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ben, nyc, also @don-hertzfeldt

reviving the tumblr (hope any of you are still out there, and you're all doing well!) to encourage everyone and anyone to contribute to louise weard’'s kickstarter campaign for castration movie anthology ii. the best of both worlds!

louise is such a talented young filmmakers and diving into her work over this last year has been one of the most exciting film viewing experiences of my life, truly. i cannot stop talking about her and her talent, even to people who frankly do not seem to care at all (...but they should!).

supporting real independent and transgressive trans cinema is a true act of protest against every politician/leader/"person" who seems increasingly fixated on treating trans people like absolute shit and erasing them from existence (a lost cause that's scarily gained real momentum amongst the scum of the earth).

the link to the first half of castration movie (part i. traps) is available through gumroad, along with many of louise's other short films. anyone who's seen the first part can confirm that louise simply must receive all the necessary funding to complete her wholeheartedly singular vision to its fullest extent!

i hope to see you all at the castration movie (online) premiere at the end of the year!

<3 ben

Dec 2023

  1. Morvern Callar (2002, Lynne Ramsay)
  2. Series 7: The Contenders (2001, Daniel Minahan)
  3. Zero Day (2002, Ben Coccio)
  4. Terminal USA (1993, Jon Moritsugu)
  5. Girls Will Be Girls (2003, Richard Day)
  6. Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988, Paul Reubens, Wayne Orr)
  7. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944, Vincente Minnelli)
  8. AM1200 (2008, David Prior)

+++

  • Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (2008, Todd Stephens)
  • It’s a Disaster (2012, Todd Berger)
  • Ned Rifle (2014, Hal Hartley)
  • The Pee-wee Herman Show (1981, Marty Callner)
  • Personal Velocity (2002, Rebecca Miller)
  • She-Man: A Story of Fixation (1967, Bob Clark)

New Releases:

  • All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh)
  • Ferrari (Michael Mann)
  • Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki)
  • Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos)
  • Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé (Beyoncé)
  • The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)

2023

  • Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet)
  • Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (Kelly Fremon Craig)
  • Beau Is Afraid (Ari Aster)
  • The Curse, "Land of Enchantment" [S01.E01] (Nathan Fielder)
  • Gush (Fox Maxy) @ New Directors/New Films 2023
  • How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Daniel Goldhaber)
  • I Thought the World of You (Kurt Walker) @ Persistent Visions Program 1: Always and Only Place, MoMI
  • Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese) [+ its teaser trailer]
  • Knock at the Cabin (M. Night Shyamalan)
  • May December (Todd Haynes) @ Opening Night, NYFF61
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Christopher McQuarrie) in IMAX
  • My Own Private Final Destination (Alexandra McVicker & Zach Donovan) @ KGB Red Room (09/13/2023)
  • Oppenhemier (Christopher Nolan) in IMAX 70MM
  • Our Home Out West (Drew Tobia)
  • The Outwaters (Robbie Banfitch) [+ Card Zero & File VL-624 (Robbie Banfitch)]
  • Passages (Ira Sachs)
  • Priscilla (Sofia Coppola)
  • Renaissance World Tour (Beyoncé) @ SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA (09/01/2023)
  • Saint Omer (Alice Diop)
  • Stop Making Sense - IMAX (Jonathan Demme)
  • Succession, “With Open Eyes” (Mark Mylod & Jesse Armstrong)
  • Sunset Boulevard (Jamie Lloyd), West End Production (10/17/2023)
  • The Swan (Wes Anderson) [+ Asteroid City (Wes Anderson)]
  • Vanderpump Rules, “#Scandoval” [S10.E15]
  • The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)

+++

  • Birth/Rebirth (Laura Moss)
  • Creed III (Michael B. Jordan)
  • The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki)
  • the crash sequences in Ferrari (Michael Mann)
  • The Holdovers (Alexander Payne)
  • John Wick: Chapter 4 (Chad Stahelski)
  • The Killer (David Fincher)
  • Master Gardener (Paul Schrader)
  • Monster (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
  • PARADISE LOST (Richard Hines) @ Daniel Cooney Fine Art
  • Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos)
  • Reality (Tina Satter)
  • Rotting in the Sun (Sebastián Silva)
  • Smoking Causes Coughing (Quentin Dupieux)
  • SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2023
  • Suzume (Makoto Shinkai)
  • Teen Art Salon - A Protospective @ MoMA PS1
  • Thanksgiving (Eli Roth)
  • To Catch a Killer (Damián Szifron)
  • “Very Delta #65 "Are You A Forever Eye-Con Like Me?” (w/ Raja)”
  • the 3D sequences in A Woman Escapes (Blake Williams, Sofia Bohdanowicz, & Burak Çevik)

