Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
@gavia.bsky.social
Film and TV critic. Co-host of the Overinvested movie podcast, co-editor of the Rec Center newsletter.
Bylines: TV Guide, Inverse, Vulture, Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, Empire, etc. she/her
Bylines: TV Guide, Inverse, Vulture, Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, Empire, etc. she/her
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Here's all ten of the movies we reviewed on this ep, btw.
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
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i love it when something is by dint of something else. i tell all my friends, don’t text me about shit unless it’s by dint of some other shit
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
i love it when something is by dint of something else. i tell all my friends, don’t text me about shit unless it’s by dint of some other shit
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"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹
character actors in Death By Lightning, ranked in order of recognizability with 1880s facial hair:
1. Nick Offerman (looks normal)
2. Shea Whigham (distinctive eyebrows)
3. Matthew Macfadyen (mannerisms)
4. Bradley Whitford (always acts like Bradley Whitford)
5. Michael Shannon (did not recognize)
1. Nick Offerman (looks normal)
2. Shea Whigham (distinctive eyebrows)
3. Matthew Macfadyen (mannerisms)
4. Bradley Whitford (always acts like Bradley Whitford)
5. Michael Shannon (did not recognize)
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
character actors in Death By Lightning, ranked in order of recognizability with 1880s facial hair:
1. Nick Offerman (looks normal)
2. Shea Whigham (distinctive eyebrows)
3. Matthew Macfadyen (mannerisms)
4. Bradley Whitford (always acts like Bradley Whitford)
5. Michael Shannon (did not recognize)
1. Nick Offerman (looks normal)
2. Shea Whigham (distinctive eyebrows)
3. Matthew Macfadyen (mannerisms)
4. Bradley Whitford (always acts like Bradley Whitford)
5. Michael Shannon (did not recognize)
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Here's all ten of the movies we reviewed on this ep, btw.
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here's all ten of the movies we reviewed on this ep, btw.
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's all ten of the movies we reviewed on this ep, btw.
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here's all ten of the movies we reviewed on this ep, btw.
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
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Every year we get closer to this happening on the news
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Every year we get closer to this happening on the news
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i've been saying he needs to play a vampire for about 20 years now
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
i've been saying he needs to play a vampire for about 20 years now
ben whishaw has never made a horror movie. the community must confront this issue with the utmost urgency.
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ben whishaw has never made a horror movie. the community must confront this issue with the utmost urgency.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
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Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible
man it's just so damn cool when the puppet shows up. GREAT way to emphasize the inhumanity of a vampire villain.
Finally watched Le Vourdalak thanks to @gavia.bsky.social's overinvested podcast and holy shit.
I knew there would be a puppet, I wasn't ready for what a difference having a physical carriable interactable Thing be the vampire over CGI or even a guy in prosthetics has on the narrative a week later
I knew there would be a puppet, I wasn't ready for what a difference having a physical carriable interactable Thing be the vampire over CGI or even a guy in prosthetics has on the narrative a week later
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
man it's just so damn cool when the puppet shows up. GREAT way to emphasize the inhumanity of a vampire villain.
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I keep thinking about Zohran on some podcast being like “these billionaires are spending more money to defeat me than I would tax them” lmfao
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I keep thinking about Zohran on some podcast being like “these billionaires are spending more money to defeat me than I would tax them” lmfao
watching this election from afar, it's been wild to see mamdani repeat the same three basic municipal policies 50,000 times, while his opponents react with virulent hysteria to completely imaginary bullshit.
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
watching this election from afar, it's been wild to see mamdani repeat the same three basic municipal policies 50,000 times, while his opponents react with virulent hysteria to completely imaginary bullshit.
omg congrats nyc
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
omg congrats nyc
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Animals need to civilize. I should be able to pay a 10cc blood toll with sterile equipment when I enter the woods and then the ticks and mosquitoes should leave me alone
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Animals need to civilize. I should be able to pay a 10cc blood toll with sterile equipment when I enter the woods and then the ticks and mosquitoes should leave me alone
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
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On Teen Vogue: It's an amazing publication full of talented journalists. It offers so much value. It's clear the monied interests in media aren't interested in preserving that value, especially if it threatens the status quo that undergirds their wealth. Capitalism and journalism are enemies.
