#simon donaldson

[garadinervi]

Concinnitas, Ampère's Law – Simon Donaldson, (aquatint; from a portfolio of ten), Curated by Dan Rockmore, Published by Bob Feldman of Parasol Press in collaboration with the Yale University Art Gallery and Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR, 2014, Executed by the Harlan & Weaver, Inc., New York, NY

Exhibition: Concinnitas, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY, December 17, 2015 – January 23, 2016

[florabellalove]

LET ME SPEAK MY TRUTH 🦢🫶🏼

sometimes I just want to read a reverse comfort fic about some big burly character absolutely breaking down, call it a saviour kink or whatever but there seems to be an absence in this world

[livefastdriveyoung]

A person can learn about a sport and come to like it through a WAG. Just saying. It's how I learned Football, because despite growing up in an American home, it wasn't until I realized that Gisele Bundchen was at that point married to one of them that I was like "huh, must be interesting."

If you've actively gotten into Football because of Taylor Swift, Hailee Steinfeld, or Olivia Culpo, or Simone Biles, or any other WAG, welcome. It's a really really complicated game of catch. Don't call it that to some people's faces, they will get very angry. You can cry when your team loses, you can cry when the other team has an underdog story. I cried like a baby over Brock Purdy. It's fun. Sports are fun.

If you got into F1 because of Nicole Scherzinger, first of all, hi, you're a real trooper. If you got into F1 because of Shakira, or Taylor, or Carmen or Alexandra, or Lily, or Charlotte, or Isa, or Rebecca, welcome. The sport is insanely toxic also. But like it's really fun to play "Are they gay or just European?" The cars are fast, they're insane, and they compete at a scale that is practically unheard of for a sport. They are the top 20. You can have a favorite driver and a different favorite team. You can have a favorite team principal. You can think a penalty is absolute trash, or that one was warranted. You can think some tracks are better than others. You can run the race on high speed if you watch it after the fact.

It's a valid way to join the sport. I promise.

Women bring women together in so many capacities. My friend got her first job because she went to a networking event for women in a field dominated by men. Why can't women bring women into sports?

[kath-reviews]

my beautiful blog

[deadqueerboys]

Y'all know what I'm talking about..

Tubs. Medium, fat.

Tom. Medium (almost big), not that fat or skinny.

Will. Big, skinny. We all know that.

Dreamie. It has to be fat and large or else i kms.

Sappy. Yk what they say about short boys.. medium almost big, fat.

Gogy. Medium, skinny. Fight me.

Karl. Bro has exactly 6.5 inches (16.7 cm), not fat tbh.

Jimmy. Big and fat. We all saw his Twitter and Instagram.

Nolan. Big, medium skinny.

Kris. Almost big, fat. My lady have a big cock, I wanna droll on it while calling her "mommy".

[transformers-mosaic]

Transformers: Mosaic #474 - "Darkest Spark"

Originally posted on April 12th, 2010

Story - Greg Donaldson Art - Lindsay Smith Letters - Franco Villa Thanks to - Simon Reeves

deviantART | Seibertron | TFW2005 | BotTalk

wada sez: So far as I can tell, this strip was adapted from a short story of Donaldson’s which I reckon preceded it? What the hell, I’ll archive the whole thing below. The year prior, Fun Publications had namedropped a Shattered Glass incarnation of Wheelie in Sky Lynx’s magazine profile; on deviantART, Donaldson said: “Simon and I bounced around the idea but it wasn't until afterwards that somewhat "offical" information came out regarding SG Wheelie and it matched the black and goldenrod coloring we had decided for him!” I have no idea what “official” information he’s referring to, so let me know if you have the source.

"Easy Decepticons. Hold your positions," Galvatron soothed over the communicator.

His laser rifle aimed into the darkness beyond the cargo bay entrance, Scourge had to fight the sensation that was causing his hands to tremble. He looked over at Cyclonus and quickly back, careful not to take his eyes off the blackness for more than an astrosecond. He squinted his optics to focus the available light and he thought he saw movement.

