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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Testing storm muffs. I am skeptical, but it’s fun having a seal in the house.

My dog, Audrey, a black Labrador cross with grey around her muzzle and a red collar, stares off into the distance, a bit bewildered, with a grey fabric band wrapped around her head. There is thick padding over the ears that is supposed to muffle storm sounds.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky Shout out to the gays Christine C was autistic and I'm not okay

My last four watched on Letterboxd: TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA (2026) dir. Jane Schoenbrun, 5 stars; THE IMAGE OF DORIAN GRAY IN THE YELLOW PRESS (1984) dir. Ulrike Ottinger, 5 stars; DUET FOR CANNIBALS (1969) dir. Susan Sontag, 3.5 stars and CHRISTINE (2016) dir. Antonio Campos, 5 stars.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Muscle memory is wild, I was watching the new Pulp film on Mubi and suddenly a switch flipped in my sad, dead brain that made me jump up and perform this very complicated dance sequence with 100% accuracy after 30 years. My arms are a bit sore now, though. Poor Gran.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Anyone got a film-related memoir they can recommend? Seeing as I’m starting with these two, perhaps something not by the recently deceased? Doesn’t have to be an audiobook.

Screenshot of the audiobook for Sam Neil’s memoir, DID I EVER TELL YOU THIS?, read by the author.

Screenshot of the audiobook of Terence Stamp’s first memoir, STAMP ALBUM, read by the author.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you've seen it?

Black and white still from AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (1966). A donkey sitting in a field surrounded by a flock of sheep.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I quite enjoyed Leos Carax’s career retrospective short, especially the sick burn directed at Polanski, but then, after the credits…

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Satire from 1981 that could trounce a proponent of the Normie Industrial Complex in 2026, as well as AND AT THE SAME TIME empower a sick Victorian child.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ocean Photographer of the Year Winner Julian Anton’s photo of a male seahorse and two new-borns.

Black and white photo by Julian Anton of “An adult seahorse pictured with newly born juveniles in the shallow seaweed-filled waters of Moorea, French Polynesia. Although they are unlikely to be related, their arrangement creates the impression of a farewell, as if the tiny seahorses are gathering around a father after he has released them into the world. Seahorses are now rare in French Polynesia so this image was the result of long hours of searching among the seaweed.”

Description taken from:

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/winners-gallery/?winners_year=2026&winners_category=the-ocean

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The best. Some nights, they like to sit on my fence, looking bored.

Slightly blurry photo of a grey tawny frogmouth sitting on my fence giving me the old side-eye.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Just found out my friend group didn’t invite me to Telluride.

Screenshot of a post from Ocente Pipoca on Twitter of four actors at the Telluride Film Festival 2026: L to R: Andrew Scott (crouching in front, short dark hair, wearing a tight white T-shirt, smiling with teeth), Carrie Coon (her hand on Andrew’s shoulder, short blonde hair, wearing a burgundy top, smiling with teeth), Rebecca Hall, straight, brown hair that goes just past her shoulders, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans with a black blazer, smiling with teeth) and Sandra Huller (short blonde hair, wearing a black long-sleeved top and trousers, smiling without teeth, as usual).

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The paintings of Amedeo Modigliani prophesied the 21st century culture wars with alarming accuracy. For example, here's Graham Linehan.

This is a painting by Amedeo Modigliani from 1916, not of comedy writer and raging transphobe Graham Linehan, but of a man called 'Monsieur Deleu'. The figure possesses the artist's signature elongated form. M. Deleu is seated with his head tilted to one side, one eyebrow raised, his small lips pursed. He's judging you. He knows more than you. He is wearing a bright orange jacket and a fruity little white necktie, which would be delightful, were it not for the Hitler hair.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky Geraldine Chaplin? Brat. Tom Conti? 365 party girl. Helen Mirren? Everywhere, so Julia. And— I hope the cast and crew of NAPP were “bumpin’ that” to cope, because jfc.