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
On Teen Vogue: It's an amazing publication full of talented journalists. It offers so much value. It's clear the monied interests in media aren't interested in preserving that value, especially if it threatens the status quo that undergirds their wealth. Capitalism and journalism are enemies.
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Frustrating though entirely unsurprising that a young femme-focused magazine that has been doing banger work in reporting on crucial issues is being gutted by the politically grey Vogue.
We need this reporting now more than ever, and I've said this far too many times in the last two years.
We need this reporting now more than ever, and I've said this far too many times in the last two years.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Frustrating though entirely unsurprising that a young femme-focused magazine that has been doing banger work in reporting on crucial issues is being gutted by the politically grey Vogue.
We need this reporting now more than ever, and I've said this far too many times in the last two years.
We need this reporting now more than ever, and I've said this far too many times in the last two years.
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The systematic dismantling of journalism as a profession by corporate interests is one of the most important political trends in the past couple of decades.
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The systematic dismantling of journalism as a profession by corporate interests is one of the most important political trends in the past couple of decades.
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Out now on Overinvested: Our highlights from the London Film Festival!
Includes spoiler-free reviews of Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man, Pillion, Peter Hujar's Day, The Mastermind, and more: www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/lon...
Includes spoiler-free reviews of Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man, Pillion, Peter Hujar's Day, The Mastermind, and more: www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/lon...
London Film Festival 2025 reviews — OVERINVESTED
Claire Biddles and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw review some highlights from the 2025 London Film Festival, ranging from big upcoming releases (the new Knives Out movie Wake Up Dead Man) to awards contenders (...
www.overinvestedpodcast.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Out now on Overinvested: Our highlights from the London Film Festival!
Includes spoiler-free reviews of Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man, Pillion, Peter Hujar's Day, The Mastermind, and more: www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/lon...
Includes spoiler-free reviews of Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man, Pillion, Peter Hujar's Day, The Mastermind, and more: www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/lon...
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how many times do i call peter hujar's day a perfect film in this episode? only one way to find out x
Out now on Overinvested: Our highlights from the London Film Festival!
Includes spoiler-free reviews of Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man, Pillion, Peter Hujar's Day, The Mastermind, and more: www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/lon...
Includes spoiler-free reviews of Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man, Pillion, Peter Hujar's Day, The Mastermind, and more: www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/lon...
London Film Festival 2025 reviews — OVERINVESTED
Claire Biddles and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw review some highlights from the 2025 London Film Festival, ranging from big upcoming releases (the new Knives Out movie Wake Up Dead Man) to awards contenders (...
www.overinvestedpodcast.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
how many times do i call peter hujar's day a perfect film in this episode? only one way to find out x
exactly where they belong 😇
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
exactly where they belong 😇
Out now on Overinvested: Our highlights from the London Film Festival!
Includes spoiler-free reviews of Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man, Pillion, Peter Hujar's Day, The Mastermind, and more: www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/lon...
Includes spoiler-free reviews of Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man, Pillion, Peter Hujar's Day, The Mastermind, and more: www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/lon...
London Film Festival 2025 reviews — OVERINVESTED
Claire Biddles and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw review some highlights from the 2025 London Film Festival, ranging from big upcoming releases (the new Knives Out movie Wake Up Dead Man) to awards contenders (...
www.overinvestedpodcast.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Out now on Overinvested: Our highlights from the London Film Festival!
Includes spoiler-free reviews of Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man, Pillion, Peter Hujar's Day, The Mastermind, and more: www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/lon...
Includes spoiler-free reviews of Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man, Pillion, Peter Hujar's Day, The Mastermind, and more: www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/lon...