today's purchases 💸 in classics mode

i love them your honor

"I've never played someone so big. And I'm not just talking about personality. But, like, my body, you know? And the belly, and my arms, and my thighs--and Maggie made me feel so powerful."

Mom and Dad's reunion

The Lost Daughter (2020)

Women in Film Challenge 2023: [70/52] The Lost Daughter, dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal (USA, 2021)

We’re obliged to do so many stupid things. From childhood, even.

Jake Gyllenhaal at ‘The Lost Daughter' Venice premiere on September 3, 2021. ✨✨✨

Oliver Jackson-Cohen poses in the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb and IMDbPro at Bisha Hotel & Residences on September 09, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario.

a few hours ago i finished aftersun (2022) and it’s going right in the section of movies that have emotionally wrecked me.

within about a year’s timeframe i have watched the lost daughter (2021), synecdoche new york (2008), everything everywhere all at once (2022), private life (2018), mass (2021), the florida project (2017), manchester by the sea (2016), the fallout (2021), the tale (2018), a mouthful of air (2021), and now aftersun (2022). these characters that live in these films remind me of the beauty of life and how it’s tucked into a bed of pain. i have thought about all of them for hours. i’ve cried over them. i’ve spoken to my therapist about some of them. even though some of them brought a pit into my heart i still love them. i love film. it’s beautiful. i love how emotionally powerful it is. i love the perspectives it can give on every aspect of the human experience. how you can watch something you’ve never experienced and yet it feel so familiar to you. or how you can watch something you have experienced and feel so seen and heard in a way you never thought was possible. art is beautiful. i never want humans to stop creating. film is something i need in my life and i don’t care how dramatic that sounds. the ability to express emotion in a creative setting is necessary for everyone whether you’re the creator or are a viewer. i don’t know what else to say except that life is so fucking difficult and there’s so many moments that are hard to grasp and understand, and it’s tough but knowing that i’m still here means there’s so much beauty and happiness and laughter and joy that will fill my days. just keep going, keep creating, and keep consuming any sort of art. it’s necessary for the soul.

JESSIE BUCKLEY, OLIVIA COLMAN and DAKOTA JOHNSON

photographed by Alexi Lubomirski for Netflix Queue.

DAKOTA JOHNSON & OLIVER JACKSON-COHEN The Lost Daughter (2021) dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal

Dakota Johnson in The Lost Daughter (2021)

my irish people ✊🇮🇪

New/Old photo of Dakota in London during The Lost Daughter press tour.

DAKOTA JOHNSON as NINA THE LOST DAUGHTER (2021) dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal

these may be the fruitiest photos of dakota johnson and jessie buckley