go watch rye lane & takin' over the asylum !!!

longer reviews/commentary vids for some of the movies mentioned ↯
barbie →    • don your pink, we're watching *BARBIE* 💗  
pearl →    • i mean, she's a star to me 🥺 | PEARL ...  
daisy jones & the six →    • *DAISY JONES & THE SIX* deserves more...  
chicago →    • *CHICAGO* isn't a musical, it's a cul...  
lady bird →    • no one warned me *LADY BIRD* is a SOB...  
bottoms →    • *BOTTOMS* is ~easily~ the best comedy...  
heartstopper →    • HEARTSTOPPER IS BACK (& so is the STR...  

banshees of inisherin review →    • what i watched in january ❤ (reviews ...  
shortcomings review →    • what i watched in january ❤ (reviews ...  
rye lane review →    • what i watched in march (reviews & ot...  
pride review →    • everything i watched in february 💌 (r...  

also i couldn't shut up & ended up talking about the rest of the 55 films on the list, too, oops → https://www.fictionaldarling.com/revi...

would've loved to post this at a much more ~seasonally appropriate time~ but getting sick at the start of the year does ✨wonders✨ for your schedule & plans 💀 but i figured it's never too late to gush over the best movies i watched this year :)

ALSO, you can watch takin' over the asylum here:    • Takin' over the Asylum (Full episode)...  
(& if you're feeling bad about watching it via youtube, here's an article from the creator talking about how she loves that youtube enabled the show to reach new people: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2...) (& after watching the show via youtube, i literally went out and purchased not only the stageplay the creator wrote, but also a physical dvd of the show that apparently doesn't even work in my country, so the episodes being posted on youtube actually led to more support than if i hadn't been able to watch it at all!) (also unrelated but can we talk about why dvds aren't standardized across the world yet??? why are they region locked?! this makes no logical sense but what do i know 😭)

now if we can log david tennant hosting the baftas coming up on letterboxd, i'd be thrilled lol

movies mentioned:
20. Barbie (d. Greta Gerwig, 2023)
19. Pearl (d. Ti West, 2022)
18. The Banshees of Inisherin (d. Martin McDonagh, 2022)
17. Lessons in Chemistry (2023)
16. Daisy Jones & The Six (2023)
15. The Watermelon Woman (d. Cheryl Dunye, 1996)
14. Happening (d. Audrey Diwan, 2021)
13. Peppermint Soda (d. Diane Kurys, 1977)
12. The Decoy Bride (d. Sheree Folkson, 2011)
11. Chicago (d. Rob Marshall, 2002)
10. Shortcomings (d. Randall Park, 2023)
9. Past Lives (d. Celine Song, 2023)
8. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (d. Tom Verica, 2023)
7. Lady Bird (d. Greta Gerwig, 2017)
6. Rye Lane (d. Raine Allen-Miller, 2023)
5. Bottoms (d. Emma Seligman, 2023)
4. Pariah (d. Dee Rees, 2011)
3. Takin’ Over the Asylum (d. David Blair, 1994)
2. Pride (d. Matthew Warchus, 2014)
1. National Theatre Live: Good (d. Dominic Cooke, 2023)

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