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Welcome to Letters2fiction!

The concept here is to send in a question or a letter request, and you’ll get a response from your fictional character of choice, from the list below. Please stick to the list I’ve made, but of course, you can ask if there’s some other characters I write for, I don’t always remember all the shows, movies or books I’ve consumed over the years and I’m sure I’m missing a lot 😅

Status: New Characters added - Thursday March 21st, 2024

TV SERIES

A Discovery of Witches:

Matthew Clairmont

Baldwin Montclair

Gallowglass de Clermont

Marcus Whitmore

Philippe de Clermont

Jack Blackfriars

Sarah Bishop

Emily Mather

Diana Bishop

Ysabeau de Clermont

Miriam Shepard

Phoebe Taylor

Gerbert D’Aurillac

Peter Knox

Father Andrew Hubbard

Benjamin Fuchs

Satu Järvinen

Meridiana

Law and Order:

Rafael Barba

Sonny Carisi

Joe Velasco

Mike Duarte

Terry Bruno

Peter Stone

Hasim Khaldun

Nick Amaro NEW!

Mike Dodds

Grace Muncy

Kat Tamin

Toni Churlish

Amanda Rollins

Olivia Benson

Rita Calhoun

Casey Novak

Melinda Warner

George Huang

Sam Maroun

Nolan Price

Jamie Whelan

Bobby Reyes

Jet Slootmaekers

Ayanna Bell

Jack McCoy

Elliot Stabler

One Chicago:

Jay Halstead (Could also be Will if you want)

Antonio Dawson

Adam Ruzek

Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz

Dante Torres

Vanessa Rojas

Kevin Atwater

Sean Roman

Matt Casey

Kelly Severide

Joe Cruz

Sylvie Brett

Blake Gallo

Christopher Hermann

"Mouch"

Otis

Violet Mikami

Evan Hawkins

Mayans MC:

Angel Reyes

Miguel

Bishop

Coco

Nestor

911 verse:

Athena Grant

Bobby Nash

Henrietta "Hen" Wilson

Evan "Buck" Buckley

Eddie Diaz

Howie "Chimney" Han

Ravi Panikkar

T.K. Strand

Owen Strand

Carlos Reyes

Marjan Marwani

Paul Strickland

Tommy Vega

Judson "Judd" Ryder

Grace Ryder

Nancy Gillian

Mateo Chavez

The Rookie:

Lucy Chen

Tim Bradford

Celina Juarez

Aaron Thorsen

Nyla Harper

Angela Lopez

Wesley Evers

BBC Sherlock:

Greg Lestrade

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Moriarty

Molly

Bridgerton:

Anthony Bridgerton

Benedict Bridgerton

Simon Basset

Daphne Bridgerton

Eloise Bridgerton

Kate Sharma

Edwina Sharma

Marina Thompson/Crane

Outlander:

Jamie Fraser

Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser

Frank Randall

Black Jack Randall

Brianna Fraser

Roger MacKenzie

Fergus Fraser

Marsali Fraser

Jenny Fraser Murray

Ian Murray Sr.

Ian Fraser Murray

Murtagh Mackenzie

Call The Midwife:

Shelagh Turner / Sister Bernadette

Dr. Patrick Turner

Nurse Trixie Franklin

Nurse Phyllis Crane

Lucille Anderson

Nurse Barbara Gilbert

Chummy

Sister Hilda

Miss Higgins

PC Peter Noakes

Reverend Tom Hereward NEW!

Narcos:

Horacio Carrillo

Peaky Blinders:

Tommy Shelby

Downton Abbey:

Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham

Lady Mary Crawley

Lady Edith Crawley

Lady Sybil Crawley

Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Isobel Crawley

Matthew Crawley

Lady Rose MacClare

Lady Rosamund Painswick

Henry Talbot

Tom Branson

Mr. Charles Carson

Mrs. Hughes / Elsie May Carson

John Bates

Anna Bates

Daisy Mason

Thomas Barrow

Joseph Molesley

Land Girl:

Connie Carter

Reverend Henry Jameson (Gwilym Lee's version)

Midsomer Murder:

DCI Tom Barnaby

Joyce Barnaby

Dr. George Bullard

DCI John Barnaby

Sarah Barnaby

DS Ben Jones

DS Jamie Winter

Sgt. Gavin Troy

Fleur Perkins

WPC Gail Stephens

Kate Wilding

DS Charlie Nelson

Sergeant Dan Scott

NEW! Once Upon A Time

Regina / The Evil Queen

Mary Margaret Blanchard / Snow White

David Nolan / Prince Charming

Emma Swan

Killian Jones / Captain Hook

Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin

Neal Cassidy / Baelfire

Peter Pan

Sheriff Graham Humbert / The Huntsman

Jefferson / The Mad Hatter

Belle

Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood

Will Scarlet

Zelena / Wicked Witch

Alice (Once in Wonderland)

