Wyeth Leslie
@wyethwashere
Local man trying his best. I write a lot. Essays: Letterboxd: Publications:
Missed opportunity for this guy to be doing O Brother covers before The Odyssey.
Canonically this kid could have lived long enough for raptors to make it to his corner of the world.
Always found his role in Red October to be quite tragic (probably because I grew up with him as That’s Dad).
New essay coming Saturday morning, about familiar digital struggles and a metatextual kingdom in decay. patreon.com/WyethLeslie
Once again the wife and I pitched a perfect 4th of July movie marathon.
If you don’t take time out of your 4th to hang with Val and Earl are you even celebrating America
Not subtweeting anyone but rather a whole approach, in particular towards “Gen Z” leaning horror. I found plenty to be annoyed by in Backrooms and Obsession (probably also will with Iron Lung and Leviticus). But imagine watching and not having sympathy for a generation feeling without future.
Malick’s The New World begins with the freedom of nature and ends with manicured imprisonment.
As AI creeps more and more into movie production, I appreciate that Robert Eggers continues to go full “Gandalf in the Minas Tirith archives.”
Lining up NyQuil and melatonin to hit me like this to ensure finally a decent night’s sleep.
If the worst flu of my life is the trade off for the Red Sox sweeping the Yanks, so be it.
Got around to that chainsaw show the kids are talking about and these are my beautiful idiot children whom I adore.
I know, I know not to pass this along like the Ring VHS but for the past couple weeks I’ve been watching videos of complete strangers from all corners of the earth celebrating together. It’s always “nothing unifies like a common enemy” when common joy is a force just as likely.