#leading actress

[klanced]

can we start placing bets about the live action voltron movie. everyone download draftkings right now

[emmynominees]

jean smart as deborah vance in season three of hacks

primetime emmy award winner for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series

[providence-park]

Ana de Armas as Joi

BLADE RUNNER 2049

2017 | Dir. Denis Villeneuve

[bootlegramdomneess]

if Sydney and Carmen's dynamic was purely platonic there wouldn't be this much awkwardness and tension between these two. Do you see how she interacts with Marcus vs how she interacts with Carmen?

The difference is so very clear and I won't go into detail about it because we all see it. There is so much tension between these two. It's a different kind of tension

Not to mention this...

and this

and this

and this

AND THIS

I'm a therapist. We have to be intuitive. We have to know people and their motivations through observing them, how they behave, what they say. I mean it's all right there in this dynamic. I'm typically not one to go this hard over fictional characters but I hate the feeling of being tricked on...Sure they can be friends. They respect each other yes, but

THEY ARE ALSO IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER STOP THIS TORTURE. STOP THIS MADNESS. PEOPLE WHO KEEP SAYING IT'S PLATONIC NEED TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND ASK YOURSELF DO I REALLY BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY PLATONIC OR DO I BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK (EITHER CONCIOUSLY OR SUBCONCIOUSLY), THIS BLACK WOMAN DESERVES TO BE WITH THE OTHER MAIN PROTAGONIST, THE HOT WHITE GUY?

[knownoshamc]

sorry not sorry to bring this up again, but

Netflix removed Palestinian movies. They (movie/tv industry) fired Melissa Barr.era, a latina actress that spoke against the genocide. They kept actors from St.ranger Thin.gs even though they openly support the genocide. They cut the scenes of May Cala/mawy, a Palestinian/Egyptian actress from a major movie. Those are the examples of the top of my head. Keeping Assad Zaman's name (a non christian name) out of the press/promotion and now out of the nomination, despite the fact that he had much more screen time than Sam, who will also be the lead the next season (so plenty time for him to shine), is just... not a coincidence.

And I don't think anyone in the US, or the world for that matter, doesn't know about these things happening, if not in the movie/tv industry, but in the world (US support of I.srael for example). So I can't accept that people that don't get (to put it mildly) why people find problematic that Assad is not nominated... don't fully know what's up. Just because some people want to pretend Assad is not a South Asian/Bengali Muslim, but a white Christian American/Brit, it doesn't make it so.

[the-woman-upstairs]

We’ve really got a “oh boy TWO cakes” scenario with both Immaculate and The First Omen in theaters right now. Highly recommend both if you’re a horror fan who enjoys films that take the Catholic Church to task for aiding and abetting in the abuse of women for the sake of gaining/maintaining power that also don’t hold back on depicting the full horror of pregnancy.

[cassatine]

"Margot had this pink day once a week, where everyone had to wear something pink. And if you didn’t, you were fined," says Gosling, 42. "She would go around collecting the fines, and she would donate it to a charity."

What the fuck what the fuck what the fuuuuuck

[starryalpacasstuff]

Fire (1996): A Mostly Spoiler Free Pitch Because You Should Watch It Immediately

It's time for "An Indian QL bulldozed past my expectations and I am reeling in awe", Part Two!

A few days ago, @neuroticbookworm told me about Fire, an old lesbian Indian movie she'd been wanting to watch. Me being me, I promptly tracked it down and settled in to watch it.

Very loosely based on the 1942 short story Lihaaf, the movie follows Sita, a newly wed bride who is settling in with her in-laws, which is how she meets Radha, who is married to her husband's brother. Both in unhappy marriages, they find solace and company with each other, quickly falling in love. Length: 1 Hour 40 Minutes TWs: Homophobia, C-word mentioned once, some depictions of domestic violence Release: 1996

The is almost entirely in English, and while one generally expects Bollywood movies to be in Hinglish, it's definitely a conscious choice here, which does make me wonder if the movie was supposed to be promoted to a greater international audience. You can find it here on Youtube, most of the (very few) Hindi dialogues have hard subtitles. I think it's also available on Prime? It wasn't available in India though, which is odd, but I didn't bother investigating. Let me know if anyone can figure anything out about this!

