Sylvie
@slywit.bsky.social
Half 🇺🇸, half 🇫🇷, all-around opinionated. Editor currently living in San Francisco. Hitchcocko-Hawksienne. National parkologist. Opera aficionada. Supporting women directors is my jam. Blog: slywit.wordpress.com
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It’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday! As I did last year, I’m beginning my new #DirectedByWomen thread with an Indie Spirit contender. And, since it’s Christmastide, I'm bearing witness to the religious musical bio-pic THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (2025) by Mona Fastvold. #52FilmsByWomen #1 #Filmsky 📽️
It's also available on Criterion and HBO as well as streaming for free on Kanopy.
FYI Battle of Algiers is free to watch on Tubi
January 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
It's also available on Criterion and HBO as well as streaming for free on Kanopy.
Decided to give FRANKENSTEIN another go after chatting with a friend about it and now I've made it 15 minutes but already I'm like...
January 9, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Decided to give FRANKENSTEIN another go after chatting with a friend about it and now I've made it 15 minutes but already I'm like...
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Well worth watching
Ok, I couldn't stop thinking about this. Apologies to the literally dozens of people I've lifted from... I want to do a fully credited version, but I'm sitting here sobbing and, well, maybe you'll feel some release, too.
January 9, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Well worth watching
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The only reason we know ICE agent Jonathan Ross is the person who murdered Renee Nicole Walker is because Kristi Noem alluded to a previous incident and reporters started digging.
Kristi Noem effectively "doxxed" the perp.
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
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January 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The only reason we know ICE agent Jonathan Ross is the person who murdered Renee Nicole Walker is because Kristi Noem alluded to a previous incident and reporters started digging.
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
—William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming"
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
—William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming"
January 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
—William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming"
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
—William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming"
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The moderate position here is that every single ICE agent should be tried and put in prison for their many crimes. That's the baseline
January 8, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The moderate position here is that every single ICE agent should be tried and put in prison for their many crimes. That's the baseline
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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I rewatched FRIENDS & was struck at the multitude of establishing shots in scenes where one of the gang is sitting in their apartment reading a contemporary fiction novel
January 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I rewatched FRIENDS & was struck at the multitude of establishing shots in scenes where one of the gang is sitting in their apartment reading a contemporary fiction novel
So, as far as I can tell the new PG&E base service charge will basically increase monthly bills for low energy users and lower them for energy hogs. Fuck that sh*t.
January 7, 2026 at 6:14 AM
So, as far as I can tell the new PG&E base service charge will basically increase monthly bills for low energy users and lower them for energy hogs. Fuck that sh*t.
OMG, that man put his face on the National Parks Pass?!? 😠
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 PM
OMG, that man put his face on the National Parks Pass?!? 😠
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
2016: Arrival
2006: The Fall
1996: Walking and Talking
1986: Highlander
1976: Mikey and Nicky
1966: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1956: High Society
1946: La Belle et la Bête
1936: My Man Godfrey
1926: 3 Bad Men
1916: Shoes
1906: Les Résultats du féminisme
2006: The Fall
1996: Walking and Talking
1986: Highlander
1976: Mikey and Nicky
1966: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1956: High Society
1946: La Belle et la Bête
1936: My Man Godfrey
1926: 3 Bad Men
1916: Shoes
1906: Les Résultats du féminisme
What is your favorite film celebrating a decade anniversary in 2026? We're thinking films released in 2016, 2006, 1996, 1986, 1976, 1966, 1956, 1946, 1936, 1926, etc.
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
2016: Arrival
2006: The Fall
1996: Walking and Talking
1986: Highlander
1976: Mikey and Nicky
1966: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1956: High Society
1946: La Belle et la Bête
1936: My Man Godfrey
1926: 3 Bad Men
1916: Shoes
1906: Les Résultats du féminisme
2006: The Fall
1996: Walking and Talking
1986: Highlander
1976: Mikey and Nicky
1966: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1956: High Society
1946: La Belle et la Bête
1936: My Man Godfrey
1926: 3 Bad Men
1916: Shoes
1906: Les Résultats du féminisme
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Unfortunately, Microsoft Copilot told me red lights mean "Go" and my mind bicycle got run over by a car.
January 6, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Unfortunately, Microsoft Copilot told me red lights mean "Go" and my mind bicycle got run over by a car.
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Absolutely folks should get a flu shot, but your first line of defense against the flu, COVID, colds, RSV, and measles is masking in public indoor spaces. We're basically inhaling the equivalent of raw sewage water in most public indoor spaces because facilities aren't required to clean the air.
Flu is really bad right now, folks. If you haven't gotten a vaccine shot yet, there's still time.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Absolutely folks should get a flu shot, but your first line of defense against the flu, COVID, colds, RSV, and measles is masking in public indoor spaces. We're basically inhaling the equivalent of raw sewage water in most public indoor spaces because facilities aren't required to clean the air.
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we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work
I wish I had already seen THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE when I wrote this:
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I wish I had already seen THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE when I wrote this:
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
Some really interesting conversations going on among my current top five of 2025 📽️
January 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Some really interesting conversations going on among my current top five of 2025 📽️
It’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday! As I did last year, I’m beginning my new #DirectedByWomen thread with an Indie Spirit contender. And, since it’s Christmastide, I'm bearing witness to the religious musical bio-pic THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (2025) by Mona Fastvold. #52FilmsByWomen #1 #Filmsky 📽️
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 AM
It’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday! As I did last year, I’m beginning my new #DirectedByWomen thread with an Indie Spirit contender. And, since it’s Christmastide, I'm bearing witness to the religious musical bio-pic THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (2025) by Mona Fastvold. #52FilmsByWomen #1 #Filmsky 📽️
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Once again, #Filmsky, if you are looking for the Indie Spirit film nominees in one handy @letterboxd.social list, I have you covered: boxd.it/qGWG4 📽️
Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees for 2025
This list does not include nominees from the emerging filmmaker and television categories. Features are listed according to which category they first showed up in on the Film Independent website. #1-5...
boxd.it
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Once again, #Filmsky, if you are looking for the Indie Spirit film nominees in one handy @letterboxd.social list, I have you covered: boxd.it/qGWG4 📽️
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Who wants to play Siskel & Ebert: The Gathering with me??
April 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Who wants to play Siskel & Ebert: The Gathering with me??
Two movies for the New Year and two movies from the old #LastFourWatched
January 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Two movies for the New Year and two movies from the old #LastFourWatched
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And now for my 2025 Film Year in Review!
To start with, I went in with the old and out with the new (to me anyway) #2025FilmStats #Filmsky 📽️
To start with, I went in with the old and out with the new (to me anyway) #2025FilmStats #Filmsky 📽️
January 2, 2026 at 2:21 AM
And now for my 2025 Film Year in Review!
To start with, I went in with the old and out with the new (to me anyway) #2025FilmStats #Filmsky 📽️
To start with, I went in with the old and out with the new (to me anyway) #2025FilmStats #Filmsky 📽️
Over halfway through the decade! What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: First Cow
2021: The Power of the Dog
2022: Babylon
2023: Past Lives
2024: The Substance
2025: Sinners
Over halfway through the decade! What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: First Cow
2021: The Power of the Dog
2022: Babylon
2023: Past Lives
2024: The Substance
2025: Sinners
January 2, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Over halfway through the decade! What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: First Cow
2021: The Power of the Dog
2022: Babylon
2023: Past Lives
2024: The Substance
2025: Sinners
Over halfway through the decade! What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: First Cow
2021: The Power of the Dog
2022: Babylon
2023: Past Lives
2024: The Substance
2025: Sinners