Cat Goblin
@coheed5.bsky.social
A cultural omnivore. On the autistic spectrum and proud of it. Film lover, book reader, avid listener of various different genres of music. Wish to still expand my tastes to become a better person.
Closer to my usually tastes, and also good, is Tornado (2025), which just took my interest because director-writer John Maclean is the first person to consider, set in 18th century Scotland, that you could have a historical samurai film on the British Isles, and he accomplished it fully.
June 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Closer to my usually tastes, and also good, is Tornado (2025), which just took my interest because director-writer John Maclean is the first person to consider, set in 18th century Scotland, that you could have a historical samurai film on the British Isles, and he accomplished it fully.
Catching up on posting on Bluesky, and catching up with films seen at the cinema. Sadly, as summer approaches and the blockbuster season arrives, it can feel like the choices are restricted, but The Salt Path (2024) was a needed alternative.
June 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Catching up on posting on Bluesky, and catching up with films seen at the cinema. Sadly, as summer approaches and the blockbuster season arrives, it can feel like the choices are restricted, but The Salt Path (2024) was a needed alternative.
I went to see Sinners (2025), with the sense from the trailer alone (and no other context) it was something special. Having never seen a Ryan Coogler film beforehand, that'll have to be rectified, as this is a horror film given love and appreciation for something personal.
April 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I went to see Sinners (2025), with the sense from the trailer alone (and no other context) it was something special. Having never seen a Ryan Coogler film beforehand, that'll have to be rectified, as this is a horror film given love and appreciation for something personal.
Going to the cinema, I saw Sister Midnight (2024), which I knew was unconventional going in, but still catches you off-guard as a comedy about a woman domestic misery only to get to stop motion undead goats. That doesn't even spoil how that transpires, because that's a leap the film accomplishes.
April 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Going to the cinema, I saw Sister Midnight (2024), which I knew was unconventional going in, but still catches you off-guard as a comedy about a woman domestic misery only to get to stop motion undead goats. That doesn't even spoil how that transpires, because that's a leap the film accomplishes.
Whilst not perfect for the first attempt - like trying to reduce the amount of salt - my first attempt at cooking Kimchi Jjigae (Kimchi Stew), something I went into with zero confidence, turned out to be something I was proud of and delicious.
March 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Whilst not perfect for the first attempt - like trying to reduce the amount of salt - my first attempt at cooking Kimchi Jjigae (Kimchi Stew), something I went into with zero confidence, turned out to be something I was proud of and delicious.
As there were no new films over the last weekend I could practically see of interest, I took a chance on a retro screening one night, in this case of Steven Spielberg's Peter Pan reinterpretation Hook (1991). Never seen before, it was a throwback as the cinema branch called it.
February 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
As there were no new films over the last weekend I could practically see of interest, I took a chance on a retro screening one night, in this case of Steven Spielberg's Peter Pan reinterpretation Hook (1991). Never seen before, it was a throwback as the cinema branch called it.
Another film making its debut to Blu Ray, and one that many have been waiting to see a proper release of, The Mother and the Whore (1973) is three and a half hours long, but never feels like it was not worth it. Even without the shadow of May 68 in France, its emotional rawness lingers.
February 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Another film making its debut to Blu Ray, and one that many have been waiting to see a proper release of, The Mother and the Whore (1973) is three and a half hours long, but never feels like it was not worth it. Even without the shadow of May 68 in France, its emotional rawness lingers.
Vital is a great film, but if I'm to play this game with Tsukamoto, its Tokyo Fist (1995) for me that's my favorite. Even with all the great films he has been making to this day, its the highlight.
February 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Vital is a great film, but if I'm to play this game with Tsukamoto, its Tokyo Fist (1995) for me that's my favorite. Even with all the great films he has been making to this day, its the highlight.
Whilst I am looking forward to seeing new releases at the cinema, I sacrificed one or two I had interest in to catch up with Luca Guadagnino's Queer (2024), which even had a trailer shown at my local multiplex but never appeared in December there at all.
January 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Whilst I am looking forward to seeing new releases at the cinema, I sacrificed one or two I had interest in to catch up with Luca Guadagnino's Queer (2024), which even had a trailer shown at my local multiplex but never appeared in December there at all.
Catching up with films released last year in Britain, Evil Does Not Exist (2023) continues my growing respect for Ryusuke Hamaguchi. It is a compliment to say this evokes the films I used to find on DVD from the late 2000s into the 2010s, in the World Cinema category, which always surprised me.
January 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Catching up with films released last year in Britain, Evil Does Not Exist (2023) continues my growing respect for Ryusuke Hamaguchi. It is a compliment to say this evokes the films I used to find on DVD from the late 2000s into the 2010s, in the World Cinema category, which always surprised me.
A film I wished I could own a HD remaster of, revisiting it yesterday, is Peter Greenaway's first The Falls (1980). A fictional three plus hour document of people with "Fall" in their surname affected by the Violent Unknown Event, which has turned them into immortals with traits of birds
January 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A film I wished I could own a HD remaster of, revisiting it yesterday, is Peter Greenaway's first The Falls (1980). A fictional three plus hour document of people with "Fall" in their surname affected by the Violent Unknown Event, which has turned them into immortals with traits of birds
For me, new Blu-Ray releases will count as with the cinema if they're films I've waited even a decade to see. Rampo Noir (2005), an anthology based on the work of author Edogawa Rampo, lived up to showing the side of his that inspired the ero-guro movement.
January 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
For me, new Blu-Ray releases will count as with the cinema if they're films I've waited even a decade to see. Rampo Noir (2005), an anthology based on the work of author Edogawa Rampo, lived up to showing the side of his that inspired the ero-guro movement.