Cyrus (Once in Wonderland)

Jafar (Once in Wonderland)

Gideon

Tiger Lily

Naveen

Tiana

Granny

Ariel

Prince Eric

Aladdin

Jasmine

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Hercules

Megara

Tinker Bell

Merida

Red Riding Hood

Mulan

Aurora / Sleeping Beauty

Prince Phillip

Cinderella

Prince Thomas

NEW! The Vampire Diaries / The Originals

Stefan Salvatore

Damon Salvatore

Caroline Forbes

Elena Gilbert

Bonnie Bennett

Enzo St. John

Niklaus Mikaelson

Elijah Mikaelson

Kol Mikaelson

Rebekah Mikaelson

Freya Mikaelson

Finn Mikaelson

Mikael

Esther

Marcel Gerard

Davina Claire

MOVIES

The Pirates of the Caribbean:

Captain Jack Sparrow

Barbossa

Will Turner

Elizabeth Swann

James Norrington

Kingsman:

Merlin

Harry Hart

Eggsy Unwin

James Spencer / Lancelot

Alastair / Percival

Roxy Morton / Lancelot

Maximillian Morton / The Shepherd

Orlando Oxford

Jack Daniels / Whiskey

Gin

BOOKS

Dreamland Billionaire series - Lauren Asher:

Declan

Callahan

Rowan

Iris

Alana

Zahra

Dirty Air series - Lauren Asher:

Noah

Liam

Jax

Santiago

Maya

Sophie

Elena

Chloe

Ladies in Stem - Ali Hazelwood books:

Olive

Adam

Bee

Levi

Elsie

Jack

Mara

Liam

Sadie

Erik

Hannah

Ian

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros:

Xaden Riorson

Dain Aetos

Jack Barlowe

Rhiannan Matthias

Violet Sorrengail

Mira Sorrengail

Lillith Sorrengail

Bodhi Durran

Liam Mairi

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‘Um Caroço de Abacate’, de Ary Zara e com Gaya de Medeiros e Ivo Canelas, conta agora com a produção de Elliot Page na corrida aos Óscares

‘Um Caroço de Abacate’, de Ary Zara e com Gaya de Medeiros e Ivo Canelas, conta agora com a produção de Elliot Page na corrida aos Óscares 🎬🏳️‍⚧️

A curta-metragem ‘Um Caroço de Abacate’, de Ary Zara, conta com as interpretações de Gaya de Medeiros e Ivo Canelas. Depois de ter ganhado prémio duplo no Festival Internacional de Curta-Metragem de Clermont-Ferrand num total de mais de 20 prémios, o filme está na corrida aos Óscares e conta com a produção executiva de Elliot Page. Este é um filme que conta o encontro entre “Larissa, uma mulher…

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#Ary Zara #Óscares #Cinema #Cultura #Curta #Elliot Page #Gaya de Medeiros #LGBTI #LGBTQ #Notícias #Portugal #Trans

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MARDI 9 MAI 2023 (Billet 1 / 4)

Ils étaient une centaine de millions de curieux à travers le monde à assister au Couronnement de Charles III et de Camilla samedi dernier. Quel score en France ? La cérémonie était retransmise sur TF1, France 2, M6 et les chaînes d'information en continu. Selon les données Médiamétrie, près de 9 millions de Français ont suivi cette journée historique.

À titre de comparaison, la cérémonie d'obsèques de la reine Elizabeth II d'Angleterre avait réuni 7,5 millions de téléspectateurs en septembre 2022 sur l'ensemble des chaînes françaises. Les obsèques du mari de la reine, le prince Philip, avaient attiré 7 millions de téléspectateurs le 17 avril 2021. Plus de 8 millions de téléspectateurs étaient devant le mariage du prince Harry et de Meghan Markle le 19 mai 2018 contre 9 millions le 29 avril 2011 pour le mariage du prince William et de Kate Middleton.

