my sexuality is Connell Waldron's neck chain in Normal People.

Photo of Charlotte Wells and her father that served as a starting point for her debut feature Aftersun

“…Aftersun is a personal film. Most films are, of course, but this film more than even those most. The essence of what I have to say about that is held within the 145,440 frames on screen. This film is unmistakably fiction, but within it is a truth that is mine; a love that is mine. Photos, videos—records of different types—are enclosed in the film and so it felt appropriate to enclose one here. A photograph of my dad and of me—the starting point for this project—each a single shot because photos of us both are in short supply in that pre-selfie era. I am 10 or 11, Sophie’s age in the film. My Dad is 31 or 32, a little younger than I am now. We happen to be in Turkey.”

Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022)  

NEW GIRL 5x01 | “Big Mama P”

THE FALLOUT 2021, dir. Megan Park

love and company

Before Sunrise (1995) dir. Richard Linklater Normal People S01E08 (2020) dir. Hettie Macdonald

vou gritar

I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.

Cinematic Parallels - Fleabag X Normal People

Aftersun (2022)  dir. Charlotte Wells

Normal People

jo march really was like. i love the people around me and i cannot cope with them leaving and being mature and appealing enough to start new chapters in their lives while i'm still clinging into this idealised, carefree, comedy-like lifestyle i thought was gonna last forever. and i really thought platonic relationships could replace my repressed longing for a romantic one but now all my loved ones' first priorities became romance. meanwhile i cannot put myself out seeking a romantic relationship because that would automatically mean altering, belittleing, objectifying and compromising myself, my life would become a cliche with guaranteed unhappy ending because i feel like no one in this world could truly make me happy. and i do want to embrace my independent, single lifestyle but i guess i didnt calculate back then how lonely it's going to feel. it's like my only choice is between two types of unhappiness. jo march conveyed all this stuff and i'm not supposed to tear up just thinking about that goddamn movie???

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY | 2x07 – Attack Ad

Gregory dances. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him experience joy before. It’s weird.

Janine Teagues in every episode

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY 2x06 - CANDY ZOMBIES

oh to be a sally rooney protagonist, pursuing english honours at trinity, listening to my sad little taylor swift playlist and saying things in my head

Sally Rooney, Conversations with friends

Taylor Swift, All too well 10 minute version (Taylor's version)

Sally Rooney, Normal people

Taylor Swift, Champagne problems