#the movie calendar

[trickygreyarea]

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Alexandria: Why are you killing everybody? Why are you making everybody die? Roy: It's my story. Alexandria: Mine too.

The Fall (Tarsem, 2006)

This film is like a pitch black Wizard of Oz shot by National Geographic and filtered through the mind of a traumatized six-year old English language learner. The staggering beauty of every image cannot be overstated, but there is so much more to it than that. The transitions and the visual motifs interwoven between reality and the fantasy world are ingenious. There are moments of humor, adventure, heartbreak, and sheer awe, highlighted by unforgettable performances from Lee Pace and Catinca Untaru.

The Fall is timeless. I've selected it as my first pick of the new year because it's infinitely rewatchable, newly available for home viewing (on MUBI), and I can't think of a better way to start the year, movie-wise.

[bulionis]

Happy Valentine's day! I can finally post my piece from the stobotnik calendar now! 🪨❤️🥚

[bluedelliquanti]

mother of god, what a day for it to be Pacific Rim Double Event Day

[lovetogether]

[stil-lindigo]

the sunset.

a comic about two outlaws who loved each other, despite everything.

creative notes:

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all my other comics

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[mlentertainment]

happy watermelon dayyyyyyyyyyy 💚🩷🍉🎟🧸

[m00nb04rd5]

Elsa (Frozen)

[ayjaydraws]

See the beauty of nature in our March art preview, drawn by Cheapslaw (Tumblr)!

This is just one of 12 pieces featured in The Stobotnik 2025 Calendar, a collaborative project by Stobotnik fans, for Stobotnik fans! 12 fantastic fandom artists have come together to produce a full 2025 calendar, available for pre-order now! Pre-orders are open Dec 20 2024 – Jan 5 2025 for physical versions of the calendar, shipped right to your door. A combo pack is also available, featuring both a physical and digital version of the calendar. Digital-only PDF versions will also go up for sale once the physical pre-order period has ended! A whole year of everyone’s favourite evil couple to hang on your wall, with blank squares below for you to write birthdays, holidays, appointments, or reminders for your sycophants to buy more Austrian goat milk. Pre-order your copy of The Stobotnik 2025 Calendar now at https://ko-fi.com/ayjaydraws!

[trickygreyarea]

Due to work and home complications, I've fallen a bit behind on my viewing and writing. I will get back on track this weekend (she says with determination). I'm psyched for the next movie slated and I won't be watching the Super Bowl so this plan can't lose.

I don't know that I'll be able to make up what I missed, so I'm adding a double feature of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Groundhog Day to the calendar for next year in late January. I was so tickled when I had the idea and I'm intrigued to compare the approaches and themes of these two films.

[mcytadventevent]

@cuterrguy is creating for Day Nineteen!

Prompt: Traditions

His piece is drawn, featuring Martyn and Ren!

Credit links:

https://www.tumblr.com/cuterrguy

https://bsky.app/profile/antowoknee.bsky.social

https://youtube.com/@antowoknee?si=7_LPdmJYOWZW3Eqw

[artkaninchenbau]

You know what day it— V-Tamer?! Happy Odaiba Memorial Day! 🎉 And Happy 25th Anniversary V-Tamer! ❤️ [Odaiba Memorial Redraw 2022] [Redraw 2021] [Redraw 2020]

[kirider]

[20/12/2024]

Happy one year to Ikki dying and going to purgatory (which of course looks like the toku quarry)

[writerfae]

Christmas movie au Advent Calendar ����

Day Nine: 🍪Baking🍪

Christmas special tag list: @bunnymermaidsblog @deadlycupid @dustylovelyrun @ladywithalamp @sleepy-night-child @theguywithnonickname

Talon couldn’t remember the last time he ever baked.

He must’ve been a kid back then, helping his mother and sister with Christmas preparations. He hadn’t done that in a long time.