A scream in the distance.

Scourge tensed up immediately and tightened his finger on the trigger. “It’s him,” he whispered under his breath. From the area in front of him a glint of metal streaked toward him. Panicked, he fired his weapon erratically into the darkness. The black was intermittently lit by the muzzle flash and the flying metallic object bounced off his chest and fell to the ground in a wet thump. Liquid splattered on his body and on his chin. He looked down to see the object was square.

Scourge gasped as he realized it was Skywarp's severed head. A terrible death to be sure as his mouth was contorted in agony forever. Scourge fired into the still air, screaming.

Cyclonus followed suit as did Thrust and Dirge who were kneeling in front of them, arm cannons blasting into the distance.

Nothing. They ceased fire. Scanners on full spectrum.

Searchlights revealed 3 Sweeps bodies offlined. Then a vehicle emerged racing toward them. A silhouette as dark as deep space. They opened fire again but the sleek car easily evaded their laser fire and grenades. Missiles sailed past him. It transformed.

SLICE!

Thrust was offlined.

THUNK!

Dirge was down.

CRACK!

Cyclonus looked down to see an energon blade sticking out of his chest. His spark was pierced and he felt the life draining from him. He looked wearily over at Scourge who had slid to the floor leaving a trail of lubricant on the wall. His optics were black. Offlined.

Slowly Cyclonus turned his head and saw crimson optics glaring back at him. He felt chilled. A mech was clinging to his torso, holding on by Cyclonus' winged shoulders, legs around his waist. He was black with goldenrod accenting.

The dark mech looked into him and spoke quietly, "The optics are the window to the spark, Cyclonus. Watching you die this close is a bonus." He grabbed the energon blade and withdrew it from the Decepticon's chest. Thrusting it into the Con's optics, he pushed off the handle of the blade and jumped from the Decepticon while somersaulting in the air.

Cyclonus fell to the ground with a loud clang as the sinister mech landed on top of him.

"Decepticons die so easy, I think Prime sent me here to tease me.”

As he surveyed the carnage he had wrought, he pulled his weapon from the offlined Decepticon and wiped it clean of fluids. Slipping it into its sheath, his wrist communicator blipped. Annoyed at the disruption of the eerie silence he had proudly created, he didn't acknowledge the transmitter as it blared, "Wheelie, where are you?"

[cbjustmusic]

Nina Simone performing "Love Me Or Leave Me" on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1960. ________________________ Love Me Or Leave Me Music by Walter Donaldson; Lyrics by Gus Kahn

Love me or leave me and let me be lonely You won't believe me but I love you only I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else

You might find the night time the right time for kissing Night time is my time for just reminiscing Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else

There'll be no one unless that someone is you I intended to be independently blue

I want your love, don't wanna borrow Have it today to give back tomorrow Your love is my love There's no love for nobody else

Say, love me or leave me and let me be lonely You won't believe me but I love you only I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else

You might find the night time the right time for kissing Night time is my time for just reminiscing Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else

There'll be no one unless that someone is you I intended to be independently blue

Say I want your love, don't wanna borrow Have it today to give back tomorrow Your love is my love My love is your love There's no love for nobody else

[cryptfile]

ᝰ FANDOMS I’M CURRENTLY WRITTING FOR:

those marked in colored letters are the ones i’m currently simping on. Feel free to send promps, requests of characters or anything honestly. Always nice to recieve a message! / This list will be updated regularly so you guys can know what i’m into, also, if I forgot someone.

THE BOYS

Billy Butcher, Soldier Boy, Victoria Neuman, Starlight/Annie January, The Deep, A-Train, Frenchie, Sister Sage, Queen Maeve, Firecracker, Homelander, Hughie Campbell, Kimiko.

