Codie Allen
@codieallen.bsky.social
they/them 🏳️⚧️ | i write about film, with the occasional ramble or poem thrown in | #words @GeekVibesNation, The Curb, @InSessionFilm, This is Film | Member of @CACF_Critics @DorianAwards, RT approved 🍅, #FreePalestine, fighter for LGBTQIA+ and women’s rights
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Codie Allen
@codieallen.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Growing Up with Michelle Trachtenberg: A Tribute to the Girl Who Shaped a Generation
Hearing about Michelle Trachtenberg’s passing at 39 today immediately had me shook.
celluloidandsociety.substack.com
I wrote a piece on Michelle Trachtenberg, a woman who, not just I but my entire generation, grew up with. She was more than a TV figure—she was an icon, a legend whose influence shaped who I am today. She will be deeply missed. If you're interested, you can read it here:
bsky has bookmarks now?!? FINALLY!!
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
bsky has bookmarks now?!? FINALLY!!
OMG you guys i got the job!!
October 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
OMG you guys i got the job!!
not only would this change my life for the better, both financially and mentally, but i would also feel so much safer there than here in the states for obvious reasons. and most of my family background is from there, and i studied the language in college, so i speak it fluently. it’s just perfect :)
I applied for a job abroad almost two months ago, and I figured too much time had passed to hear back. But yesterday, I actually got a response and they want to chat one day next week! I’m ecstatic. This would completely change my life
September 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
not only would this change my life for the better, both financially and mentally, but i would also feel so much safer there than here in the states for obvious reasons. and most of my family background is from there, and i studied the language in college, so i speak it fluently. it’s just perfect :)
I applied for a job abroad almost two months ago, and I figured too much time had passed to hear back. But yesterday, I actually got a response and they want to chat one day next week! I’m ecstatic. This would completely change my life
September 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I applied for a job abroad almost two months ago, and I figured too much time had passed to hear back. But yesterday, I actually got a response and they want to chat one day next week! I’m ecstatic. This would completely change my life
anytime i see someone with donald trump flags or stickers on their car, i pull up right next to them and blast "the smallest man who's ever lived" by taylor swift with no regrets 😌
September 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
anytime i see someone with donald trump flags or stickers on their car, i pull up right next to them and blast "the smallest man who's ever lived" by taylor swift with no regrets 😌
It’s been a wild, painful, and beautiful experience that I wouldn’t change for the world. #transwoman #lgbtqia+ 🏳️⚧️
what going through a second puberty as a trans girl feels like
The first time around, puberty felt like betrayal.
hotpinkrebellion.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It’s been a wild, painful, and beautiful experience that I wouldn’t change for the world. #transwoman #lgbtqia+ 🏳️⚧️
hi you all 💕 i got a new job sadly it’s just retail job atm but I'll take anything right now. i need the money so bad, things have been rough. i’m trying to keep my current place of stay till month’s end. i’m $40 short, any help means the world. 🤍
venmo: allencody / paypal: paypal.me/CodyAllen88
venmo: allencody / paypal: paypal.me/CodyAllen88
September 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
hi you all 💕 i got a new job sadly it’s just retail job atm but I'll take anything right now. i need the money so bad, things have been rough. i’m trying to keep my current place of stay till month’s end. i’m $40 short, any help means the world. 🤍
venmo: allencody / paypal: paypal.me/CodyAllen88
venmo: allencody / paypal: paypal.me/CodyAllen88
so i found out tonight my abuser died and ngl i've been bouncing off the walls all night 😌
September 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
so i found out tonight my abuser died and ngl i've been bouncing off the walls all night 😌
ngl i had no idea survivor was still a thing lol i remember when that show first aired back in 2000
September 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ngl i had no idea survivor was still a thing lol i remember when that show first aired back in 2000
giving up on twitter is one of the best choices of my life and it's only been nearly 2 weeks lol
September 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
giving up on twitter is one of the best choices of my life and it's only been nearly 2 weeks lol
i've made the choice to stop using twitter. i've not used it for 12 days and i feel great about it :)
September 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
i've made the choice to stop using twitter. i've not used it for 12 days and i feel great about it :)
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anyway, i made a new substack for personal ramblings—a place to just be me, separate from my film criticism. check it out if you want, but fair warning: i may be a little chaotic and unhinged lol. new piece up.
(name might change, made it in the spare of the moment.)
(name might change, made it in the spare of the moment.)
yesterday was the first day of fall, but this is fuckin florida
the calendar says it’s fall.
confessionsofatransgirl.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
anyway, i made a new substack for personal ramblings—a place to just be me, separate from my film criticism. check it out if you want, but fair warning: i may be a little chaotic and unhinged lol. new piece up.
(name might change, made it in the spare of the moment.)
