Molly Rasberry
@mrasberry.bsky.social
She/They.Film Studies MA and MLIS. bylines:
@TheFilmStage @NCFilmCritics. Academic librarian. Former Film Fest Coordinator. Kate Bush Fan. http://mollywoodwrites.wordpress.com
https://letterboxd.com/mbrasberry/
@TheFilmStage @NCFilmCritics. Academic librarian. Former Film Fest Coordinator. Kate Bush Fan. http://mollywoodwrites.wordpress.com
https://letterboxd.com/mbrasberry/
Forgot that I can be happy over here that Scott Adams died. Couldn’t have happened to a worse guy.
January 14, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Forgot that I can be happy over here that Scott Adams died. Couldn’t have happened to a worse guy.
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I always remember George Michael today. Gone too soon, nine years today. ♥️ www.salon.com/2016/12/26/g...
December 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I always remember George Michael today. Gone too soon, nine years today. ♥️ www.salon.com/2016/12/26/g...
Watched It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and shout out to Lillian Randolph for the funniest line of the entire film. This diva.
December 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Watched It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and shout out to Lillian Randolph for the funniest line of the entire film. This diva.
Police: have you been watching movies?
Me: a few
Police: a few what?
Me: a few
Police: a few what?
December 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Police: have you been watching movies?
Me: a few
Police: a few what?
Me: a few
Police: a few what?
Realizing the academy award ceremony where Vanessa Redgrave won best supporting actress and denounced Zionism was the same year Star Wars was nominated for best picture. She knew the award ceremony was going to have a huge viewership that year and took advantage of it. Queen shit
December 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Realizing the academy award ceremony where Vanessa Redgrave won best supporting actress and denounced Zionism was the same year Star Wars was nominated for best picture. She knew the award ceremony was going to have a huge viewership that year and took advantage of it. Queen shit
I’m going out for a second, could you watch him? America can’t afford to lose him.
December 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I’m going out for a second, could you watch him? America can’t afford to lose him.
It’s always an honor when Frida Cinema uses my posts to advertise screenings
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s always an honor when Frida Cinema uses my posts to advertise screenings
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When NPR reaches out and says, “Hey, do you want to talk about Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’?” you of course say yes. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
Is Paul McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime' simply… horrible?
In the decades since its release, "Wonderful Christmastime" has become a seasonal staple beloved by some but loathed by others.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
When NPR reaches out and says, “Hey, do you want to talk about Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’?” you of course say yes. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
November 30th. December 1st
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
November 30th. December 1st
Got my family started with Christmas early
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Got my family started with Christmas early
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“A film will speak politically whether its makers intend for it to or not, but storytellers shouldn’t be compelled to give neat, prescriptive messaging perfectly calibrated to the moral temperature of an audience.”
Finally. My big 2800 word essay about One Battle After Another and its black women characters is live. www.vulture.com/article/blac...
Black Actresses Are Carrying One Battle After Another
Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall propel the film’s most conflicted ideas, for better and worse.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“A film will speak politically whether its makers intend for it to or not, but storytellers shouldn’t be compelled to give neat, prescriptive messaging perfectly calibrated to the moral temperature of an audience.”
Part 2 of my Meet John Doe essay will probably arrive next week, just in time for December. Apologies for the delay to the 4 people who may read it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Part 2 of my Meet John Doe essay will probably arrive next week, just in time for December. Apologies for the delay to the 4 people who may read it.
Another Thin Man?! In this economy?!
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Another Thin Man?! In this economy?!
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As the year winds down and everyone is playing year-end catch up, please don't overlook Carson Lund's EEPHUS, a meditation on mortality and the transience of time played out during a small town baseball game that is quietly one of the most remarkable films of the year.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
As the year winds down and everyone is playing year-end catch up, please don't overlook Carson Lund's EEPHUS, a meditation on mortality and the transience of time played out during a small town baseball game that is quietly one of the most remarkable films of the year.
Watched Train Dreams
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Watched Train Dreams
Up to 450 movie watches this year.
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Up to 450 movie watches this year.
Wildest thing happened at my screening of Branded to Kill (1967) turns out the digital file the Alamo drafthouse I went to see it didn’t come prepackaged with subtitles. So the audience spent 20 minutes trying to figure out what the characters were saying. Got a movie pass and snack coupon though.
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Wildest thing happened at my screening of Branded to Kill (1967) turns out the digital file the Alamo drafthouse I went to see it didn’t come prepackaged with subtitles. So the audience spent 20 minutes trying to figure out what the characters were saying. Got a movie pass and snack coupon though.
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I wrote about DOG DAY AFTERNOON and its complicated legacy among trans viewers for my reader's choice series. My co-writer Caden Mark Gardner will be discussing many of these same topics tonight on TCM before this film is shown. Please tune in!
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I wrote about DOG DAY AFTERNOON and its complicated legacy among trans viewers for my reader's choice series. My co-writer Caden Mark Gardner will be discussing many of these same topics tonight on TCM before this film is shown. Please tune in!
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
Hilariously I've reported that my twitter account has been hacked and twitter doesn't think so. Even though someone posted this on my account. I don't have a cousin nor do I endorse Bitcoin/NFTs
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hilariously I've reported that my twitter account has been hacked and twitter doesn't think so. Even though someone posted this on my account. I don't have a cousin nor do I endorse Bitcoin/NFTs
My answer if you ask me if I want to see a Barbara Stanwyck film noir.
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My answer if you ask me if I want to see a Barbara Stanwyck film noir.
They Live by Night (1948) was the first film to have a tracking shot from a helicopter. Insane that Ray requested to do a chase sequence to open the film and then state it needs to be a tracking shot from a helicopter. Glad the producer had faith in Ray's vision cause its so cool.
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
They Live by Night (1948) was the first film to have a tracking shot from a helicopter. Insane that Ray requested to do a chase sequence to open the film and then state it needs to be a tracking shot from a helicopter. Glad the producer had faith in Ray's vision cause its so cool.
Wicked spoilers: It is terrifying to contemplate that Glinda’s song “Popular” actually provides the whole thesis of the political landscape of Wicked.You don’t need brains/knowledge, all you need is popularity and you can become a dictator of Oz cause the citizens are stupid and easily manipulated.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Wicked spoilers: It is terrifying to contemplate that Glinda’s song “Popular” actually provides the whole thesis of the political landscape of Wicked.You don’t need brains/knowledge, all you need is popularity and you can become a dictator of Oz cause the citizens are stupid and easily manipulated.
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So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...