GEN V

Cate Dunlap, Jordan Li, Sam and Luke Riordan, Marie Moreau, Emma Myers.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

Rhaenyra Targaryen, Daemon Targaryen, Alicent Hightower, Jacaerys Velaryon, Aemond Targaryen, Aegon Targaryen, Harwin Strong, Criston Cole.

MARVEL

Loki Laufeyson, Sylvie Laufeydottir, Moonknight x3, Hawkeye/Comic!Clint Barton [recasted as Oliver Jackson-Cohen], Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop, Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff, Steve Rogers, Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Deadpool, Peter Parker/Spider-Man’s in general, X-Men’s in general, Thor Odinson, Carol Danvers, Tony Stark, Doctor Strange, Bucky Barnes, Fantastic Four, Adam Warlock, Ant Man, Druig, Natasha Romanoff, and more since there are too many characters, feel free to ask!

HARRY POTTER

Remus Lupin [marauders era, post I war, nothing weird], Sirius and Regulus Black [marauders!era], James Potter [usually recasted as Dev Patel], Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott.

BRIDGERTON

Eloise Bridgerton, Anthony Bridgerton, Benedict Bridgerton, Colin Bridgerton, Francesca Bridgerton, Daphne Bridgerton, Simon Basset, King George.

THE BEAR

Carmy Berzatto, Sydney Adamu, Richie Jerimovich, Luca.

TWILIGHT

Carlisle Cullen, Charlie Swan, Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Alice Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Emmett Cullen, Jasper Hale, Leah Clearwater, Alec and Jane Vulturi, Benjamin.

YELLOWJACKETS

Natalie Scatorccio, Jackie Taylor, Shauna Sadecki, Van Palmer, Lottie Matthews, Taissa Turner, Misty Quigley.

GRISHAVERSE

Nikolai Lantsov, Kaz Brekker, Alina Starkov, Matthias Helvar, Aleksander Morozova / The Darkling, Nina Zenik, Inej Ghafa, Malyen Oretsev, Zoya Nazyalenski.

DAISY JONES AND THE SIX

Daisy Jones, Karen Sirko, Billy Dunne, Warren Rhodes, Eddie Roundtree.

THE HUNGER GAMES

Peeta Mellark, Finnick Odair, Young!Haymitch Abernathy, Katniss Everdeen, Johanna Mason.

STAR WARS

Anakin Skywalker, Qimir / The Stranger, Kylo Ren [yes, I have a type], Shin Hati, Han Solo.

MISC

Rafe Cameron [OBX], James Beaufort [Maxton Hall], Drew Starkey, Dean and Sam Winchester [Supernatural], Aaron Taylor Johnson in most of his roles aka Kick-Ass or Bullet Train, Robin Buckley [Stranger Things], Steve Harrington [Stranger Things], Rick Flag [DC], Harley Queen [DC], Battinson [DC], Art Donaldson, Mike Faist.

[blueopinions49]

Healthy/ Unhealthy Type 9

Healthy Social 9

Jean Grey 9w1 (so/sx)- In the pursuit of fairness and peace. Jeans looks to help others and create a more peaceful world.

Judy Hale 9w1 (so/sx)- Well meaning and all Judy tries her best to protect and take care of those around her. Even messing up from time to time.

Orel Puppington (9w1 so/sx)- Raised in a very toxic environment he looks to find a sense of peace and goodness in the world. Eventually growing up and becoming a great loving father.

Unhealthy Social 9

Cate Dunlap (9w1 so/sx)-I considered her to bean SX9 however her desire to be superior and her outgoing nature com through in the end when she has fully disintegrated towards her 6

Lottie Matthews (9w1 so/sp)- While stuck in the wilderness she seems to have lost her meds and eventually stops realizing the difference between reality and not.

Yoda (9w8 so/sp)- Took pore care of Anakin and when he lost the war he just retreated into exile. Until look came and even so he didn't do much.

Healthy Self Preservation 9

Carlos Oliveira (9w8 sp/so)- In the remake we a Carlos more focused on helping others and making sure everybody is okay while the end of raccoon city is happening.

