bonnie Aarons, Felicia Rose, Rachel True, and Terrance Zdunich).

That's all for now, but I'm going to be a mite more active than normal, as I'm working on scripting for the podcast and a few fun video essays.

[dear-indies]

hello!! i hope you are having a good timezone :) i’m currently looking for fcs for an afro-jamaican woman in her early to mid 50s, the character is meant to be mixed-race (black & white) but this isn’t strictly a necessity. thank you for your time, and for always speaking out for what is right. i hope you know that your work is incredibly valuable to the rpc ❤️

Michelle Hurd (1966) Afro-Jamaican / White.

Pepa / Sandra Denton (1966) Afro-Jamaican.

Skin / Deborah Anne Dyer (1967) Afro-Jamaican - is bisexual.

Sara Powell (1968) Afro-Jamaican.

Karen Robinson (1968) Afro-Jamaican.

Karyn Bryant (1968) Afro-Jamaican.

Roxanne Beckford (1969) Afro-Jamaican.

Yanna McIntosh (1970) Afro-Jamaican.

Kathryne Dora Brown (1971) Afro-Jamaican / White.

Lorraine Pascale (1972) Afro-Jamaican.

Nadine Marshall (1972) Afro Jamaican.

Tanya Moodie (1972) Afro-Jamaican.

Beverley Knight (1973) Afro-Jamaican.

Macka Diamond (1973) Afro-Jamaican.

Marsha Stephanie Blake (1974) Afro-Jamaican.

Robinne Lee (1974) African-American.

I'm awful at saying thank you but your kind words mean so much and I hope you find these suggestions useful for your character! ❤️

[barelysanereviews]

2022 Top Hits: We're back! Sort of

Hello, 2023. Hello, same old us. We're hopping back in here to share some life updates and tell you about some movies, series, and books that made our hearts expand in 2022. How have you been, Barely Sane friends? We wish you a year of ease this 2023.

Colleen

2022 was kind of a whirlwind for me. I did this thing at the start of the year where I wrote myself a hopeful letter. It kind of steered me into this path of exploration, of saying yes to new experiences. So naturally, a lot of new things happened and I didn't get to read/watch a lot of things. I also went back to taking my master's, so I died half of the year. I managed to watch 85 films and 38 shows and finish 22 books. Some of my favorites I have already shared in past posts, so the six things I'll share here are those that I haven't yet talked about.

Nobody Knows (2004) - Dir. Hirokazu Koreeda

I always talk about Koreeda because his work always manages to exceed expectations (wellll except for Broker, which was still good! but I don't like it as much as the other Koreeda films). Nobody Knows is one of his most-known films, so I had high expectations, but the film still exceeded that. This was a tender, quiet ache, and—as what Koreeda usually does—delves deep into issues of home and family, and the mundane flawedness of humans. Koreeda captured what it's like to be a child thrust into a harsh, indifferent world, but his characters aren't resentful or full of hatred. Until the end, they choose survival—but they also choose hope. Link to more info here.

2. The Worst Person in the World (2021) - Dir. Joachim Trier

I didn't think much about this film after I saw it, but I guess the fact that I still remember the plot months after having seen it says something. I wouldn't be friends with this girl, and I couldn't relate to some of her struggles, but I felt invested and I wanted her life to turn out fine. I also appreciated how Trier showed his unique style throughout the film, and there's even one sequence that I sometimes still think about to this day due to my curiosity about how it was shot. Not my ultimate favorite, but would recommend. Here is the synopsis.

3. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

There's nothing that hasn't already been said about this book, but I'm adding it to my list because it's one of the few memorable books I read last year. I found this very interesting because I didn't know a lot about the Korean diaspora in Japan. But this also tackles a lot of other things, aside from having a whole cast of characters whose depth made the story feel so real. I get that the TV adaptation changed a couple of things to make it more hopeful, because this one was tragic. It reminded me of Do Not Say We Have Nothing, which I also highly recommend.

4. Not Here to be Liked by Michelle Quach

I usually don't read young adult romance anymore, but the premise of this one reminded me of the type of YA that I liked. The main couple had clear chemistry and I think younger readers would appreciate how it tackles feminism. Looking forward to reading more Michelle Quach!

5. Yellowjackets (Season 1)

This one has a very interesting premise: a high school girl soccer team survives a plane crash in the 90s through (spoiler) a ~smattering~ of cannibalism and shady cult activity (spoiler). (Actually I'm not sure if this is still a spoiler since this is what it's known for). The show follows the girls before and immediately after the crash, and as adults with a dark past. This was thrilling, scary, and unpredictable, and I loved that this was executive produced by Karyn Kusama who directed Jennifer's Body. Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, and Juliette Lewis, and the girl from The Book Thief are part of the main cast. And Frodo is part of season 2, so yay!

6. Street Woman Fighter (Season 1)

I already talked about Our Beloved Summer and My Liberation Notes in another post, so I'm going to talk about a dance competition show instead to lure you into checking out Korea's reality/variety shows. Street Woman Fighter put a spotlight on the street dancers of Korea, and on top of that, the competing groups were really fun to watch. It made me want to try dancing, even though I have zero skills.

