Please note that if Bluesky is hiding “graphic media” for you here, they are denying you a picture of the most beautiful man in the world, Jacob Anderson, characteristically covered in blood.

Fansplaining@fansplaining.bsky.social · 18h ago

You've read @gavia.bsky.social 's Vampire Lestat recaps. Now that the season has wrapped up, she's going deep behind the scenes, talking to production designer Andres Cubillan about a range of setpieces, from the tour bus to Lestat's childhood home to the Fang Gang's hideout. 🩸✨ Read or listen:

one thing that amuses me when interviewing IWTV/TVL people is that *everyone* in the cast and crew refers to daniel molloy as "Molloy" in very professional terms, whereas every fan on earth is like, that's my close personal problematic friend Daniel.

Please share the best articles you’ve read about THE ODYSSEY with @gavia.bsky.social and me before we record tomorrow! (Not about Emily Wilson… we have the Emily Wilson situation Covered…)

god can you imagine jon bernthal getting the phonecall from chris nolan asking him to play a spartan. BORN for it.

just wrapped up a pair of interviews with the costume designer and production designer of The Vampire Lestat... honestly could've spoke to both for an hour, so much fascinating insight now the season has wrapped up!!

obsessed with the font on IKEA's clam chowder packaging. this is what's in the freezer on the Nostromo

It is 2005. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2012. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2018. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations.. It is 2025. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2026. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allega--

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

New BBC investigation. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

what if the lrb responded to the wilson essay crashing their site by committing to regularly publishing serious film criticism perhaps even occasionally from film scholars

As a break from The Odyssey discourse... Gav and I recorded a bonus episode of Overinvested for Patreon subscribers on N.K. Jemisin's THE FIFTH SEASON. It was so much fun to finally catch up to this modern classic, which was as good as advertised: www.patreon.com/overinvested...

Bonus Episode: "The Fifth Season," by N.K. Jemisin | Overinvested

Bonus Episode: "The Fifth Season," by N.K. Jemisin by Overinvested on Patreon. Join Overinvested's community for exclusive content and updates.

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👇 In reference to that SDCC Avatar Aang slide everyone is talking about. It was a page from an artbook, and the reference to Chat GPT was likely injected by the person who put the book together. Actual artists like Kat who worked on the film have no idea why it says that.

Kat Tsai@chuwenjie.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have no clue why it was on that slide or who put it there, and every member of the crew I worked with is 100% against AI. Every aspect of the animation is handcrafted by real artists and I hope that people don’t use this slide as a reason to detract from how much love and labor went into the film.

Out now on Overinvested: Our review of BACKROOMS, a film whose success has kickstarted an entirely predictable trend of Hollywood studios greenlighting creepypasta/YouTube horror adaptations.

Ep. 342: Backrooms — OVERINVESTED

Based on a popular creepypasta concept, Backrooms has helped to kickstart a new wave of film deals for filmmakers who started out on YouTube. In this episode, we discuss director Kane Parsons' impress...

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Out now on Overinvested: Our review of BACKROOMS, a film whose success has kickstarted an entirely predictable trend of Hollywood studios greenlighting creepypasta/YouTube horror adaptations.

Ep. 342: Backrooms — OVERINVESTED

Based on a popular creepypasta concept, Backrooms has helped to kickstart a new wave of film deals for filmmakers who started out on YouTube. In this episode, we discuss director Kane Parsons' impress...

overinvestedpodcast.com

The framing of this as "crashing" frustrates me, because this was absolutely a stunt arranged through & with the support of Comic Con, probably to avoid the protests & pushback if people had known about it in advance. It's not a fun perk for fans, it's stealth marketing of a domestic abuser.

USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 2w ago

Johnny Depp surprised fans at Comic-Con by showing up unannounced at an unrelated panel in character as Ebenezer Scrooge.

SHE IS COMING. #QueenOfTheDamned

Here's my recap for episode 7 of The Vampire Lestat! A fascinating, complicated conclusion to the season, featuring the most disturbing horror sequence in the show's entire run.

The Vampire Lestat: The Long Table

In episode 7, “The Failures,” Louis has a gruesome reunion with Armand, while Lestat faces judgment from specters of his past.

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There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.

i must break my silence as a celebrity heights aficionado. it's v funny in The Odyssey when they make matt damon stand on a box at the end of the movie so he suddenly becomes 8 inches taller than anne hathaway.

I was lucky to interview TWO of The Vampire Lestat's vampires last week, discussing the season finale. First up, Sam Reid had a lot of thoughts to share on regarding Lestat's narration in The Failures -- and regarding the ambiguity of whether Lestat ever performs that final concert.

The Vampire Lestat's Sam Reid Unpacks the Revelations in That Bold Season Finale

'He has been co-opted throughout his whole life'

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My other post-finale interview for The Vampire Lestat was Eric Bogosian, who described Daniel Molloy as being "on the verge of a complete personality collapse" in the finale, and "under Armand's thrall."

The Vampire Lestat's Eric Bogosian Digs Into Daniel's Role in That Shocking Season Finale

'I think Daniel's on the verge of a complete personality collapse'

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My other post-finale interview for The Vampire Lestat was Eric Bogosian, who described Daniel Molloy as being "on the verge of a complete personality collapse" in the finale, and "under Armand's thrall."

The Vampire Lestat's Eric Bogosian Digs Into Daniel's Role in That Shocking Season Finale

'I think Daniel's on the verge of a complete personality collapse'

tvguide.com

I was lucky to interview TWO of The Vampire Lestat's vampires last week, discussing the season finale. First up, Sam Reid had a lot of thoughts to share on regarding Lestat's narration in The Failures -- and regarding the ambiguity of whether Lestat ever performs that final concert.

The Vampire Lestat's Sam Reid Unpacks the Revelations in That Bold Season Finale

'He has been co-opted throughout his whole life'

tvguide.com

Here's my recap for episode 7 of The Vampire Lestat! A fascinating, complicated conclusion to the season, featuring the most disturbing horror sequence in the show's entire run.

The Vampire Lestat: The Long Table

In episode 7, “The Failures,” Louis has a gruesome reunion with Armand, while Lestat faces judgment from specters of his past.

fansplaining.com

It's here: the season finale of The Vampire Lestat. 🩸✨ In what she describes as the show's "weirdest episode to date," @gavia.bsky.social fittingly writes her longest recap of the season, culminating in Lestat's existential crisis on the astral plane. Read or listen to an audio version:

The Vampire Lestat: The Long Table

In episode 7, “The Failures,” Louis has a gruesome reunion with Armand, while Lestat faces judgment from specters of his past.

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so wait you basically can’t even use your hands at all unless you’re the weird guy at the end

this is my favorite christopher nolan story fyi (www.indiewire.com/features/gen...)

our next Overinvested ep is on Backrooms (which i personally found terrifying), but I've been so swamped with deadlines that i didn't have time to edit it this week! sorry listeners.

there are a few places in The Odyssey where Nolan goes full horror mode, and it sincerely fucking rules.

To the people who say radio commentary is better. A guy on 5 Live just said "If Argentina score first, England will have to try and get a goal, and if England score first, Argentina will have to try and get a goal."

IT'S LOUSTAT TIME BABYYY!!

Fansplaining@fansplaining.bsky.social · 3w ago

Our Vampire Lestat episode 6 recap is live! 🩸✨ @gavia.bsky.social breaks down the first chronological episode of the season: "Blessedly," she writes, it's essentially "an extended conversation between our two lead characters." Read or listen to an audio version: