guy whose says "liminal" too much found dead at the end of a normal hallway
Laura Venning
@lauravenning.bsky.social
Film critic, author, queer, Jane Campion champion, words for Sight and Sound, BFI, Curzon, Little White Lies, Empire, BBC Culture. ✉️ venninglaura@gmail.com ✍️ lauravenning.com / https://lauravenning.substack.com / https://lnk.to/GretaGerwig
well i don't want to write about harry potter again so i'll just link this review of hogwarts legacy where i did my absolute best to try to demonstrate that there is no way you can seperate out jk rowling's political worldview from this text, it's impossible www.polygon.com/reviews/2360...
Hogwarts Legacy wants to make everyone happy, but Harry Potter gets in the way
Rowling’s specter looms above a vapid open world
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Harry Potter tattoo regret rate is an order of magnitude higher than regret for Gender Reassignment Surgery and yet no one has been brave enough to suggest we legislate Harry Potter tattoos.
This is straight up nazi shit. The nazis published propaganda on Jewish crime. If this were blackcrimeuk or immigrantcrimeuk everyone would see it for the bigoted shit that it is.
My first book, Icons of Cinema: Greta Gerwig, is out now! Tysm to gorgeous friends, family and colleagues for their support, as well as everyone from Studio Press/Bonnier Books 🎀 If you have a Greta girlie in your life you should get them a copy, it’s cute and well-researched! 🙂↕️ lnk.to/GretaGerwig
I haven't been on here much lately but I've done some cool stuff I should probably show off about 🫡 for instance for @film.curzon.com / @curzon.com I spoke to the lovely Hlynur Pálmason about this stunning new film The Love That Remains: www.curzon.com/journal/the-...
truly believe that it’s unhealthy to have a take on every single topic. It’s Good Actually for there to be discourse that you are not informed on
The second episode of the Listen to Lillian podcast features the wonderful @lauravenning.bsky.social discussing one of the most formidable Jane Austen adaptations, 1995’s Sense and Sensibility.
Sense and Sensibility (1995) with Laura Venning
Listen now (53 mins) | This week's episode explores a masterful adaptation of Jane Austen's first novel.
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100 Nights of Hero unfolds at breakneck speed, with never a dull moment. Julia Jackman deftly interweaves her multiple narrative threads and indulges (complimentary) in woozy, dreamlike montages of image and sound, writes @lauravenning.bsky.social Review: lwlies.com/reviews/100-...
100 Nights of Hero review – an affecting fable of queer female…
Julia Jackman’s adaptation of Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel is a charming, ambitious queer fantasy.
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A good day to chat all things Greta Gerwig with @lauravenning.bsky.social, author of GRETA GERWIG: ICONS OF CINEMA, over on my Substack! marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/thankful-f...
Thankful for Greta Gerwig
A conversation with author Laura Venning
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I wrote a little book, pals. 'SOFIA COPPOLA: The Complete Unofficial Guide' is out today from @quercusbooks.bsky.social/ Greenfinch and in all good bookstores. I loved delving into Sofia's prettified & melancholy worlds. Link here: www.waterstones.com/book/sofia-c...
My first book, Icons of Cinema: Greta Gerwig, is out now! Tysm to gorgeous friends, family and colleagues for their support, as well as everyone from Studio Press/Bonnier Books 🎀 If you have a Greta girlie in your life you should get them a copy, it’s cute and well-researched! 🙂↕️ lnk.to/GretaGerwig
Idk what it says about me that I cried at Pillion and Hamnet left me cold,,,,,,that film has Most Acting disease
don’t forget to cross your arms over your chest before you lower yourself back down into the bog for the night
I had a brilliant conversation with Marc and Seth on @unwatchables.bsky.social about two very nasty Aussie films 🇦🇺 A perverse pleasure!!
Unwatchables with Marc & Seth@unwatchables.bsky.social · 10mo agoToday UNWATCHABLES goes Down Under for two grim Australian thrillers with the help of film critic @lauravenning.bsky.social We discuss Ted Kotcheff's 1971 psychological thriller WAKE IN FRIGHT, and Jennifer Kent's 2018 revenge Western THE NIGHTINGALE. spotify.link/w9FJPV0xsXb
Ready to preorder the small press short story collection with this cover RIGHT NOW.
Timothy@timothyhelmuth.com · 11mo agoremembering that time a kitchen cupboard fell off the wall.
Today's artist w/out a (known) birthday: Anthonie de Lorme, born in Tournai but mostly of Rotterdam, whose Laurenskerk he often painted. As here in 1669.
Liberal politicians if you are so disturbed just pretend Charlie Kirk was a Palestinian child and you’ll get over it in no time
I'm stepping in last minute to introduce The Breakfast Club at BFI Southbank tomorrow evening, ironic for someone who was too much of a goody two-shoes to have ever been given detention at school 🏫🎒 Tickets here! whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
I’ll never forget going to Fopp to ask if they had the second sight special edition of The Babadook behind the till and made the mistake of mentioning to the guy that I’d contributed an essay to it only to be met with a stony-faced “does anyone actually read those” 💀
Second Sight@secondsightfilms.bsky.social · 11mo agoGrab a bargain now at the HMV and FOPP Second Sight Films sale!
Sorry but all these 21 year old guys moaning about not getting the LFF tickets they wanted……..
i don't think you see the gender discrepancy in film criticism quite as glaringly as you do in annual film festival coverage
