Lena Frances
@lenafrances.bsky.social
Dork about totally unrelatable crud. Neurodivergent Film/Animation Obsessive. Trans-Lesbian, She/Her.
I will dig this hole till you tell me it’s a hole.
I will dig this hole till you tell me it’s a hole.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of November 21st, 2025:
Imma be real with ya, girl, I'm checked out. The energy isn't finding me. There's not much I feel a need to see. I'll see WICKED with the mum just cause of musical tradition, and RENTAL FAMILY cause of cultural investment, but... I'm tired.
Imma be real with ya, girl, I'm checked out. The energy isn't finding me. There's not much I feel a need to see. I'll see WICKED with the mum just cause of musical tradition, and RENTAL FAMILY cause of cultural investment, but... I'm tired.
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of November 21st, 2025:
Imma be real with ya, girl, I'm checked out. The energy isn't finding me. There's not much I feel a need to see. I'll see WICKED with the mum just cause of musical tradition, and RENTAL FAMILY cause of cultural investment, but... I'm tired.
Imma be real with ya, girl, I'm checked out. The energy isn't finding me. There's not much I feel a need to see. I'll see WICKED with the mum just cause of musical tradition, and RENTAL FAMILY cause of cultural investment, but... I'm tired.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of November 14th, 2025:
BUGONIA was a miss for me. Gotta catch up to KEEPER when time affords. Otherwise, I can live without so much.
BUGONIA was a miss for me. Gotta catch up to KEEPER when time affords. Otherwise, I can live without so much.
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of November 14th, 2025:
BUGONIA was a miss for me. Gotta catch up to KEEPER when time affords. Otherwise, I can live without so much.
BUGONIA was a miss for me. Gotta catch up to KEEPER when time affords. Otherwise, I can live without so much.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of November 7th, 2025:
A refreshingly full week! DIE MY LOVE was an absolutely cracked, meandering delight. LITTLE AMELIE hit a very personal niche of my life - toddlerhood in Japan - and BADLANDS... was fine, but too often just The Predator & Grogu.
A refreshingly full week! DIE MY LOVE was an absolutely cracked, meandering delight. LITTLE AMELIE hit a very personal niche of my life - toddlerhood in Japan - and BADLANDS... was fine, but too often just The Predator & Grogu.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of November 7th, 2025:
A refreshingly full week! DIE MY LOVE was an absolutely cracked, meandering delight. LITTLE AMELIE hit a very personal niche of my life - toddlerhood in Japan - and BADLANDS... was fine, but too often just The Predator & Grogu.
A refreshingly full week! DIE MY LOVE was an absolutely cracked, meandering delight. LITTLE AMELIE hit a very personal niche of my life - toddlerhood in Japan - and BADLANDS... was fine, but too often just The Predator & Grogu.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of October 31st, 2025
Catching up to FRANKENSTEIN in a few hours. Otherwise, this is usually when we start getting a blend of forgettable nonsense & very worthwhile indies popping up. Still leaning nonsense at the moment.
Catching up to FRANKENSTEIN in a few hours. Otherwise, this is usually when we start getting a blend of forgettable nonsense & very worthwhile indies popping up. Still leaning nonsense at the moment.
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of October 31st, 2025
Catching up to FRANKENSTEIN in a few hours. Otherwise, this is usually when we start getting a blend of forgettable nonsense & very worthwhile indies popping up. Still leaning nonsense at the moment.
Catching up to FRANKENSTEIN in a few hours. Otherwise, this is usually when we start getting a blend of forgettable nonsense & very worthwhile indies popping up. Still leaning nonsense at the moment.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of October 24th, 2025
BLUE MOON's just painfully good, acerbically funny, quiet tragedy. CHAINSAW MAN balances the lunatic action & bittersweet yearning better than the anime it's continuing. Eager to see FRANKENSTEIN. Can ignore SPRINGSTEEN, SHELBY OAKS & Hoover.
BLUE MOON's just painfully good, acerbically funny, quiet tragedy. CHAINSAW MAN balances the lunatic action & bittersweet yearning better than the anime it's continuing. Eager to see FRANKENSTEIN. Can ignore SPRINGSTEEN, SHELBY OAKS & Hoover.
