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nick-nellson

Moulin Rouge! (2001) dir. Baz Luhrmann

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NICOLE KIDMAN as SATINE

MOULIN ROUGE (2001) - dir. baz luhrmann

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Moulin Rouge! (2001) dir. Baz Luhrmann

januaryfruits

Nicole Kidman as Satine in Moulin Rouge! (2001) dir. Baz Luhrmann

bongjoonhoe

You have to eat something. I'll make you whatever you'd like. Just tell me what you want, and I'll make it. Whatever you want.

Kinds of Kindness (2024) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

emilystonedaily

Emma Stone directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Poor Things (2023)

Kinds of Kindness (2024)

Bugonia (2025)

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Kinds of Kindness (2024)

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DISCLOSURE DAY (2026) dir. Steven Spielberg

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emily blunt in disclosure day headers

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josh o'connor in DISCLOSURE DAY (2026) dir. by steven spielberg

helpallthenamesaretaken

thank you steven spielberg for creating a male and female protagonist who are the only two people of their kind on earth, who understand each other better than anyone else, "whatever you do, don't let go', who are literally DESTINED to meet each other and are literally spelled out to be goddamn soulmates and narrative foils

and not making their relationship romantic even though it would've been the easy thing to do.

queernarchy

saw send help and am obsessed with the core of the film aka the scene where linda talks about her husband and bradley talks about his mom. because then you think about it and each one is just a stand in for the other’s past abusive relationship. bradley can’t accept linda’s power over him but when he realizes he needs it he puts on a charming compliant facade that you can imagine was what he needed to survive his childhood all while growing more and more hateful. linda keeps bradley there and makes him dependent on her even when he manipulates and insults and poisons her because she can’t stand being alone and suddenly you can imagine the cycle that kept her and her husband married for 10 years. bradley sees her as his mom and is never attracted to her and shakes his head at the food she feeds him like a child. linda sees him as her husband and pictures the life they could have together as a couple. both were operating on hardware from decades past and were never going to change. no one talk to me.

sunnflowerwreath

some thoughts after watching Send Help starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien:

subverts gender power dynamics in a way that seems to intentionally make men uncomfortable- the ‘fixing’ scene?? Jaw dropped.

Asks the question of “can a character be the protagonist AND the antagonist?” (answer: if the audience is watching for the plot/rooting for Linda, she is the protagonist. If they switch sides and root for Bradley, she becomes the antagonist. Her role depends on the neutrality of the fourth wall.)

Purposely withholds scenes from the audience to make us a reflection (a product?) of Linda’s denial/gaslighting. We are not just observers but active participants in the psychological thriller

Bradley’s arc was typical of stranded-on-an-island characters: learning skills to survive. Linda’s arc was the opposite because she came to terms with killing (innocents). Bradley wanted to leave, Linda wanted to stay. Both would do anything to achieve their own goal. Their parallels are natural enemies, which both foreshadows and precipitates the final confrontation.

The progression of Bradley, from being 1) the obvious villain (obnoxious useless privileged bully) to 2) the dude who Does Things in Reaction to his Situation to 3) oh shoot, the victim?

The competence of Linda was soo satisfying, coming from someone who watched Scream 7 recently

Bury your nepo babies

Everything comes back to golf

When was the last time a woman did something truly twisted and still got to live happily ever after? [good for her] Memorable moments:

Linda, covered in rat’s blood, smiling at a paralyzed, petrified man: “My kindness does not make me weak”

Bradley, after Linda claims Zuri’s death was an accident, “just like your husband’s death was an accident?”