Le record pour un événement autour de la monarchie britannique est détenu par les obsèques de Lady Diana, le 6 septembre 1997, qui avaient été regardées en France par 10,1 millions de téléspectateurs en moyenne, et seulement sur TF1 et France 2, les chaînes info n'existant pas encore à l'époque. En 1953, le couronnement de la reine Elizabeth II avait été diffusé à la télévision française, quand l'Hexagone ne comptait que 59.971 récepteurs TV. Les curieux s'étaient rassemblés dans les rues ou chez leurs voisins équipés pour suivre cet événement, le premier de cette envergure à être diffusé en direct internationalement.

(Source : « lefigaro.fr »)

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Des millions de personnes, en France et dans le monde, ont donc regardé la Cérémonie du Couronnement du Roi Charles III et de la Reine Camilla. Mais autour de nous, le lendemain, les commentaires unanimes ont été : « c’était très long… beaucoup trop long ! ».

Par contre, nous avons été peut-être presque les seuls au monde à avoir enregistrer les 7-8 heures que France 2 a consacrées à l’événement.

Comme nous recevions samedi dans l’après-midi nos voisins pour un thé à la menthe et des pâtisseries rapportées du Maroc (voir le Blog de dimanche) et qu’il fallait mettre un peu d’ordre (et de propre) dans la maison, il n’était pas question que nous restions assis sur notre canapé à regarder la télé ! Et puis vous savez que nous voyons rarement la télé en direct. Alors, du coup, samedi soir, au moment de l’apéro et durant le dîner, tranquillement installés dans le Den, nous avons regardé notre enregistrement. Et grâce à la télécommande, nous avons pu ainsi sauter toutes les parties qui nous semblaient ennuyeuses… et NOUS NOUS SOMMES RÉGALÉS !

Nous avons même repris le lendemain matin le visionnage durant le petit déj. Quel bonheur d’appuyer sur PAUSE lorsqu’on va préparer l’apéro, lorsque Marina est allée s’occuper du dîner ou au moment de débarrasser, entre autres ! Franchement, ça change tout ! Un exemple parmi de nombreux autres : le sermon interminable de l’Archevêque… pfuiiiit… avance accélérée… et quelques secondes plus tard… pfuiiiit… 17 minutes ont défilé à toute vitesse et on a pu reprendre le cours de la cérémonie. Etc, etc…

Nous avons beaucoup apprécié le choix des Airs durant la Messe, l’orchestre dirigé par Elliot Gardiner et surtout le chœur, somptueux (enfants, ados et adultes), et les commentaires de Stéphane Bern et d’Adelaïde de Clermont Tonnerre.

Justement, après la sortie de la Cathédrale, lors de la (très) longue progression jusqu’au Palais de Buckingham, nous avons appris la coutume du « Plat du Couronnement ».

Après son couronnement, la Reine Elizabeth avait choisi du poulet avec une sauce à base de curry et pour celui de Charles, c’était un plat qu’il a voulu végétarien : une quiche aux épinards un peu particulière.

Marina, pour s’amuser (« L’ennui naquit un jour de l’uniformité… »), est allée chercher sa recette sur le Net. Celle de Cyril Lignac lui ayant semblé la mieux expliquée, c’est celle-ci qu’elle a choisie et nous l’avons mangée dimanche soir.

Vous la trouverez ci-dessous, suivie de quelques photos pour « immortaliser » cette « première ».

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Charles III : Cyril Lignac partage la recette de la quiche servie au Couronnement

À l’occasion du « grand déjeuner du Couronnement » (pique-niques organisés entre voisins un peu partout en Grande-Bretagne), qui se tient dimanche midi, les Britanniques sont invités à réaliser eux aussi la quiche aux épinards (« Coronation Quiche ») qui sera servie au Roi et à ses proches, selon la recette officielle, publiée sur le site de la famille royale britannique et réalisée par le chef royal Mark Flanagan.

Pour 6 personnes

Ingrédients :

1 pâte brisée

125 ml de lait entier

60 g de fèves cuites à l’eau

100 g de cheddar râpé

Sel fin et poivre du moulin

175 ml de crème entière

2 œufs

180 g de pousses d’épinards passés à la poêle

1 cuil. à soupe d’estragon haché

Recette :

Préchauffer le four à 190°C.

Foncer la pâte dans un moule à tarte beurré de 20 cm de diamètre, piquer le fond.

Préparer l’appareil de la quiche : dans un saladier, mélanger le lait et la crème, ajouter les œufs et l’estragon haché. Déposer dans le fond de la tarte le cheddar râpé, les feuilles d’épinards passés à la poêle et les fèves cuites bien étalés, verser l’appareil liquide, parsemer d’un peu de cheddar râpé.

Enfourner 25 minutes.

Vous pouvez servir votre tarte avec une salade verte assaisonnée d’une vinaigrette de votre choix.

