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@codieallen.bsky.social
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Since I saw Alice Maio Mackay’s new film Our Effed Up World ahead of its Queer Screen Film Festival run in Australia next month, I wrote a little feature on her for @thecurbau.bsky.social you can read here: www.thecurb.com.au/the-evolving...
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The Evolving Cinema of Alice Maio Mackay
Alice Maio Mackay is the kind of filmmaker who seems incapable of sitting still. At only 22, and already with seven features under her belt, she has built a filmography that feels remarkably expansive...
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Montreal, My Beautiful really got to me. There’s something so beautiful about watching someone finally give herself permission to be who she is. Joan Chen is phenomenal. Such a beautiful film! my review for @thecurbau.bsky.social www.thecurb.com.au/montreal-my-...
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Montreal, My Beautiful: It’s Never Too Late to Find Yourself
Montreal, My Beautiful is a quiet, deeply tender film about the parts of ourselves that can disappear beneath the weight of responsibility, and the extraordinary feeling of discovering that they were ...
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
stayed up late last night writing a piece for hayden panettiere. this hurts so bad. she was a year younger than me, and i literally grew up with everything she did. she was such a massive part of my childhood. first michelle trachtenberg, and now her. this really hurts. rest in peace, queen 💔
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Remembering Hayden Panettiere
Hayden Panettiere’s death is really hitting me hard.
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
coyote vs. acme is an absolute delight. funny, chaotic, ridiculously charming, and somehow way more heartfelt than i ever expected. i had the biggest smile on my face the entire time. one of the year’s best! my review: fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/coyote-vs-...
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Coyote vs. Acme Is Exactly the Movie It Needed to Be
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
my account apparently got suspended for who knows what reason? lol
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I had so much fun with Forbidden Fruits I can’t even begin to tell you! It’s one of my favorites this year so far. It’s Mean Girls, but make it witchy with a slice of slasher—an instant cult classic! My review for @thecurbau.bsky.social www.thecurb.com.au/forbidden-fr...
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Forbidden Fruits: Glitter, Witchcraft, and Total Girl Gang Energy
Forbidden Fruits feels like someone took the DNA of Mean Girls, filtered it through a Free People catalogue, added a heavy dose of witchcraft, and then let it spiral into full-on slasher chaos. It’s s...
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Forbidden Fruits is basically Mean Girls meets Free People but make it witchy and slasher, and honestly, it feels made just for me. Instant cult classic. The kills are epic. Lili Reinhart gives pure bubbly pop queen vibes, and the soundtrack slaps so hard. I’m obsessed 💅🔪
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
netflix is actually criminal for the lack of promotion for this film because wow, it’s gorgeous! watch it! :) boxd.it/dtNtj5
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A ★★★★ review of Lost in Starlight (2025)
how dare netflix drop something this beautiful with basically no promotion… like, excuse me?? lost in starlight is a truly gorgeous, animated romance. the visuals feel almost luminous, the soundtrack ...
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Sirāt is fascinating in its hypnotic beauty, but sadly not much beyond that. I really couldn’t get into this one—it’s one of those movies you either love or don’t. Not really my cup of tea, unfortunately. Gorgeous to look at, though! My review: fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/sirat-revi...
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'Sirāt' Review - Hypnotic, But Hollow
Oliver Laxe’s Sirāt feels like it wants to be an odyssey, but it’s the kind of journey that leaves you more exhausted than enlightened.
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
For International Women’s Day, I put together a list of films directed by women, some underrated gems, some pioneers who broke ground. These are some of the stories that have stayed with me, and I hope they stay with you too! 🖤 fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/happy-inte...
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Happy International Women’s Day: Honoring the Women Who Shape Cinema
Happy International Women’s Day!
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
i have a feeling the bride! might end up being a jennifer’s body situation. i’m pretty sure it even had the same cinemascore. i remember loving that movie when a lot of people around me hated it. now my friends love it and it blew up with gen z. i’ll happily ride that same wave with the bride! lol
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I absolutely adored The Bride so much. Growing up, I was always fascinated by the Bride, wondering who she really was beyond that brief moment in the 1935 film. This movie finally gives her that life. My review:
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#TheBrideMovie is the film I’ve dreamed of since falling for The Bride of Frankenstein as a kid. Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale burn with raw energy, every frame electrified. Costumes, cinematography, atmosphere—pure, dark magic. Movie of the year 🖤
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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Every Republican president in my lifetime has picked a war based on a lie when his favorability rating started to tank. America has never been the shining city on the hill. We've been the land from whence monsters come in the night to drop bombs and fire on children and innocents.
