Am I the only one who can not listen to an audio book nowadays with middle aged women without casting it as a Serena/Bernie or Caroline/Gillian or Amy/Kirsten AU???

Most recently I’m listening to The Three Dahlias by Katy Watson.

The Power of the Dog (2021)

Directed by Jane Campion

Cinematography by Ari Wegner

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Thomasin McKenzie

"A man's made by patience and the odds against him."

"Some movies announce their intentions from the start, and some sneak up on you. The Power of the Dog is the latter. Its rough-hewn, side-glancing characters are full of secrets and unspoken intentions, thinking thoughts it didn’t even occur to you to imagine are in their heads...

"..It’s a gothic thriller wrapped in a Western. It’s outstanding...."

The Power of the Dog (2021, Jane Campion)

12/11/21

- What is it, George? - I just want to say... how nice it is not to be alone.

The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion (2021)

Films of 2021: The Power of the Dog (dir. Jane Campion)

Grade: A

Peak "this is well made and acted but kind of slow and aimless until suddenly it is NOT" filmmaking here. Can we cut out Jesse Plemons? What happened there...

I summarized the totality of all the comments I've seen across various platforms and they all said it's a "slow burn" film. The first thing I noticed is the crossover of Mary Jane and the name Peter in the film lmao. Actually, you'll realize that the film's plot was just mundane but how did they make it spectacular and unforgettable. The runs in this film were in zigzag till the ending hit the vortex or something. The setting was excellent at the same time boring. So many dead air but those are the so called worth it silence. The music was 👌 --- wait I forgot to search the one they played with the banjo and piano(?) I have to add that song in Spotify playlist right now lol. Ykw, the comment that hurt me the most is that Kodi and Jesses didn't deserve their oscar nominations, bruh they do! I love you Mr. CUMberbatch though you love Bronco Henry that much --- oops I love what I saw in the film😊 jk. The little romance, lgbt theme, betrayal in the end and the surprise have me died. Thank you for that huh🙄 Overall, this is an amazing movie that not everyone can enjoy, but I did.... sleep, jk. I really did enjoy it!

The Power of the Dog (2021)

‘The Power of the Dog’: is an erotic simmer on a toxic alpha stove

‘The Power of the Dog’: is an erotic simmer on a toxic alpha stove

Returning after over a decade to direct a feature film, Jane Campion pitches novelist Thomas Savage’s The Power of the Dog into a lush canvas that stuns your senses as much as it evokes an eerie wariness that hovers over the movie like an invisible blanket, rustling and fluttering, never quite settling down.  Based in 1925 Montana (the stunning locales of New Zealand stand in its stead) and…

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Nominaciones a los Oscar: lo bueno, lo malo, lo destacado

Lo destacado de las nominaciones a los Oscar 2022

Este martes 8 de febrero —un poco más tarde en el año que de costumbre, pero más temprano que durante el caótico 2021— se dieron a conocer las películas nominadas a los premios de la Academia. Nos metemos en lo más destacado de la jornada de nominaciones. 1) Kristen Stewart entra arañando como Mejor Actriz Pablo Larraín dirige un close-up de Kristen Stewart en el set de Spencer. Una de las…

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Game night gets spicy

2022 was the year I reconnected with my inner fan. After several years of having been packed up and set in the corner, talking only to herself in hushed tones, she took one look at Bernie Wolfe and Serena Campbell on a windy roof. Suddenly with a great whoosh she was set free again.

Thankfully I remembered that that Tumblr thing was the place for fannishness and not evil birdsite. Maybe it was a google search that brought me here, I don’t know.

And here I found a wonderful set of fun, kind, witty and wicked smart, fannish humans.

Thank you for accepting me into the social circle around the fire of fannish discussion and creation.

And thanks to Serena and Bernie, and Catherine and Jemma for just being!

I can’t wait to see what 2023 will bring!

Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog (2021)

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TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE POSITIVE REVIEWS RIGHT NOW. LOOKS LIKE THE POWER OF THE DOG IS A BONAFIDE SMASH!

The Power of the Dog: A Masterpiece on Many Levels 

By Saxon WhiteheadFind their work https://www.doctorpopcorn.net/ When it was announced that The Power of the Dog received 12 Oscar nominations, making it the most nominated film for this year’s Academy Awards, I wasn’t surprised. Very few films grabbed me the way that this film did, and it has had a hold on me ever since. It’s a film that has haunted me in the best possible way and is one of my…

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Eavesdropping at the Movies: 335 – The Power of the Dog

Eavesdropping at the Movies: 335 – The Power of the Dog

https://soundcloud.com/eavesdroppingatthemovies/335-the-power-of-the-dog Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Google Podcasts, or Spotify. We talk subverted expectations, how an artificial performance makes sense on a character who’s pretending to be something he’s not, the way in which forty years of oppression eats into a person’s soul, rejection of familial expectations and…

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