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La « Royale quiche » faite par Marina était pas mal mais ce n’est pas sûr qu’elle la refasse. Par contre, nous avons trouvé l’idée amusante. Les goûts culinaires des Anglais, sans vouloir vexer personne… no comment !

A Londres…

Et chez nous...

NB Les sets avec les petits pompons de couleur nous ont été offerts par nos amis Mostéfa et Fatiah.

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52 Films by Women: 2020 Edition

Another annual challenge complete!

Last year, I focused on diversifying my list. This year I kept that intention but focused on watching more non-American films and films from the 20th century. Specifically, I sought out Agnès Varda’s entire filmography, after her death in 2019. (I was not disappointed - What a filmmaking legend we lost.)

I also kept a film log for the first time and have included some of my thoughts on several films from that log. I made a point of including reviews both positive and negative, because I think it’s important to acknowledge the variability and breadth of the canon, so as not to put every film directed by a woman on a pedestal. (Although movies directed by women must clear a much higher bar to be greenlit, meaning generally higher quality...But that’s an essay for another day :)

* = directed by a woman of color

bold = fave

1. The Rhythm Section (2020) dir. Reed Morano - Not as good as it could have been, given Morano’s proven skill behind the camera, but also not nearly as bad as the critics made it out to be. And unbelievably refreshing to see a female revenge story not driven by sexual assault or the loss of a husband/child.

2. Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962) dir. Agnès Varda - If you ever wanted to take a real-time tour of Paris circa 1960, this is the film for you.

3. Little Women (2019) dir. Greta Gerwig - Still my favorite Little Women adaptation. I will re-watch it every year and cry.

4. Varda by Agnès (2019) dir. Agnès Varda & Didier Rouget

5. Booksmart (2019) dir. Olivia Wilde - An instant classic high school comedy romp that subverts all the gross tropes of its 1980s predecessors.

6. Girls of the Sun (2018) dir. Eva Husson

7. Blue My Mind (2017) dir. Lisa Brühlmann

8. Portrait of a Lady On Fire (2019) dir. Céline Sciamma - Believe the hype. This film is a master thesis on the female gaze, and also just really effing gorgeous.

9. Belle Epine (2010) dir. Rebecca Zlotowski

10. Vamps (2012) dir. Amy Heckerling - With Krysten Ritter and Alicia Silverstone as modern-day vampires, I was so ready for this movie. But it feels like a bad stage play or a sit-com that’s missing a laugh-track. Bummer.

11. *Birds of Prey (2020) dir. Cathy Yan - Where has this movie been all our lives?? Skip the next onslaught of Snyder-verse grim-darkery and give me two more of these STAT!

12. She’s Missing (2019) dir. Alexandra McGuinness

13. The Mustang (2019) dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnere - Trigger warning for the “protagonist” repeatedly punching a horse in the chest. I noped right out of there.

14. Monster (2003) dir. Patty Jenkins – I first watched this movie when I was probably too young and haven’t revisited it since. The rape scene traumatized me as a kid, but as an adult I appreciate how that trauma is not the center of the movie, or even of Aileen’s life. Everyone still talks about how Charlize “went ugly” for this role, but the biggest transformation here isn’t aesthetic, it’s physical – the way Theron replicates Wuernos’ mannerisms, way of speaking, and physicality. That’s why she won the Oscar. I also love that Jenkins calls the film “Monster” (which everyone labels Aileen), but then actually uses it to tell the story of how she fell in love with a woman when she was at her lowest, and that saved her. That’s kind of beautiful, and I’m glad I re-watched it so that I could see the story in that light, instead of the general memory I had of it being a good, feel-bad movie. It’s so much more than that.

15. Water Lilies (2007) dir. Céline Sciamma – Sciamma’s screenwriting and directorial debut, the first in her trilogy on youth, is as painfully beautiful as its sequels (Tomboy and Girlhood). It’s also one of the rare films that explores the overlap of queerness and girl friendships.

16. The Trouble with Angels (1966) dir. Ida Lupino – Movies about shenanigan-based female friendships are such rare delights. Rosalind Russel is divine as Mother Superior, and Hayley Mills as “scathingly brilliant” as the pranks she plays on her. Ida Lupino’s skill as an editor only enhances her directing, providing some truly iconic visual gags to complement dialogue snappy enough for Gilmore Girls.

17. Vagabond (1985) dir. Agnès Varda – Shot with a haunting realism, this film has no qualms about its heroine’s inevitable, unceremonious death, which it opens with, matter-of-factly, before retracing her final (literal) steps to the road-side ditch she ends up in. (I’m partly convinced said heroine was the inspiration for Sarah Manning in Orphan Black.)

