Gotham City Ballet

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[gcballet]

Passions of the Mind (1991) A.S. Byatt

[thememedaddy]

[gcballet]

"Apply for jobs youre not qualified for!" Even the jobs I am qualified for don't want me what now?

[gcballet]

>be me

>trying to get into new industry

>have a BA and an MA in a related field

>volunteering in the exact field

>entry level role

>training provided

>no qualifications above GCSE required

>apply

>"we're proceeding with better qualified candidates"

If you're going to reject me, reject me, don't just make shit up so you feel better about it.

[lupismaris]

Do it scared but please don't do it hungry. Please don't do it dehydrated. It's gonna make it so much scarier. Please.

[hearthouses]

Guillermo del Toro’s spellbinding take on one of the most enduring of all modern myths, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, imbues the classic tale with new depths of humanity while pushing it toward dazzling heights of gothic grandeur. Shifting between the perspectives of the brilliant but callous Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) and the creature (Jacob Elordi) he fashions from flesh and then cruelly mistreats, del Toro movingly reframes the legend as a story of fathers and sons struggling to break free from cycles of trauma. A decades-in-the-making triumph of darkly ravishing visual invention and operatic storytelling, Frankenstein is a deeply personal statement from a director who has long been drawn to the realm where men and monsters merge.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

4K digital master of the theatrical version of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack

4K digital master of Frankenstein: The Reborn Cut, a new 158-minute extended director’s cut of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack

Two 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the films and special features

New audio commentary on The Reborn Cut, featuring director Guillermo del Toro

The Anatomy Lesson: Director’s Cut, a new documentary on the making of the film

The Parlour, a collection of conversations on craft featuring del Toro; actors Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Oscar Isaac; cinematographer Dan Laustsen; production designer Tamara Deverell; costume designer Kate Hawley; and creature designer Mike Hill

Q&As moderated by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and musician Patti Smith

Interview with composer Alexandre Desplat conducted by film-music scholar Jon Burlingame

PLUS: An essay by scholar and author Christopher Frayling

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 27TH 2026

[red-veril]

Let's fucking GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[gcballet]

"Apply for jobs youre not qualified for!" Even the jobs I am qualified for don't want me what now?

[hauntedkeys]

if you've ever applied for a job you deserve 50 million dollars in financial compensation

[themakeupbrush]

Guo Pei Spring 2026

[grapnel]

An example of why one should use the Oxford comma.

[sepdet]

LOL. I think they tried to fix it.

Nice try. Still no.

[requiem-on-water]

Daughter (2026), oil on linen by Filip Mirazovic

[fishfilletinacan]

batman the animated series will be like "the effects of mental illness, if left untreated, can cause even the most well-meaning man to hurt himself and others, and feel so helpless he turns to other methods to cope." and then the next episode is "what if the joker tried to copyright fish"

[beardedmrbean]

Next up someone is going to claim that the Narnia series isn't kids books.

Kids books is probably not the best way to word it, you can enjoy them at every age, including your childhood, as you get older you may find new truths in them, but they're still good for any age.

[skeevers]

Medieval Monk Bear from Historic Scotland

[cosmonautroger]

Jordi Garriga Mora, Minotauro, 2007

[unichrome]

I’m slowly beginning to accept the reality that 2007 was not last year but in fact almost four years ago

[libraford]

Unpopular opinion, apparently, but i think the best way to deal with scam calls is to either let it ring or reject call.

That conversation with Diesel where explained that he learned curse words in Hindi so he could cuss out scam callers in their own language hit a sore spot for me. I know he's just a teenager and teenage boys are often jerks but...

Okay so first off, colloquial insults from other cultures are fucking insane so you're really doing a disservice by just looking up 'motherfucker' and using a one to one translation. Boring.

2- answering your phone rewards the scammer. I can't remember the term, but theres an operator whose job is to collect data of numbers that pick up the phone. That information is sold to the people operating the scam. They get paid per call connected. You are now on a list and you will get more calls.

3. The people making those calls are often trafficked, in abusive working conditions for shit pay and hired under false pretenses. I only know some of the details, and what I have heard is a nightmare. You're not punishing the mastermind of the compound, you're punishing an at-risk person who already gets yelled at all day.

The videos of fucking with scam callers are funny, sure. But the people who make those videos are doing it on a separate line with identity protection.

Obviously do what you want with your life. But that's my stance. Hang up, block. Don't answer, if possible.

[music-daily]

Lil Nas X gives a life update.