Marceline (9w8 sp/sx)- She seems a bit detached in the beginning but as the show goes on we learn how much she craves connection and company.

Gregory Eddie (9w1 sp/so)- Struggling with his purpose on S1 we see him eventually deciding to stay in abbott and enjoying the company and people he meets.

Unhealthy Self Preservation 9

Queen Meave (9w8 sp/sx)- She becomes fully uninterested in the world and seems to have pretty nihilistic version of everyone. In the end she sacrifices herself for starlight and quotes being a hero.

Denji (9w8 sp/sx)- Due to his upbringing Denji seems only interested in the physical world and is constantly trying to settle for the small things in life.

Homer Simpson (9w8 sp/sx)- He has fully settled for the little things in life being neglectful and crude to his family.

Healthy Sexual 9

Bella Swan (9w8 sx/sp)- Unpopular opinion but other than new moon. Bella is quite healthy her only desire seems to be with Edward and finding love. Eventually rising to being a vampire.

Sophie Hatter (9w1 sx/so)- Her arc is all about that integration to 3 she becomes more assertive and starts to lover herself at her own age. Her confidence grows stronger as the movie goes on.

Betty Grof (9w1 sx/so)- While in AT I could see her as unhealthy I believe her saying goodbye to Simon and eventually being okay with being Golb is an example of her integration to 3.

Unhealthy Sexual 9

Adam (9w1 sx/sp)- his desire for connection and company drives him to complete isolation.

Art Donaldson (9w1 sx/so)- His desire to please Tashi makes him not have his own desire and his interest in tennis is only there for her.

Senua 9w8 (sx/sp) - Due to the treatment of his father she ends up isolating herself. She spends all of the first game trying to find her lover once again.

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

Who is the Sexiest Fictional Podcast Character?

After a Round 2 which saw 28,069 votes on 32 polls, we are on to Round 3 of the tournament! This time we are finally bringing in characters from Welcome to Night Vale.

Round 1 Masterpost

Round 2 Masterpost

Round 3:

Scripted Bracket

Isabel Lovelace (Wolf 359) vs The Witch Queen A.K.A. Daughter Dooley (Old Gods of Appalachia)

Sir Caroline (The Penumbra Podcast: Second Citadel) vs Alé (The Penumbra Podcast: Second Citadel)

Peter Nureyev (The Penumbra Podcast: Juno Steel) vs Antigone Funn (Wooden Overcoats)

Mabel Martin (Mabel) vs Oleta (Within The Wires: Season 1)

Everyone from the Strange Case of Starship Iris vs Static Man (Archive 81)

Mina Murray (Re: Dracula) vs Georgie Crusoe (Wooden Overcoats)

Yaretzi (Hello From The Hallowoods) vs Hera (Wolf 359)

Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives) vs Renée Minkowski (Wolf 359)

Unscripted Bracket

Glenn Close (Dungeons & Daddies) vs Taako (The Adventure Zone: Balance)

Lup (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs Chine (Friends at the Table: Sangfielle)

Gable (Campaign: Skyjacks) and Nicky Close (Dungeons & Daddies) vs Fourteen Fifteen (Friends at the Table: Twilight Mirage)

Killian Fangbattle (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs Suvirin “Suvi” Kedberiket (Worlds Beyond Number: The Wizard, The Witch, and the Wild One)

Tender Sky (Friends at the Table: Twilight Mirage) vs Moonshine Cybin (Not Another D&D Podcast: Bahumia)

Amber Gris (The Adventure Zone: Ethersea) vs Ibex (Friends at the Table: COUNTER/Weight)

Ver'million “Millie” Blue (Friends at the Table: PARTIZAN) vs Kravitz (The Adventure Zone: Balance)

Adelaide Tristé (Friends at the Table: Seasons of Hieron) vs Hella Varal (Friends at the Table: Seasons of Hieron)

Night Vale Bracket:

Cecil Gershwin Palmer vs Steve Carlsberg

Erika vs Francis Donaldson

Deb, a sentient patch of haze vs John Peters (you know, the farmer?)

