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Little Women (2019) dir. Greta Gerwig

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...while National Anthem plays in the background

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JOSH O’CONNOR as Arthur in Alice Rohrwacher’s LA CHIMERA (2023)

“It was the most beautiful experience making the film, but also taxing. I spent so long fascinated by this idea of the beyond, the void; I grew up Catholic where there is the concept of an afterlife but as I’ve gotten older that fantasy has become less in me. So trying to tune myself into that for the film was difficult.” — Josh on playing Arthur, AnOther

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First Eras weekend back, my first time in Miami and my first rain show🔮 I’m endlessly grateful to be a tiny part of this tour. Your energy is infectious and your kindness is more appreciated than you know. It makes all the sense in the world that you are Taylor’s community. Just pure magic. Thank you, Miami, for letting us hang out with you these past three nights. I loved meeting you and I miss you already.

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Charlotte Brontë, from “Jane Eyre”

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English actor James Wilby in his leading role as Maurice Hall is photographed with director James Ivory, producer Ismael Merchant and actor Hugh Grant on location filming ‘Maurice’, November 1986.

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Maggie Smith as the fairy queen Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1977)

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J.R.R. Tolkien, from The Return of the King

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imagine if i was normal and i could hear the intro to robbers without getting nauseous

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Wizard Dork of Loneliness City

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Another badass Nathan Fielder FanCam. No idea who made it, but it's amazing. 😁

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S(he)’s everything. He’s just Clive.

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THE OFFICE 5.13 Stress Relief

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MOVIE REVIEW

Challengers

2024

Director: LUCA GUADAGNINO

Writer: JUSTIN KURITZKES

Starring: ZENDAYA, MIKE FAIST, JOSH O’CONNOR

From @ SG_Posters on X

(MINOR) SPOILER WARNING!

Watched May 22, 2024

★★★★/5

JOSH O’CONNOR’S THIGHS SAVE LIVES.

Such a refreshing watch and so refreshing to see a mid(ish) budget movie do as well as Challengers has at the box office. No insane CGI needed, just some good fucking tennis. And an incredibly hot cast.

The life of a Division I college athlete looks incredibly miserable through the lens of Challengers, honestly. With all the time dedicated to one’s sport, the goal is typically to go professional. But what if one just isn’t stable enough, or isn’t healthy enough? On the other hand, what if one chose to skip the college route to immediately go pro, but doesn’t quite make it? What other skills does one have besides hitting a ball with a racket?

Of course, the love triangle trope is overdone and hard to master at this point, but Challengers manages to pull it off. It’s corny or unbelievable at times, but for the most part, Art, Patrick, and Tashi’s lives weave together at the perfect pace for the audience to get tangled in them as well. The film also succeeds at having no true hero and no true villain, just complicated characters with complicated relationships. Sometimes we root for them, other times we’re embarrassed. Who knew hitting a ball with a racket could be so entertaining?

Crazy fun cinematography! Crazy fun soundtrack! Crazy fun in general!

From @ cameron_w on Letterboxd

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Chelsea Hodson, from Tonight I’m Someone Else: Essays; The End of Longing.