Ranylt Richildis
@ranylt.bsky.social
Stories in PodCastle, Strange Horizons and many cool elsewheres. Founder of Lackington's Magazine (yup, still on hiatus). Dark fantasy, weird/horror, film, food, architecture, history, language. https://ranylt.wordpress.com
Bad enough living somewhere the air hurts our face, but now it’s also a somewhere one’s winter boots come with built-in ice cleats. 😒 What are we even doing?
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Bad enough living somewhere the air hurts our face, but now it’s also a somewhere one’s winter boots come with built-in ice cleats. 😒 What are we even doing?
Just watched 3 Women for the first time and was R I V E T E D. So many questions, not least of which are (a) how did I not see this glorious movie before and (b) dammit, I’m being dragged kicking and screaming into Altman fandom, aren’t I?
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Just watched 3 Women for the first time and was R I V E T E D. So many questions, not least of which are (a) how did I not see this glorious movie before and (b) dammit, I’m being dragged kicking and screaming into Altman fandom, aren’t I?
Why did I not know that Altman made an early moonshot flick with Caan and Duvall that the producers railed him over because of his overlapping dialogue back in 1967? Tight little mod SF.
brb off to watch his Quintet now.
brb off to watch his Quintet now.
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Why did I not know that Altman made an early moonshot flick with Caan and Duvall that the producers railed him over because of his overlapping dialogue back in 1967? Tight little mod SF.
brb off to watch his Quintet now.
brb off to watch his Quintet now.
Learned about disc rot when I lost an old friend this weekend.
(Also learned DVDs generally last decades longer than blu-rays, so glad I still buy those as often...)
(Also learned DVDs generally last decades longer than blu-rays, so glad I still buy those as often...)
October 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Learned about disc rot when I lost an old friend this weekend.
(Also learned DVDs generally last decades longer than blu-rays, so glad I still buy those as often...)
(Also learned DVDs generally last decades longer than blu-rays, so glad I still buy those as often...)
These people drive me up the wall. Maybe they coulda painted Voice of Fire technically (*maybe*) but what makes it give me gooseflesh is the IDEA the artist created—the title, the allusion, the deeper everything. I got chills standing there.
You would not have given me chills, dude, I promise.
You would not have given me chills, dude, I promise.
October 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
These people drive me up the wall. Maybe they coulda painted Voice of Fire technically (*maybe*) but what makes it give me gooseflesh is the IDEA the artist created—the title, the allusion, the deeper everything. I got chills standing there.
You would not have given me chills, dude, I promise.
You would not have given me chills, dude, I promise.
When I’ve had a crap day and feel like balls, I pull out a comfort movie. Prince of Darkness has been one of my big ones since I was a kid. Is there a more atmospheric blend of science + mythos/religion = chaos in horror cinema? From those first three opening Carpenterian notes…
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When I’ve had a crap day and feel like balls, I pull out a comfort movie. Prince of Darkness has been one of my big ones since I was a kid. Is there a more atmospheric blend of science + mythos/religion = chaos in horror cinema? From those first three opening Carpenterian notes…
I would sell my soul right now for a bag of proper mustard chips from France and a bottle of Breton cider.
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I would sell my soul right now for a bag of proper mustard chips from France and a bottle of Breton cider.
It’s like my library somehow knew that these 2 valiant authors were each published in Lackington’s once upon a merry, given that both titles were released from my hold queue on the same day. 🎉
Finally plunging in, @premeemohamed.com and @vajra.me! My expectations are suitably atmospheric.
Finally plunging in, @premeemohamed.com and @vajra.me! My expectations are suitably atmospheric.
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s like my library somehow knew that these 2 valiant authors were each published in Lackington’s once upon a merry, given that both titles were released from my hold queue on the same day. 🎉
Finally plunging in, @premeemohamed.com and @vajra.me! My expectations are suitably atmospheric.
Finally plunging in, @premeemohamed.com and @vajra.me! My expectations are suitably atmospheric.
I’ve been so good about non-essential purchases this year, but I fell off the wagon at the record store yesterday, alas.
October 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I’ve been so good about non-essential purchases this year, but I fell off the wagon at the record store yesterday, alas.
Also, big ups to Criterion Channel for letting us see an obscure, non-horror Cronenberg flick—at least until end of this month. That + John Saxon = no question it must be watched before Tuesday. Now I know whether or not to buy it on disc. 🤷♀️
September 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Also, big ups to Criterion Channel for letting us see an obscure, non-horror Cronenberg flick—at least until end of this month. That + John Saxon = no question it must be watched before Tuesday. Now I know whether or not to buy it on disc. 🤷♀️
My favourite books—the ones I get lost in but that also impress the fock out of me—are those making it hyper clear the author reads across *eras* and *cultures*. I want to see massive vocabs that aren’t afraid of archaisms, regionalisms and superb poetry craft. No mass-market beige here. Slurp.
September 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My favourite books—the ones I get lost in but that also impress the fock out of me—are those making it hyper clear the author reads across *eras* and *cultures*. I want to see massive vocabs that aren’t afraid of archaisms, regionalisms and superb poetry craft. No mass-market beige here. Slurp.
