Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
@gavia.bsky.social
Film and TV critic. Co-host of the Overinvested movie podcast, co-editor of the Rec Center newsletter.
Bylines: TV Guide, Inverse, Vulture, Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, Empire, etc. she/her
Bylines: TV Guide, Inverse, Vulture, Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, Empire, etc. she/her
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Here's all ten of the movies we reviewed on this ep, btw.
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
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just imagining waiting a year to publicly drop an atomic warhead on an ex but being like “gotta get that big bamboo metaphor up in there”
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
just imagining waiting a year to publicly drop an atomic warhead on an ex but being like “gotta get that big bamboo metaphor up in there”
anyway pouring one out for the zillions of competent, ethical journalists who are currently unemployed
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
anyway pouring one out for the zillions of competent, ethical journalists who are currently unemployed
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america really is the most divorced country ever to exist
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
america really is the most divorced country ever to exist
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Also I love the way Ryan characterizes sexual misconduct allegations against him in his little piece. Just kidding I did not love it at all www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/b...
Ryan Lizza Fired by The New Yorker Over Sexual Misconduct Allegation (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Also I love the way Ryan characterizes sexual misconduct allegations against him in his little piece. Just kidding I did not love it at all www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/b...
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GAWKER! thou shouldst be living at this hour
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
GAWKER! thou shouldst be living at this hour
i can't believe the most high-profile female journalist of my generation is a turbocharged version of the fictional tv reporters we all complained were a sexist cliche
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
i can't believe the most high-profile female journalist of my generation is a turbocharged version of the fictional tv reporters we all complained were a sexist cliche
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Everything these people write reminds me of Tricia Lockwood’s tweet but they are both Jonathan Franzen
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Everything these people write reminds me of Tricia Lockwood’s tweet but they are both Jonathan Franzen
dropped the ball in a disgraceful manner, failing to realise that the Pens are playing in Sweden this weekend. practically my next door neighbour!! at this very moment I could've been witnessing sidney crosby's horrible movember moustache thru a pair of chic opera glasses!!
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
dropped the ball in a disgraceful manner, failing to realise that the Pens are playing in Sweden this weekend. practically my next door neighbour!! at this very moment I could've been witnessing sidney crosby's horrible movember moustache thru a pair of chic opera glasses!!
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All I have to say about the Nuzzi profile is that at the end of it she jokes about how she destroyed her life. In fact she did not do that. She has a book, a magazine job, this lovely profile. People’s lives are being destroyed by this administration, however, including by -well, you know.
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
All I have to say about the Nuzzi profile is that at the end of it she jokes about how she destroyed her life. In fact she did not do that. She has a book, a magazine job, this lovely profile. People’s lives are being destroyed by this administration, however, including by -well, you know.
grinned broadly thru the opening sequence of Predator: Badlands, where they just introduce a bunch of cool props and creatures on a videogame planet. then the next 90 mins consists of EVEN MORE props and creatures, concluding with a predator makeover. dan trachtenberg has cracked the code.
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
grinned broadly thru the opening sequence of Predator: Badlands, where they just introduce a bunch of cool props and creatures on a videogame planet. then the next 90 mins consists of EVEN MORE props and creatures, concluding with a predator makeover. dan trachtenberg has cracked the code.
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The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
TOM FORD ANNE RICE HISTORICAL CASTRATI DRAMA?
deadline.com/2025/11/tom-...
deadline.com/2025/11/tom-...
Tom Ford Sets ‘Cry To Heaven’ As Next Film; Taps All-Star Cast With Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Adele, Owen Cooper & More
Adele, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Colin Firth among those joining Tom Ford's next film 'Cry To Heaven'.
deadline.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
TOM FORD ANNE RICE HISTORICAL CASTRATI DRAMA?
deadline.com/2025/11/tom-...
deadline.com/2025/11/tom-...
the next Bond movie should star five wannabe Bond actors (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Regé-Jean Page, etc) as trainees at MI6 boot camp, competing to be the next 007. the eventual winner gets the job by sleeping with his instructor.
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
the next Bond movie should star five wannabe Bond actors (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Regé-Jean Page, etc) as trainees at MI6 boot camp, competing to be the next 007. the eventual winner gets the job by sleeping with his instructor.
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i love it when something is by dint of something else. i tell all my friends, don’t text me about shit unless it’s by dint of some other shit
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
i love it when something is by dint of something else. i tell all my friends, don’t text me about shit unless it’s by dint of some other shit
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"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹
character actors in Death By Lightning, ranked in order of recognizability with 1880s facial hair:
1. Nick Offerman (looks normal)
2. Shea Whigham (distinctive eyebrows)
3. Matthew Macfadyen (mannerisms)
4. Bradley Whitford (always acts like Bradley Whitford)
5. Michael Shannon (did not recognize)
1. Nick Offerman (looks normal)
2. Shea Whigham (distinctive eyebrows)
3. Matthew Macfadyen (mannerisms)
4. Bradley Whitford (always acts like Bradley Whitford)
5. Michael Shannon (did not recognize)
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
character actors in Death By Lightning, ranked in order of recognizability with 1880s facial hair:
1. Nick Offerman (looks normal)
2. Shea Whigham (distinctive eyebrows)
3. Matthew Macfadyen (mannerisms)
4. Bradley Whitford (always acts like Bradley Whitford)
5. Michael Shannon (did not recognize)
1. Nick Offerman (looks normal)
2. Shea Whigham (distinctive eyebrows)
3. Matthew Macfadyen (mannerisms)
4. Bradley Whitford (always acts like Bradley Whitford)
5. Michael Shannon (did not recognize)
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Here's all ten of the movies we reviewed on this ep, btw.
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here's all ten of the movies we reviewed on this ep, btw.
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
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Here's all ten of the movies we reviewed on this ep, btw.
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here's all ten of the movies we reviewed on this ep, btw.
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
Speaking of Ben Whishaw, Claire made a VERY strong case to watch Peter Hujar's Day as soon as it comes out. Sounds amazing!!!
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Every year we get closer to this happening on the news
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Every year we get closer to this happening on the news
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i've been saying he needs to play a vampire for about 20 years now
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
i've been saying he needs to play a vampire for about 20 years now
ben whishaw has never made a horror movie. the community must confront this issue with the utmost urgency.
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ben whishaw has never made a horror movie. the community must confront this issue with the utmost urgency.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!