He was no talent in the kitchen, but as he told Aiden and Maya, the two had told him not to worry about it.

“Making cookies is easy, everyone can do it.”

Besides, they said, he had two experts with him.

“Baking is literally part of my job,” Maya reminded him. “And Aiden here has been helping me and my mother with making the cookies for the Christmas market ever since we were children.”

When Halea would find out that Talon was helping to bake cookies, she’d probably fall off her chair laughing.

She was absolutely convinced that her friend could set fire to cereal and she had more than one reason to believe that.

Luckily he wasn’t as much of a disastrous baker as he had anticipated.

He would lie if he said he wasn’t at least a little daunted when he was sat in front of a massive bowl and told to make a portion of dough all by himself, cause apparently they needed so much of it that that one bowl - or even two - won’t do.

But beside the fact that the flour he dumped into the bowl left behind a cloud of dust that made him cough and covered half his face, which resulted in Aiden clinging to Maya in laughter, it all went rather smoothly.

Okay, maybe Talon did throw some flour at Aiden about laughing at him and maybe that did result in a little flour battle that Maya later scolded them for, even if it was in a fond tone that gave away she wasn’t actually mad.

Nearly the whole countertop was covered in rolled out Christmas cookie dough.

As they started to cut out the dough in the form of stars and Christmas trees Talon was sure that they could feed the whole town plus reindeer population with the amount of cookies they were making.

“That’s the goal,” Aiden said laughing, when Talon voiced his thought to the other two. “They’ll be sold at the Christmas market after all. You’d be surprised how fast these cookies are gone.”

They chatted about this and that while they cut out the cookies and Talon had to admit to himself that he indeed had fun, something he didn’t expect.

Though he should’ve guessed, because with Aiden everything turned out to be more fun than he expected it to.

He was just fun to be around with his jokes and stories and the occasional friendly touches that never failed to make Talon’s heart react to it - and it made Talon feel content.

In fact, he hasn’t felt as good, as happy in a long while (if you left out the big elephant in the room, that was).

After the first few batches were in the oven. Maya excused herself because of an appointment she apparently forgot about.

“I’ll be back in an hour or so,” she had told them. “Remember to melt the chocolate for the topping, the first load should be done in a while. And Talon, make sure the chocolate actually ends up on the cookies and not in Aiden’s stomach instead.”

With that last warning she was gone.

Aiden pouted. “Killjoy.”

Talon laughed. “Come on, let’s do what she told us. Maybe I’ll let you have some of the chocolate if you tell me how we’ll best get it to melt.”

Now it was Aiden who laughed. “Deal.”

The batches were done right on time as they finished melting the chocolate.

They got them out of the oven, put in the next few batches and once the cookies had cooled down a little, began to decorate them with the chocolate and all kinds of other stuff.

As most of the melted chocolate was spread out on the cookies, Aiden took a spoon and began to scrape up the rest that was still in the bowl.

As he found Talon looking at him, he chuckled. “What? You said I could have some of the chocolate.”

He offered Talon the spoon full of chocolate. “Or do you want some, too?”

Instead of answering, Talon simply leaned forward and took the offered spoon into his mouth. Aiden’s eyes widened in surprise, but he held the eye contact Talon maintained throughout it all (in strange rush of confidence) until Talon leaned back into his seat again.

“Thanks,” he said with a grin on his face. “That tasted good.”

Aiden swallowed, then he nodded. Loading the spoon with chocolate once again, he lifted it to his own lips this time, not at all seeming to mind that this was the same spoon Talon had in his mouth seconds ago.

Talon couldn’t stop his eyes from staring down at Aiden’s mouth as he licked the spoon clean.

Oh, he was so gone for this boy, who was he even trying to kid.

Aiden’s gaze flickered up to Talon watching him and for a moment they only stared at each other, spoon and chocolate and everything else around them forgotten.

Talon could swear Aiden was leaning forward slowly and he was pretty sure he did the same when suddenly the ringing of the oven startled the two and the moment was over.