The Glow Cloud (Sr.) vs Josh Crayton

Dana Cardinal vs Susan Wilman

Earl Harlan vs Dr. Sarah Sulton

City Council vs Amelia Anna Alfaro

Hiram McDaniels vs Joseph Fink

Dr. Carlos Dave Robles the Scientist vs Lee Marvin

Huntokar vs Nazr al-Mujaheed

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home vs Eunomia the General

Michelle Nguyen vs Fey

Kevin vs The Man in the Tan Jacket

Maureen Johnson vs Kareem Nazari

Station Management vs Leonard Burton

Old Woman Josie/Josefina Ortiz vs Simone Rigadeau

[mythic-rose]

Muses Masterlist

Stiles Stilinski

Diego Hargreeves

Oliver Wood

Bucky Barnes / The Winter Soldier

Bellamy Blake

Percy Jackson

Dick Grayson / Nightwing

Robb Stark

Jasper Jordan

JJ Maybank

Anthony Bridgerton

Conrad Fisher

Prince Caspian

Clark Kent / Superman

Prince Eric

Anakin Skywalker

Flynn Rider

Cedric Diggory

Eddie Brock

Prince Charmont

Peter Parker / Spider-man

Benedict Bridgerton

Noah Foster

Bruce Wayne / Batman

Eddie Munson

Ron Weasley

Art Donaldson

Alec Lightwood

Glenn Rhee

Dr. Spencer Reid

Tony Stark / Iron Man

Chad Meeks-Martin

Joey Tribbiani

Dean Winchester

Isaac Lahey

Jake Fitzgerald

Sirius Black

Nick Miller

Ichabod Crane

Steven Crain

Harry Osborne / Green Goblin

Simon Lewis

Jace Herondale

Kaz Brekker

Steve Harrington

Jon Snow

Max Wolfe

Finnick Odair

Scott Summers / Cyclops

Will Turner

I reached the max limit of text without a block so the list started over. Does that drive me crazy? Yes. Do I know how to fix it? No :)

51: Joel Miller

52:Harvey Kinkle

53: Wally Clark

54: Poe Dameron

55: Reggie Mantle

56: Gar Logan / Beast Boy

57: Daario Naharis

58: Jess Mariano

59: Remus Lupin

60: Matt Murdock / Daredevil

61: Pope Heyward

62: Ben Solo / Kylo Ren

63: Billy Butcher

64: Four / Tobias Eaton

65: Nicholas Scratch

66: Caleb Rivers

67: Damon Salvatore

68: Buck / Evan Buckley

69: Rick O'Connell

70: Laurie / Theodore Laurence

71: Warren Peace

72: Chuck Bass

73: Finn Collins

74: Robin Hood

75: Logan / Wolverine

[ervotica]

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

crossed out = not currently writing, bold = favs

the marauders; regulus black, barty crouch jr, evan rosier, james potter, remus lupin, sirius black (poly combinations always preferred; wolfstar x reader, jegulus x reader, moonwater x reader, rosekiller x reader, poly!marauders, poly!slytherins)

fourth wing; xaden riorson, liam mairi, bodhi durran, garrick tavis, brennan sorrengail, aaric (cam) greycastle, ridoc gamlyn

greys anatomy; mark sloan, alex karev

criminal minds; aaron hotchner, derek morgan, spencer reid

acotar; azriel, rhysand, cassian, eris vanserra, nesta archeron, elain archeron, lucien vanserra, tamlin (+ my special polycule; elucien x tamlin x reader)

challengers; art donaldson, patrick zweig, tashi duncan

call of duty; simon “ghost” riley, könig, johnny “soap” mactavish, captain john price

house of the dragon; daemon targaryen, aegon ii targaryen, ser harwin strong

outer banks; rafe cameron, jj maybank, john b routledge, pope heyward

the maze runner; gally, thomas, minho

twilight; jasper hale, edward cullen, rosalie hale, emmett cullen, paul lahote, sam uley, seth clearwater (plus poly combinations)