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of October 24th, 2025
BLUE MOON's just painfully good, acerbically funny, quiet tragedy. CHAINSAW MAN balances the lunatic action & bittersweet yearning better than the anime it's continuing. Eager to see FRANKENSTEIN. Can ignore SPRINGSTEEN, SHELBY OAKS & Hoover.
BLUE MOON's just painfully good, acerbically funny, quiet tragedy. CHAINSAW MAN balances the lunatic action & bittersweet yearning better than the anime it's continuing. Eager to see FRANKENSTEIN. Can ignore SPRINGSTEEN, SHELBY OAKS & Hoover.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of October 17th, 2025
Honey, I truly can't find the energy for any of these, sans what I've already seen.
Honey, I truly can't find the energy for any of these, sans what I've already seen.
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of October 17th, 2025
Honey, I truly can't find the energy for any of these, sans what I've already seen.
Honey, I truly can't find the energy for any of these, sans what I've already seen.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of October 10th, 2025
October just feels exhausting. A lot of adrift things that aren't seizing my attention with any vitality. Good while I was away doing stuff in NY, but now I'm back, and it just looks miserable.
October just feels exhausting. A lot of adrift things that aren't seizing my attention with any vitality. Good while I was away doing stuff in NY, but now I'm back, and it just looks miserable.
October 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of October 10th, 2025
October just feels exhausting. A lot of adrift things that aren't seizing my attention with any vitality. Good while I was away doing stuff in NY, but now I'm back, and it just looks miserable.
October just feels exhausting. A lot of adrift things that aren't seizing my attention with any vitality. Good while I was away doing stuff in NY, but now I'm back, and it just looks miserable.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of October 3rd, 2025
Bit delayed. In NYC this week, seeing Critical Role live - an unforgettable joy - attending NYCC & a few films at NYFF. Are there good films out this week? Yes. Are most of them old films? Yes.
Bit delayed. In NYC this week, seeing Critical Role live - an unforgettable joy - attending NYCC & a few films at NYFF. Are there good films out this week? Yes. Are most of them old films? Yes.
October 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of October 3rd, 2025
Bit delayed. In NYC this week, seeing Critical Role live - an unforgettable joy - attending NYCC & a few films at NYFF. Are there good films out this week? Yes. Are most of them old films? Yes.
Bit delayed. In NYC this week, seeing Critical Role live - an unforgettable joy - attending NYCC & a few films at NYFF. Are there good films out this week? Yes. Are most of them old films? Yes.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of September 26th, 2025
Back to seeing things! Lotta things I hardcore do not care about at all out there, but some vitally good stuff out there, still. Can't catch LOST BUS, though. Evening shows are my bane, especially since NH public transit's getting gutted.
Back to seeing things! Lotta things I hardcore do not care about at all out there, but some vitally good stuff out there, still. Can't catch LOST BUS, though. Evening shows are my bane, especially since NH public transit's getting gutted.
September 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of September 26th, 2025
Back to seeing things! Lotta things I hardcore do not care about at all out there, but some vitally good stuff out there, still. Can't catch LOST BUS, though. Evening shows are my bane, especially since NH public transit's getting gutted.
Back to seeing things! Lotta things I hardcore do not care about at all out there, but some vitally good stuff out there, still. Can't catch LOST BUS, though. Evening shows are my bane, especially since NH public transit's getting gutted.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of September 19th, 2025
Had no time for new films this week, but oddly not such a bad thing. HIM and ABBBJ both don't look particularly necessary. I've rarely so needed a cinematic dry-spell. Still a few things worth seeing though.
Had no time for new films this week, but oddly not such a bad thing. HIM and ABBBJ both don't look particularly necessary. I've rarely so needed a cinematic dry-spell. Still a few things worth seeing though.
September 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of September 19th, 2025
Had no time for new films this week, but oddly not such a bad thing. HIM and ABBBJ both don't look particularly necessary. I've rarely so needed a cinematic dry-spell. Still a few things worth seeing though.