“I’ll get the cookies,” Aiden said, clearing his throat.

Was he blushing or did Talon only project his own bashfulness onto him?

Would they have kissed if the oven didn’t disturb them?

Or did he maybe inhale too much flour?

But ever since that moment there was a certain tension in the room and Talon was almost glad when Maya came back and he wasn’t alone with Aiden anymore.

He suspected that Maya could feel it, too.

When Talon excused himself later, claiming that he had an important call to make, she let him go without much complaint, thanking him for his help.

And Aiden, too, didn’t try to get him to stay.

Maybe he was just as shaken about their almost-kiss or whatever you would call the moment they shared as he was.

Talon left, taking the scarf with him despite his better judgment. He had barely sat a foot into his room when he already dialed Halea’s number.

“Halea, I don’t know how long I can take this anymore.”

[egophiliac]

Kamen Rider Card Game, take 4!

so excited for cardcaptor rider!

[ayjaydraws]

Join us on the Pride Crab in our June art preview, drawn by xx-just-a-demon-xx (Tumblr)

This is just one of 12 pieces featured in The Stobotnik 2025 Calendar, a collaborative project by Stobotnik fans, for Stobotnik fans! 12 fantastic fandom artists have come together to produce a full 2025 calendar, available for pre-order now!

Pre-orders are open Dec 20 2024 – Jan 5 2025 for physical versions of the calendar, shipped right to your door. A combo pack is also available, featuring both a physical and digital version of the calendar.

Digital-only PDF versions will also go up for sale once the physical pre-order period has ended!

A whole year of everyone’s favourite evil couple to hang on your wall, with blank squares below for you to write birthdays, holidays, appointments, or reminders for your sycophants to buy more Austrian goat milk.

Pre-order your copy of The Stobotnik 2025 Calendar now at https://ko-fi.com/ayjaydraws!

[trickygreyarea]

Screencap from ozu-teapot

Joan: And what about the money Kenny's going to earn? Do you want to have to wait another four years to marry him? Bridie: Well, I would, then, if it has to be. Some folks there are who can't be waiting a day to satisfy their passions. Joan: What are you saying? Bridie: Some folks there are, who want to drown fine young men and break young girls' hearts so that they can be wedded one day sooner!

I Know Where I'm Going! (Powell & Pressburger, 1945)

Joan Webster (portrayed by Wendy Hiller) has always been ambitious. She navigates life with supreme confidence, convinced that she need only set her mind to a goal and act with determination to achieve her aims in life. At 25, she's on the brink of marrying one of the richest men in England...if only she could get across a damn strait. Instead, she's stalled on the precipice of everything she's ever wanted when the last thing she expected happens.

Torquil (Roger Livesey) is the region's native son, returning for a brief respite from the war. He is equally comfortable socializing with a group of local fisherman or with landed gentry and the rich folk who rent the homes they can't afford to keep up without the injection of capital. He's charming and competent and, it turns out, is Laird of Kiloran (the island that Joan's fiance is renting).

On the first night, they stay at a home near the ferry launch to Kiloran. Torquil tells Joan that if there are beams in the ceiling of her room, she can count them and make a wish. She does...wishing for wind to blow away the fog blanketing the area. (This backfires spectacularly and creates new obstacles rather than removing any.) Joan, who has always been able to get what she wants through her own calculations, is at a loss in a land full of curses and legends and wishes and prayers.

The writing relies heavily on multiple tropes, but the familiarity of the story is comforting in its predictability. This a rather limited subject compared to the more ambitious, high concept projects that The Archers typically pursued. But their storytelling and technical prowess are undeniable and the result is a minor masterpiece. I love the black and white cinematography, the stark beauty of the setting, the playful transitions between scenes, the colorful supporting characters, the dry humor, the sweeping romance, and the gently smoldering chemistry between the leads.