Sometimes I think there’s something missing, like I had something lovely, and now it’s gone.

[ID: The first gif is black and white and shows Donna in the 60th Anniversary teaser trailer, saying, “Sometimes I think there’s something missing,”. The second gif is a supercut of Donna’s good times with the Doctor, with text on top reading “like I had something lovely”, with the “lovely” being large and written in cursive. The third gif is black and white and shows Donna continuing to say, “And it’s gone.” /end ID.]

black country, new road | turbines / pigs — live at glastonbury (2023)

[ID: three gifs from bcnr's glastonbury set, showing may singing into a microphone while playing the piano. she sings, "don't waste your pearls on me / don't waste your pearls on me." the camera cuts to show the rest of the band (sans georgia) sitting on stage. luke and charlie are chatting and swaying with the song, while tyler is looking off into the distance, and lewis is smiling. may continues singing "i'm only a pig, i'm only a pig, i'm only a pig, i'm only a pig..." /end ID.]

And when it came, it was stranger than I had ever imagined No cracking open of Heavеn But quiet and still (All my friends are gеtting ill)

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE ✹ My Love (2022) | dir. Autumn de Wilde

MERLIN REWATCH | 1.01 ✣ "The Dragon's Call"

[ID: Two gifs from the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special showing Rose (Yasmin Finney) crouched on the ground beside Beep the Meep asking, “Who are they?”. Beep looks up at her with wide eyes and says, “Monsters.” /end ID.]

dog day afternoon (1975) dir. sidney lumet

[id: two gifs from dog day afternoon. the first shows jenny (carol kane) in the bank, holding a phone to her chest, saying, “he [my husband] said he wants to know what time you’ll be through.” the second shows sonny (al pacino) looking at her incredulously as he says, “what? oh, girlie, please.” and walks away. /end id.]

 doctor, there's some fantastic oranges over here!

doctor who ☆ the masque of mandragora (1976)

[id: four square gifs of sarah jane smith from doctor who. they show her surrounded by trees. she walks up to one and happily picks an orange from it. she sniffs it, then tosses it in the air and catches it, smiling. she then proceeds to bite directly into it, and then takes the orange peel out of her mouth as she walks away. she is wearing a 1970s-style white blouse with a small ribbon tie, and a floral patterned brown dress with straps. /end id.]

david bowie, "starman" ★ top of the pops, 1972

[ID: two gifs of david bowie performing “starman” on top of the pops. in the first gif, he points at the viewer as he sings “i had to phone someone, so i picked on you-ou-ou”, and in the second he sings “hey, that’s far out, so you heard him too-oo-oo!”. the camera gradually zooms out to show mick ronson playing guitar beside him. /end ID.]

and i'm flying away but i think i saw some turbines turning beneath me

black country, new road | turbines / pigs — live at bush hall (2023)

[ID: two gifs from bcnr's live at bush hall concert film. the first shows the band from behind, seated at a table with an empty chair, as may plays the piano on stage with soft lights in blue, yellow, and orange shining down on her. the second shows lewis uncorking a bottle of wine and pouring it into a glass. there is place card on the table reading "reserved for hubert dalcrose". /end ID.]

oh, i'd rather go and journey where the diamond crescent's glowing and run across the valley beneath the sacred mountain and wander through the forest where the trees have leaves of prisms and break the light in colors that no one knows the names of... — the byrds, wasn’t born to follow

easy rider (1969) | dir. dennis hopper; cin. lászló kovács

The Godfather (1972) dir. Francis Ford Coppola — cin. Gordon “Prince of Darkness” Willis

[ID: A series of gifs from The Godfather (1972) focused on darkness in scenes. The majority of the shots are in darkness. In order, they are: (1) a close up shot of Enzo struggling to turn on his lighter, leading Michael to take it from him and light his cigarette for him; (2) Tom looking off to the side, beginning to cry; (3) A black car driving up a highway at night; (4) Vito and Amerigo in the morgue, where Vito pulls the sheet covering the body beside them, revealing Sonny's bloody corpse; (5) a close up shot of Michael unbuttoning his coat and reaching into the inner pocket; (6) A shot of Michael inside the car, putting his hat back on; lights from other cars shine behind him through the car back window. /end ID.]

casino (1995) dir. martin scorsese; cin. robert richardson.

[id: two gifs of several characters from casino (1995), old white men in suits, sitting around one side of a dining table (so that the viewer can see all of them as they look at something in the other direction). there is food, wine, and cups of coffee laid out in front of them. they are sitting in darkness with one strong white light shining over them. /end id.]

I need my golden crown of sorrow, my bloody sword to swing, I need my empty halls to echo with grand self mythology, 'cause I am no mother, I am no bride, I am king.

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE ✹ KING (2022) [ID: a series of gifs of florence welch in the "king" music video. she is wearing a silk magenta hooded cape, the ends of which are attached to her middle fingers. there are people in light blue dresses dancing in the background. florence sings and looks into the camera occasionally. she moves her arms about her but mostly keeps her hands over her chest. /end ID.]

the social network (2010) dir. david fincher

[id: the entirety of the social network sped up and compressed into a single gif. /end id.]

there's a city in my mind, come along and take that ride and it's all right, baby it's all right

[ID: two colourful gifs of david byrne in the "road to nowhere" music video. he is wearing a grey blazer, a red striped tie, and white pants, and is seated in an ornate chair against a predominantly purple painted background. the scene has been stop motion animated so that everything is moving and changing. there are pounding speakers, rotating stars, and moving bananas on the wall. he is surrounded by various objects and shapes including cutouts of animals, angel figurines, apples, and a globe. on his suit jacket are two eyes which blink/wink throughout, and several colourful cutouts of star explosions appear and disappear on him. the stripes of his tie move downwards. on top of the whole scene, in the bottom right corner, is rectangular close up clip of his mouth as he sings, with footage of him running animatedly imposed on top. /end ID.]

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN | I’m on Fire

[ID: two gifs of bruce springsteen singing “i’m on fire”. he is lit in pink lighting which slowly fades to dark purple in the second gif. he sings: “sometimes it’s like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull, and cut a six inch valley through the middle of my skull.” /end ID.]