sweetness i was only joking

stuff I like: fine art/ cinema/ Japan/ history/ TV/ comics/ literature/ music/ photography/ fashion/ style/ nature/as well as occasional inane observations

[takethatball]

MAX KEPLER | Twins vs. Mariners 20240507

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Sad Philadelphia didn’t re-sign this pouty German sweetheart. He had a rough season but killed it towards the end once he was put where he belonged (RF). Kepleroni 😫

[mysteryofloveforevermore]

Sam Nivola for Dior Summer 2026 by Jonathan Anderson

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I don’t know who is more innocent and vulnerable and sweet, the lamb or the baby (who is supposedly named Sam?)

[mysteryofloveforevermore]

Sam Nivola for Dior Summer 2026 by Jonathan Anderson- Photos by Buck Ellison

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This Dior summer 2026 campaign is the most magical thing I’ve ever seen and nobody else deserves to see it, stop looking

[takethatball]

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atmospheric boyfriend

[dumbfunshit]

It's a Gift (1934)

After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run

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1,000 essential movies #144: It's a Gift. Some really stand-out comedic moments. WC Fields is truly one of the funniest people of all time.

An exchange in a scene that tickled me—after Harold discovers he has bought an alarmingly rundown house, a developer offers him money so he can build on the property:

Developer: “But you're the man who bought this property, ain't ya? Well, congratulations! You're lucky and ya didn't know it, did ya?”

Harold: “I wasn't absolutely sure about it.”

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The dumbest golden retriever 🧡

[faggghaggg]

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1,000 essential movies #143: Aguirre, the Wrath of God. Gorgeous, as wild as the jungle it depicts. Slow going initially, but the last third is absolutely compelling. Kinski is mesmerizing and Herzog’s detached, subtly cynical sensibility can’t be matched.

[johnnyspells]

RIVER CARTWRIGHT ● Slow Horses S02E05

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I’m sorry but we just might have too much Jack Lowden content of him using his mouth for activities not related to eating—never mind.

By the way, they totally knew what they were doing when they filmed this scene—tied up, red-faced, sweaty hot guy trying to pick something up with his mouth because that’s all he can use—yeah totally not meant to give you a boner

[vibe-stash]

Some Like It Hot (1959) dir. Billy Wilder

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1,000 essential movies #142: Some Like it Hot. Aside from a dull mobster subplot, a perfect movie. The three leads are hilarious; Lemmon’s energy is infectious and Monroe is just ridiculously sexy. Curtis made me burst into laughter with his extended Cary Grant impression.

[lefildariane]

Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957).

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1,000 essential movies #141: Sweet Smell of Success. Nonstop insults and zingers, juicy performances from Lancaster and Curtis, fantastic score, fantastic everything. Maybe the sleaziest A+ movie ever made.

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

Mel’s Drive-in from the 1973 film "American Graffiti". Milner's '32 Coupe, the Blonde's T-Bird, and Bob Falfa's 1955 Chevy Bel Air, left to right.

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1,000 essential movies #140: American Graffiti. Great cars, constant stream of great music, and a fantastic performance by Charles Martin Smith. Not terribly likable, and unlike the director’s probable intent, not as nostalgia-inducing as you want it to be. The 50s actually looks miserable. (Then again maybe not for a certain demographic of which George Lucas is a member?)

[18thcenturythirsttrap]

Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson as Gloucester and Buckingham, Richard III (1955).

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1,000 essential movies #139: Richard III. I can’t believe I watched this on Election Day 😆 anyway Olivier is deliciously detestable as the conniving, unethical, unliked, selfish monarch whose comeuppance is probably one of the greatest in the history of the stage.

[emziess]

Jack Lowden perfects the triple take - The Graham Norton Show

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Oh no

[fuckyeahjacklowden]

Jack Lowden photographed by Simon Lipman for The Laterals

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Pardon my French but JESUS CHRIST why in particular does his nose drive me crazy

[mydarkmaterials]

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1,000 essential movies #138: The Postman Always Rings Twice. Absolutely classic film noir. John Garfield and Lana Turner have steamy chemistry in this familiar trope of “let’s kill your husband so we can be together.” Both leads are great, but this is Lana’s show all the way. Sometimes she’s vulnerable, other times scheming, sometimes resigned, sometimes bitter with hate. The plot rolls at a breakneck pace, and it’s hard to tell where it’s going (in a good way).

[happygroundhogday]

Happy Groundhog Day!

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1,000 essential movies #137: Groundhog Day. I’m not a big Bill Murray fan, but he was perfect in this. Very watchable comedy.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔚𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔯𝔰 (յգԴգ) 𝔡𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔚𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔢𝔯 ℌ𝔦𝔩𝔩

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1,000 essential movies #136: The Warriors. You want atmosphere? Incredible costumes? Stirring, moody, cool AF music? You want NYC of the late 1970s in all its dirty, unsafe, creepy glory? You got in it spades, my friend. Enjoy this piece of perfection.