Going into this movie, I expected a melodramatic, emotional movie with a bittersweet tone. I did not expect a biting, incredibly engaging movie with excellent satire, symbolism, discussions of chastity culture, and an incredibly sweet, beautifully written romance. And I was certainly not prepared for how incredibly horny this movie is??? Both in subtle tension and overt sex scenes. There's also partial nudity, which again, completely unexpected. If you're going taboo, go taboo all the way I suppose. It's also very well directed, and while I'm not nearly as good at identifying details like that as some of the people on here, I did pick up on some colour coding and interesting framing. It's just overall packed with little details that I think a lot of us would have a field day analysing.

Honestly, I could talk about the cultural nuances in this movie for hours. Contrary to my assumption about the reasoning behind making the movie fully in English, the movie seems to rely on the viewer's understanding of North Indian customs to deliver a lot of it's messages, particularly with its satire, more on that below. While I don't think it's necessary to enjoy the movie, it definitely does add some meat to the story. Then again, I'm a biased party, so it'll be hard to determine just how many messages may be lost to someone from outside of India without someone to compare notes with (this is me shamelessly trying to get you to watch the movie). Honestly, I'd be 100% down to write a more detailed, spoiler-including post that goes into the implicit nuances if people are interested.

There's two main selling points for the movie; the incredible way it shuts down purity and chastity ideology and the absolutely adorable relationship between Radha and Sita. The movie is set on ruthlessly tearing down and emphasizing the ridiculousness of purity culture. A lot of the messaging is indirect and uses metaphors, but there's also several explicit scenes addressing the issue. It's one of the main themes of the movie and I'm almost convinced the real reason it's titled 'Fire' is the sheer number of burns it dishes out on this subject. The romance portion of this movie is one of the thing's that completely defied my expectations. It wasn't sad and dramatic, it was heartfelt and silly and adorable. There's several scenes of the two subtly flirting, laughing together and just being lowkey in love. But that's not to say there's no emotional depth—they're also there for each other and are quite vulnerable with each other.

The movie used a lot of metaphors, but my favourites were the almost satirical representation of mythological stories. In a religion as diverse as Hinduism, every holiday has two dozen stories behind it and each story has two dozen versions, so it's to be expected that you'll find a number of problematic or otherwise kind of ridiculous stories in the mix. The stories were told completely seriously, but the context of the movie highlights their absurd facets in a truly brilliant way. I'm not going to give too much away, but I will say, it was a delight to watch the juxtaposition of the myths and the storyline of the movie, particularly it's ties to the purity culture discussion. You'll understand when you watch it. I'm not turning this into a Hindu mythology lesson (yet) but one interesting tidbit is that Radha and Sita are both names of mythological figures; namely the partners of two of the most worshipped avatars of the god Vishnu: Krishna and Rama respectively. And I was overjoyed to find that their names do have relevance to the metaphors in the story, particularly Sita's.

When the movie was first released, there were massive protests against it, I'm talking hundreds of people storming into theatres to destroy them and drive away audiences. I don't know what to say here beyond this, but what I will say is that I think Fire is an amazing movie that absolutely does not deserve to be lost to the sands of time. I hope you give it a shot, and if you do, tag me in any posts you make about it!

Tagging people who seemed interested in recs from my last post, let me know if you'd rather I not tag you!

@lurkingshan @impala124 @bengiyo @letgomaggie @winnysatang

@watertightvines @nutcasewithaknife @blorbingqls @twig-tea

@waitmyturtles @cryingatships @benkaben @usertoxicyaoi

@befuddledcinnamonroll @flyingrosebeetle

[fukutomichi]

The King's Daughter (2022) directed by Sean McNamara Benjamin Walker as Captain Yves De La Croix

[riphertoshreds]

Debbie Harry in Roadie (1980). Photographed by Ron Harvey.

[lady-blodreina]

Jeon Yeo-Been as Hong Cha-Young in Episode 2

Vincenzo (2021)

[backscale-pivot-queen]

Hedy Lamarr in the Ziegfeld Follies, 1941

[jack-ackles]

i swear to god i'll riot if i don't see nicola coughlan at every award and red carpet events like met gala, cannes, oscars, emmys, golden globes and every after party... MY GIRL DESERVES THAT!!

[blackerthings]

LAUREN LONDON Netflix (Strong Black Lead, 2022)

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

chinese guzhuang styling in costume drama zheyao折腰

[clarabowlover]

Happy 79th Birthday To American Singer And Icon

Debbie Harry (Born 1st July 1945)