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She/her. Boston born and raised, now in LA. Currently: unemployed film marketer. Loves: movies, pinball, writing, photography, traveling, theatre, etc. Photography/Flashes acct: @michelleonfilm.bsky.social Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1EMH
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We have found the source of the carpet beetles and fellow messy/ADHD people, learn from my mistakes. Do NOT make a clothes pile on the floor and let it sit there. Never again. Washing everything in hot water, I am traumatized.

Name a scene from your childhood that ripped your heart out

Everyone go read @filmiliarface.bsky.social on @ebertvoices.bsky.social! She is one of my favorite people and her knowledge of film is second to none.

SO! @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social wrote an amazing book featuring interviews with 19 women filmmakers and I drew portraits for all of them! It’s called CINEMA HER WAY and it’s out TOMORROW! Please enjoy my silly photoshoot and more importantly: buy this book!!!! bookshop.org/p/books/cine...

trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything

Watching the SAG Awards and as Ayo Edebiri came on screen my brother and I shouted together, in the most hardcore of Boston accents, in perfect unison “DORCHESTAHHHH!” So yes we go hard for her. (We also grew up in Dorchester! Hometown pride.)

Do people not know Osgood Perkins’ family and their backstory because I feel like it is incredibly crucial information to have for context as you watch his films. The Monkey seems as much a rumination on the deaths of his parents than anything else.

Watched CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER for the first time tonight and John Heard’s character is so psychotic to me that by the end I was visibly cringing and wincing. But like, best break-up movie of all-time maybe?

Mikey Madison thanking the PAs during her Best Lead Performance win at the Spirit Awards, that’s how you know she’s one of the good ones. 🙂‍↕️

Therapy. Taking books out from the library. Meditation. Box breathing. I also limit myself to a certain amount of non-work related screen time per day. (Brick for your iPhone is a godsend for this.)

Welp, put a mattress down for me in the projection room @newbeverly.bsky.social, I’m going to be living there for most of March. This is a great line-up!

we are rapidly turning into the kind of small minded authoritarian country that is given a made-up name in an action thriller

I know there are a lot of metaphorical fires that we're all dealing with these days, but I want to highlight this GoFundMe fund just launched by the Altadena Town Council to support survivors of the Eaton Fire. It will be disbursed and managed by GoFundMe itself. www.gofundme.com/f/altadena-e...

Most people do not know this but I have kept a Venus Flytrap for two years, named Audrey II, and the cool thing about flytraps is that they go into dormancy for the winter. She’s just starting to wake up from her winter nap. 🥹💕

Veronica Lake and Joel McCrea in Sullivan's Travels (1941).

SNL50 reminding me the best live show I have ever seen is Paul McCartney and it was worth every penny I paid.

Demi Moore in this Alexander McQueen dress, stunning! My favorite of the night. #BAFTAs

Watching the BAFTA red carpet and I just swell with pride whenever I see Colman Domingo. I saw him in PASSING STRANGE on Broadway many times back in 2008 and was in awe of his talent then. Makes me so thrilled to see the rest of the world catch up. Also, the best dresser on a red carpet, always!

A sleeping beauty to cleanse your timeline.

Prob shouldn’t say this but as I’ve worked in film marketing, there is also almost no correlation between social media following + box office. You can pull out all the stops: talent posting on socials, or they are on the main IG or TT feed, & a movie can still bomb. Social media = an awareness play.

This is fascism.

Went too hard at the gym yesterday during strength training class and now my entire lower body aches and is jelly like I have never felt before in my life. I will be in bed with a heated blanket, Theragun, and TCM on my iPad until further notice. Why do our bodies reward exercise with soreness?! 😫

If you live in New York State and think Gov. Kathy Hochul should remove the corrupt mayor of NYC, give her a call or send her a letter.

I really need people who don’t take these drugs to actually understand what they do for people with mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders. Stimulants don’t make me a tweaking drug addict, they help me manage my ADHD symptoms so I can focus better and prioritize my daily tasks. The horror!!

Today someone told me James Dean is fading from the public’s memory and I got so sad. I have been collecting Dean memorabilia since I was 12, he’s iconic to me. Not to be an old person but taking time to have knowledge of pop culture past really helps inform your present.

Found out our family dog died on Saturday. She was originally set to be relieved of her pain this weekend, but she had a bad seizure and my parents didn’t want her to suffer anymore. My brother & I are very sad we didn’t get to say goodbye. RIP to The People’s Princess, Lola, she was the best dog. 💔

A rare rainy morning in Los Angeles where I get to turn my electric blanket up to the highest setting. My east coast born and raised, cold loving self is happy. 🥰

So, I really want to start a newsletter because to be honest blogs are so much work, newsletters feel more streamlined. I really don’t want to go S*bst*k route but also @beehiiv.com is too expensive per month for my unemployed self. Are there any other alternatives that don’t cost a ton per month?

Therapy is the weirdest thing. You either have a "the horrors of the world & how my childhood made me a walking mess" or a "you go girl, I hope the date will be nice" session, & can never know which one in advance.

Everyone laughing at the Jeremy Strong Dunkin’ interview, I need you to know that when I was a kid growing up in MA you had to memorize all of Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Look it up. It’s a VERY long poem. It is now stuck in my head forever and is my party trick I can bust out.

Hi so I don’t ask for a lot but please, please send good thoughts my family’s way. My dad has worked here for 12 years. My mom is on disability and can’t work. I am asking the universe to do one good thing and protect my dad’s job, please. It would be a really dire situation if he got laid off.

Former Cambridge resident for many years, this is incredible. The rents in the Boston area (Cambridge and Somerville in particular) are sky high and this will help add many desperately needed affordable housing units.

@seanfennessey.bsky.social Hey Sean! Big fan of the podcast and wondering if there are any plans to do an Oscars ballot for listeners this year? You can create a league for it on ESPN’s site, would be curious to see if anyone can beat yours & @akdobbins.bsky.social’s picks! @the-ringer.bsky.social

I am playing my version of The Most Dangerous Game right now which is making an iced latte at 10pm to get work done. Will I be up until 2am or fall asleep within the hour?! It’s anyone’s guess. 🤷🏻‍♀️

ASL interpreters who work in the arts (concerts, opera, theatre, etc) deserve to be valued as artists too. it takes so much skill to be this good at capturing the FEEL of music beyond just translating the meaning of the text and it’s an invaluable accessibility service