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
my heart aches for all those little girls ripped from this world, all because some orange fuck cares more about power and money than human life. it’s horrifying, and honestly, it’s shameful to be an american
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
yep, this is truly the beginning of trump-invested hollywood. I’m so fucking tired, man
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
it’s always about the shareholders, never the art. this paramount/wb deal will go down as the most disastrous, soulless moves in hollywood history. it’s bigger than just movies. this is going to cause damage in ways we can’t even fully see yet. scary stuff
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
honestly, if this deal with paramount/wb goes through I'll never cover anything from them ever again
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
reposting this list incase anyone missed it. it kind of blew up on letterboxd and now has over 300 movies. enjoy! maybe you will find something you will love! #FilmSky #Moviesky 🎬 #Sapphic #WLW #Lesbian #Queer
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
"If you love stories about women defying the rules, queer love that burns slow and bright, and fairy tale worlds that feel alive, you need to see this movie" i adored this movie! my review: #FilmSky #MovieSky 🎬 open.substack.com/pub/fadeinbr...
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100 Nights of Hero: A Velvet, Swoon-Worthy Queer Fairy Tale That Stole My Heart
Okay, I’m not okay.
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
yes, i gave this 5* and i don't care, this absolutely rules. give me more please!!! boxd.it/dinRFD
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A ★★★★★ review of 100 Nights of Hero (2025)
okay, i’m sobbing now. this fucking rule and yes, gave it a 5* and idc 100 nights of hero is full-bodied, lace-sleeved, candle-dripping yuri folklore and i am twirling about it. this is for the girls ...
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
so, i spent hours curating a list of over 200 sapphic films directed by women. stories about women loving women just hit different when women are behind the camera. i would love for you to check it out or maybe recommend anything i’m missing. :) letterboxd.com/caonfilm/lis...
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sapphic films directed by women
quite frankly, sapphic films directed by women just hit differently. it’s not only about seeing women love women on screen, it’s about the care, intimacy, and details only women can capture. free from...
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
i love mubi's short films. jokes aside this is beautifully animated. boxd.it/deOzBB
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A ★★★★ review of Pussy (2016)
one day i hope to have a pussy to be friends with :')
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
for those who don’t know: ALYSA LIU literally retired after the 2022 olympics, left skating for two years, went to college, lived her life, then came back, won worlds, and just won olympic gold. a comeback for the ages. i love seeing women win. i love figure skating. absolute cinema ✨
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
finally caught up with falcon lake (2023) earlier today, and all i have to say is: someone PLEASE, for the love of god, put sara montpetit in more movies. this girl channels anna karina, man, she’s so, so good. watch this if you haven’t! it's on tubi! :)
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
SAY IT LOUDER SO THEY CAN HEAR YOU IN THE BACK! i hate this so much lol
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
it’s insane, i’ve had people tell me i’m a terrible person because i loved wuthering heights. like, what are we even doing anymore, man? take me back to the early days of social media, or none at all lol
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
a week hasn’t gone by that i haven’t thought of the film sorry, baby. ugh, it’s honestly one of the greatest debuts ever made. eva victor is so special
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Lauren Bacall could even make a cigarette look cool
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
A Family quietly captures the world of kids caught in the middle of divorce. Nina and Eli navigate love, loyalty, and loss with heartbreaking honesty. Tender, intimate, and unforgettable. #Berlinale My review for @thecurbau.bsky.social: www.thecurb.com.au/a-family-rev...
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A Family Show the Quiet Storm of Growing Up in the Shadows of Divorce
There’s a strange kind of quiet ache that lingers after watching A Family. Mees Peijnenburg’s film doesn’t rush toward drama or sensationalism—it doesn’t need to. Instead, it sits gently in the rooms,...
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Rewatched The Big Sleep and, ugh, Lauren Bacall was so fucking cool, man
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A ★★★★★ review of The Big Sleep (1946)
there’s something about lauren bacall in the big sleep that feels almost unfair. she’s so calm, so sure of herself, like she knows exactly what effect she has on every person in the room. the plot twi...