18. One Sings, The Other Doesn’t (1977) dir. Agnès Varda – Probably my favorite classic Varda, this film feels incredibly personal. It’s essentially a love story about two best friends with very different lives. For an indie made in the ‘70s, the diversity, scope, and themes of the film are impressive. Even if the second half a drags a bit, the first half is absolute perfection, engaging the viewer immediately, and clipping along, sprinkling in some great original songs that were way progressive for their time (about abortion, female bodily autonomy, etc) and could still be considered “bangers” today.

19. Emma (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde

20. Black Panthers (1969) dir. Agnès Varda

21. Into the Forest (2016) dir. Patricia Rozema - When the world was ending (i.e. the pandemic hit) this was the first movie I turned to - a quiet, meditative story of two sisters (Elliot Page and Evan Rachel Wood) surviving off the land after a sudden global blackout. Four years later, it’s still one of my favorite book-to-screen adaptations. I fondly remember speaking with director Patricia Rozema at the 2016 Chicago Critics Film Festival after a screening, her love for the source material and desire to “get it right” so apparent. I assured her then, and reaffirm now, that she really did.

22. City of Trees (2019) dir. Alexandra Swarens

23. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) dir. Eliza Hittmann - To call this a harrowing and deeply personal journey of a sixteen-year-old who must cross state lines to get an abortion would be accurate, but incomplete. It is a story so much bigger than that, about the myriad ways women’s bodies and boundaries are constantly violated.

24. Paradise Hills (2019) dir. Alice Waddington

25. *Eve’s Bayou (1996) dir. Kasi Lemmons – I’ve been meaning to watch Kasi Lemmons’ directorial debut for many years now, and I’m so glad I finally have, because it fully deserves its icon status, beyond being one of the first major films directed by a black woman. Baby Jurnee Smollett's talent was immediately recognizable, and she has reminded us of it in Birds of Prey and Lovecraft Country this year. If merit was genuinely a factor for Oscar contenders, she would have taken home gold at eleven years old. Beasts of the Southern Wild has been one of my all-time favorites, but now I realize that most of my appreciation for that movie actually goes to Lemmons for blazing the trail with her story of a young black girl from the bayou first. It’s also a surprisingly dark story about memory and abuse and familial relationships that cross lines - really gutsy and surprising themes, especially for the ‘90s.

26. Blow the Man Down (2019) dir. Bridget Savage Cole & Danielle Krudy - Come and get your sea shanty fix!

27. Touchy Feely (2013) dir. Lynn Shelton - R.I.P. :(

28. Hannah Gadsby: Douglas (2020) dir. Madeleine Parry - If you thought Gadsby couldn’t follow up 2018′s sensational Nanette with a comedy special just as sharp and hilarious, you would have been sorely mistaken.

29. Girlhood (2013) dir. Céline Sciamma

30. Breathe (2014) dir. Mélanie Laurent

31. *A Dry White Season (1989) dir. Euzhan Palcy

32. Laggies (2014) dir. Lynn Shelton

33. *The Old Guard (2020) dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood – Everything I’ve ever wanted in an action movie: Immortal gays, Charlize Theron wielding a labrys (battle axe), kinetic fight choreography I haven’t seen since the last Bond movie…Watched it twice, then devoured the comics it was adapted from, and I gotta say: in the hands of black women, it eclipses the source material. Cannot wait for the just-announced sequel.

34. Morvern Callar (2002) dir. Lynn Ramsay

35. Shirley (2020) dir. Josephine Decker

36. *Radioactive (2019) dir. Marjane Satrapi – The story is obviously well worth telling and the narrative structure – weaving in the future consequences of Curie’s discoveries – is clever, but a bit awkwardly executed and overly manipulative. There are glimpses of real brilliance throughout, but it feels as if the director’s vision was not fully realized, to my great disappointment. Nonetheless, I appreciated seeing Marie Curie's story being told by a female director and embodied by the always wonderful Rosamund Pike.

37. *The Half of It (2020) dir. Alice Wu - I feel like a real scrooge for saying this, but this movie did nothing for me. Nothing about it felt fresh, authentic or relatable. A real disappointment from the filmmaker behind the wlw classic Saving Face.

38. Mouthpiece (2018) dir. Patricia Rozema - I am absolutely floored. One of those films that makes you fall in love with the art form all over again. Patricia Rozema continues to prove herself one of the most creatively ambitious and insightful directors of our time, with this melancholic meditation on maternal grief and a woman’s duality.