My last four watched on Letterboxd: HEAVENLY PURSUITS (1986) dir. Charles Gormley, 3 stars; NOT A PRETTY PICTURE (1976) dir. Martha Coolidge, 4 stars; REMEMBER MY NAME (1978) dir. Alan Rudolph, 3 stars and THE MOMENT (2026) dir. Aiden Zamiri, 3.5 stars.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today, we're gonna post any 4 horror movies with a location in the title. #HorrorFam #horrorsky #filmsky #moviesky

Poster for LAKE MUNGO (2008) featuring a grainy, blurry close up of a teenage girl. The tagline reads: IN 2008, ALICE PALMER DIED...HER NIGHTMARE DIDN'T.

Poster for TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016). A man runs down a destroyed train track, clutching a little girl in his arms. Behind them is a derailed train with broken windows, on fire. Helicopters are flying overhead.

Poster for A FIELD IN ENGLAND (2013). Detailed line illustration or etching of a man in 17th century dress, including a black broad-brimmed hat, walking though a field of long grass towards a patch of large mushrooms. A human skull and a toad can also be seen hidden in the foliage.

Poster for THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS (1974). An illustration of a Volkswagen Beetle covered in enormous metal spikes, its headlights beaming aggressively in the dark.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“I'm a domestic pet, goddammit! My life has value!I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”

Black and white photograph titled ‘Dog and Cat in Paris’ by Annick Gérardin, date unknown, but likely taken some time in the 1930s.

A white (and possibly ginger?) cat and what looks to be a Jack Russell terrier standing on a balcony, their front paws resting on the wrought iron rail, looking down into the street with interest.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Post your favourite first-watches of August.

My favourite first watches on Letterboxd in August:
ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE (2017) dir. Hong Sang-Soo
THE ASCENT (1977) dir. Larissa Shepitko
MAUVAIS SANG (1986) dir. Leos Carax
BETTER DAYS (2019) dir. Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung
CITY OF PIRATES (1983) dir. Raúl Ruiz
ALPHA (2025) dir. Julia Ducournau
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957) dir. Billy Wilder
A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING (1988) dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
ITIM (THE RITES OF MAY) (1976) dir. Mike de Leon
EQUUS (1977) dir. Sidney Lumet
PHOENIX (2014) dir. Christian Petzold
MARAMA (2025) dir. Toa Stappard
TONI ERDMANN (2016) dir. Maren Ade
ELGAR (1962) dir. Ken Russell
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945) dir. John M. Stahl
SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (2000) dir. Roy Andersson

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky More like 'Funeral Friday'. Lost my mind watching SHMOEDIPUS, couldn't figure our whether I'd seen it or not. Finally realised I was thinking of TRACK 29. This is better. Self-proclaimed Denis Lavant fan had not seen MAUVAIS SANG. Shame! 🔔

My last four watched on Letterboxd: MAUVAIS SANG (1986) dir. Leos Carax, 5 stars; SHMOEDIPUS (1974) dir. Barry Davis, 3.5 stars, PIGSTY (1969) dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 4 stars and NINE TO FIVE (1980) dir. Colin Higgins, rewatch, 4 stars.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Simultaneous loathing and appreciation for how well Pierre Clémenti pulled off my standard 2am breakdown haircut, especially considering whoever did it was most certainly on a buttload of drugs.

Pierre Clémenti in PORCILE (PIGSTY) (1969) dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini. The haircut in question is a curly, dark bob that falls just below his ears, with a blunt, short fringe, only about an inch long, otherwise known as “baby bangs” — a look alt-leaning girls have been trying to pull off since around 1900. Unfortunately, not many of us are a hot Italian man with dark eyes, full lips and sharp cheekbones. He even suits a conquistador helmet and the act of consuming human flesh. That being said, if you want this haircut, do it anyway, no matter what you look like. Life’s too short, Tim Curry is dead and some people have wars in their countries, Kim.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The favourite boyband member to favourite Angry Man pipeline.

