a media recap for the month of march

the most notable pieces of media I digested this month.

I consumed a lot this month so I wouldn't want to keep you here for long but here are some of the most notable things I’ve watched, read and listened to this month. I have a whole different piece on the foreign films if you’d like to see that here!

Films with reviews:

Nosferatu (Eggers,2024)

This film is as good as everyone claims it to be. Dark and indecently sexual. It carries that gothic theme that just feels wet and gross yet so captivating to watch. The cinematography was beautiful and I love the theme of martyr, it made this story so much more meaningful in a way.

The Substance (Fargeat, 2024)

Yes. Just yes. I was enthralled with absolutely everything about this film. This was such a unique concept, the scariest part about it is that it also happens to feel so so close to what reality is beginning to look like for us. Demi Moore really was the star of the show, her performance has been one of the best I have seen in her entire career and I hope she is SO back!

Working Girls (Borden, 1986)

A film following sex workers usually is a film for me. This was brutal but so so important. I loved the rawness of the reality of what sex work can look like instead of the glamorization Hollywood tends o give to sex work. This is a one location film that did such a great job by keeping you captivated on dialogue alone. Women being women but living in the consequences of the patriarchy.

Heretic (Beck, Woods, 2024)

Not too much on this one now. Audiences seemingly did not enjoy this one. I heavily enjoyed the themes of the reality of religion and belief. Some may see this as religious propaganda but it’s about the sanity and insanity of giving yourself to something you believe is larger and greater than you. Also, that one scene where Hugh Grant is listening to Radiohead, I get him.

Honorable mentions:

i used to be funny (Pankiw, 2024)

Sad and melancholic but so so hopeful. Follows a nanny who gets sexually assaulted by her employer and her attempt to juggle her life after the incident especially in terms of keeping communication with the girl she nannied for.

others:

Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy (Morris, 2025)

Paddington in Peru (Wilson, 2024)

Dear Zachary (Kuenne, 2008)

Holland (Cave, 2025)

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (Dunne, 2017)

Ive made a separate on for the foreign films: linked here of you are interested

Books with reviews:

The Hour of the Star - Clarice Lispector

This follows an ugly girl living in Rio who is just constantly getting criticized by her situationship Rodrigo. Although she is ugly and unloved she still strives for optimism. I loved the look at poverty in Brazil especially as someone who grew up there. This one hit home! My first Lispector, surely not my last.

Little Birds - Anais Nin

30s-40s erotica? Sign me up! There’s something about eroticism of that time that is just so gritty and grotesque yet sensual. I loved that these were short stories about artists. I’m so used to the “sports smut” that this was incredibly refreshing, dark and deeper more desire. Erotica isn’t always it’s dark and gruesome as well. If you are someone who enjoyed the film Secretary (2002, Shainberg) you’ll love this.

Sluts - Dennis Cooper

This is dark and gruesome, a very hard read I happen to find rather important. This follows an online escort website in which the customers review their experiences. Brad an underage escort seems to blow up on the website and what are reviews begin to turn into very dark fantasies men like to share online. If you think the film Mysterious Skin (2005, Araki) is a hard watch maybe stay away from this one.

Others:

Frank: Sonnets - Diane Seuss

I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman

Rebugging The Planet - Vicki Hird

What I’m listening to

Radiohead

Joy Division

Fiona apple

Limp Bizkit

Adrienne Lenker