So like many, I begin my first cinema trip of 2025 with Nosferatu (2024). Something morbid, something creepy, something definitely unconventional and continuing last year's streak of Willem Dafoe just being a good luck charm for any film to succeed.
January 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So like many, I begin my first cinema trip of 2025 with Nosferatu (2024). Something morbid, something creepy, something definitely unconventional and continuing last year's streak of Willem Dafoe just being a good luck charm for any film to succeed.
Decided over the last weekend to go through the first four Batman films, mostly because the first sequel is truly a Christmas film. Batman (1989) though is interesting as a film that was definitely made by committee with hindsight to Batman Returns, but feels different from film of decades after.
December 24, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Decided over the last weekend to go through the first four Batman films, mostly because the first sequel is truly a Christmas film. Batman (1989) though is interesting as a film that was definitely made by committee with hindsight to Batman Returns, but feels different from film of decades after.
Watched The Ladykillers (1955) for the first time as MUBI have made a couple of the Ealing Studio films available. A pleasant reminder that even quaint British culture joked about criminals offing old women. Alec Guinness also should be the standard for prominent teeth acting.
December 22, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Watched The Ladykillers (1955) for the first time as MUBI have made a couple of the Ealing Studio films available. A pleasant reminder that even quaint British culture joked about criminals offing old women. Alec Guinness also should be the standard for prominent teeth acting.
Hearing of The People's Joker (2022), in mind that all its buzz is handicapped by the lack of availability in the UK, I was still able to see the film and, yes, there's something glorious in a glib meta-personal tale with carte blanche to take the DC comics symbols and spin it anywhere it wants.
December 12, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Hearing of The People's Joker (2022), in mind that all its buzz is handicapped by the lack of availability in the UK, I was still able to see the film and, yes, there's something glorious in a glib meta-personal tale with carte blanche to take the DC comics symbols and spin it anywhere it wants.
Catching up from Monday's viewing, it is on paper an insane prospect to have to do the following to see Guy Maddin's Rumours (2024) - wake up at 6.40am, get a bus, then a train for over an hour plus, and than a tram, all because your branch of multiplex doesn't show the film but another does.
December 11, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Catching up from Monday's viewing, it is on paper an insane prospect to have to do the following to see Guy Maddin's Rumours (2024) - wake up at 6.40am, get a bus, then a train for over an hour plus, and than a tram, all because your branch of multiplex doesn't show the film but another does.
Finally, A Walk Through H (1979), a Peter Greenaway short following an ornithologist's journey symbolized through hand drawn maps he obsessively collected. Early Greenaway is eccentric and thankfully influenced into his more dramatic narrative features.
December 2, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Finally, A Walk Through H (1979), a Peter Greenaway short following an ornithologist's journey symbolized through hand drawn maps he obsessively collected. Early Greenaway is eccentric and thankfully influenced into his more dramatic narrative features.
In spite of the lead being cancelled, films he was in like Dead Man (1995) are still exceptional. Jim Jarmusch's western could be bleak and nihilistic if it wasn't transcendental and matched by an awesome Neil Young score.
December 2, 2024 at 5:51 PM
In spite of the lead being cancelled, films he was in like Dead Man (1995) are still exceptional. Jim Jarmusch's western could be bleak and nihilistic if it wasn't transcendental and matched by an awesome Neil Young score.
Catching up with film viewing from this weekend, I revisited Peter Greenaway's The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), which was the first film of his to properly catch interest. A period drama, but fully his, obsessed with lists, and mixing the profound with profane.
December 2, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Catching up with film viewing from this weekend, I revisited Peter Greenaway's The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), which was the first film of his to properly catch interest. A period drama, but fully his, obsessed with lists, and mixing the profound with profane.
Continuing my journey with filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, I revisited a film I wish was re-released, Syndromes and a Century (2006), a tribute to his parents (who were doctors) literally split in half.
November 28, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Continuing my journey with filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, I revisited a film I wish was re-released, Syndromes and a Century (2006), a tribute to his parents (who were doctors) literally split in half.
Revisited Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Mekong Hotel (2012) one last time before it leaves MUBI, but there was another short film he made the same year called Ashes (2012) for MUBI.
November 27, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Revisited Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Mekong Hotel (2012) one last time before it leaves MUBI, but there was another short film he made the same year called Ashes (2012) for MUBI.
Whores' Glory (2011) as a title is quite abrasive, but before it left MUBI, I finally saw this documentary by the late Michael Glawogger tonight. There are segments which are uncomfortable, but following sex workers from Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico, it still has empathy, that rare trait.
November 26, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Whores' Glory (2011) as a title is quite abrasive, but before it left MUBI, I finally saw this documentary by the late Michael Glawogger tonight. There are segments which are uncomfortable, but following sex workers from Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico, it still has empathy, that rare trait.
Before it leaves MUBI in the next day, I finally got around to Nimic (2019), a short film by one of my favorite directors Yorgos Lanthimos, and it plays out like a prequel to Kinds of Kindness in terms of existential farce.
November 24, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Before it leaves MUBI in the next day, I finally got around to Nimic (2019), a short film by one of my favorite directors Yorgos Lanthimos, and it plays out like a prequel to Kinds of Kindness in terms of existential farce.
In my quest to watch a lot of the Cannes Film Festival films, the official selection entries, from decades before I can, I get to Ruben Östlund's Triangle of Sadness (2022) which won the main award. I've no context for Östlund, as this'll be my first film of his, but I'm intrigued.
November 23, 2024 at 4:24 PM
In my quest to watch a lot of the Cannes Film Festival films, the official selection entries, from decades before I can, I get to Ruben Östlund's Triangle of Sadness (2022) which won the main award. I've no context for Östlund, as this'll be my first film of his, but I'm intrigued.