Morgan Lightle
@morganlightle.bsky.social
I wish I knew how to quit you…
He/him, aspiring to something, kindness is nice, cinephile and writer @ https://boxd.it/548J
He/him, aspiring to something, kindness is nice, cinephile and writer @ https://boxd.it/548J
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there’s nothing more romantic than intense research sessions rifling through historical arcana to solve crimes
(watching THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)
(watching THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)
November 28, 2024 at 4:30 AM
there’s nothing more romantic than intense research sessions rifling through historical arcana to solve crimes
(watching THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)
(watching THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)
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Every single thing described here — criticism of politicians, boycotts, protests, requests for updated language — is a normal tactic for social change.
These accusations could have been levied (and were!) against suffragettes, the Civil Rights movement, gay marriage campaigners, you name it.
These accusations could have been levied (and were!) against suffragettes, the Civil Rights movement, gay marriage campaigners, you name it.
November 27, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Every single thing described here — criticism of politicians, boycotts, protests, requests for updated language — is a normal tactic for social change.
These accusations could have been levied (and were!) against suffragettes, the Civil Rights movement, gay marriage campaigners, you name it.
These accusations could have been levied (and were!) against suffragettes, the Civil Rights movement, gay marriage campaigners, you name it.
Classic pulpy story of a gangster ascending to power, told through bleak and brutal realism.
A Prophet isn’t brilliant, but it’s very entertaining.
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A Prophet isn’t brilliant, but it’s very entertaining.
boxd.it/7OEf8P
A ★★★★ review of A Prophet (2009)
A remarkable blend of bleak prison realism and riveting gangster convention. A Prophet follows a classic story of a lowly nobody struggling to survive, manoeuvre, and ascend the ranks of criminal powe...
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November 25, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Classic pulpy story of a gangster ascending to power, told through bleak and brutal realism.
A Prophet isn’t brilliant, but it’s very entertaining.
boxd.it/7OEf8P
A Prophet isn’t brilliant, but it’s very entertaining.
boxd.it/7OEf8P
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i don’t want my children to have to be “resilient” to racism, i want them to not have to experience it
November 24, 2024 at 3:12 PM
i don’t want my children to have to be “resilient” to racism, i want them to not have to experience it
I was lucky enough to receive free TIFF tickets for Queer from my boss and wrote this review afterward.
My favourite recent review of mine, for a passionate film that’s really stuck with me.
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My favourite recent review of mine, for a passionate film that’s really stuck with me.
boxd.it/7lTRtF
November 23, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I was lucky enough to receive free TIFF tickets for Queer from my boss and wrote this review afterward.
My favourite recent review of mine, for a passionate film that’s really stuck with me.
boxd.it/7lTRtF
My favourite recent review of mine, for a passionate film that’s really stuck with me.
boxd.it/7lTRtF
An unusually profound dramedy about the pain of being a person surrounded by other people.
Modest and incisive screenwriting, plus a sensational Kieran Culkin performance.
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Modest and incisive screenwriting, plus a sensational Kieran Culkin performance.
boxd.it/7OD9Nb
A ★★★½ review of A Real Pain (2024)
I'm not Jewish, but I did go on a Holocaust tour and have some mental disorders, so I'd call A Real Pain pretty relatable. Two disparate cousins undertake a trip to Poland in honour of their late gran...
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November 20, 2024 at 4:09 PM
An unusually profound dramedy about the pain of being a person surrounded by other people.
Modest and incisive screenwriting, plus a sensational Kieran Culkin performance.
boxd.it/7OD9Nb
Modest and incisive screenwriting, plus a sensational Kieran Culkin performance.
boxd.it/7OD9Nb
45 Years is like a horror movie about something that could actually happen.
Authorities discover the dead body of your husband’s former lover and it makes your wedding anniversary super awkward.
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Authorities discover the dead body of your husband’s former lover and it makes your wedding anniversary super awkward.
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A ★★★★ review of 45 Years (2015)
45 Years is a tragic Gothic romance that's brutally minimal. Devoted couple Kate and Geoff Mercer are about to celebrate 45 married years together, when they receive word that authorities have discove...
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November 20, 2024 at 4:02 PM
45 Years is like a horror movie about something that could actually happen.
Authorities discover the dead body of your husband’s former lover and it makes your wedding anniversary super awkward.
boxd.it/7Od4Vx
Authorities discover the dead body of your husband’s former lover and it makes your wedding anniversary super awkward.
boxd.it/7Od4Vx
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That is the key promise of Trumpism, after all: “You will get to abandon all norms of decency, ignore all conventions of social behavior, and rage against those you despise, the most vulnerable - and exert power over those you regard as lesser. You will dominate and be revered or you will punish.”
November 20, 2024 at 12:22 AM
That is the key promise of Trumpism, after all: “You will get to abandon all norms of decency, ignore all conventions of social behavior, and rage against those you despise, the most vulnerable - and exert power over those you regard as lesser. You will dominate and be revered or you will punish.”
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the lesson of the election isn’t “we should give up on trans rights,” it’s that the GOP took an issue that negatively impacted almost no one and made it a headliner. why would it help to surrender on an issue if they can create a grievance from thin air?
November 20, 2024 at 1:26 AM
the lesson of the election isn’t “we should give up on trans rights,” it’s that the GOP took an issue that negatively impacted almost no one and made it a headliner. why would it help to surrender on an issue if they can create a grievance from thin air?
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"A central pillar of American democracy is that no man is above the law." But hey, what would happen if we just yoinked that pillar out because a lot of people like this one guy?
November 19, 2024 at 2:10 PM
"A central pillar of American democracy is that no man is above the law." But hey, what would happen if we just yoinked that pillar out because a lot of people like this one guy?