the hunger games; finnick odair, peeta mellark, cato hadley, young coriolanus snow, sejanus plinth

stranger things; eddie munson, steve harrington, jim hopper

harry potter; fred weasley, mattheo riddle, theo nott, lorenzo berkshire, draco malfoy

mcu; loki laufeyson, bucky barnes, steve rogers, miguel o’hara, wanda maximoff, pietro maximoff, kate bishop

chris evans/seb stan and co; lloyd hansen, andy barber, jake jensen, ransom drysdale, ari levinson, lee bodecker, charles blackwood, nick fowler, carter baizen

writing flings; felix catton, oliver quick

[exhoism]

˗ˋˏ my muses : the boyfriends i wish i had ˎˊ˗

this is a non exhaustive list of the people i might like to write about. tbh it depends on my current hyper-fixation. I do not write about real people, only fictional and only men because i’m a white man’s whore in this economy.

dean winchester | sam winchester | joe goldberg | ethan landry | carmen berzatto | spencer reid | rafe cameron | stiles stilinski | steve harrington | eddie munson | thomas (the maze runner) | mikey altieri | malachai parker | klaus mikealson | colin zabel | kai anderson | tate langdon | niccolo govender | marcus lopez | tangerine | rick grimes | will graham | kurt kunkle | simon kelleher | nick dune | patrick bateman | peeta mellark | mike schmidt | druig (eternals) | art donaldson | joshua washington | cooper adams | hughie campbell | soldier boy | dexter morgan | brian moser | patrick zweig | dick grayson | …

all my muses are more than 18 years old.

you’re welcome. grab some snacks, a cup of tea and have a great day here.

[heavenbarnes]

When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. ✍🏻 ✨

thank you 🫶🏼 (god this is a toughy and i’m going to be the worst and not even tag them cause i’m on mobile and lazy)

i wanna make it (so badly) - art donaldson x reader

my fic about older bf!simon jerking off on video for you - simon riley x reader

run the pass - carmy berzatto x reader x sydney adamu

feels so good to be us - fezco x reader (god rest his soul)

follow the leader - the mandalorian x reader

i tag any other writers that’d like to do this!

[georgefairbrother]

A little over 40 years after the Abdication Crisis that had peaked in December of 1936, Thames Television, holder of the weekday independent TV franchise for London and the Home Counties, commissioned a dramatisation based on the exhaustive Wolfson History Prize winning biography of Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.

There was great care taken in terms of casting, production design, and location filming that included Fort Belvedere where many of the real events unfolded. Edward and Mrs Simpson seemed to be as close as you could possibly get to 1930s culture, fashion and upper-class society without a time machine. Written for television by Simon Raven and directed by pioneering British-Asian director Waris Hussein, the series was rewarded with an Emmy and multiple BAFTAs.

In retrospect, it appears to be as faithful to real events as a drama could be, including verbatim conversations and parliamentary statements. Edward VIII, formerly the Prince of Wales known as David, then finally the Duke of Windsor, was played by Edward Fox, and Wallis Simpson by Cynthia Harris. Other key castings included Nigel Hawthorne, yet to find stardom as Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister / Prime Minister, as the King’s friend and advisor Walter Monckton, David Waller as Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (He reprised this role in 1988 for another adaptation, The Woman He Loved, starring Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour and Olivia de Havilland), Peggy Ashcroft as Queen Mary, Marius Goring as King George V, and Wensley Pithey as a totally convincing Winston Churchill. Versatile British-Australian actor Ed Deveraux played Tory press baron Lord Beaverbrook, a role he later reprised in The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (BBC 1981).

Other notable players included Andrew Ray (Duke of York / George VI), Charles Keating (Ernest Simpson), Patrick Troughton (Clement Attlee), Patricia Hodge (Lady Diana Cooper), Maurice Denham (Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury), Cherie Lunghi (Thelma Furness) and Hugh Fraser (Anthony Eden).

