Tickets here! Hosting the 9:30 pm showing, with a curated preshow at 9:10 and a very sentimental intro about how much this film has meant to me
The Matrix | Heights Theater
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whatever you want me to do i will do
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"This is some French New Wave shit." —Natalie Marlin
Tonight’s the night!!! Twin Cities film people: do NOT miss your chance to see Lana and @lillywachowski.bsky.social’s masterwork on one of the rarest prints of the film around. This is possibly the coolest way I can imagine ever seeing the film, I am so excited to screen this tonight.
Natalie@nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · last wk.Trans film at this scale is still so rarely funded, so I hope this screening demonstrates the demand for trans films, now more than ever I’m thrilled to use my role as a trans programmer to present this favorite from Lana and @lillywachowski.bsky.social on a gorgeous print, please don’t miss it 💚
Top ten 2020s so far Days Skinamarink RRR West Side Story Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Janet Planet C'mon C'mon Smile 2 John Wick Chapter 4 Look Back The Raven of Baltimore City is a film not for the 2020s but for all time
James, lunatic armed with some really funky stuff@reelcastortroy.bsky.social · 6d agoTop Ten of 2020s so far The Raven of Baltimore City We're All Going to the World's Fair Joker 2 Asteroid City Memoria Pacification The Odyssey Trap Tar West Side Story
i expect all of you to come paint this town green
Natalie@nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · last wk.Begin to believe… the next Queer Cut screening I’m hosting is this Saturday night, playing a very rarely screened archival print of THE MATRIX as part of the Heights Theater’s centennial series Saturday, October 3rd Curated preshow at 9:10 pm Intro from yours truly at 9:30 pm
Any time I get to work Annie Dillard into a conversation about other art forms is a good one. Thanks so much as ever to the Trylove crew for having me!
Trylove, A Movie Podcast@trylovepodca.st · 2w ago𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. We were all pretty gobsmacked by THE LONG DAY CLOSES (1992). It replaces a plot with feelings-as-memory. While we were lost in reverie, @abbiememorydoll.bsky.social helped us figure out what makes Terence Davies' not-musical so special! (links in 🧵)
Be afraid… be very afraid. David Cronenberg’s body horror classic THE FLY screens at the Heights Theater on Saturday, Sept. 26th as part of my series Queer Cut Curated preshow begins at 9:20 pm, followed by an intro from me and the feature presentation at 9:45 pm Come watch Seth Brundle change 🪰
was a joy designing this—twin cities people, come out to see the best directorial one-two punch ever??
Trylon Cinema@trylon.org · 3w ago@abbiememorydoll.bsky.social Designed this incredible poster for our weekend series dedicated to the immensely talented Terence Davies. DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES and THE LONG DAY CLOSES play back to back. Tickets at www.trylon.org/film-series/...
Calm down, Doctor McCoy! Now's not the time for fear. That comes later.
I went to this My Chemical Romance show and all I got was a profound confrontation with a sincere expression of acceptance and mortality and what we leave behind for the generations after us (for @racketmn.com)
My Chemical Romance Carry on Carrying on Their Black Parade at Target Field - Racket
With Monday night's theatrical extravaganza, the '00s glam-emo art-rockers demonstrated that othing ages as well as sincerity.
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Had such a wonderful time chatting with the great Hakushi Hasegawa for @thequietus.com about the false equivalence of beauty with honesty, not trying to make yourself understood to cisgender outsiders who will never understand you in the first place, and the virtues of "unnecessary" sounds
The Necessary Unnecessary: An Interview with Hakushi Hasegawa
Before Hakushi Hasegawa explains anything, remember this: not everything is meant to be explained. Fight the urge to wrangle their music’s restless gusts across genre and sound and touchpoint, to defi...
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🗣️🗣️🗣️ TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT, ANGELS OF LOVE
Natalie@nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 2mo ago🎤 I’M THE REAL THING 🎤 There is no way illusions can come to life… right? That’s the question at the heart of Satoshi Kon’s masterpiece debut PERFECT BLUE, screening as part of Queer Cut at the Heights Theater on Saturday, August 22 at 9:45 pm Preshow starts at 9:30, followed by an intro from me!
Pay a visit to the Angel of Love… PERFECT BLUE screens Saturday, August 22 at 9:45 pm at the Heights Theater as part of Queer Cut Hosting + introducing this screening, with a preshow of behind-the-scenes features and Satoshi Kon extras (and more) starting at 9:45 pm Trailer edited by yours truly!