Close-up of Joseph Sweeney in 12 ANGRY MEN (1957) as Juror #9 or ‘McArdle’. He is looking behind the camera at the person he is speaking to, his chin in his hand; a knowing, questioning grin on his face. He is the coolest and sexiest Angry Man.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

How good are swallows? They just get it. And they'll get you too, if you don't watch yourself.

A blue swallow sitting on a thin branch. It has a rotund little body with white feathers from its undercarriage right up to the lower half of the beak, then blue feathers up over the head and down over its back and wings. Like all swallows, it looks furious due to heavily-lidded, downturned eyes. This one has its equally grumpy beak slightly open; glaring straight at the camera like it is in the middle of giving the photographer a piece of its mind.

A barn swallow looking even more ropable than the blue one. It too is standing on a branch, head turned sharply towards the camera like you've just said something out of order and it's like: "Are you talkin' to me? Don't you look at me! It's 'Daddy', you shithead, where's my bourbon?" It has the usual barn swallow markings: blue over the wings and top half of the head, a red stripe between the eyes then below the beak a red to yellow gradient.

Three baby barn sparrows sitting in a line, huddled together. They have the usual blue, red and yellow markings, but the colours are muted, as chicks are born with brown feathers that become more vibrant over time. I'm sensing some sibling rivalry. The one on the left is looking off to its right, sulking. The one in the middle is glaring down the camera lense, clearly sick of this shit, and the third has its head raised high and turned in the opposite direction to the one on the left. Proud. Indignant. These guys are real jerks. I feel as though I birthed them myself.

Dear me, what on Earth is this commotion? Two blue sparrows sitting on a tree stump. The one on the left is perched right on the edge, backing away, fearful of the other, who stands smack in the middle, screaming in its face. Gosh.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky Julie Christie meets George C. Scott at a Janis Joplin/Grateful Dead Charity Stomp, tries to hook up by trauma dumping & telling him he looks like a gargoyle, fails, smash 'n grabs a tuba, goes back to his hotel in the morning and blasts it in his face.

...that's what happens in the first 15 mins of PETULIA (1968) dir. Richard Lester, 4 stars for that alone. My other last-watched films on Letterboxd were: NETWORK (1976) (rewatch) dir. Sidney Lumet, 5 stars; WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957) dir. Billy Wilder, 4.5 stars and ETOILE (1989) dir. Peter Del Monte, 3 stars.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Bring back actors that always look a bit sick. It makes me feel seen.

Max von Sydow in THE NIGHT VISITOR looking very pale with red-rimmed eyes. In fact, everything about him is pale including his hair and his T-shirt and the wall he’s peering out from behind. And yes, I know he’s supposed to look sick in this film and he’s often supposed to look sick in a lot of other things too, but he also just looked sick all the time okay? Also, yes, Liv Ullmann is in this, I’m sulking.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This is the phone I read your posts from.

Still from AUDITION (1999). The camera is positioned behind Asami (Eihi Shiina) who is sitting on the floor in her run-down apartment. Her head is lowered; longs strands of black hair hanging over her face. She is staring at a black rotary telephone on the floor. Just behind the phone, on a tatami mat, lies a large, suspicious-looking sack. I’m sure it’s fine.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Scrolling through free stock photos, stumbled upon Black Phillip, waved enthusiastically at my laptop screen, felt a bit silly. Still, if you happen to need a cover for your Elizabethan Satanic Romantasy novel, I've got you.

Photo by Shahin Khalaji of who I'm 99.99% sure is Canadian Pakistani actor and model Daniel Malik, famous for being the voice and human version of Black Phillip the goat in The WITCH. He his posing in a black brocade Elizabethan doublet with gold trim and white ruffled cuffs that match the large ruff around his neck. He holds an apple in his hand. His face is long and angular, features stern, he has brown hair pulled back from his face, a thick beard and a silver earring in his ear.
Image found on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-man-with-a-beard-holding-an-apple-mIQh_CKgTO4

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Quote with a ridiculous movie you think people should watch.

