the poor dancing girl she won't dance again

‘If I should die,’ said I to myself, ‘I have left no immortal work behind me - nothing to make my friends proud of my memory - but I have lov’d the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remember’d.’ - John Keats “Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.” - Kurt Vonnegut || 39. watcher of movies. taco lover extraordinaire. drinker of coffee. listener of music. I freelance writer for hire. CINEMA HER WAY: VISIONARY FEMALE DIRECTORS IN THEIR OWN WORDS out now from Rizzoli. | newsletter | Letterboxd

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MY BOOK CINEMA HER WAY IS OUT TODAY!!!!!

Read a little bit about the book's journey here and order your own copy and/or check out my book tour and film screening schedule here.

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Words Are Also Filters: Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026)

A tribute to the pioneering French-Iranian artist and filmmaker, who died this week at 56.

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Radioactive, 2020 (dir. Marjane Satrapi)

[autumn-s-child]

[snowbairdd]

Nothing's done that can't be undone. I'm still free. You can be too.

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993) dir. Martin Scorsese

[ava-deb]

LILI REINHART as APPLE FORBIDDEN FRUITS 2026, dir. Meredith Alloway

[sonderpoison]

ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE (2001), dir. Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale

[perotovar]

Yesterday was the last, "last job". I did it, I'm done. Fuck you.

PEDRO PASCAL as CLINT FLOOD Freaky Tales (2025) dir. Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden

[andremichaux]

Mädchen Amick as Shelly Johnson in Twin Peaks (1990 - 1991)

[joanna-lannister]

— CASTLES CRUMBLING by Taylor Swift

[vivienvalentino]

JOSH HARTNETT — The Faculty, , 1998

[headcuts]

corin tucker (sleater-kinney) | x / x

[sandushengshou]

Big World 小小的我 (2024) dir. Lina Yang

[rhaenyrahightower]

The X Files

S1EP1 “Pilot”

[dermondistaufgegangen]

Two People Exchanging Saliva (short, 2024) Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh

[acecroft]

LEWIS PULLMAN as Cameron Cassmore in Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)

[connorwyndham]

DIRTY DANCING (1987) directed by Emile Ardolino.