There's still time to finish your February list, but thought I'd share the March challenge for anyone looking for a headstart ;-)

It's International Women's Day this month. Watch a movie made by a woman filmmaker. Some suggestions.

The Matrix turns 25 this month! Watch a movie by the Wachowski sisters or starring anyone in the cast.

It's St Patrick's Day! Watch an Irish film.

The British Film Institute recently made a list of 101 hidden gems: the greatest films you've never seen. Watch one of the films on the list.

Watch a movie set in the past. Some suggestions.

Watch a movie set in a different universe or on a different planet. Some suggestions.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire comes out this month, watch any movie about either dinosaurs or apes!

Find a recent movie you like off this list and watch its older recommendation.

Watch an animated film.

Watch a film with an animal in the title. Some suggestions.

Thank you for the tag, @norbertsmom !! 💜

Challenge -> You’re starring in a movie with the last person you saved in your camera roll, and the last song you listened to is the title.

The person: Goran Visnjic. This is my lock screen.

The title: Hallelujah (k.d. lang version)

Okay, I'm loving this idea!

Bring it on!

I'll tag @stargatelov3r @districtunrest @mollywog @ununpredictableme @kissedbydragonfire @nevada-b-1780 @magnificentcowboypeanutpaper @lostworldminethy @vaxilfan @lonelyspectator12 @patientlibrarian @titanicnerd-blog @mega-aulover and anyone else who feels like playing.

5 & 8 for the movie challenge game! 🍿

Juuuuuuuuuuuuuules! Your wish is my command, gorgeous lady 💗

5. A black and white film I have a lot of classics that really strike chords with me, but one of my all-time favourites with a huge amount of recognition that I'm surprised more people haven't heard of is the 1934 Oscar winner It Happened One Night. Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable at the top of their comedic game. It's absolute gold. Extremely clever and well-written.

8. A film set in a place you've always wanted to visit While there are soooo many possible answers here, I'm going to go with another one of my all-time favourites here, this time in the romance category. Somewhere in Time is a 1980 love story about a playwright played by Christopher Reeve who goes to a hotel to seclude himself and finish his next play. There he sees a photo of an actress who spent time at the hotel in 1912 (played by Jane Seymour) and falls instantly, completely in love with her. The playwright travels back in time to meet his muse and the hotel itself is a remarkable setting for their affair. It's still the only movie to ever have been filmed at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, and it is a stunning love letter to the building and its grounds as much as it is to the characters. (@absurdthirst and I are actually working on a fic inspired by this film that features the TF boys post-WW2)

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Kind of want to start a movie challenge called Around the World in 80s Gays where I watch a queer film from 80 different countries

If I include movies I’ve already seen, I’m at 38 countries!

So this year i've decided to share with you'all my yearly challenges! i'm usually shy when it comes to share the things i do but i'm doing by best to not let it stop me. The rules are simple: one element per prompt, no repetitions & the prompts can be interpreted as creatively as u like. If you like the movie one, i have a list on my letterboxd where u can copy-paste it :)

Have fun!! 💜

Blue Valentine (2010)

We’re not good together. We’re not good anymore.

In the last 20 minutes of 2023, I wanted to post a small request! I'm doing a challenge where I watch 12+ movies from the year I was born, one a month minimum

Without fully doxing myself, give me favorite movie recs from 1990-1995!

Media Challenges

Saw a post on how reading should be quality over quantity.

On the one hand I totally agree. On the other hand, I can’t read anything I don’t want to read unless I’m grinding and I get into ruts, so I try to trick myself by setting arbitrary goals and challenges. It’s what works for my weird brain. At least some of the time.

I usually aim for 100 books a year. This year I also aimed for 20,000 pages on Storygraph, and I had a Reading Bingo I devised for myself.

I am in fact always reading but this way I make sure a) I’m not just rereading faves, b) I’m not just reading fanfic or web novels, and c) I’m trying a variety of genres and authors.

So how am I doing so far? I am actually well beyond the goal on paper but a lot of the stuff I read (danmei) I decided not to record on Storygraph or Goodreads, just in my notebook so I still have one to read to make my goal in Storygraph. The pages are done. The Reading Bingo I relaxed some categories so I only miss one but the category is Tagalog and I’m giving up on that. It’s hard and I hate that it’s hard. (Or maybe I’ll read one of my Tagalog comic books and mark that off…)

The Reading Bingo was enough of a success that I made up a new one for next year AND made a smaller movie bingo as well (3 by 3 rows) coz I find it difficult to sit through them.