The Duke of Windsor died in 1972, but the Duchess of Windsor, formerly Mrs Simpson, was still alive when the programme was conceived and broadcast. (She died in 1986). She was not best pleased, citing invasion of privacy, and lobbied to have the production stopped. Her opposition was reported in The Sun, and perhaps might have been more newsworthy if not for another significant event in August 1977.

The series ended with the marriage of the Duke and now Duchess of Windsor, some months after the Abdication.

The BFI Screen-Online review stated;

"…The series also carefully juxtaposes Edward’s frequent, and popular, visits to depressed areas with his opulent and carefree private life, and doesn’t shy from showing his admiration for Mussolini in a pair of brief but pointed exchanges with Anthony Eden…Edward Fox gives a fine and charismatic performance as the King, ably suggesting the contradictory impulses that ruled the man. Wallis Simpson, however, is presented rather less sympathetically. In an occasionally heavy-handed performance, Cynthia Harris plays her as a cool and conniving gold-digger, albeit a sometimes naïve and even disarmingly foolish one…"

The portrayal of Edward VIII was a little more sympathetic than in some later productions, including Bertie and Elizabeth (2002). Edward and Mrs Simpson did tend to gloss over the King’s fascist sympathies, although it was at least alluded to as mentioned in the BFI review. Perhaps, in fairness, these along with some alleged shady financial dealings, meddling in Britain’s foreign policy and the cosy relationship with Hitler, didn’t really become apparent until the period after the series ended. Wensley Pithey’s Winston Churchill was accurately shown as a strong and sincere personal friend and advocate for the King and Wallis Simpson, in public and private, to the annoyance of the Baldwin government, but this relationship later soured when Churchill was wartime Prime Minister, over the Duke of Windsor’s behaviour.

[eemcintyre]

@eemcintyre's top 113 favorite movies in alphabetical order

An admittedly random number that includes objectively "well-made" films with artistic merit, objectively considered-to-be-entertaining movies, and possibly questionable ones that I'm sentimental for or just like for whatever mysterious reason (usually a hot guy but not always). This is just what I like and the premier way to get to know me.

(Updated 09/07/24)