Poster for ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE (1970). The top half features a still from the film of two people aged around 50-60 (a man and a woman played by Harry Andrews and Beryl Reid) standing on either side of a younger man (Peter McEnerny) in a chauffeurs uniform. They are both kissing him on the cheek. The younger man has a resigned look on his face and is holding a bouquet of pink flowers. The bottom half of the poster is bright yellow and mostly filled with text but for an image on the right hand side of a busty blonde lady in a black bikini who, if I remember correctly, only appears in one scene. They probably slapped her on the poster to appeal to straight men, because everything else about this movie is gay as fuck. Plus it’s got Beryl Reid in it and anyone that doesn’t like Beryl Reid is ultimately soulless and untrustworthy.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Post the first album you ever bought.

Black cassette of ‘Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814’ lying next to its case. The cover of the album features a black and white image of Janet, half in shadow, wearing a black baseball cap with a piece of silver hardware on the front.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I’m assembling a team. Gonna make them some matching T-shirts.

Mia Goth as Gabi in INFINITY POOL, pointing a gun at someone, mouth mid-scream, eyes wide. She has long blonde hair and is wearing a black evening dress with pearls over the shoulders.

Assad Zaman as Armand in THE VAMPIRE LESTAT. He’s talking to somone on his left, one hand under his chin; a sinister, perhaps threatening, look on his face. He is wearing a dark grey shirt rolled up to the elbows and his black, curly, shoulder-length hair is half tied up.

Graham Greene as Arthur in CLEARCUT. He’s standing by a large lake; mist rising from the surface of the water. He has a rifle slung over his shoulder; looking into the distance, his face stern, with purpose. He has long, strait black hair with greying roots and is wearing a grey tshirt and a necklace with some sort of charm on a leather cord.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky Whoops, it's now Saturday for me. More weird shorts, plus my first Niki de Saint Phalle and Ulrike Ottinger.

My last four watched on Letterboxd: MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE (1992) dir. Joan C. Gratz, 3 stars; OF MEN AND DEMONS (1969) dir. John Hubley, 3 stars; A DREAM LONGER THAN THE NIGHT (1976) dir. Niki de Saint Phalle, 3.5 stars and TICKET OF NO RETURN (1979) dir. Ulrike Ottinger, 5 stars.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I hope Water Deer are happy on the inside and only have resting devastation face.

A Chinese Water deer standing in some long grass. Its fur various shades of brown and cream; dark eyes sloping downwards. It has a large pair of fangs (they are sometimes referred to as “vampire deer” but are not carnivores; the fangs are for fighting) that make it look like it is extremely grumpy. Or sad. Or both.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky They say whenever Keanu loses his temper, he directs it at himself. Habitually kind people can carry a painful load. I think Wick is his outlet. The bit where he’s on the ground sobbing over a stuffed beagle prop broke me.

My last four watched on Letterboxd: WICK IS PAIN (2025) dir. Jeffery Doe, 4 stars; THE COLLECTION (1976) dir. Michael Apted, 4 stars; THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (1973), rewatch, dir. Victor Erice, 5 stars and BAMAKO (2006) dir. Abderrahmane Sissako, 5 stars.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Criterion giving me a bit of the old Florentine fever up in here.

Cover of new Criterion blu-ray of FRANKENSTEIN (2025) with art by Denver Balbaboco, a classical style painting of Frankenstein in a long flowing green and red gown cradling the weak, chained Creature in his arms, part tender, part violent — it also looks like he’s trying to drag him away .

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Face I'm submitting for my Bluesky verification. I haven’t decided yet. Subtle tears? Lavish tears? Bloody nose or full stab?

