lindsey romain
@lindseyromain.bsky.social
chicago-based writer/critic; CFCA (bylines: bwdr, nerdist, vulture, thrillist, etc.)
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If you don't have a date, celebrate
Go out and sit on the lawn and do nothing
Go out and sit on the lawn and do nothing
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If you don't have a date, celebrate
Go out and sit on the lawn and do nothing
Go out and sit on the lawn and do nothing
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Finally saw ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Finally saw ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
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i think it's time for me to finally finish gilmore girls
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
i think it's time for me to finally finish gilmore girls
went to the yoko ono exhibit at the mca over the weekend and there’s a room where you can participate in collective art by writing your dreams for the future on the wall. but of course chicagoans were like, i have something else to say instead.
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
went to the yoko ono exhibit at the mca over the weekend and there’s a room where you can participate in collective art by writing your dreams for the future on the wall. but of course chicagoans were like, i have something else to say instead.
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I need to opt out of learning new things about Olivia Nuzzi immediately
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I need to opt out of learning new things about Olivia Nuzzi immediately
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New today on the site:
“Ivan Dixon’s THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) is a pipe bomb on the video store shelf, a gasoline-filled wine bottle in your DVD cabinet, a vicious bit of malware streamed through hijacked plutocrat satellites.”
- Bryan Miller
“Ivan Dixon’s THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) is a pipe bomb on the video store shelf, a gasoline-filled wine bottle in your DVD cabinet, a vicious bit of malware streamed through hijacked plutocrat satellites.”
- Bryan Miller
The Spook Who Sat By the Door (1973): Weaponized Expectations
Ivan Dixon's The Spook Who Sat By the Door is a pipe bomb on the video store shelf, a gasoline-filled wine bottle in your DVD cabinet.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
New today on the site:
“Ivan Dixon’s THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) is a pipe bomb on the video store shelf, a gasoline-filled wine bottle in your DVD cabinet, a vicious bit of malware streamed through hijacked plutocrat satellites.”
- Bryan Miller
“Ivan Dixon’s THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) is a pipe bomb on the video store shelf, a gasoline-filled wine bottle in your DVD cabinet, a vicious bit of malware streamed through hijacked plutocrat satellites.”
- Bryan Miller
i used to be so scared of creepy crawly things that i wouldn't even go in a room if there was a visible spider anywhere.
tonight, i picked a centipede off the wall with my bare fingers, opened the window, and let him crawl outside.
chic.
tonight, i picked a centipede off the wall with my bare fingers, opened the window, and let him crawl outside.
chic.
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
i used to be so scared of creepy crawly things that i wouldn't even go in a room if there was a visible spider anywhere.
tonight, i picked a centipede off the wall with my bare fingers, opened the window, and let him crawl outside.
chic.
tonight, i picked a centipede off the wall with my bare fingers, opened the window, and let him crawl outside.
chic.
thank you to this very kind letterboxd user who left three separate comments on my frankenstein review then deleted them all <3
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
thank you to this very kind letterboxd user who left three separate comments on my frankenstein review then deleted them all <3
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One of my favourite movies genres is 'absolutely pissing it down.'
November 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
One of my favourite movies genres is 'absolutely pissing it down.'
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You'd think I was a siren
But me and everybody's on the sad same team
But me and everybody's on the sad same team
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
You'd think I was a siren
But me and everybody's on the sad same team
But me and everybody's on the sad same team
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Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
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November 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
my phone autocorrected “litter box” to “letterboxd”, it’s so over
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
my phone autocorrected “litter box” to “letterboxd”, it’s so over
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Sorcerer (1977) dir. William Friedkin
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Sorcerer (1977) dir. William Friedkin
at any given moment gillian anderson is in at least three tv shows no one has ever heard of
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
at any given moment gillian anderson is in at least three tv shows no one has ever heard of
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THE TAKING OFF OF TOUPEE ONE TWO THREE
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
THE TAKING OFF OF TOUPEE ONE TWO THREE
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when new yorkers all experience something on social media it's like a rat that got ahold of a brazil nut. when upper midwesterners all experience something on social media it's a breathtaking dance of radiant light and color across the entire night sky
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
when new yorkers all experience something on social media it's like a rat that got ahold of a brazil nut. when upper midwesterners all experience something on social media it's a breathtaking dance of radiant light and color across the entire night sky
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River Front Opry House
Cave-In-Rock, IL
Cave-In-Rock, IL
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
River Front Opry House
Cave-In-Rock, IL
Cave-In-Rock, IL
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just another day at work welding various weapons to The Machine. we're all pretty curious what we're building it for. they said they might turn it on soon
June 26, 2024 at 3:23 PM
just another day at work welding various weapons to The Machine. we're all pretty curious what we're building it for. they said they might turn it on soon
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My favorite " im getting my revenge " line in all of literature
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
My favorite " im getting my revenge " line in all of literature
the way robert pattinson makes easy mac in die my love… more psychotic than anything jennifer lawrence does
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
the way robert pattinson makes easy mac in die my love… more psychotic than anything jennifer lawrence does
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i saw MASQUERADE and it reminded me that, even tho i am both an elitist snob, i do kinda love Andrew Lloyd Webber tylekurner38.medium.com/i-am-a-prete...
I am a pretentious snob and I love Andrew Lloyd Webber
i am cringe and i am free
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November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
i saw MASQUERADE and it reminded me that, even tho i am both an elitist snob, i do kinda love Andrew Lloyd Webber tylekurner38.medium.com/i-am-a-prete...
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