Had no time for new films this week, but oddly not such a bad thing. HIM and ABBBJ both don't look particularly necessary. I've rarely so needed a cinematic dry-spell. Still a few things worth seeing though.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of September 12th, 2025
My plan to catch THE LONG WALK was tanked my emotional fallout of real-life dystopia & me seeking sanctuary a gorgeous anime melee, seeing DEMON SLAYER 3-times-in-a-row. Hope to catch soon, but working a comic con this weekend, so we'll see.
My plan to catch THE LONG WALK was tanked my emotional fallout of real-life dystopia & me seeking sanctuary a gorgeous anime melee, seeing DEMON SLAYER 3-times-in-a-row. Hope to catch soon, but working a comic con this weekend, so we'll see.
September 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of September 12th, 2025
My plan to catch THE LONG WALK was tanked my emotional fallout of real-life dystopia & me seeking sanctuary a gorgeous anime melee, seeing DEMON SLAYER 3-times-in-a-row. Hope to catch soon, but working a comic con this weekend, so we'll see.
My plan to catch THE LONG WALK was tanked my emotional fallout of real-life dystopia & me seeking sanctuary a gorgeous anime melee, seeing DEMON SLAYER 3-times-in-a-row. Hope to catch soon, but working a comic con this weekend, so we'll see.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of September 5th, 2025
I may catch up to SPLITSVILLE, but TWINLESS is just out of reach & scheduled too late - these late-showing tendencies are really infuriating. Did catch LEGEND OF HEI II and THREESOME, both of which I found charming & touching to some degree.
I may catch up to SPLITSVILLE, but TWINLESS is just out of reach & scheduled too late - these late-showing tendencies are really infuriating. Did catch LEGEND OF HEI II and THREESOME, both of which I found charming & touching to some degree.
September 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of September 5th, 2025
I may catch up to SPLITSVILLE, but TWINLESS is just out of reach & scheduled too late - these late-showing tendencies are really infuriating. Did catch LEGEND OF HEI II and THREESOME, both of which I found charming & touching to some degree.
I may catch up to SPLITSVILLE, but TWINLESS is just out of reach & scheduled too late - these late-showing tendencies are really infuriating. Did catch LEGEND OF HEI II and THREESOME, both of which I found charming & touching to some degree.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of August 29th, 2025
I didn't see JAWS. I'm sad cause of that. Will it last a week longer? Probably not. On top of that, no matinees of TOXIC AVENGER offered really driving me crazy this week. And for what? To get STITCH back for a week!
I didn't see JAWS. I'm sad cause of that. Will it last a week longer? Probably not. On top of that, no matinees of TOXIC AVENGER offered really driving me crazy this week. And for what? To get STITCH back for a week!
September 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of August 29th, 2025
I didn't see JAWS. I'm sad cause of that. Will it last a week longer? Probably not. On top of that, no matinees of TOXIC AVENGER offered really driving me crazy this week. And for what? To get STITCH back for a week!
I didn't see JAWS. I'm sad cause of that. Will it last a week longer? Probably not. On top of that, no matinees of TOXIC AVENGER offered really driving me crazy this week. And for what? To get STITCH back for a week!
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of August 22nd, 2025
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS excluded cause it was just 2 days - but loved seeing it with crowds! Besides HONEY DON'T, bulk of my viewing was re-releases of very good films. Even spent a bit more time with SHIN GOJI.
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS excluded cause it was just 2 days - but loved seeing it with crowds! Besides HONEY DON'T, bulk of my viewing was re-releases of very good films. Even spent a bit more time with SHIN GOJI.
August 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of August 22nd, 2025
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS excluded cause it was just 2 days - but loved seeing it with crowds! Besides HONEY DON'T, bulk of my viewing was re-releases of very good films. Even spent a bit more time with SHIN GOJI.
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS excluded cause it was just 2 days - but loved seeing it with crowds! Besides HONEY DON'T, bulk of my viewing was re-releases of very good films. Even spent a bit more time with SHIN GOJI.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of August 15th, 2025
Damn, I've seen a lot of crud. Much of it just fine at best, but some of it fairly nourishing & beautiful. Nothing more surging & invigorating than SHIN GODZILLA, but EAST OF WALL was really nice.
Damn, I've seen a lot of crud. Much of it just fine at best, but some of it fairly nourishing & beautiful. Nothing more surging & invigorating than SHIN GODZILLA, but EAST OF WALL was really nice.
August 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of August 15th, 2025
Damn, I've seen a lot of crud. Much of it just fine at best, but some of it fairly nourishing & beautiful. Nothing more surging & invigorating than SHIN GODZILLA, but EAST OF WALL was really nice.
Damn, I've seen a lot of crud. Much of it just fine at best, but some of it fairly nourishing & beautiful. Nothing more surging & invigorating than SHIN GODZILLA, but EAST OF WALL was really nice.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of August 8th, 2025
Sometimes the best thing out there is furry Mission: Impossible with hot buff cat lady villain. Sometimes I'm just tired cause Summer sucks, I miss work & having multiple films trying to sell AI bullshit is exhausting.
Sometimes the best thing out there is furry Mission: Impossible with hot buff cat lady villain. Sometimes I'm just tired cause Summer sucks, I miss work & having multiple films trying to sell AI bullshit is exhausting.
August 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of August 8th, 2025
Sometimes the best thing out there is furry Mission: Impossible with hot buff cat lady villain. Sometimes I'm just tired cause Summer sucks, I miss work & having multiple films trying to sell AI bullshit is exhausting.
Sometimes the best thing out there is furry Mission: Impossible with hot buff cat lady villain. Sometimes I'm just tired cause Summer sucks, I miss work & having multiple films trying to sell AI bullshit is exhausting.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of August 1st, 2025
Haven't caught up to last week's crop of decent-looking pictures, but will do that tomorrow, energy affording. An odd relief to hear rock-solid appreciation of NAKED GUN without quite reaching immense praise. We need more genuinely solid.
Haven't caught up to last week's crop of decent-looking pictures, but will do that tomorrow, energy affording. An odd relief to hear rock-solid appreciation of NAKED GUN without quite reaching immense praise. We need more genuinely solid.
August 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of August 1st, 2025
Haven't caught up to last week's crop of decent-looking pictures, but will do that tomorrow, energy affording. An odd relief to hear rock-solid appreciation of NAKED GUN without quite reaching immense praise. We need more genuinely solid.
Haven't caught up to last week's crop of decent-looking pictures, but will do that tomorrow, energy affording. An odd relief to hear rock-solid appreciation of NAKED GUN without quite reaching immense praise. We need more genuinely solid.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of July 25th, 2025
Gonna see some comma cinema today with OH, HI! and SORRY, BABY. So there's interesting stuff out there, if you look. If you don't look, you're stuck with the exhaustive blockbuster programming.
Gonna see some comma cinema today with OH, HI! and SORRY, BABY. So there's interesting stuff out there, if you look. If you don't look, you're stuck with the exhaustive blockbuster programming.
July 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of July 25th, 2025
Gonna see some comma cinema today with OH, HI! and SORRY, BABY. So there's interesting stuff out there, if you look. If you don't look, you're stuck with the exhaustive blockbuster programming.
Gonna see some comma cinema today with OH, HI! and SORRY, BABY. So there's interesting stuff out there, if you look. If you don't look, you're stuck with the exhaustive blockbuster programming.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of July 18th, 2025
Okay, it's... it's firmly the quiet, empty period of theatrical cinema. We got a legacy horror no one was excited for, yet another SMURFS reboot, and Ari Aster again, who at the best of times is a dour molasses filmmaker.
Okay, it's... it's firmly the quiet, empty period of theatrical cinema. We got a legacy horror no one was excited for, yet another SMURFS reboot, and Ari Aster again, who at the best of times is a dour molasses filmmaker.
July 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of July 18th, 2025
Okay, it's... it's firmly the quiet, empty period of theatrical cinema. We got a legacy horror no one was excited for, yet another SMURFS reboot, and Ari Aster again, who at the best of times is a dour molasses filmmaker.