(name might change, made it in the spare of the moment.)
can't believe yall voted to have a National Day of Remembrance for this piece of shit. anyone who supported him is a fucking moron
Charlie Kirk Sept 27 2024: "Just so we're clear, the Haitians that are in Huntsville that are raping your women and hunting you down at night - it's only gonna get worse - unless Donald Trump wins
There will be hundreds of thousands of Haitians brought into Alabama and they will become your masters"
There will be hundreds of thousands of Haitians brought into Alabama and they will become your masters"
September 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
can't believe yall voted to have a National Day of Remembrance for this piece of shit. anyone who supported him is a fucking moron
it sucks not having money and being hungry lol i'm getting real tired of everything rn ngl
September 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
it sucks not having money and being hungry lol i'm getting real tired of everything rn ngl
long shot, but if anyone knows of any remote opportunities in tech support, customer service, data entry/analysis, front-end development, or anything along those lines, please let me know, I'm in desperate need lol
September 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
long shot, but if anyone knows of any remote opportunities in tech support, customer service, data entry/analysis, front-end development, or anything along those lines, please let me know, I'm in desperate need lol
supposedly, the guy who shot charlie kirk was living with his trans partner. Just great - now the far right is going to come after us once again 🙃
September 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
supposedly, the guy who shot charlie kirk was living with his trans partner. Just great - now the far right is going to come after us once again 🙃
the will to wake up, get out of bed, and keep moving forward is getting really hard these days
September 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
the will to wake up, get out of bed, and keep moving forward is getting really hard these days
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We Bury the Dead screened in competition at CinefestOz this week.
@codyallen.bsky.social reviews this drama here:
www.thecurb.com.au/we-bury-the-...
@codyallen.bsky.social reviews this drama here:
www.thecurb.com.au/we-bury-the-...
We Bury the Dead is a Haunting Elegy for the Living and the Lost - The Curb | Film and Culture
There are zombie films that thrill you, and then there are those that haunt you — not with snarling teeth or sudden jump scares, but with quiet questions about love, grief, and the echoes we leave beh...
www.thecurb.com.au
September 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
We Bury the Dead screened in competition at CinefestOz this week.
@codyallen.bsky.social reviews this drama here:
www.thecurb.com.au/we-bury-the-...
@codyallen.bsky.social reviews this drama here:
www.thecurb.com.au/we-bury-the-...
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But maybe interviews aren't your thing.
If that's the case, then @codyallen.bsky.social reviews J Stevens Really Happy Someday below.
www.thecurb.com.au/really-happy...
If that's the case, then @codyallen.bsky.social reviews J Stevens Really Happy Someday below.
www.thecurb.com.au/really-happy...
Queer Screen Review: Really Happy Someday: A Tender Journey Through Transition, Loss, and Hope - The Curb | Film and Culture
There’s something quietly powerful about a film that doesn’t promise an easy journey but still holds space for hope. Really Happy Someday, J Stevens’ heartfelt debut, carries a title that feels like a...
www.thecurb.com.au
August 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
But maybe interviews aren't your thing.
If that's the case, then @codyallen.bsky.social reviews J Stevens Really Happy Someday below.
www.thecurb.com.au/really-happy...
If that's the case, then @codyallen.bsky.social reviews J Stevens Really Happy Someday below.
www.thecurb.com.au/really-happy...
Australian cinema RULES, and I really liked this one! Check out my review below:
MIFF coverage continues this week with @codyallen.bsky.social reviewing the charming and tender Melbourne based from FWENDS.
Read their review here:
www.thecurb.com.au/miff-review-...
Read their review here:
www.thecurb.com.au/miff-review-...
MIFF Review: Fwends is a tender portrait of friendship, loss, and rediscovery - The Curb | Film and Culture
We’ve all been there — that bittersweet moment when you reconnect with an old friend. Maybe it’s someone you thought you’d never lose touch with, someone who once felt like your closest ally through l...
www.thecurb.com.au
August 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Australian cinema RULES, and I really liked this one! Check out my review below:
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And then also at MIFF, but equally abroad, is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's latest: Cloud.
@codyallen.bsky.social reviews that one here:
www.thecurb.com.au/cloud-review...
@codyallen.bsky.social reviews that one here:
www.thecurb.com.au/cloud-review...
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud shows that capitalism is the real horror and it's coming for you in a box - The Curb | Film and Culture
There’s a special kind of horror that doesn’t scream or slash—it creeps up on you in the form of unchecked ambition, of algorithms, of the unshakable feeling that someone’s always watching. Kiyoshi Ku...
www.thecurb.com.au
August 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
And then also at MIFF, but equally abroad, is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's latest: Cloud.
@codyallen.bsky.social reviews that one here:
www.thecurb.com.au/cloud-review...
@codyallen.bsky.social reviews that one here:
www.thecurb.com.au/cloud-review...
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Then we have @codyallen.bsky.social reviewing the tender documentary GEN_ by Gianluca Matarese.
This is a powerful review for a great film.
Read that one here:
www.thecurb.com.au/gen_-review-...
This is a powerful review for a great film.
Read that one here:
www.thecurb.com.au/gen_-review-...
MIFF Review: GEN_: Grief, Gender, and the Fight to Exist - The Curb | Film and Culture
There’s something quietly shattering about GEN_, something that lodges under your skin and hums there for days. Directed by Gianluca Matarrese, this deeply intimate documentary slips past rhetoric and...
www.thecurb.com.au
August 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Then we have @codyallen.bsky.social reviewing the tender documentary GEN_ by Gianluca Matarese.
This is a powerful review for a great film.
Read that one here:
www.thecurb.com.au/gen_-review-...
This is a powerful review for a great film.
Read that one here:
www.thecurb.com.au/gen_-review-...