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Shelagh Rowan-Legg
@shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social
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Filmmaker | Poet | Independent Scholar | Programmer, Wench Film Festival |
Editor, @screenanarchy.bsky.social |
OFCS, AQCC, Fipresci | Montréal |
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Post something random or you’ll have an awful December
a retail space doorway, the glass and windows all covered with a green and black patterned cover. There is a square in the middle with the words À BIENTÔT
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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You just died.

The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
an image from an Iphone step counter, showing 6,666 steps taken.
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

You know what? If I was not part of the hive mind, I think she would try to rescue me, as we would have a great time drinking vodka and watching Golden Girls.
the actress Rhea Seehorn in a still from the show Pluribus. A middle aged white woman, seen from the shoulders up. She has short blond hair, she's wearing a blue shirt and grey cardigan. Her facial expession is one of quiet anger.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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my Sunday #poetry book for this week: ox lost, snow deep by @aliceburdick.bsky.social
the lovely cover of the poetry book 'ox lost, snow deep' by Alice Burdick. The top third is solid blue, the bottom two thirda white. An image of an ox is at the top of the white portion. A few inches below that is the title of the book in a cursive font, below that the word 'poems' also in a cursive font. The author's name, in caitql letters, closer to the bottom.
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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A themed short story anthology is always a joy, and 'As the Earth Dreams' edited by teresempierre.bsky.social joins Thyme Travellers as two of my favourite reads of this year. Favourites are 'The Hole in the Middle of the Word', 'A Fair Assessment' and 'Peak Day'.
The cover of the book As The Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories. across the top is the text Edited by Terese Mason Pierre. The title of the book is in turquoise and white, with the image of an insect in the middle.
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Sherlock Holmes, in his 'sexy' pose
Sherlock Holmes, a mostly black cat with a patch of white on his tummy, which he is proudly displaying whilst lying back on a grey couch. He has recently solved the crime of who ate the cheese that fell on the floor, found himself the criminal, and is asking for his punishment pets.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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today's blu ray essay research
a pile of the following books: Metamorphosis, Introduction to Mythology, A Medieval Book of Beasts, The Proveçal Tales, Métamorphosr et Bestiare Fantastique au Moyen Age, Folklore/Cinema, From Reverence to Rape
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Two recent discs: THE COLUMNIST, a dark comedy horror from Film Movement for which I wrote an essay; ALL THE MOONS, a Basque gothic vampire tale from Shudder, with an audio commentary from me & the fabulous Rebecca Wynne-Walsh. Both available at @vinsyn.bsky.social
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Two physical discs: on the left, ALL THE MOONS, the title across the top in yellow letters; a small crucifix is on one side, while the centre of the image has one woman's face, green-inked, hiding under a cloak, while below the larger face of a young girl. On the right, THE COLUMNIST written across the tp, below a drawing of the back of the head and upper back of a woman, sitting in front of a computer screen.
October 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Of course women don't like the Cybertruck.

Women only want one thing, and it's Barbarella's Alpha 7 spaceship with shag carpet interior.
a red, almost cello-shaped soaceship with three large rpund sprogs coming out one side, flying through outer space. a screenshot from Barbarella. Jane Fonda as Barbarella, a blonde woman in a black plastic spacesuit, sits in the cockpit of her spaceship. the floors and walls are covered in dark beige shap carpets. there is a chair protruding, also covered in shah carpet, and a computer screen on the back wall.
October 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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climate change means it's October 5th in Montréal and I'm sitting on my balcony in a short-sleeved t-shirt, light skirt and flip-flops, and I'm still a little warm. A convertible just drove by with the top down. At least I have a good book of poetry to read.
the book Barangay, an offshore poem by Adrian de Leon. A blue and white cover, designed with flowing lines to look like ocean waves. In the bottom right corner is a black drawing of a small sea-faring fishing boat.
October 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I'm delighted to have a poem in the new edition of @pinholepoetry.bsky.social alongside many other amazing contributors. The issue in online and free to read. pinholepoetry.ca/issue-4-3/
The cover of the new Pinhole Poetry, Volume 4 Issue 3, October 2025. The cover image os from the inside of a kitchen, modern country style, looking towards the sink and outside to a backyard. The light is softly filtered.
October 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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I've had the pleasure to write two essays for @umbrellaent.bsky.social recently, for their releases of INTACTO (The Gambler’s Crutch: Good and Bad Luck in Intacto) and CYPHER (Am I Not Your Spy Girl: The Femme Fatale in Cypher). Both discs (and many more!) available to order. shop.umbrellaent.com.au
Images from a blu ray release of the film CYPHER: A postcard of Lucy Liu, in a white dress and black boots, hanging in the air; Lucy Liu and Jeremy Northam, both wearing white shorts, sitting on a boat with the ocean seen behind them. Lucy Liu in a short auburn wig, wearing a grey sweater. The cover of the box set features the face of Jeremy Northam tintred green, melded into the title of the film in red. The title image of the essay has a woman with short red hair seated at a table, smoking, looking across to the figure of a man. The cover image of the box set for the film INTACTO. It looks like the box for playing cards, with the words Plastic coated playing cards at the top; below that in capital letters, the film title. Below that, a black spade, with the image of a man running blindfolded inside the space. Below that the words, Standard deck, 52 cards, and below that, All bets are on.
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score.