Three stills of Isabelle Huppert in THE PIANO TEACHER. She is in close up, her hair pulled back, with tired, red rimmed eyes that fill with more tears in each successive frame.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Reminds me of this photo. Floor to ceiling’s the only way to go, I reckon.

Black-and-white photo of Shirley Jackson writing at a desk surrounded by floor to ceiling bookshelves. She’s wearing a plaid shirt, her hair is shoulder length and wavy and she is wearing her usual horn-rimmed spectacles.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky Punks, punks, titty goblin, absolute misery. “Let’s go get sushi and not pay!”

My last four watched on Letterboxd: RED ROOMS (2023) dir. Pascal Plante, 4 stars; TILBURY (1987) dir. Viðar Víkingsson, 2.5 stars; UGH! A MUSIC WAR (1981) dir. Derek Burbidge, no rating as it’s a concert film with some great acts and some not-so-great acts, but 5 stars for Gary Numan’s moving Davros chair and Klaus Nomi for being Klaus Nomi. Started Harry Dean month on the Criterion Channel, he’s in REPO MAN more than I thought and I was previously put off by the poster, as I wasn’t particularly interested in Emilio Estevez looking all tough in front of a car. Anyway, REPO MAN (1984) dir. Alex Cox, 4 stars, I’m sorry Tarantino stole your whole ‘mysterious locked vessel that glows when opened’ thing.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I tell a lie, it was “Too much vomit?” However, the big circle was still angry.

Close up of a pencilled comment on a manuscript that reads: “too much vomit?”

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

What horror movie image haunts you? I’m not going to post the one I thought of first because it’s kind of a spoiler, but it’s near the end of A DARK SONG. This’ll do:

Screenshot from TOBY DAMMIT, the third and final story in the anthology film SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (1968). A young girl with long, blonde hair stands inside a thick fog looking sideways through a lock of hair that has fallen over her face. She’s pale and sinister, wearing a white dress with puffed sleeves. She is clutching a silver ball.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Developing a theory about the jackalope on Lestat’s tour bus that will blow your minds. One might say it IS about the bunny. Follow me for more tips on how to boost your productivity and intellectual prowess.

Screenshot from episode 4 of THE VAMPIRE LESTAT showing Daniel (Eric Bogosian) a man in his 70s with curly grey hair wearing tinted glasses and a maroon shirt, sitting in front of a jackalope—a taxidermied rabbit with antlers attached to it’s head.

Close up of the jackalope. It’s either judging the viewer, or knows something we don’t. Perhaps both?

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky Quite possibly the oddest lineup yet. It’s been an erratic week. No writing, but still researching. Me back’s been playin’ up.

My last for watched on Letterboxd: PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026) dirs. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, 3 stars; THE UNKNOWN GIRL (2016) dirs. Jeanne-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 4 stars; CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (1965) dir. Orson Welles, 3.5 stars and KEVIN TURVEY: THE MAN BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR (1982) dir. Colin Gilbert, 3 stars, all for the bit with Roger Sloman kicking the shit out of Rik Mayall.

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Dr Kate Fitzgerald @katefitzgerald.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Pic for reference. All that aside, I don’t really want to see everyone from NOSFERATU again, at least not so soon. For me, it might break the immersion a bit. And maybe just…I dunno, give other actors a chance?

Lily-Rose Depp on the set of WERWULF. She is wearing a costume that looks characteristic of a peasant from the 1300s; a long dress under a big brown dirty coat, a thin belt around her waist, a white cowl around her face with something similar to a nun habit over that. It’s a darker brown than her coat; kinda on the maroon side. It’s clear that they have made her body much larger than it is naturally. They’ve also given her a cleft palate, a congenital disability.

I didn’t say it in the main post because it’s a bit petty and I’m kind of bored of the discourse, but I’d like to see less “nepo babies”. She was great in NOSFERATU, but I don’t want her turning up in every future Eggers project the way her asshole father did in Tim Burton movies. BORING.

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