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Performances, 2023:

  • Dave Bautista - Knock at the Cabin
  • Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Cole Escola - Our Home Out West
  • Mia Goth - Infinity Pool
  • Elle Graham - Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
  • Sandra Huller - Anatomy of a Fall & The Zone of Interest
  • Soya Kurokawa - Monster
  • Guslagie Malanda - Saint Omer
  • Rachel McAdams - Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
  • Julianne Moore - May December 
  • Natalie Portman - May December
  • Addison Rae - Thanksgiving 
  • Judy Reyes - Birth/Rebirth
  • Margot Robbie - Barbie 
  • Franz Rogowski - Passages
  • Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things
  • Kamiki Ryunosuke - Godzilla Minus One
  • Dominic Sessa - The Holdovers
  • Nicole Scherzinger - Sunset Boulevard 
  • Cailee Spaeny - Priscilla 
  • Emma Stone - The Curse
  • Alyssa Sutherland - Evil Dead Rise
  • Sigourney Weaver - Master Gardner
  • Sophie Wilde – Talk to Me
  • Teo Yoo - Past Lives

New To Me - 2023

  • All About Alice (1972, Ray Harrison)
  • Bambi (1942, David Hand)
  • Die, Mommie, Die! (2003, Mark Rucker)
  • Dreams (1990, Akira Kurosawa)
  • Elephant (1989, Alan Clarke)
  • Erin Brockovich (2000, Steven Soderbergh)
  • Glen or Glenda (1953, Edward D. Wood Jr.)
  • A Happening in Central Park (1968, Robert Scheerer)
  • In Vanda’s Room (2000, Pedro Costa)
  • LA Plays Itself (1972, Fred Halsted)
  • The Ladies Man (1961, Jerry Lewis)
  • Morvern Callar (2002, Lynne Ramsay)
  • News from Home (1976, Chantal Akerman)
  • A Self-Induced Hallucination (2018, Jane Schoenbrun)
  • Series 7: The Contenders (2001, Daniel Minahan)
  • Single White Female (1992, Barbet Schroeder)
  • Terminal USA (1993, Jon Moritsugu)
  • What Really Happened to Baby Jane (1963, Ray Harrison)
  • The Wiz (1978, Sidney Lumet)
  • Zero Day (2002, Ben Coccio)

+++

  • 2LDK (2003, Yukihiko Tsutsumi)
  • AM1200 (2008, David Prior)
  • Another Gay Movie (2006, Todd Stephens)
  • Black Book (2006, Paul Verhoeven)
  • Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984, Ray Cameron)
  • Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell (1995, Shinichi Fukazawa)
  • Caniba (2017, Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel)
  • Charade (1963, Stanley Donen)
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, Steven Spielberg)
  • The Color Purple (1985, Steven Spielberg)
  • Crimes of Passion (1984, Ken Russell)
  • Death to Smoochy (2002, Danny DeVito)
  • The Faculty (1998, Robert Rodriguez)
  • Foxfur (2012, Damon Packard)
  • The Fluffer (2001, Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland)
  • Freeway (1996, Matthew Bright)
  • Girls Will Be Girls (2003, Richard Day)
  • Hotel (2004, Jessica Hausner)
  • The Idiots (1998, Lars von Trier)
  • The Inheritance (2020, Ephraim Asili)
  • Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular (2013, Gregg Gelfand)
  • Mod Fuck Explosion (1994, Jon Moritsugu)
  • Ned Rifle (2014, Hal Hartley)
  • Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988, Paul Reubens & Wayne Orr)
  • R100 (2013, Hitoshi Matsumoto)
  • The Salt Mines [1990] & The Transformation [1996] (Susana Aikin & Carlos Aparicio)
  • Seconds (1966, John Frankenheimer)
  • Sextool (1975, Fred Halsted)
  • Sibyl (2019, Justine Triet)
  • Spirited Away (2001, Hayao Miyazaki)
  • Star 80 (1983, Bob Fosse)
  • Strange Days (1995, Kathryn Bigelow)
  • Teknolust (2002, Lynn Hershman-Leeson)
  • Theorem (1968, Pier Paolo Pasolini)

