Agnes Forrester

@agnesfm

sentient writing algorithm | media critic | words @ www.rummagist.com | Melb, AUS

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Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· 13d

you can take out the enormous foam shoulder padding from your vintage coat. it's not illegal

It's me! I'm wearing a vintage brown coat with dark velvet contrast collar and enormous 80s power shoulders. It looks cute here tbh but I'm only 5'3" so throws my proportions out too much overall.

Me again, having taken the huge foam lumps out of the shoulders, and happily the loss of structure hasn't ruined the coat. It's still wide but the softer shoulder is more forgiving.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· 15d

anyone else find the #AusAlert a bit scary but also weirdly danceable?

The critical AusAlert message edited to lyrics from Life During Wartime by Talking Heads.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Jul 11

Jay McCarrol holding a gun in Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie ( NTBTSTM ) with "This is an XBOX" over the top like their stupid marketing campaign

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Jul 7

Sometimes you have to draw a niche and dumb parody of the Criterion cover for the debut feature of the guy who directed Superbad

A parody poster for Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, copying the Criterion cover for The Daytrippers (1996).

The original cover for The Daytrippers. An illustration of four people running down the street, a car following alongside them.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Jul 4

You can do #LetterboxdFriday on a Saturday. It's not illegal #LastFourWatched

Asteroid City (5 stars), Good Fortune (3.5), The Holdovers (4), and Everything Grows in Eden (3).

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Jun 30

I moved heaven and earth (logged into my ABC account) to make things right

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie sitting on 4% of votes because it starts with N and no-one with good taste in movies could bloody reach it

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Jun 30

ABC's voting widget doesn't have a submit button and reacts on press, so I couldn't scroll down to Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. The perfectly descending vote distribution suggests I'm not the only person this happened to!

What's your favourite movie of 2026 so far? The films are listed alphabetically and the votes all neatly follow in descending order, with 24% for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Jun 29

for this challenge two of the judges will always tell the truth, while the other two always lie #MasterChefAU

The MasterChef judges standing in front of fridges. Subtitle reads "You'll need to decide which fridge full of ingredients..."

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Jun 26

Two trips to the cinema in a week, outside of festival season? Who does she think she is? #LastFourWatched

Hundreds of Beavers (2 stars), The Daytrippers (4.5), Dead Man's Wire (3.5), Wendy and Lucy (3).

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Jun 23

Received a response from Now or Never that conceded their wording was ambiguous (it now says "Image made with AI, on purpose") but also defended its use. How nice for the arts festival that they feel "comfortable"!

As an arts and technology festival, Now or Never is comfortable with using AI renders for promotional imagery - it's an evolution of artist impressions and digital renders, and a legitimate creative tool.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Jun 22

You want niche? Well you're getting NICHE. If you like one of these shows you should watch the other one.

A parody of the DVD cover of It's Garry Shandling's Show, with Matt and Jay from Nirvanna the Band the Show (NTBTS).

The original DVD design for It's Garry Shandling's Show. A blue-grey background with Garry looking bemused, wearing a retro TV set over one shoulder.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Jun 11

found this at a rival op shop don't tell my boss

Neon Genesis Evangelion DVD of episodes 1-4.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Jun 9

It's niche and dumb photoshop time again

A photoshopped Re-Animator poster to add Matt and Jay from Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (or NTBTSTM). It's titled Nirvanimator. The photoshop work isn't perfect but my god finding shots in NTBTS of these two guys at the correct angles and expressions was enough of a win on its own.

The original Re-Animator poster. A man in a lab coat holds up a glowing green syringe, watching over a decapitated head in a tray. Behind him the head's body reaches out menacingly.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· May 31

limited to 2244 of my favourite audio tracks for this 30 minute train trip 🙄

A gold 7th gen iPod nano playing Groceries by Mallrat.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· May 31

party theme was "goths vs preps" so obviously I had to go bully those losers 💅

It's me! A white woman wearing a pink boucle dress, pink beret, white shirt with black ribbon tie and a really nice quality fake Chanel bag. It's a bit Legally Blonde except my hair is brown

Me again, same outfit but with a long vintage houndstooth coat over the top and a soft toy pug in my arm. You can't tell from the photo but the pug is also a bag

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· May 30

this + a dodgy text that just said " :( " = every film nerd in Melbourne changing all their contact details 😮‍💨

Critical security incident email from Melbourne international film fest. The body text just says "i feel like miley cyrus sometimes".

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· May 28

sad mirror selfie

A mirror selfie of me pulling a cartoonish sad face. The mirror has a label that says "sold" but the letters are too close together so it really says "sad".

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· May 26

Sometimes I have an idea so niche and so dumb I have no choice but to spend multiple hours on it in Photoshop

A parody poster for Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, or NTBTSTM. Different little Matts and Jays are captured mid-walk. An orange line curls around the poster. There's a raccoon in the bottom right.

The original poster, for The Woman Who Ran by Hong Sang-soo. Little Kim Min-hees are captured mid-walk; a yellow line curls around the poster. In the bottom right there's a tabby cat.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· May 26

work let me pretend I'm not a disappointment to my parents

It's me! A brown-haired white woman wearing a PhD doctoral graduate hat with a tassel. I'm in a messy retail storage room.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· May 24

hell yeah here's mine

Stack of library DVDs. Operation Avalanche, Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss, Happy Death Day, Asteroid City, Good Fortune, The Holdovers, Paris Texas, Problemista.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· May 21

I figured it out

Blu-rays of The Young Ones and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· May 15

come to BUFF in the next 15 minutes if you want an arse kicking

A stack of hot pink flyers for the Brunswick Underground Film Fest.

It's me! A smiling white woman with brown hair wearing a shirt that says BUFF.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· May 7

"don't take work home with you" BZZZT wrong get Cardcaptored

Cardcaptor Sakura figurine of her costume from episode 4, an Astroboy retrofuturist pink dress with white padded rings around her skirt and shoulders.

Sakura figurine of her costume from episode 8, the pink ruffle dress with black cat ear headband and bells. Someone donated these to the op shop I work at. Thank you, whoever you were! And yes I paid for them. You gotta pay for things.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Apr 23

The inner lever had a dent in it, so the button wasn't reaching it properly. I stuck a tiny piece of plastic/foil from a pill packet on top. good to go.

The side of the inner watch mechanism. One of the levers has a big dimple impression.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Apr 23

Got a watch for $5 because the mode button wasn't responding. Blokes at Mr Minit were very polite in telling me they didn't know what was wrong and couldn't fix it. Took it home and did it myself in about an hour.

The re-assembled watch with accurate time and date.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Apr 20

shocking that the school holiday crowds aren't flocking to this experience

my letterboxd review of The Deb. Two stars. "Sam Simmons jumpscare 🤢". I wrote a lot more below that but it's too angry and depressing to share here tbh.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Apr 17

got myself a 'got a job' present from @umbrellaent.bsky.social

Collector's edition of The Dirties by Matt Johnson. Features an essay by my brilliant friend Ivana Brehas! It's resting on a pair of jeans with big holes in the knees.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Apr 7

it's official: labubus are labubover

Two PopMart labelled Labubus donated to an op shop

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Apr 6

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (NTBTSTM) screenshot. Matt's writing on the RV whiteboard: time machine, 2025 to 2008 to 2025.

Agnes Forrester@agnesfm· Mar 31

thanks everyone, I figured it out