Brendan M. Leonard
@brendanmleonard.bsky.social
i like movies, writing, music, reading, taking photos, folklore, and ghost stories. 'the only currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone when you're uncool.'
closer to 40 than 39. he/him.
letterboxd: https://rb.gy/c84vj
closer to 40 than 39. he/him.
letterboxd: https://rb.gy/c84vj
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Colorado:
if Democrats really want to play hardball they should try to get an amendment on the ballot for 2026 in Colorado that would neuter the state's redistricting commission and authorize a legislative remap, because they could squeeze two or even three more seats out of the map
July 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Colorado:
Wish I had a newspaper so I could do a headline for the new Alex Ross Perry docu: “no rules in videoheaven”
July 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Wish I had a newspaper so I could do a headline for the new Alex Ross Perry docu: “no rules in videoheaven”
fanvid of the 1960s THE LEOPARD set to cruel summer by taylor swift, is this anything
July 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
fanvid of the 1960s THE LEOPARD set to cruel summer by taylor swift, is this anything
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The new City on Fire subs suck. Hong Kong Cantonese is as vernacular as it gets and translators are still so adverse to slang, expressions, and humour. They're tonally inconsistent and technically off as well. So many lines are too fast or cut off too early just to match a cut.
July 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The new City on Fire subs suck. Hong Kong Cantonese is as vernacular as it gets and translators are still so adverse to slang, expressions, and humour. They're tonally inconsistent and technically off as well. So many lines are too fast or cut off too early just to match a cut.
you know what rules, 1991’s DEAD AGAIN. Sir Ken should have given us at least one more Mike Church Mystery.
June 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
you know what rules, 1991’s DEAD AGAIN. Sir Ken should have given us at least one more Mike Church Mystery.
zohran drop the letterboxd 4 faves it’s time
June 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
zohran drop the letterboxd 4 faves it’s time
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
May 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
pope Leo XIV drop the letterboxd 4 faves
May 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
pope Leo XIV drop the letterboxd 4 faves
saw thunderbolts, really liked it, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova is just always lights out lightning in a bottle stuff! She even does the sad cry frowny face!
May 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
saw thunderbolts, really liked it, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova is just always lights out lightning in a bottle stuff! She even does the sad cry frowny face!
In retrospect, me getting into international film in 2024:
May 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
In retrospect, me getting into international film in 2024:
what’s absolutely bonkers about John Sayles is he has three movies minimum in his filmography you could argue as The Great American Film: City of Hope, Matewan, Lone Star.
April 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
what’s absolutely bonkers about John Sayles is he has three movies minimum in his filmography you could argue as The Great American Film: City of Hope, Matewan, Lone Star.
saw sinners in imax 70mm over 24 hours ago and i am still not over it. I will probably not be over it for a while. my inner monologue is basically me going “sinners!!!!!” on a loop
April 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
saw sinners in imax 70mm over 24 hours ago and i am still not over it. I will probably not be over it for a while. my inner monologue is basically me going “sinners!!!!!” on a loop
lol. lmao even.
The recipient of the 2024 Hong Kong Screenwriters' Guild Honorary Award is... Wong Jing. The FB comments range from 'Are you for real?' to 'Are you for fucking real?'
March 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
lol. lmao even.
yeah I like dune 2, dune 2 badly in my Oscar pool
March 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
yeah I like dune 2, dune 2 badly in my Oscar pool
why can’t I log dunkings 2 on letterboxd, it’s a short film at 7 minutes
February 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
why can’t I log dunkings 2 on letterboxd, it’s a short film at 7 minutes
love to see a Janus Films logo before a movie but you know what also hits? A Rialto/Canal double header. You see that, you know you’re gonna see a banger with some famous Europeans
February 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
love to see a Janus Films logo before a movie but you know what also hits? A Rialto/Canal double header. You see that, you know you’re gonna see a banger with some famous Europeans
you just know the rep houses this summer gonna be going crazy with the lynch series (if you have a chance to see his work theatrically, DO IT)
January 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
you just know the rep houses this summer gonna be going crazy with the lynch series (if you have a chance to see his work theatrically, DO IT)
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not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff
January 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff
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oh i'm sorry, does noah wyle wear scrubs and have a scruffy beard and rub his eyes in a mixture of exhaustion and exasperation and then glance up at a patient he knows he can't save with endless mournful reflection on the human condition
i'm in i'm sold we're good thx
i'm in i'm sold we're good thx
January 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
oh i'm sorry, does noah wyle wear scrubs and have a scruffy beard and rub his eyes in a mixture of exhaustion and exasperation and then glance up at a patient he knows he can't save with endless mournful reflection on the human condition
i'm in i'm sold we're good thx
i'm in i'm sold we're good thx
if movies are dreams you never forget and dreams are messages from the deep, then movies must be messages from the deep you never forget
January 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
if movies are dreams you never forget and dreams are messages from the deep, then movies must be messages from the deep you never forget
Finally watched the gorgeous new 4K of LA DOLCE VITA in a theater today, had never seen it before. I’m just supposed to go back to reality now?
December 24, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Finally watched the gorgeous new 4K of LA DOLCE VITA in a theater today, had never seen it before. I’m just supposed to go back to reality now?
Hi hello I am here to tell you that the drums and horns on the new National live album are fucking sick as hell
December 17, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Hi hello I am here to tell you that the drums and horns on the new National live album are fucking sick as hell
I love how Burt Lancaster could do both insane acrobatics in one movie and then look like the biggest unit you’ve ever seen in the next.
December 14, 2024 at 3:22 AM
I love how Burt Lancaster could do both insane acrobatics in one movie and then look like the biggest unit you’ve ever seen in the next.
HARD TRUTHS hit me hard. It’s going to linger. Very relevant to the present moment, I think.
December 10, 2024 at 2:57 AM
HARD TRUTHS hit me hard. It’s going to linger. Very relevant to the present moment, I think.
Ten favorite first time watches, November 2024.
December 2, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Ten favorite first time watches, November 2024.