Okay, it's... it's firmly the quiet, empty period of theatrical cinema. We got a legacy horror no one was excited for, yet another SMURFS reboot, and Ari Aster again, who at the best of times is a dour molasses filmmaker.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of July 11th, 2025
Found both the new SUPERMAN and JURASSIC movies to be solid entertainments. I think Gareth Edwards' romp is def gonna hold up better for me as a cinematic artefact, but I was touched by what Gunn put together.
Found both the new SUPERMAN and JURASSIC movies to be solid entertainments. I think Gareth Edwards' romp is def gonna hold up better for me as a cinematic artefact, but I was touched by what Gunn put together.
July 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of July 11th, 2025
Found both the new SUPERMAN and JURASSIC movies to be solid entertainments. I think Gareth Edwards' romp is def gonna hold up better for me as a cinematic artefact, but I was touched by what Gunn put together.
Found both the new SUPERMAN and JURASSIC movies to be solid entertainments. I think Gareth Edwards' romp is def gonna hold up better for me as a cinematic artefact, but I was touched by what Gunn put together.
Damn it, James! You threw me off my game!
July 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Damn it, James! You threw me off my game!
Realizing my Top 3 works of animation so far this year are all about Asian girl bands.
Listen, if that's the formula for cinematic perfection, that's what it is.
Listen, if that's the formula for cinematic perfection, that's what it is.
July 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Realizing my Top 3 works of animation so far this year are all about Asian girl bands.
Listen, if that's the formula for cinematic perfection, that's what it is.
Listen, if that's the formula for cinematic perfection, that's what it is.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of July 4th, 2025
Not so many new rich offerings, but the audience neglect & vaguely GREMLINS 2-esq energy coming off M3GAN 2.0 does make me want to catch it. That said, we're nearing a theatrical stranglehold of major studio movies. Scarcity is upon us.
Not so many new rich offerings, but the audience neglect & vaguely GREMLINS 2-esq energy coming off M3GAN 2.0 does make me want to catch it. That said, we're nearing a theatrical stranglehold of major studio movies. Scarcity is upon us.
July 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of July 4th, 2025
Not so many new rich offerings, but the audience neglect & vaguely GREMLINS 2-esq energy coming off M3GAN 2.0 does make me want to catch it. That said, we're nearing a theatrical stranglehold of major studio movies. Scarcity is upon us.
Not so many new rich offerings, but the audience neglect & vaguely GREMLINS 2-esq energy coming off M3GAN 2.0 does make me want to catch it. That said, we're nearing a theatrical stranglehold of major studio movies. Scarcity is upon us.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of June 27th, 2025
28 YEARS LATER has only grown on me since seeing it. One of the most vibrant & creative studio films this year. I'm sadly gonna miss the messy french sapphic summer movie.
28 YEARS LATER has only grown on me since seeing it. One of the most vibrant & creative studio films this year. I'm sadly gonna miss the messy french sapphic summer movie.
July 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of June 27th, 2025
28 YEARS LATER has only grown on me since seeing it. One of the most vibrant & creative studio films this year. I'm sadly gonna miss the messy french sapphic summer movie.
28 YEARS LATER has only grown on me since seeing it. One of the most vibrant & creative studio films this year. I'm sadly gonna miss the messy french sapphic summer movie.
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of June 20th, 2025
Post-work exhaustion & Pride festivities kept me from seeing much this week. 28 YEARS LATER's on the docket once I rewatch the first 2. Wanna catch BALLERINA if I can.
Post-work exhaustion & Pride festivities kept me from seeing much this week. 28 YEARS LATER's on the docket once I rewatch the first 2. Wanna catch BALLERINA if I can.
June 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Local Seacoast NH Snapshot - Week of June 20th, 2025
Post-work exhaustion & Pride festivities kept me from seeing much this week. 28 YEARS LATER's on the docket once I rewatch the first 2. Wanna catch BALLERINA if I can.
Post-work exhaustion & Pride festivities kept me from seeing much this week. 28 YEARS LATER's on the docket once I rewatch the first 2. Wanna catch BALLERINA if I can.