[yelling to onlookers as I’m torn to pieces by two aliens—one a jagged, crystalline creature stabbing at me with sharp points, the other a gelatinous orb dragging my skin off of me by pawing at it with huge round limbs]: “am I crazy or is this really Kiki/Bouba-coded!?”
Martyn
Having a tough time at my mental health job lately. You can get through difficult days if you feel like you're helping people, even a little; when you don't feel like you're helping it gets a lot harder.
Someone should program a festival of films that require this kind of credulity. Call it the "As If" festival.
43% of Australians in their 50s support the far-right party One Nation. Gen X, remember when you were cool?
Oh and the psychiatrist in CAT PEOPLE has to be one of cinema's worst!
The new Olivia Rodrigo album is pretty great! Filled that "the last few Taylor Swift albums didn't work for me" hole in my heart.
My favourite As If moment was watching the end of Miike's DEAD OR ALIVE, where someone in my cinema actually shouted out "AS IF!!!" at the screen.
My favourite As If moment was watching the end of Miike's DEAD OR ALIVE, where someone in my cinema actually shouted out "AS IF!!!" at the screen.
One of my most common nightmares is "I'm trying to die but can't die". It's not an ideal way to wake up.