Book categories include literary classic, children’s classic and sci fi classic, friend’s rec, 2023 release, cottage core, cozy fantasy and solarpunk/cli-fi, among others.

Movie categories are campy horror, mystery, classic, queer romance, SFF, foreign language, animated, short film and documentary.

It’s just a way to make it more fun. I can get a bit competitive with the books but 100 is sort of a natural number for me. If something happens and I am far behind I would adjust my goal accordingly.

I just have to say that it’s really difficult to devise rewards for myself since I indulge myself anyway. So for next year I have to restrain myself to just buying 10 books for the whole year and then any bingo line I finish I can add another book to that number. I’m not sure I won’t just lose my head and splurge but we will see.

There’s no reward for the movie bingo except being able to hit the categories I set for myself.

Aside from these I also aim to watch at least one movie in theatres and one live performance—usually a play—per year. I actually watched 2 of both this year. Dungeons & Dragons and Spiderverse 2, and for the plays The Addams Family Musical and a raunchy comedy called The Birds and the Bees.

TONIGHT at 7pm, our 12th annual horror program will premiere. You will be able to watch the whole program anytime after that. This year we have 15 short films! One of our most successful to date! Enjoy!

2, 5 & 6 👀

2. answered!

5. a black and white film

I could say... Andrei Rublev (1966) dir. Andrei Tarkovsky. but it's one of my favorite movies ever. So i'm gonna pick another one

The Cranes Are Flying (1957) dir. Mikhail Kalatozov Just watch it. Think about it: it's Soviet Union, black and white, war movie... but cinematography is so fresh and innovative. When camera circles around dying Alexei Batalov's character.. this is something else. The whole thing is a visual masterpiece.

6. a film released before 1960

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) dir. Richard Brooks Because I love being bisexual and I also love Tennessee Williams.

ask me!

New ask game, send me a number and I’ll respond with a movie recommendation.

May 2024 Movie Challenge

Mother's Day s this month. Watch any movie where motherhood is a central theme.

Cannes Film Festival is also this month. Watch any movie that has won the festival's major award, the Palme D'Or.

Criterion has recently launched a 24/7 streaming channel. Watch one of the movies they've aired so far.

Furiosa comes out this month. Watch a car movie! Some suggestions.

Watch a movie where a character is out of their usual environment or a fish out of water. Some suggestions (but there are a lot more than this around!)

It's Free Comic Book Day this month! Watch a movie adapted from a comic book or manga.

Watch a movie where the justice system is involved (courtroom drama, prison drama, crime drama, etc.)

May is apparently mystery month. Watch a mystery film. Some suggestions.

It's Spring in the Northern Hemisphere and Autumn in the Southern. Watch a movie that embodies either season. Some suggestions for Spring and Autumn.

Watch a film with a character's name in the title i.e. Rebecca, Dr. Dolittle, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris.

Harley Quinn - a legendary super villain

19 & 20!

19. A film that is a novel or play adaptation. In keeping with my tradition of telling favourites, I'm actually gonna give two to this one. The first is the film adaptation of A.S. Byatt's Possession staring Aaron Eckhart and Gwyneth Paltrow as poetry scholars who uncover and trace a historical love affair involving the poets they study. I am personally not a GP fan *at all* but the film is absolutely stunning regardless. It's a beautifully written romance told in two timelines.

The second is 1940 Alfred Hitchcock version of Daphne DuMarier's novel Rebecca. Du Marier and Hitchcock are a suspense lover's perfect combination and Joan Fontaine' makes an's arrestingly vulnerable portrayal of the Second Mrs. de Winter is exceptionally engaging. Try to watch this one with no interruptions, it's worth it for the building tension.

20. A musical film Okay...this is hard. Because musicals are my absolute JAM. So I'm going to pick something way out of left field hoping that maybe it will be a new film you haven't heard of and you might give it a try. Brian de Palma's 1974 rock musical horror-comedy Phantom of the Paradise is a Faustian tale of a songwriter who makes a deal that affects far more than just him and his own success. The music is phenomenal and the film itself locks you in as a zeitgeist of the 70s. The soundtrack is on constant rotation on my Spotify.

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