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Tár | Review

Many people have labelled Tár “a film about cancel culture”. I did not come away with that reading. Really, what I think it’s about is institutional power, and the way it can permeate and consume the people who hold it. A friend of mine told me she didn’t find that the film adequately addressed its choice for Lydia Tár to be a woman, who occupies a position of abuse so regularly taken up by men. However, I feel that the abuse of power knows no gender. The reason we see men abuse the...

Fleabag is Not a Femcel: The Rant

Here is a mini rant that Hannah and I did about Fleabag and why I don't like the conversation surrounding it! It's a casual precursor for the video this month :) enjoy my angry rambling! 

Rehash Episode 8: Man Repeller (early access)

Hannah and Maia unpack the horrors of the feminist fashion world and its posterchild, Leandra Medine (founder of Man Repeller). Was Man Repeller's 2020 demise really a death rattle for the girlboss era? Or was this just a blip in the timeline? Join us as we disgress about Moonlight v. La La Land, whether emo and Abercrombie could ever be bedfellows, 5000 different pronunciations of Tavi Gevinson's name, and a fun game of spot the difference with a pair black fishnet tights.

Rehash Episode 7: Diet Prada (brief early access)

Who watches the watchdog? Hannah and Maia discuss the weird evolution of Diet Prada, and whether or not they can (or need to) adhere to a code of ethics in the lawless wasteland that is social media. Brief digressions include a fight that Maia got into (scrap!), the micro-celebs you'll find at Dumbo House, and a marvellous synchronized performance of the infamous "cerulean" monologue from The Devil Wears Prada.

Intro and outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills:

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Saturday Night Fever and the Death of Disco (early access)

Hello everyone! This is the early access cut of my December video :) I'm tweaking a couple things and still waiting for sponsor approval, but this is more or less the finished product!

I'm really proud of this one! Hope you enjoy

Rehash Episode 6: Bad Art Friend (Early Access)

Who is the bad art friend? Hannah and Maia try to make sense of the Rorschach test that is "Who is the Bad Art Friend?". Is the literary beef between Dawn and Sonya actually as juicy and layered as Twitter made it out to be? Or it it simply another case of what Safy Hallan Farah calls, "the true crime-ization of low stakes interpersonal drama"? Let's find out. 

Intro and outro song produced by our talented friend Ian Mills:

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Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!

Happy holidays lovely patrons :) just wanted to thank you all for your support, you guys make this job 1 million times more wonderful and I really appreciate! 

I'm dabbling in some ~narcissism~ for this post and sharing some playlists I made throughout 2021! Might not be everyone's taste but hopefully some of you like them :)

I'll be uploading this month's video midway through this week, as well a Patreon-exclusive full length version of an interview I did with Polyphonic for...

Rehash Episode 5: West Elm Caleb - Dating, Doxxing, and Life in the Love Trenches (Early Access)

Caleb was a very bad boy. But did we have to John Tucker him x 1 million? Hannah and Maia get personal about life in the trenches of online dating, and whether or not doxxing is a justified means to a feminist end. 

Intro and Outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills:

https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic

Sources:

Camille Cobb and Tadayoshi Kohno, “How Public Is My Private Life? Privacy in Onlin...

Rehash Episode 4: Caroline Calloway - How to Scam Yourself (Early Access)

Is it possible to be both scammer and scammed? Hannah and Maia take a stab at the Rube Goldberg Machine that is Caroline Calloway's brilliant, chaotic mind. Is she actually staying one step ahead of her haters, or is she actually always two steps behind? Let's talk about it. 

White Lotus Finale

I'm so curious to hear all of your thoughts on The White Lotus finale! What did it all mean! Did you like the twist! Tell me! 

***SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY***

Rehash Episode 3: Lindsay Ellis and the Wrath of Twitter (Early Access)

It's time to talk about what happened to Lindsay Ellis. In this episode we do a deep dive into Twitter psychology, confirmation bias, and the sad sad phenomenon that is "getting woman'd". 

Intro and Outro Song produced by our talented friend Ian Mills:

https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic

SOURCES:

Rayne Fisher-Quann, "What does it mean to get 'woman'd'?" i-D (2022).

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Rehash Episode 2: Taylor Swift (Early Access)

Here's the early access cut for our second episode of Rehash! Where we talk about the Gaylor theories and ask the perennial question: can a real person be capable of queerbaiting? Let's talk about it!

Intro/Outro music by Ian Mills: https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic

"Cancelling" Video Appealed

Hey! So my video got a worldwide block due to my use of a 10 second segment from a wrestling aftershow. Because of that many of you were unable to view it.

I've submitted an appeal for the copyright claim - so you should be able to watch it in the meantime! Let me know if this works.

"Cancelling": A Culture of Retribution (Early Access)

Hello everyone! Here is the early access cut for my video this month. It's all about how, the way we approach justice in the West, is and has always been more about punishment than progress.

For some reason the Patreon shoutouts and the end credits sequence didn't export, so I'm going to have a look at that before Monday. Also - let me know if you're able to view the video in a format higher than 360p (my browser only lets me view it through the lowest option, even though the video is 1...

Rehash Podcast | Episode 1, THE TRY GUYS (Early Access)

Hello everyone!

I am SO excited to announce the early access premiere of a podcast I've created with my good friend Hannah Raine (who helps out on the videos). This podcast is all about recent social media phenomenons (mostly on TikTok and Twitter), with the first season being dedicated to the concept of "public villains". This has been in the works for a long time now and I'm so happy to share it with you all first. 

I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions in the com...

The Decline of Tim Burton (Early Access)

Hello! Here is the early access video for this month :)

It's all about why I think Tim Burton's filmmaking has gone downhill over the years.