[arthropooda]

Ford Motor Plant

Zalika Azim, Teresa Baker, Mel Chin, Jeannette Ehlers, rafa esparza, Blas Isasi, Eisa Jocson, Maia Ruth Lee, Kelley-Ann Lindo, Karyn Olivier, Venuri Perera, Dewey Tafoya

[parkerbombshell]

Rules Free Radio Dec 3 2024

Tuesdays 2pm - 5pm  EST Rules Free Radio With Steve  Caplan bombshellradio.com On this week's Rules Free Radio with Steve Caplan, we'll hear new and current releases by 20/20, Side Play, The Fleshtones, Du Blonde, The Discarded, Willie Nelson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & The Flatliners, Military Genius, Tomin, Echo & The Bunnymen, Mike Stern, and a few others. I’ve got a lot of classics and in-betweens including The Grip Weeds, Mick Taylor, The Vapour Trails, The Fuzztones, Hendrix, Dylan, The Ramones, Cowboy Junkies, The Grateful Dead, Carlene Carter, Meatbodies, Massage, Marti Jones, David Bowie, Karyn Oliver, David Sylvian, Van Morrison, John Martyn, John Scofield, and a bunch more. Mick Taylor - Leather Jacket 20/20 - Laurel Canyon 2nd Grade - I Wanna Be On Your Mind Massage -  At the End of the World Chime School - Another Way Home Keith Klingensmith & The TM Collective- The World Turns All Around Her Side Play - That's when I found You The Grip Weeds - Tomorrow 20/20 - When The Sun Goes Down The Vapour Trails - See You In The Next World The Fleshtones - That's Why I'm Turning to You The Fuzztones - In Heat The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire Du Blonde - Solitary Individual The Discarded - Going Down to the Beach The Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance The Ramouns - I Get Around The Ramonas - Here Comes My Baby Cowboy Junkies - Ooh Las Vegas Aquaserge - Le Saut du Tigre Meatbodies - Silly Cybin Mark & The Clouds - The World Is Falling The Grateful Dead - Friend Of The Devil Willie Nelson - Keep Me In Your Heart John Gorka - Girl From The North Country Bob Dylan - She Belongs To Me Jimmie Dale Gilmore & The Flatliners - I Know You Carlene Carter - Between You and Me Frankie Siragusa - I'll Be on My Way Marti Jones - Follow You All Over The World Comet Gain - She Had Daydreams Nico - These Days Karyn Oliver - Cordelia David Bowie - Word on a Wing Military Genius - Darkest Hour David Sylvian - The Scent Of Magnolia The Blue Nile - She Saw the World Tomin - Movement Echo And The Bunnymen - What Are You Going To Do With Your Life Van Morrison - So Quiet In Here John Martyn - The Man in the Station John Scofield Vicente Aarcher Bill Stewart - Nothing Is Forever Mike Stern - Echoes John Pisano w/ Lee Ritenour - Whisper Not Read the full article

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Lista de películas que quiero ver

Un asunto de familia (2018) Hirokazu Koreeda

De tal padre, tal hijo (2013) Hirokazu Koreeda

Bleat (2022) Yorgos Lanthimos

The hawkline monster (2025) Yorgos Lanthimos

Uranisco disco (2002) Yorgos Lanthimos

Tipos de gentileza (2024) Yorgos Lanthimos

Necktie (2013) Yorgos Lanthimos

La sustancia (2024) Coralie Fargeat

Men behind the sun (1988) Tun Fei Mou

Metalhead (2013) Ragnar Bragason

La última casa a la izquierda (1972) Wes Craven

Mimic (1997) Guillermo Del Toro

Sorry to bother you (2018) Boots Riley

Entierro a los vivos (1958) Albert Band

La piel que habitó (2011) Pedro Almodóvar

Blade runner 2049 (2017) Denis Villenueve

Desobediencia (2017) Sebastián Lelio

Un Dios salvaje (2011) Roman Polanski

Happy together (1997) Wong Kar Wai

Viudas (2018) Steve Mcqueen

Viva erótica (1996) Law Chi Leung

Happy end (1999) Jung Ji-Woo

Jennifer’s body (2009) Karyn Kusama

Ichi el asesino (2001) Takashi Miike

Tras el cristal (1986) Agusti Villaronga

Amenaza en la sombra (1973) Nicolas Roeg

Desaparecida (1988) George Sluizer

Little joe: la flor de la felicidad (2019) Jessica Hausner

Little monster (2019) Abe Forsythe

Hounds of love (2016) Ben Young

La angustia del miedo (1983) Gerald Kargl

Profundo carmesí (1996) Arturo Ripstein

El estrangulador de boston (1968) Richard Fleischer

The gray man (2007) Scott L.Flynn

El estrangulador de rillington place (1971) Richard Fleischer

Summer of sam (1999) Spike Lee

Memoria de un asesino (2003) Bong Joon Ho

El cuervo (1994) Alex Proyas

The crow (2024) Rupert Sanders

Pearl (2022) Ti West

Good boy (2023) Viljar Bøe

Mother’s instinct (2024) Benoît Delhomme

Violent night (2022) Tommy Wirkola

Stuart: una vida al revés (2007) David Attwood

Monster (2003) Patty Jenkins

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RTARL PRESENTS COLLEGE FOOTBALL TV WATCH EM UPS 2023 SEASON: Week 8

I am completely out of sorts with this college football season. Miami being good so far and ranked #6 feels like a trick that can only end badly for me if I let myself get wrapped up in it. Can you believe it’s already rivalry week with the Canes playing host to the ghastly Florida State Seminoles, probably the worst preseason top 10 team of all time? If ever there was a game to embarrass the whole state of Florida it would be the Noles posting a fourth straight win over Miami. Hope for the best, expect the worst, accept and laugh at even worse than you could imagine. That’s the American way.

