Leah Marilla Thomas

@leahmarilla

writer, former Hasbro toy tester, Amtrak 10 and a Jennyish Joanne

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Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· 9d

they're calling it the most beautiful shot captured on film

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Jun 3

I’ve peaked

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· May 21

Mutual aid for kitties! We’re raising money for this little guy’s chemo treatments. He’s doing very well so far!! Please pass along XOXO gofund.me/6abba3b5e

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· May 11

got up to stuff again

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Apr 29

the plot thickens (derogatory)

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Mar 31

The cat wanted attention so I hit him with Hamlet’s to be or not to be speech. This was his reaction

Benji the cat having an existential crisis. Hard to describe what that looks like, honestly.

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Mar 31

on this disney+ maul show, richard ayoade voices a character named two boots richard ayoade IS

storefront of two boots pizzeria in the east village, manhattan

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Mar 25

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Mar 16

Me: I want more people to follow me on Letterboxd! letterboxd.com/leahmarilla/ 🤪 Also me:

I spent ten minutes before the Oscars watching French silent films directed by Alice Guy-Blaché. I'm not a pretentious person, but I am unpredictable.

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Mar 16

Updated my villain origin story chart + added some notes

A chart showing Academy Award-nominated/winning films written and directed by the same woman. The women are: Coralie Forgeat, Justine Triet, Celine Song, Greta Gerwig, Sarah Polley, Jane Campion, Sian Heder, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chloe Zhao, Emerald Fennell, Dee Rees, Lisa Cholodenko, Debra Granik, Courtney Hunt, Tamara Jenkins, Sofia Coppola, Shari Springer Berman, Nora Ephron, Agnieszka Holland, and Lina Wertmüller. They share 25 screenwriting nominations total (5 wins) and 10 directing nominations total (3 wins, 1 honorary). Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to win (or be nominated) for director with a screenplay she did not write. Elaine May, Nancy Meyers, and Nora Ephron have all been nominated for screenplays they did not direct, May and Ephron twice. Marielle Heller and Barbra Streisand have never been nominated for director, but women were nominated for screenplays they directed. Of the 21 Best Picture nominees directed by women in history, 8 were nominated for director and 20 for screenplay, excluding Selma.

Ryan Coogler (Sinners), Barry Jenkins (Moonlight*), Jordan Peele (Get Out), and Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman*) have also all won screenwriting Oscars and lost Best Director for the same film. Spike Lee was nominated for screenplay for Do The Right Thing and not Best Director that year, which is absurd. Taika Waititi has a screenwriting win for JoJo Rabbit and a short film nomination, but no Best Director nominations.

More relevant notes I gathered while researching:
- Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to win (or be nominated) for director with a screenplay she did not write.
- Elaine May, Nancy Meyers, and Nora Ephron have all been nominated for screenplays they did not direct, Elaine May and Nora Ephron twice.
- Marielle Heller has never been nominated for director, but Nicole Holofcener was nominated for Can You Ever Forgive Me*. Similarly, Barbra Streisand has never been nominated for director, but Becky Johnston was nominated for The Prince of Tides*.
- Of the 23 Best Picture nominees directed by women in history, regardless of who wrote them, ten were nominated for director. Twenty two were nominated for screenplay. The only film not nominated for either director or screenplay is Ava DuVernay’s Selma.

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Mar 16

gnight

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Mar 16

Congratulations to Jessie Buckley, who I saw play Anne Egerman in A Little Night Music on the West End in 2009 from behind a pillar for probably like £15 or something stupid. I was entranced for two hours. One of the best theatrical experiences of my life. See below. Tiny future Oscar winner:

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Mar 16

bugonia (2025)

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Mar 13

Angel Salvatore-Cullen in the opening credits of The Vampire Lestat, I love you

poster on a wall of a moody, brooding, 90s and 00s style teen heartthrob vampire wearing a long-sleeved v-neck shirt.

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Mar 12

Oh!

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Mar 2

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Feb 27

Screenshot from Difficult People featuring Julie Klausner

Text: What do you think John Landis'

Screenshot from Difficult People featuring Julie Klausner

Text: worst contribution to society is

Screenshot from Difficult People featuring Julie Klausner & Billy Eichner

Text: his alleged manslaughter or his son, Max?

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Feb 15

if I win the lottery I won't tell anyone, but there will be signs

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Feb 14

what is zohran mamdani’s plan to get alyssa liu to cats: the jellicle ball??

Alyssa Liu holding her team gold medal. For visual context: she has stripes in her hair identical to the girl in the next picture.

Skimbleshanks the railway cat aka the cat of the railway train.

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Feb 13

my live reaction lmfao

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Feb 2

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Jan 12

"a welcome increase" from 8 to 12 out of 50 is bleak but i'll take it letterboxd.com/2025

Leah Marilla Thomas@leahmarilla· Jan 11

Happy five-year-anniversary to the day I spent losing my mind preparing to rewatch Tenet, which I hadn’t really enjoyed the night before, on a laptop on the floor of a windowless hallway with noise-canceling headphones and a pot of tea. It was one of the best days I’d had in months. Love Tenet.