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), dir. Bill Melendez

A Few Good Men (1992), dir. Rob Reiner

A New Hope (1977), dir. George Lucas

Amelie (2001), dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet

American Made (2017), dir. Doug Liman

AMY (2015), dir. Asif Kapadia

Annie (1982), dir. John Huston

Argylle (2024), dir. Matthew Vaughn

Arthur Christmas (2011), dir. Sarah Smith

Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004), dir. William Lau

Barbie of Swan Lake (2003), dir. Owen Hurley

Black Swan (2010), dir. Darren Aronofsky

The Blair Witch Project (1999), dir. Eduardo Sanchez & Daniel Myrick

The Bodyguard (1992), dir. Mick Jackson

Borat (2006), dir. Larry Charles

The Breakfast Club (1985), dir. John Hughes

Camille (1936), dir. George Cukor

Casablanca (1943), dir. Michael Curtiz

Chinatown (1974), dir. Roman Polanski

Cocktail (1988), dir. Roger Donaldson

Con Air (1997), dir. Simon West

The Conjuring (2013), dir. James Wan

The Conjuring 2 (2016), dir. James Wan

The Crow (1994), dir. Alex Proyas

Cruel Intentions (1999), dir. Roger Kumble

Die Hard (1988), dir. John McTiernan

Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), dir. Martin Davidson

Elf (2003), dir. Jon Favreau

Eloise at Christmastime (2003), dir. Kevin Lima

The Empire Strikes Back (1980), dir. Irvin Kershner

Enchanted (2007), dir. Kevin Lima

Face/Off (1997), dir. John Woo

Far and Away (1992), dir. Ron Howard

Footloose (1984), dir. Herbert Ross

Galaxy Quest (1999), dir. Dean Parisot

The Great Muppet Caper (1981), dir. Jim Henson

Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), dir. Peter Chelsom

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), dir. Chris Columbus

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), dir. Mike Newell

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), dir. Alfonso Cuaron

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), dir. Chris Columbus

Heathers (1988), dir. Michael Lehmann

Hereditary (2018), dir. Ari Aster

High School Musical (2006), dir. Kenny Ortega

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), dir. Garth Jennings

Holes (2003), dir. Andrew Davis

The Holiday (2006), dir. Nancy Meyers

Hollow Point (1996), dir. Sidney J. Furie

Hotel Rwanda (2004), dir. Terry George

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), dir. Jim Gillespie

I, Tonya (2017), dir. Craig Gillespie

Ice Princess (2005), dir. Tim Fywell

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), dir. Steven Spielberg

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), dir. Steven Spielberg

In a Lonely Place (1950), dir. Nicholas Ray

Insidious (2010), dir. James Wan

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), dir. James Wan

Insidious: The Red Door (2023), dir. Patrick Wilson

Jackie (2016), dir. Pablo Larrain

Jerry Maguire (1996), dir. Cameron Crowe

JFK (1991), dir. Oliver Stone

The Karate Kid (1984), dir. John G. Avildsen

The Karate Kid Part II (1986), dir. John G. Avildsen

Knight and Day (2010), dir. James Mangold

Laggies (2014), dir. Lynn Shelton

The Last Samurai (2003), dir. Edward Zwick

Lawn Dogs (1997), dir. John Duigan

Lean on Me (1989), dir. John G. Avildsen

Leaving Las Vegas (1995), dir. Mike Figgis

Magnolia (1999), dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

Megamind (2010), dir. Tom McGrath

Minority Report (2002), dir. Steven Spielberg

Mission: Impossible (1996), dir. Brian De Palma

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), dir. Christopher McQuarrie

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015), dir. Christopher McQuarrie

Mission: Impossible III (2006), dir. J.J. Abrams

Mr. Right (2015), dir. Paco Cabezas

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik

National Treasure (2004), dir. Jon Turteltaub

Natural Born Killers (1994), dir. Oliver Stone

Oklahoma! (1955), dir. Fred Zinnemann

The Outsiders (1983), dir. Francis Ford Coppola

The Pacifier (2005), dir. Adam Shankman

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), dir. John Hughes

The Preacher's Wife (1996), dir. Penny Marshall

Pretty in Pink (1986), dir. John Hughes

Pride and Prejudice (2005), dir. Joe Wright

The Princess Diaries (2001), dir. Garry Marshall

Raising Arizona (1987), dir. Joel & Ethan Coen

Return of the Jedi (1983), dir. Richard Marquand

Roman Holiday (1953), dir. William Wyler

Sabrina (1954), dir. Billy Wilder

Scream (1996), dir. Wes Craven

Se7en (1995), dir. David Fincher

Sense and Sensibility (1995), dir. Ang Lee

The Shining (1980), dir. Stanley Kubrick

The Silence of the Lambs (1991), dir. Jonathan Demme

The Sound of Music (1965), dir. Robert Wise

Stretch (2014), dir. Joe Carnahan

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), dir. Anthony Minghella

Titanic (1997), dir. James Cameron

Tropic Thunder (2008), dir. Ben Stiller

The Trouble with Angels (1966), dir. Ida Lupino

Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), dir. Anthony Minghella

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), dir. David Lynch

Ulterior Motives (1992), dir. James Becket

Valkyrie (2008), dir. Bryan Singer

Vanilla Sky (2001), dir. Cameron Crowe

Vertigo (1958), dir. Alfred Hitchcock

The Way, Way Back (2013), dir. Jim Rash & Nat Faxon

West Side Story (1961), dir. Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins

White Christmas (1954), dir. Michael Curtiz

Zodiac (2007), dir. David Fincher

(500) Days of Summer (2009), dir. Marc Webb