Lady Bird in 2002, talking to her best friend at school: Nothing interesting ever happens in Sacramento. Nobody interesting has EVER come out of here. Lady Bird in 2012 posting Death Grips - “I’ve Seen Footage” to her Facebook: holyy shidt
i appreciate the tragic sensibilities of whoever wrote this part of the wiki article for money jungle
when you’re a bostonian on a trip to vegas and the guy working the blackjack table refuses to let you play
Inside the Mall of America, I took a moment with rising pop star underscores to talk for Interview Magazine about her lifelong love of pop gratuitous and brief, her love of DDR and fluorescent lights, and her reading on the movie Backrooms
underscores Wants Pop Perfection
Before opening for Charli XCX, the producer and songwriter behind U discusses internet nostalgia, suburban landmarks, and the endless possibilities of pop.
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Wrote about the immaculate collaborative record from Caterina Barbieri and Bendik Giske for tQ's mid-year list, my favorite record so far this year that only grows in estimation the more time I spend with it
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 3mo agoThe Quietus Albums Of The Year So Far chart is here! But who is at number one? @normanrecords.com buff.ly/z3lSmCv
Just a few nights away! Finished putting together the preshow for this last night, if you’re coming, you’ll definitely wanna come early—don’t miss maybe your only chance ever to see the trailer for SHOWGIRLS 2: PENNY’S FROM HEAVEN on a huge moviehouse screen
Natalie@nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 3mo agoTWIN CITIES! IN ONE WEEK! My screening series Queer Cut is hosting a banger that demands to be seen in a theater with a crowd: Paul Verhoeven’s cult classic SHOWGIRLS Sunday, July 5 @ 7 pm at the Heights Theater (preshow and introduction by me) 🎟️ here: ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/660...
TWIN CITIES! IN ONE WEEK! My screening series Queer Cut is hosting a banger that demands to be seen in a theater with a crowd: Paul Verhoeven’s cult classic SHOWGIRLS Sunday, July 5 @ 7 pm at the Heights Theater (preshow and introduction by me) 🎟️ here: ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/660...
With JACKASS: BEST AND LAST out today, you can now read my interview with Johnny Knoxville on the bittersweetness of putting the series to rest, the Jackass stunt that never was, and how much Jackass is about love for the gay fans over
Little White Lies@lwlies.com · 3mo agoFor a quarter of a century, Johnny Knoxville has mined low-brow gold from the prank genre. The mellowed madman talks about hanging up his crash helmet with Jackass: Best and Last. In conversation with Johnny Knoxville:
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Natalie@nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 4mo agoWinning a Lambda special prize is probably as good a time as any for this, so: Hi! I’m Natalie Marlin. I’m a queer trans freelance arts/media critic, always looking for cool writing opportunities. DM me to commission: Features Interviews Reviews Profiles Essays Scene reports Album bios …and more!
Unbelievably excited to share that I have an interview in the latest print issue of Little White Lies with none other than THE Johnny Knoxville, If you wanna read our conversation on the bittersweet end of Jackass, you can order your copy of the new issue here: lwlies.com/magazine/iss...
Little White Lies@lwlies.com · 4mo agoAnnouncing… The new print edition of Little White Lies is here. Issue 113 is an illustrated exploration into the future of Hollywood, available now for pre-order. The cover art is by Nottinghamshire-based illustrator Nick Taylor.
Honored beyond belief to share that I was awarded the 2026 Pat Holt Prize for Critical Arts Writing from @lambdaliterary.org
Close Encounters Jaws A.I. West Side Story Raiders War of the Worlds Schindler's List Last Crusade Sugarland Express Jurassic Park
Experience the RUSH William Friedkin's polarizing cult thriller CRUISING plays in 35mm at the Heights Theater on Friday, June 5 at 9:45 pm, with a curated preroll and intro from me, and tabling from Archie Bongiovanni for all your flagging/zine/queer art needs
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No clue if this kind of thing makes a drop in the bucket, but I'll be back at Prepare the Ground in Toronto next weekend for press Angling to interview some folks for the newsletter, but if anyone wants to host something with any acts there, hit my line and let's see what we can make happen
THIS IS TONIGHT!!! If you live in the Twin Cities and like fucked up trans lit and DON'T come to this tonight, consider yourself ~FOREVER HAUNTED~
Natalie@nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis Tuesday!!! May 19!!! It's release day for @katpburke.bsky.social's great novel ALL US SAINTS, and we're gonna talk it all: the nuclear family's rotting core, displacing a life through art, dramaturgy, '90s trans film monsters... murDER?!??!???! RSVP here 😤: moonpalacebooks.com/events/48446...
