Kitties are generally cute—but since this kitty is from Adam Elliot’s Mary and Max, it’s cute in a depressing, oddball way. While I’m mentioning it, kudos to Elliot for making a black-and-white animated movie! That takes chutzpah. Especially when that movie is tragic and bizarre. And now I give you: links.
- Midnight Eye extensively analyzes Japanese cyberpunk cinema, including the horror classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
- AV Club’s Genevieve Koski articulates my exact feelings on all the ridiculous expectations for Bridesmaids to “save chick flicks” and asks why we can’t just let it exist as a good comedy. (She also links to this very useful website on the Bechdel test.)
- I feel like we as a planet should be a little concerned about this Cannes Abuse Checklist. When four out of your twelve festival movies feature rape as a plot point, there’s gotta be something wrong.
- Just in time for summer, a snarky and awesomely body-positive article about “beach bodies”, including tips on how to lower “swimsuit anxiety” (spoiler: stop thinking your body is ugly/bad/too fat/etc).
- Finally, The Guardian has an interview with acting goddess Charlotte Rampling. It’s full of great nuggets about Rampling’s experiences and professional choices.
Not too many amusing search terms lately, but I did like “ζωο σεξ,” which is Greek for “animal sex.” I didn’t like “i got robbed and fuckin raped hard and i enjoyed it” because, um, NO. Somewhere between the two was “lesbiansim curiostiy killed the cat,” which combines non sequiturs and misspellings. Finally, I really like this pair of phrases, searched for simultaneously: “of course i do” “it was fucking awesome.” Of course I do! It was fucking awesome.
My “weird search term of the week that only shows up thanks to having ‘Pussy Goes Grr’ on my blogroll” is “site to visit for pussies when admn blocked by sonic wall.” I like the honesty with which the searcher admits he’s a pussy who can’t figure out a way around admn’s block.
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