Hope you enjoy <3

Triangle of Sadness | Review

[SPOILERS] Wow. It’s hard to explain the feelings I was experiencing walking out of the theatre. For one, I thought I had been sitting in there for 4 or more hours, completely disoriented as to how much life had passed by in the outside world. I also felt a great surge of adrenaline that stayed with me even as I lay in bed a couple hours later. And together with that, I felt a deep sense of unease that, again, I had trouble shaking. Ruben Östlund is a sort of anti-capitalist provocateur in...

Saturday Night Fever - Hot Docs Video

Hi everyone!

I wanted to share with you guys the abridged video essay that I will be premiering on the big screen at the Hot Docs theatre in Toronto this month. Since the video will be playing right before a screening of Saturday Night Fever - I limited my analysis to a brief history of disco and the film's role in it, so as to avoid spoilers! It was a great challenge and I had so much fun making it! The full version of this video will be posted either in November or December of this ye...

Elvis Early Access - Let's Try Again

Hey guys,

Huge apologies for the video being blocked yesterday - it seems they've already found another clip to copyright even though I edited the other one out this morning. But I'm going to go through another dispute process this time that will allow me to keep the video up until its been reviewed. I tried to get it up on Vimeo and Google Drive for you guys yesterday but neither of them worked - so sorry about that. 

Hope you enjoy - again! Might have to make the video...

Elvis (2022) and the Utter Mediocrity of Biopics (early access)

Hello! Here is the early access cut of my Elvis video :) looks like one of the clips got flagged for copyright so we might have to go back to the editing room tomorrow. Ah well! 

Hope you guys enjoy!

TIFF Review: Amanda

Another submission into the “unlikeable girl” canon (my favourite genre), Amanda is a strong debut from writer-director Carolina Cavalli.

Entitled, abrasive, and lost, 25-year-old Amanda, played by Benedetta Porcaroli, has a lot of trouble making friends after moving back to Italy from Paris. Even her own family, with the exception of her eccentric 8-year-old niece, has trouble being around her. But under Amanda’s hard exterior is a very lonely person desperate for love. And her i...

TIFF Review: Sanctuary

This is the film Malcolm and Marie wants to be. Starring Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott, Sanctuary is play-like film about a domanatrix and her client as they engage in a never ending exchange of power over the course of a single night. In the vein of classics like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf or Death Trap, Sanctuary is a psychological pas de deux, filled to the brim with clever wordplay and thrilling bait and switches between its two amorphous protagonists.

Both Qualley a...

TIFF Review: Carmen

This is the feature debut of Benjamin Millepied, who gained traction in the industry working as a dance choreographer on the set of Black Swan. While this could have been an exciting fusion of two beautiful artforms, Millepied’s lack of familiarity with directing unfortunately holds Carmen back from its true potential.

Loosely based on the classic opera of the same name, and a personal favourite of Millepied’s, Carmen tells the story of its titular protagonist, played by Melissa Bar...

TIFF Review: El Agua

The debut feature of director Elena López Riera, El Agua is an astounding first film. It follows a 17-year-old girl named Ana who is navigating the winter of her adolescence during a particularly sleepy summer in the Valencia region of Spain. The story takes place in Orihuela - a small municipality that López Riera herself hails from, and a town that is the primary focus of all of her work.

López Riera weaves elements of magical realism together with contemporary youth culture to del...

An (exciting) update!

Hello everyone, 

Just wanted to update you on what's up for the next couple months! As of today I will be attending multiple screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and I was wondering if you guys wanted me to do a bit of reporting on what the experience was like - and/or maybe review the films I watch? I'm also going to be meeting up with Izzy from Be Kind Rewind on Saturday so that will be exciting :) will definitely send some updates there.

Another exc...

Upcoming videos

Hello everyone! I am currently on vacation in Greece (it's sooo lovely) and I am jostling around some ideas in my head for some upcoming videos for the fall. I know for (almost) certain that I'd like to do a deep dive into Tim Burton in October - because wow, that man has been flopping for over a decade in my opinion. Other than that I'm open as to the schedule - I think a video about the cultural legacy of Grease for September would be interesting, especially in homage to the recent passing ...

Spring Breakers and the End of Indie Sleaze (Early Access)

Helloooo! Here is the early access cut to my Spring Breakers video :) I hope you guys enjoy (praying it doesn't get age restricted ahh)!

UPDATE: IT GOT AGE RESTRICTED. LET ME KNOW IF YOU SEE ANY ACTUAL NUDITY IN THIS VIDEO BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHY ON EARTH THIS CONTENT WOULD NEED TO BE MORE CENSORED THAN IT ALREADY IS. 

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A big ole Q&A

Hello! I made this Q&A, which is to be posted when the channel hits 300,000 subscribers (lord knows when that will be). In the meantime, you guys (Margot Throbbie and Richard Vixon) get very very very early access! I answered patron questions first, so if you're looking for yours it's right at the forefront :)

I'm going to be adding timestamps soon so you don't have to slog through everything if you don't want to. Please join me in my narcissism! 

Bergman Island -MUBI video (early access)

Hey guys! I'm so excited to share the early access cut of my Bergman Island video I made for MUBI! I'm still working on a catchy title (with good SEO) so if you have any ideas please share :)

Hope you enjoy!

Spring Breakers, Indie Sleaze, and the Exploitation Film

I am so excited to say that, since we're coming up on its 10 year anniversary, my next video is going to be on Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers! This movie was so formative for me - this was the era of Pussy Riot politics, indie sleaze, and bad Soundcloud rap - all of which I had fully immersed myself in. I remember attempting to see the film in theatres and getting turned away, for the first time in my life, due to its R rating. Yet I managed to find it online, and was completely swayed.&nbs...