I will champion this film until the day I die.
the rotten tomatoes page for Unicorn Store, showing the tomatometer at 66% and the Popcommenter at 43%. The stikl image from the film shows Brien Larson, a white woman with blond hair, wearing a backwards pink ballcap, her face streaked with purple and pink paint.
September 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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tonight's viewing
the title card for the film Barefoot in the Park. there are the words do the title, plus images of footprints, over the legs of a horse walking on city pavement.
September 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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#TIFF50 Day 8: ADULTHOOD, ETERNAL RETURN, A USEFUL GHOST. My last day so very glad I finally got to see my friend Norm
two very tired TIFFers: white lady with grey hair, black guy in a black shirt. They're in a movie theatre way too early.
September 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Doctor I trust more than RFK jr.
Vicent Price as The Abominable Dr Phines. he wears a white satin cloak, his hair is dark grey, he has a magnificent moustache and his eyes are bloodshot.
September 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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today's pre/between #TIFF50 screening reading: film magazine 24images
the front cover of Quebecois film magazine 24images, issue 215, titles RÉSISTER/EXISTER: HISTOIRE ACTUALITÉ DU CINÉMA PALESTINIEN. an astronaut plants the Palestinian flag on the moon.
September 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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this is Sherlock Holmes, being a lazy boy, enjoying the Montréal sunshine
a tuxedo cat (almost all black except for a splash of white below his chin) lounges on his side on the balcony. he is caught mod-yawn.
August 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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A ROOM IN THE FOREST by Heather Ramsay. a contemplative and rich story. I love diving into the Haida Gwaii location, the prose evoking the density and mystery of the place. love and secrets hidden in the trees. from Caitlin Press, recommended. #booksky
the cover of A Room in the Forest by Heather Ramsay. swirls of green evoking a western rain forest.
August 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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You've inherited a movie theatre, what's your first double feature

SINGING IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952)
GOODBYE DRAGON INN (Tsai Ming Liang, 2003)
from Singingin the Rain. Gene Kelly, in a blue suit, hangs off a lamppost while it rains. he holds an umbrell and his mouth is open in song. from GOODBYE DRAGON INM: a young man in a white tank top sits in a film projection booth, next to the projector, looking towards the screen.
July 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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What a wonderful book FUNGAL is. I take delight & reflection on how she moves in the crossover spaces of her life & her love of mushrooms. My sister-in-law’s recent move to Winnipeg means more visits so I will get her this book and talk her into some local foraging. #canadianbooks #caturday
On a grey couch, a black cat is laying down with its back to a book: FUNGAL: FORAGING IN THE URBAN FOREST by Ariel Gordan, from Wolsak & Wynn
July 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This seems a good book to end the month with. Also to go with my pipedream of being either a bryologist or mycologist.
A photo of the book ´Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest’ by Ariel Gordon. The top half of the cover is a shade a brown, with a black and white drawing of mushrooms. They are drawn as if growing out of a sea of urban buildings, drawn in the bottom half of the book.
June 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Oh nothing to see here, just @mark-carney.bsky.social folding like a cheap sheet, caving into a fascist government. Elbows up, my ass. What a liar. What else will he sell us out on?
Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance broader trade negotiations with the United States From: Department of Finance Canada News release June 29, 2025 - Ottawa, Ontario - Department of Finance Canada
June 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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What an honour to be included in the latest issue of @theampersandreview.bsky.social , alongside such amazing Canadian writing legends as Stuart Ross, Dennis Lee, Barry Dempster, as well as many others.
A photo of the skeeter, trying to smile for the camera but she hates her smile so it never works well: her hair is grey (french bob style), she has blue eyes, and she's wearing a brown shirt. She is holding a copy of The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing, Issue 8, with Stuart Ross on the cover (an older man, grey hair beautifully blowing in the wind). Behind her are her poetry bookshelves.
June 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Afternoon book research movie watch
A screenshot from KISS ME DEADLY. A black and white photo: a man and a woman in the front seat of a convertible. The woman has short hair, wears a trenchcoat, and looks scared. The man, behind the steering wheel, is wearing a shirt and tie and a coat.
June 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM