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frances
@fraaaaannnnnces.bsky.social
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i wanna be a mathematician or cultural critic or an audio drama writer maybe? ^^ | 21 | https://boxd.it/6OQtJ | https://bit.ly/ShoegazeGuide
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july 2025 ^^
My July 2025 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/SepaEtFX
July 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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june 2025 ^^
My June 2025 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/Dg6vq6A0
June 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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may 2025 ^^
My May 2025 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/hgNszPfe
May 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A frame from 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995): At nighttime in front of the Garden of the Zoological Society's entrance and across from a pest control van lie a statue of two lions. One, visibly distraught with its mouth slightly ajar, looks off to the distance as it closely stands right beside the injured other, pierced by an arrow now forever stuck in its body.
May 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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still sooo happy my Berger, Bresson, and Birkin books arrived yesterday <3
My recently-arrived copies of three books: 1. Ways of Seeing (1972) – John Berger 2. Notes on the Cinematograph (1975) – Robert Bresson 3. Munkey Diaries (2018) – Jane Birkin
May 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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oh wow i've never seen an increasing linear-ish letterboxd rating distribution for a film before :0
Screenshot of the Letterboxd rating distribution for the film "A Ilha dos Amores" ["The Island of Love"] (Paulo Rocha, 1982), which has an average rating of 3.7 and a number of 8 fans in total. The distribution appears to be approximately linear and increasing from the 3★ rating onwards.
May 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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april 2025 ^^
My April 2025 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/ZHERaK6P
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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<3
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45:33#B...
Album artwork of Manuel Göttsching's "E2-E4" (1984) depicting a chessboard along with the artist name, the album title, the track listing, and the label information. Album artwork of LCD Soundsystem's "45:33" (2006) depicting a gray-and-white chessboard pattern, likely an homage to Manuel Göttsching's "E2-E4" (1984), along with a Nike+ logo, the band name, the album title, and a small, simplified heart rate diagram(?).
April 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Ways of Seeing (1972), Episode 4 – "Fine Arts and Commerce"
A frame from Ways of Seeing (1972), Episode 4 – "Fine Arts and Commerce": A page from a fashion magazine featuring three women wearing outfits with a red-and-black checkerboard pattern. The caption of John Berger's narration says, "Yet glamour is a new idea." A frame from Ways of Seeing (1972), Episode 4 – "Fine Arts and Commerce": A close-up of two daughters to the right of their off-screen father from A Family Group (c. 1664, oil on canvas) by Gonzales Coques. The caption of John Berger's narration says, "When everybody's place in society is more or less determined by birth, personal envy is a less familiar emotion." A frame from Ways of Seeing (1972), Episode 4 – "Fine Arts and Commerce": Another close-up from A Family Group (c. 1664, oil on canvas) by Gonzales Coques, this time of the mother and her three other children to the left of her: two of her other daughters, who look towards the viewer along with her, and the son who holds her left hand while looking to his left towards a small bird. The caption of John Berger's narration says, "And without social envy, glamour cannot exist." A frame from Ways of Seeing (1972), Episode 4 – "Fine Arts and Commerce": A green-ish flash hits the two celebrity subjects of photographers at a red carpet surrounded by a crowd of people. The caption of John Berger's narration says, "Envy becomes a common emotion in a society which has moved towards democracy and then stopped halfway."
March 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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god
A film frame from The Shop Around the Corner (1940): Klara's gloved hand reaches for the inside of her mail box, number 237, only to find it empty of any letters.
January 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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:(
A film frame from The Shop Around the Corner (1940): Kralik wistfully looks at Klara, waiting for her mysterious date to arrive, through the Cafe Nizza window as he contemplates whether or not to go inside.
January 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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weekly music charts for week 51 of 2024 ^^
My week 51-of-2024 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/mdR9WHQT
December 22, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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weekly music charts for week 50 of 2024 ^^
My week 50-of-2024 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/beazFAee
December 16, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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weekly music charts for week 49 of 2024 ^^
My week 49-of-2024 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/rwN8ytnZ
December 8, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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weekly music charts for week 48 of 2024 ^^
My week 48-of-2024 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/BgSPGZD7
December 1, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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monthly music charts for november 2024 ^^
My November 2024 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/tJAktBJi
December 1, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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weekly music charts for week 47 of 2024 ^^
My week 47-of-2024 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/c2uEx4kG
November 24, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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personally haven't seen a Hitchcock film (sadly) but i just found out about the then-unusual "no late admissions" poster for Psycho (1960) as well as the film's tightly controlled promotion during the time of its release :0
www.openculture.com/2023/08/alfr...
Poster for the American theatrical release of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho reminding the audience of its "no late admissions" policy for screenings, which was highly unusual for the time. Hitchcock stands at left, pointing at his wristwatch and sternly gazing at the viewer. The message reads: It Is Required That You See Psycho From the Very Beginning! The next showing of Psycho begins at... [empty box for inclusion of showtime] The manager of this theatre has been instructed, at the risk of his life, not to admit to the theatre any persons after the picture starts. Any spurious attempts to enter by side doors, fire escapes or ventilating shafts will be met by force. The entire objective of this extraordinary policy, of course, is to help you enjoy Psycho more. — Alfred Hitchcock [signature]
November 22, 2024 at 8:48 AM
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god i love film language <3
A still from La Pointe Courte (1955): The sitting Lui looks up to his left towards the standing Elle, whose head is offscreen, as she holds with both her hands a pair of ice cream cones for refreshments at the annual regatta in Sète. A still from La Pointe Courte (1955): In the same scene after a cut, Elle eats her ice cream while Lui looks to his right and stretches his right arm in front of the woman sitting next to him towards a boy, offering him his ice cream cone which the boy accepts. A still from La Pointe Courte (1955): A little while later in their bedroom, Elle, who is lying in bed next to Lui to her right, passes him her hair clip and says, as captioned, "At least I had some ice cream." A still from La Pointe Courte (1955): In the same scene as the camera shifts leftward leaving Elle offscreen, Lui stretches his right arm to put Elle's hair clip on his bedside table, paralleling his earlier gesture.
November 20, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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weekly music charts for week 46 of 2024 ^^
My week 46-of-2024 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/jT8VJGiC
November 17, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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weekly music charts for week 45 of 2024 ^^
My week 45-of-2024 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/2ZQzKC3H
November 11, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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weekly music charts for week 44 of 2024 ^^
My week 44-of-2024 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/sFjnRKLU
November 3, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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monthly music charts for october 2024 ^^
My October 2024 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/CN9g5aXs
November 1, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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weekly music charts for week 43 of 2024 ^^
My week 43-of-2024 topsters.org music charts: https://pastebin.com/raw/Qj8TkqNf
October 28, 2024 at 10:53 AM
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📽️ #nw Paris, Texas (1984) ^^
Red "Paris, Texas" title card text typeset with a sans-serif typeface in all caps, bordered by a thin red rectangle, all over a black background.
October 24, 2024 at 2:07 PM