Still very much my headspace this morning. 🤷♀️
September 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Still very much my headspace this morning. 🤷♀️
Sigh, rewatching my Footprints on the Moon DVD from Shameless, and the coming attractions reminded me I *still* haven’t seen my white-whale giallo. If anyone spots The Designated Victim rolling onto Tubi, Shudder or elsewhere, please ping me, #horrorsky and #filmsky. 📽️
September 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Sigh, rewatching my Footprints on the Moon DVD from Shameless, and the coming attractions reminded me I *still* haven’t seen my white-whale giallo. If anyone spots The Designated Victim rolling onto Tubi, Shudder or elsewhere, please ping me, #horrorsky and #filmsky. 📽️
If I’m completely honest…
(And given I ended up marrying a dude who looks like this only in bike shorts rather than a chiton, it’s pretty accurate, too.)
(And given I ended up marrying a dude who looks like this only in bike shorts rather than a chiton, it’s pretty accurate, too.)
August 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If I’m completely honest…
(And given I ended up marrying a dude who looks like this only in bike shorts rather than a chiton, it’s pretty accurate, too.)
(And given I ended up marrying a dude who looks like this only in bike shorts rather than a chiton, it’s pretty accurate, too.)
Share some of the best eyes in movies
August 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Share some of the best eyes in movies
I’m an insufferable food snob who won’t touch bottled lemon juice, liquid smoke, fake maple flavour, franchise restaurants, or grocery store baked goods, but every couple of months I have a glorious, delightful date with a particular package of processed numnums (consumed with hot sauce, ofc).
August 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’m an insufferable food snob who won’t touch bottled lemon juice, liquid smoke, fake maple flavour, franchise restaurants, or grocery store baked goods, but every couple of months I have a glorious, delightful date with a particular package of processed numnums (consumed with hot sauce, ofc).
Our library funding used to be more robust, but nothing as dire as in the US…
Actually, librarians are chiming in in these threads with a bit of a side-eye re. the graphic’s claims. 🤞
Actually, librarians are chiming in in these threads with a bit of a side-eye re. the graphic’s claims. 🤞
July 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Our library funding used to be more robust, but nothing as dire as in the US…
Actually, librarians are chiming in in these threads with a bit of a side-eye re. the graphic’s claims. 🤞
Actually, librarians are chiming in in these threads with a bit of a side-eye re. the graphic’s claims. 🤞
Why did no one tell me Ratched is 🔥🔥🔥 on set design and camerawork? Holy gobsmackery.
July 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Why did no one tell me Ratched is 🔥🔥🔥 on set design and camerawork? Holy gobsmackery.
Wordpre$$ i$ in full throttle mode, I $ee.
Get me off thi$ planet.
Get me off thi$ planet.
July 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Wordpre$$ i$ in full throttle mode, I $ee.
Get me off thi$ planet.
Get me off thi$ planet.
OT, and this may be gauche to ask on caturday, but I figure you’re my best bet: is there any seminal rundown or commentary on the trend in 1920s-1940s flicks wherein most dogs must be white with a (probably fake) black spot around one eye? Those pups seem to be everywhere…
June 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
OT, and this may be gauche to ask on caturday, but I figure you’re my best bet: is there any seminal rundown or commentary on the trend in 1920s-1940s flicks wherein most dogs must be white with a (probably fake) black spot around one eye? Those pups seem to be everywhere…
Loved this one to tatters. I *still* associate trains with violet-icing petit fours.
June 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Loved this one to tatters. I *still* associate trains with violet-icing petit fours.
Rewatched Altman’s (and very much Campbell’s) The Company, which I still ❤️❤️❤️ to death.
That final stage piece is still a tacky, unimpressive mess tho, and given the choreographer (and his origin), I’m still not sure if it’s meant to be. Was hoping Cirque de Soleil-as-ballet had aged better, but...
That final stage piece is still a tacky, unimpressive mess tho, and given the choreographer (and his origin), I’m still not sure if it’s meant to be. Was hoping Cirque de Soleil-as-ballet had aged better, but...
June 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Rewatched Altman’s (and very much Campbell’s) The Company, which I still ❤️❤️❤️ to death.
That final stage piece is still a tacky, unimpressive mess tho, and given the choreographer (and his origin), I’m still not sure if it’s meant to be. Was hoping Cirque de Soleil-as-ballet had aged better, but...
That final stage piece is still a tacky, unimpressive mess tho, and given the choreographer (and his origin), I’m still not sure if it’s meant to be. Was hoping Cirque de Soleil-as-ballet had aged better, but...
What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
June 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
It’s 2025, so I don’t think it’s wrong anymore to read about one less billionaire in the world, then dream of a Black Mirror-type apian solution to our oligarch problem. 🐝
June 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s 2025, so I don’t think it’s wrong anymore to read about one less billionaire in the world, then dream of a Black Mirror-type apian solution to our oligarch problem. 🐝
This was a good one: 3 monks of various degrees of zealotry settling on Skellig Michael off the Irish coast c. 600 BCE. Scratches that historical fiction itch super thoroughly. 👍
June 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This was a good one: 3 monks of various degrees of zealotry settling on Skellig Michael off the Irish coast c. 600 BCE. Scratches that historical fiction itch super thoroughly. 👍