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
i get the criticism, valid criticism for this movie, totally fine, but that’s not what i’m saying at all. i just think people get so caught up in their analysis that they’ve forgotten what it was like to be a kid 🤷‍♀️ that’s where i’m coming from when i watched this movie lol
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
this interpretation reminds me of being a teenager, reading late into the night until the words blurred and sleep quietly took over. it feels like something pulled from that half dream state, soft, strange, and untethered from time or reality, existing in its own delicate, floating world
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
this may shock the world but as an english major i enjoyed the hell out of wuthering heights lol
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Did you know Humphrey Bogart was buried with a tiny gold whistle from a charm bracelet he gave Lauren Bacall before they even married? It was engraved: “If you want anything, just whistle,” echoing her line in To Have and Have Not: “You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve?”
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Rewatched To Have and Have Not (1944). Lauren Bacall was the queen of cool, smoky voice, effortless slouch, a glance or whispered line that could cut through the room. She embodied danger, mystery, elegance. Not to mention her wardrobe in this movie was god-tier 🖤
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
emerald fennell's Wuthering Heights reminds me why i fell in love with movies as a child in the first place. the more i watch her films, the more i realize she makes movies for the teenage cinephiles and honestly i dig it. keep being you emerald 🖤
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the Curb @thecurbau.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The first episode of What Would You Like to Tell Me About? is now live with a conversation with Virat Nehru. Listen here: www.thecurb.com.au/what-would-y...
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Virat Nehru, What Would You Like to Tell Me About?
And here we are, the first full episode of What Would You Like to Tell Me About? In this chat, Andrew invites award winning film critic, reciter of poems, purveyor of cultural curiosities, Virat Nehr...
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
dude hasn't been in the mood for like 15 years now. this book is never coming out lol
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George R. R. Martin Is 'Not in the Mood' to Finish 'The Winds of Winter'
C'mon, man.
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
emerald fennell's Wuthering Heights reminds me why i fell in love with movies as a child in the first place. the more i watch her films, the more i realize she makes movies for the teenage cinephiles and honestly i dig it. keep being you emerald 🖤
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
not your typical review with this one, more like a personal reflection, but needless to say, i loved it 🖤 #FilmSky #WutheringHeights
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The Ugliness at the Heart of Wuthering Heights
I first encountered Wuthering Heights when I was young enough to believe that love stories were supposed to feel safe.
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
New Sean Baker movie announced, and people are still on the Baker “this is porn” discourse lol. We need to move away from Anora being called porn, y'all
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
i enjoyed emerald fennell's wuthering heights, and that’s coming from someone who’s read the book many times throughout my life and even written papers on it 🤷‍♀️ it's one of my favorites lol
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Need a movie to watch on valentine’s day? I wrote about a few of my favorite ones to fall in love with over on my substack. #valentines #filmsky fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/movies-to-...
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Movies to Fall in Love With This Valentine’s Day
There’s something about Valentine’s Day that makes the world feel a little softer.
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
to celebrate friday the 13th, here’s my ranking of the films 🔪🩸
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Need a movie to watch on valentine’s day? I wrote about a few of my favorite ones to fall in love with over on my substack. #valentines #filmsky fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/movies-to-...
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Movies to Fall in Love With This Valentine’s Day
There’s something about Valentine’s Day that makes the world feel a little softer.
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I’ve been a fan of Charli xcx since the early MySpace days (yeah, I’m that old), and I’m just happy this movie exists and happy for her and how far she’s come. The Moment is a glittery farewell to the Brat era, and I’m excited to see where she goes from here. My review:
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the Curb @thecurbau.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Ah fuck. This is really fucking sad. In high school, I got called 'Dawson' a lot because, for some reason, folks thought I looked like James Van Der Beek. I followed his career after that, by osmosis and actively, and grew to love it. A great loss. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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James Van Der Beek, star of Dawson’s Creek, dies aged 48
Actor who also starred in Varsity Blues and Rules of Attraction revealed in 2024 he had been diagnosed with cancer
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Codie 🏳️‍⚧️ @codieallen.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day isn’t flawless, but it’s impossible to look away. It’s tender and brutal, intimate and expansive, a love letter to those who dare to live honestly in a world that would rather they didn’t." My review for @thecurbau.bsky.social
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Tender, Fearless, Unforgettable: Ivona Juka’s Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day
Ivona Juka’s Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day is a film that creeps into your chest quietly and lingers there. It’s not loud or flashy; it doesn’t punch you in the face with grand gestures. Instead, i...
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