Nov 2023

  1. A Happening in Central Park (1968, Robert Scheerer)
  2. Spirited Away (2001, Hayao Miyazaki)
  3. Theorem (1968, Pier Paolo Pasolini)
  4. Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular (2013, Gregg Gelfand)
  5. Sibyl (2019, Justine Triet)

+++

  • Silver Bullet (1985, Daniel Attias)
  • Duel (1971, Steven Spielberg)
  • Yuki’s Sun (1972, Hayao Miyazaki)

New Releases:

  • The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki)
  • Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (Stephen Cognetti)
  • The Holdovers (Alexander Payne)
  • The Killer (David Fincher)
  • Master Gardener (Paul Schrader)
  • Monster (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
  • Napoleon (Ridley Scott)
  • Our Home Out West (Drew Tobia)
  • Priscilla (Sofia Coppola)
  • Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
  • Thanksgiving (Eli Roth)
  • When Evil Lurks (Demián Rugna)

Oct 2023

  1. Erin Brockovich (2000, Steven Soderbergh)
  2. The Addiction (1995, Abel Ferrara)
  3. Empire Records (1995, Allan Moyle)
  4. The Innocents (2021, Eskil Vogt)
  5. Repo Man (1984, Alex Cox)

+++

  • There’s Nothing Out There (1991, Rolfe Kanefsky)
  • The Haunted House of Horror (1969, Michael Armstrong)
  • The Palestinian (1977, Roy Battersby)

New Releases:

  • Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet)
  • BlackBerry (Matt Johnson)
  • The Creator 2023 Directed by Gareth Edwards
  • Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese)
  • The Lake (Lee Thongkham)
  • Lollygag (Tij D’oyen)
  • Maestro (Bradley Cooper)
  • No Hard Feelings (Gene Stupnitsky)
  • Reptile (Grant Singer)
  • Saw X (Kevin Greutert)
  • "Very Delta #65 "Are You A Forever Eye-Con Like Me?" (w/ Raja)"
  • V/H/S/85 (Scott Derrickson, David Bruckner, Mike P. Nelson, Gigi Saul Guerrero, & Natasha Kermani)

I always marvel at October, how it can be so full of opposites. It's as if, since the leaves are doing something so dramatic and carefree in changing all those colors, the Earth thinks it can get away with anything, and runs around irresponsible and mad for a month or two before it goes to bed. It's positively primal—full of wild rituals and cunning, changes and smoky figures dancing around fires, faces peering around the trunks of trees. October is the owl season—the long shadow season. Take that smoky smell: you don't see all that many people actually burning things, but that smell is everywhere, drifting behind the rarity of the air like hidden darkness pooling behind the light, like Earth makes it somewhere in secret and slips it into the scheme of things, thinking no one will notice. The leaves come twirling down, and the wind waltzes them round and round, blowing from every direction at once. Black cats come east, come south, who knows from where, just for this season, just to see it. The days are warm yet cold, clear yet hazy; the world lives but dies. And the sun, pretending that it's not losing its grip, that none of this is happening, pours down more and more light that's all the while thinner and thinner.

Frederic S. Durbin, Dragonfly

Sept 2023

  1. Caniba (2017, Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel)
  2. The Faculty (1998, Robert Rodriguez)
  3. Black Book (2006, Paul Verhoeven)
  4. Foxfur (2012, Damon Packard)
  5. Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984, Ray Cameron)

+++

  1. Boomerang (1992, Reginald Hudlin)
  2. House of Usher (1960, Roger Corman)
  3. It’s What Each Person Needs (2022, Sophy Romvari)
  4. Massacre at Central High (1976, René Daalder)
  5. The Pit and the Pendulum( 1961, Roger Corman)
  6. Vamp (1986, Richard Wenk)

New Releases:

  • May December (Todd Haynes)
  • Rotting in the Sun (Sebastián Silva)
  • Stop Making Sense - IMAX (1984, Jonathan Demme)
  • Strange Way of Life (Pedro Almodóvar)
  • The Swan (Wes Anderson)
  • Theater Camp (Molly Gordon & Nick Lieberman)
  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson)
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