39. Summerland (2020) dir. Jessica Swale - The rare period wlw love story that is not a) all-white or b) tragedy porn. Just lovely.

40. *The Last Thing He Wanted (2020) dir. Dee Rees – As rumored, a mess. Even by the end, I still couldn’t tell you who any of the characters are. Dee, we know you’re so much better than this! (see: Mudbound, Pariah)

41. *Cuties (2020) dir. Maïmouna Doucouré – I watched this film to 1) support a black woman director who has been getting death threats for her work and 2) see what all the fuss is about. While I do think there were possibly some directorial choices that could have saved quite a bit of the pearl-clutching, overall, I didn’t find it overly-exploitative or gross, as many (who obviously haven’t actually watched the film) have labeled it. It certainly does give me pause, though, and makes me wonder whether children can ever be put in front of a camera without it exploiting or causing harm to them in some way. It also makes one consider the blurry line between being a critique versus being an example. File this one under complicated, for sure.

42. A Call to Spy (2019) Lydia Dean Pilcher – An incredible true story of female spies during WWII that perfectly satisfied my itch for British period drama/spy thriller and taught me so much herstory I didn’t know.

43. Kajillionaire (2020) dir. Miranda July - I was lucky enough to attend the (virtual) premiere of this film, followed by an insightful cast/director Q&A, which only made me appreciate it more. July's offbeat dark comedy about a family of con artists is queerer and more heartfelt than it has any right to be, and a needed reprieve in a year of almost entirely white wlw stories. The family's shenanigans are the hook, but it's the budding relationship between Old Dolio (an almost unrecognizable Evan Rachel Wood) and aspiring grifter Melanie (the luminous Gina Rodriguez) that is the heart of the story.

44. Misbehaviour (2020) dir. Philippa Lowthorpe – Again, teaching me herstory I didn’t know, about how the Women’s Liberation Movement stormed the 1970 Miss World Pageant. Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s characters have a conversation in a bathroom at the end of the film that perfectly eviscerates well-meaning yet ignorant white feminism, without ever pitting women against each other - a feat I didn’t think was possible. I also didn’t think it was possible to critique the male gaze without showing it (*ahem Cuties, Bombshell, etc*), but this again, invents a way to do it. Bless women directors.

45. *All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020) dir. Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortes – 2020’s 13th. Thank god for Stacey Abrams, that is all.

46. *The 40-Year-Old Version (2020) dir. Radha Blank – This scene right here? I felt that in my soul. This whole film is so good and funny and heartfelt and relatable to any artist trying to walk that tightrope of “making it” while not selling their soul to make it. My only initial semi-note was that it’s a little long, but after hearing Radha Blank talk about how she fought for the two-hour run-time as a way of reclaiming space for older black women, I take it back. She’s right: Let black women take up space. Let her movie be as long as she wants it to be. GOOD FOR HER.

47. Happiest Season (2020) dir. Clea Duvall - Hoooo boy. What was marketed as the first lesbian Christmas rom-com is actually a horror movie for anyone who’s ever had to come out. Throw in casual racism and a toxic relationship treated as otp, and it’s YIKES on so many levels. Aubrey Plaza, Dan Levy, and an autistic-coded Jane are the only (underused) highlights.

48. *Monkey Beach (2020) dir. Loretta Todd

49. *Little Chief (2020) dir. Erica Tremblay – A short film part of the 2020 Red Nation Film Festival, it’s a perfect eleven minutes that I wish had gone on longer, if only to bask in Lily Gladstone in a leading role.

50. First Cow (2019) dir. Kelly Reichardt – I know Kelly Reichardt’s style, so I’ll admit-- even as I was preparing for an excellent film, I was also reaching for my phone, planning on only half paying attention during all the inevitable 30-second shots of grass blowing in the wind. (And yes, there are plenty of those.) But twenty minutes in, my phone was set aside and forgotten, as I am getting sucked into this beautiful story about two frontiersman trying to live their best domestic life.There is only one word to describe this film and that is: PURE. I’ve never seen such a tender platonic relationship between men on screen before, and it’s not lost on me that it took a woman to show us that tenderness. Reichardt gives us two men brought together by fate, and kept together by a shared dream and the simple pleasure of not being alone in such a hard world; two men who spend their days cooking, trapping, baking, and dreaming of a better life; two men who don’t say much, but feel everything for each other. The world would be a much better place if men showed us this kind of vulnerability and friendship toward each other. Oh, and it’s also a brutal take-down of capitalism and the myth of the American Dream!

51. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) dir. Patty Jenkins - My most-anticipated film for the past two years was...well, a mixed bag, to say the least. Too many thoughts on it for a blog post, so stay tuned for the upcoming podcast ep where we go all in ;)

52. *Selah and the Spades (2019) dir. Tayarisha Poe

I hope this gives you some ideas to kick off your new year with a resolution to support more female directors!

What were your favorite women-directed movies of last year? Let me know in the tags, comments, or asks!

#finally finished this #52 films by women #2020 #writing #movies #movie reviews #orig

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murdcck · 3 years

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so, if i were to make a multimuse ( which i’m saying MIGHT because... lol it might never happen but shhh ), would any of you be interested in some of these muses? most of them... would just be test muses. i wanna challenge myself with some of them.

MOVIES/SHOWS: Frank Castle ( Netflix DD & Punisher ) The Bog King ( Strange Magic ) Elliot Alderson ( Mr. Robot )

GAMES: Garrus Vakarian ( Mass Effect ) Joker ( Mass Effect ) Wrench ( Watch Dogs 2 ) Marcus Holloway ( Watch Dogs 2 ) Fenris ( Dragon Age 2 ) Jak ( Jak & Daxter )

BOOKS/COMICS: Kaz Brekker ( Six of Crows ) Inej Ghafa ( Six of Crows ) Celia Bowen ( The Night Circus ) Matthew De Clermont ( All Souls Trilogy ) Eric Draven ( The Crow ) Geralt of Rivia ( The Witcher ) Ciri ( The Witcher ) Dandelion ( The Witcher )

#ooc |「 NEMO SPEAKING 」#(#skfdjskd like i've been wanting to make a multimuse forever but skdfkjsd i am not even organized on one blog #i have... two other blogs besides matt and i've been neglecting them so bad #BUT I WANNA TRY OUT OTHER CHARRIES #Lmaoo like 3 girls on here jdjdjdjd #like maybe when I get settled at this other job #)

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adarafaelbarba · 4 years

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Characters/Shows I write for:

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Law and Order:SVU

- Rafael Barba - Sonny Carisi - Nick Amaro - Mike Dodds - Kat Tamin - Peter Stone - Rita Calhoun* - Olivia Benson* - Amanda Rollins* - Donald Cragen* - Fin Tutuola* - Elliot Stabler* - William Dodds*

*(Only family relations or platonic!)

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Chicago PD - Jay Halstead - Antonio Dawson - Adam Ruzek - Kevin Atwater - Sean Roman - Hank Voight* - Alvin Olinsky* - Greg “Mouse” Gerwitz

* (only as a family member of his, f.ex. daughter or niece. Or goddaughter)

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Chicago Fire - Matt Casey - Kelly Severide - Joe Cruz - Brian “Otis” Zvonecek - Christopher Hermann* - Wallace Boden* - Mouch*

* (only as a family member of his, f.ex. daughter or niece. Or goddaughter)

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Chicago Med

- Connor Rhodes - Ethan Choi - Will Halstead - Daniel Charles* - Jeff Clarke

* (only as a family member of his, f.ex. daughter or niece. Or goddaughter)

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A Discovery of Witches

- Baldwin Montclair (de Clarmont) - Matthew de Clermont - Marcus Whitmore - Dominico - Gallowglass - Hamish Osborne*

- Philippe de Clermont*

* (Only as a family member or a friend)

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Harry Potter / Fantastic Beasts

- Harry Potter - Ron Weasley - Draco Malfoy - Cedrick Digory - Dean Thomas - Seamus Finnigan - Oliver Wood - James Potter * - Severus Snape * - Remus Lupin ** - Sirius Black ** - Albus Dumbledore * - Newt Scamander - Theseus Scamander

* (Marauders Era/Fantastic beasts Era only!) ** (No underage pairing! unless it’s a family pairing f. ex. their children)

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Kingsman

- Eggsy Unwin - Merlin - Harry Hart - James Spencer (former Agent Lancelot) - Agent Whiskey

Also see masterlist for who I’ve written for before. Or ask me if you’re curious -Karen

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absentminded524 · 5 years

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Throwback from 2015 when Elliot the Elf just wouldn’t let it go. #throwback #elfontheshelf #2015 #letitgo #frozen #elsa #elfgotwrecked #coolerthancool #icedold #onice #parenting #diditforthekids (at Clermont, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrDKNPgnLmH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oosvzswhg8vw