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Fatalism about "law lol" is self-fulfilling.
The law and institutions generally are not self-implementing, but require people to take their constitutional, professional, and civic responsibilities seriously.
The law and institutions generally are not self-implementing, but require people to take their constitutional, professional, and civic responsibilities seriously.
This is ground I will not concede. The law matters, and the way we talk about it matters, too.
Getting a lot of replies along the lines of "oh, you rube, you still think the law matters" and it feels strategically foolish to just concede that it doesn't. Contest everything. Expose the hypocrisy.
November 18, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Fatalism about "law lol" is self-fulfilling.
The law and institutions generally are not self-implementing, but require people to take their constitutional, professional, and civic responsibilities seriously.
The law and institutions generally are not self-implementing, but require people to take their constitutional, professional, and civic responsibilities seriously.
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gotta be honest, the complete and total preemptive capitulation to trump from dem leadership and media isnt particularly encouraging
November 18, 2024 at 3:04 PM
gotta be honest, the complete and total preemptive capitulation to trump from dem leadership and media isnt particularly encouraging
November 17, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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How many think pieces imagining the Harris campaign as being too woke does it take to distract from the campaign that won being too racist?
November 17, 2024 at 3:50 AM
How many think pieces imagining the Harris campaign as being too woke does it take to distract from the campaign that won being too racist?
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voters will forgive policy differences if they understand and respect your values. you cannot chase this by diluting your values even further than you already have in your vain efforts to be everything to everyone and offend no one
November 17, 2024 at 4:52 AM
voters will forgive policy differences if they understand and respect your values. you cannot chase this by diluting your values even further than you already have in your vain efforts to be everything to everyone and offend no one
Sometimes it’s nice to want and feel like you deserve beautiful things, such is the comforting moral of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris.
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A ★★★½ review of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
I ate an edible, made delicious pasta, and then had an awful panic attack while watching Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. Anyways, this movie inexplicably grounded me, such is the power of a kind English cl...
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November 17, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Sometimes it’s nice to want and feel like you deserve beautiful things, such is the comforting moral of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris.
boxd.it/7ObO83
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10 horror films to get to know me🔪🖤 #filmsky 📽
> Let the Right One In
> The Witch
> The Shining
> The Exorcist
> Carrie
> I Saw the TV Glow
> Titane
> Raw
> The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
> The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
> Let the Right One In
> The Witch
> The Shining
> The Exorcist
> Carrie
> I Saw the TV Glow
> Titane
> Raw
> The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
> The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
November 17, 2024 at 2:56 PM
10 horror films to get to know me🔪🖤 #filmsky 📽
> Let the Right One In
> The Witch
> The Shining
> The Exorcist
> Carrie
> I Saw the TV Glow
> Titane
> Raw
> The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
> The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
> Let the Right One In
> The Witch
> The Shining
> The Exorcist
> Carrie
> I Saw the TV Glow
> Titane
> Raw
> The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
> The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
When it comes to Gen X ennui, I’ll take Gregg Araki over the corny and antiquated Empire Records.
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A ★★½ review of Empire Records (1995)
Empire Records tries to be Gen X's Breakfast Club. A slacker comedy where teenage tropes play around and resist conformity and corporate control. I found Empire Records shallow and aimless. The charac...
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November 17, 2024 at 3:34 AM
When it comes to Gen X ennui, I’ll take Gregg Araki over the corny and antiquated Empire Records.
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One of my little theories of Why Things Are the Way They Are is that we’re all experiencing collective grief for our lives pre-COVID, and a lot us can’t recognize or reconcile that grief and it’s turned destructive.
November 14, 2024 at 11:19 PM
One of my little theories of Why Things Are the Way They Are is that we’re all experiencing collective grief for our lives pre-COVID, and a lot us can’t recognize or reconcile that grief and it’s turned destructive.
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The only Tomb Raider I need.
November 15, 2024 at 12:15 AM
The only Tomb Raider I need.
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Where are the gays at?? I need the gay content. All I’m seeing on my feed are cats and space art…which are a bit gay but not what I need right now
November 13, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Where are the gays at?? I need the gay content. All I’m seeing on my feed are cats and space art…which are a bit gay but not what I need right now
An uneven war drama. Blitz doesn’t really cohere its sentimental and sociopolitical sides, so it doesn’t hit like Steve McQueen’s past projects.
Still, a fascinating and tender movie.
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Still, a fascinating and tender movie.
boxd.it/7NhQB5
A ★★★ review of Blitz (2024)
Blitz uses a sentimental story of a separated mother and son trying to find each other during the Blitz, as an examining entryway to Britain's social politics. Most movies about Britain's WWII homefro...
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November 12, 2024 at 9:40 PM
An uneven war drama. Blitz doesn’t really cohere its sentimental and sociopolitical sides, so it doesn’t hit like Steve McQueen’s past projects.
Still, a fascinating and tender movie.
boxd.it/7NhQB5
Still, a fascinating and tender movie.
boxd.it/7NhQB5
Is this what Conclave is about?
I haven’t seen it yet and know nothing.
I haven’t seen it yet and know nothing.
November 11, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Is this what Conclave is about?
I haven’t seen it yet and know nothing.
I haven’t seen it yet and know nothing.
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the important question isn’t “did Harris lose because the left is too woke?” it’s “why isn’t Donald Trump in federal prison?” We’re being subjected to lectures about politics by the people who held all of the power and let this dipshit slip through their grasp.
November 11, 2024 at 7:35 PM
the important question isn’t “did Harris lose because the left is too woke?” it’s “why isn’t Donald Trump in federal prison?” We’re being subjected to lectures about politics by the people who held all of the power and let this dipshit slip through their grasp.