In other news it’s the biggest weekend of Spooky Season and I find myself desperately missing my favorite event in Los Angeles, the Aero Theater’s annual Horrorthon. For $35 you get to hang out in and around an old single screen theater in one of the bougiest neighborhoods in the country and watch a bunch of old horror movies and crazy interstitial programs (the first time I saw Too Many Cooks I assumed it was put on by the same people) for 16 straight hours and eat junk (Little Caesar’s, Subway, popcorn, Peet’s coffee and whatever energy drink the Cinematheque acquired this year) while surrounded by a community of fellow dorks (complimentary) in costume who wait all year for this.

Well, I can’t be in Santa Monica this weekend but I can still watch horror movies and eat junk. To that end, here is my hoped for playlist for a Horrorthon At Home ‘24:

TRAP (2024), dir: M. Night Shyamalan - This looks so silly it makes my teeth hurt. Does that make sense? No. Perfect.

THE MUMMY (1932), dir: Karl Freund - You can’t have a proper spooky movie marathon without at least one Universal monster and this one is streaming on Prime Video.

HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982), dir: Tommy Lee Wallace - The first time I watched this movie as an adult was at the Horrorthon and people believe me when I tell you Tom Atkins is cinema’s greatest hunk.

SINISTER (2012), dir: Scott Derrickson - Twelve years old already? Sigh. Time she is a goner.

THE MOUSE TRAP (2024), dir: Jamie Bailey - Looks pretty bad. Would be fun to heckle.

GORGO (1961), dir: Eugene Lourie - It’s a knockoff Godzilla. Gotta keep things light.

JENNIFER’S BODY (2009), dir: Karyn Kusama - I’ve never actually watched it. No time like the present.

THE BEYOND (1981), dir: Lucio Fulci - You have to close things out with something a little hard to watch. I’ve not seen this one but Italian horror movies are usually splatterfests so this should do it.

Design your own Horrorthon in the comments and have a spooky Halloween!

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COLOR PSYCHOLOGY from LidiaSeara on Vimeo.

-MUSIC- Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons "Summer" III.Presto

-LIST OF FILMS- Maleficent (2014), Robert Stromberg My Girl (1991), Howard Zieff Boyhood (2014), Richard Linklater Marie Antoinette (2006), Sofia Coppola Grease (1978), Randal Kleiser The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Wes Anderson Chicago (2002), Rob Marshall Mean Girls (2004), Mark Waters Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015), Christopher Landon The Wolf of Wall Street (2011), Martin Scorsese Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), David Yates Jennifer’s body (2009), Karyn Kusama Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), David Yates Moulin Rouge! (2001), Baz Luhrmann Belly (1998), Hype Williams Spring breakers (2012), Harmony Korine Legally Blonde (2001), Robert Luketic Whiplash (2014), Damien Chazelle Big Eyes (2014), Tim Burton Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), George Miller Only God forgives (2013), Nicolas Winding Refn Hard Candy (2005), David Slade The shining (1980), Stanley Kubrick The Aviator (2004), Martin Scorsese 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Stanley Kubrick Alice in Wonderland (2010), Tim Burton Fifty shades of Grey (2014), Sam Taylor-Johnson Inglourious Basterds (2009), Quentin Tarantino/Eli Roth American Beauty (1999), Sam Mendes Upstream color (2013), Shane Carruth Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Matt Reeves The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Wes Anderson The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Wes Anderson Born to be wild (2011), David Lickley Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Wes Anderson Skyfall (2012), Sam Mendes Apocalypse Now (1979), Francis Ford Coppola The Martian (2015), Ridley Scott Pan (2015), Joe Wright The Virgin Suicides (1999), Sofia Coppola Ruby Sparks (2012), Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), Alejandro G. Iñárritu Big Fish (2003), Tim Burton Her (2013), Spike Jonze Top Five (2014), Chris Rock Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Shekhar Kapur Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Wes Anderson Into the wild (2007), Sean Penn Life of Pi (2012), Ang Lee The tree of life (2011), Terrence Malick Lost River (2014), Ryan Gosling Melancholia (2011), Lars von Trier Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Mike Newell Fight Club (1999), David Fincher The Truman show (1998), Peter Weir The Revenant (2015), Alejandro G. Iñárritu Hugo (2011), Martin Scorsese Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Chris Columbus The Matrix Revolutions (2013), Andy Wachowski/Lana Wachowski Avatar (2009), James Cameron X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Bryan Singer