#throwback #elfontheshelf #2015 #letitgo #frozen #elsa #elfgotwrecked #coolerthancool #icedold #onice #parenting #diditforthekids

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ultrasfcb-blog · 5 years

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Guinness Pro14: Dragons 10-59 Leinster

Harrison Keddie takes on the Leinster defence

Guinness Pro14: Dragons v Leinster Dragons (3) 10 Tries: R Williams Cons: Tovey Pens: Tovey Leinster (19) 59 Tries: D Kearney 2, Penny, Fardy, Doris, Keenan, B Byrne, J O’Brien 2 Cons: R Byrne 5, Frawley 2

Champions Leinster again proved their vast strength in depth as their second string eased to a one-sided 59-10 Pro14 win over a Dragons squad including 14 Wales internationals.

Tries from Dave Kearney, Scott Penny and Scott Vardy put Leinster 19-3 up at half-time.

Kearney again, Caelan Doris, Hugo Keenan, Bryan Byrne and Jimmy O’Brien (2) added further scores in a rout.

Rhodri Williams got a Dragons try of little consolation value.

Dragons fielded 14 Wales internationals in an all Welsh-qualified squad, including four of last week’s Wales squad, but they saw their defence crumble in embarrassing fashion even though Leinster left most of their Ireland stars at home.

Home coach Bernard Jackman, serving a stadium ban, was watching from his nearby home and the Dragons defence were left watching as Leinster racked up a 19-3 lead in 22 minutes, helped by an early yellow card for lock Lewis Evans.

An astute cross-kick saw international wing Dave Kearney score unopposed after six minutes, rookie flanker Penny drove over from close range after 12, and former Australia lock Fardy went clear to score at the corner flag from a booming Jamison Gibson-Park pass.

Ross Byrne converted two while a Jason Tovey penalty provided the only home score of a dire first half for the Dragons.

Leinster then sealed their bonus point with Kearney’s second, a carbon copy of his first, before the Dragons finally hit back with Rhodri Williams finishing well from a Harri Keddie break on 46 minutes.

The early arrival of Dragons’ Wales players off the bench did nothing to prevent the one-way traffic re-starting, with Doris, Keenan, Bryan Byrne and Jimmy O’Brien (twice) crossing in the final half-hour, Ross Byrne taking his conversions tally to five and Ciaran Frawley adding the last two kicks.

The battered Dragons now face European Challenge Cup trips to Northampton and Clermont, while Leinster face Bath twice in the Champions Cup.

Dragons assistant coach Ceri Jones told BBC Sport Wales:

“We’re all very disappointed with that performance. We gave them some easy ins to the game, it wasn’t the ideal start and you give a team like Leinster a sniff – they came here to put four tries on us and succeeded.

“We need to go back to the drawing board because it wasn’t good enough. We gave them too much time, made too many basic errors and you can’t do that against a quality team.”

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen:

“It was a good day’s work for the guys, I thought we controlled the game well from the start in terms of the scrum and how we managed to drive the line-out. Then Conor O’Brien gave us really good go-forward in the middle of the field and Ross Byrne controlled the game well with a couple of good kicks for Dave Kearney’s tries.

“This group has worked incredibly hard in this block. To get four wins sets us up well in the league and there’ll be some interesting selection discussions with a different focus next week against Bath.”

Dragons: Jordan Williams; Jared Rosser, Tyler Morgan, Jarryd Sage, Hallam Amos; Jason Tovey, Rhodri Williams; Ryan Bevington, Richard Hibbard (capt), Lloyd Fairbrother, Rynard Landman, Lewis Evans, Harrison Keddie, Aaron Wainwright, Ollie Griffiths.

Replacements: Elliot Dee, Aaron Jarvis, Leon Brown, Cory Hill, Ross Moriarty, Tavis Knoyle, Arwel Robson, Adam Warren.

Leinster: Hugo Keenan; Adam Byrne, Jimmy O’Brien, Conor O’Brien, Dave Kearney; Ross Byrne, Jamison Gibson-Park; Ed Byrne, James Tracy, Michael Bent, Ross Molony, Scott Fardy (capt), Josh Murphy, Scott Penny, Caelan Doris.

Replacements: Bryan Byrne, Peter Dooley, Andrew Porter, Mick Kearney, Max Deegan, Paddy Patterson, Ciaran Frawley, Tom Daly.

Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)

Assistant referees: Sam Grove-White (Scotland), Dewi Phillips (Wales)

TMO: Tim Hayes (WRU)

For the latest Welsh rugby news follow @BBCScrumV on Twitter.

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