Elizabeth Cantwell

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high school teacher, horror-lover, poet, Bright Wall/Dark Room editor, parent, person

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if you need a podcast episode to hype you up, I stand by this old ep of the @bwdr.bsky.social podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

taking care of a sick toddler on vacation but while mindlessly/depressively scrolling I discovered it’s the 25th anniversary of Eyes Wide Shut, so that’s reason to celebrate

‎The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast: Eyes Wide Shut (with Elizabeth Cantwell) on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com ‎Show The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast, Ep Eyes Wide Shut (with Elizabeth Cantwell) - Dec 24, 2021

taking care of a sick toddler on vacation but while mindlessly/depressively scrolling I discovered it’s the 25th anniversary of Eyes Wide Shut, so that’s reason to celebrate

Shelley Duvall!!! Fuck.

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oh god, just realized that we’re in for a lot of “that bastard Kubrick” takes inspired by Duvall’s death Duvall herself did not see things that way, and it’s a narrative that imagines her incredible Shining performance was not a product of her own talent and agency it’s insulting

had a great visit to the NY Transit Museum earlier today - turns out old subways are cool

I was present for this; spoiler alert—they did not see the bones

My kids went to Fort Greene Park today and I have since learned the oldest was lifting the middle kid up to opening of the sealed memorial door marking the burial of 11,500 revolutionary war dead saying CAN YOU SEE THE BONES

today’s views

Taking CA kids to New York: a lesson in how much humidity shocks people who have never experienced it

Everyone is entitled to their own hygiene routines but I honestly think that if you don’t shower after a long flight then you might be a monster

clearing-out-the-fridge-for-a-3-week-trip dinner = Saturday night hot dogs & scrambled eggs & cheese & oranges

Can someone explain why it is that every time I walk into a Walmart I feel like I’m under siege and have to leave as fast as possible, but I could basically live in a Target?

happy Jaws day! Still my favorite thing I’ve written about America! www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2016/04/01/i...

It’s Only An Island If You Look At It From The Water - Jaws (1975) | BW/DRwww.brightwalldarkroom.com It is summer in America and everywhere you look you see people in denial. You are waiting for someone to turn the boat around.

Presumed Innocent is the first show I’ve really looked forward to new episodes of in a while. Partly due to O-T Fagbenle’s bizarrely compelling performance?

RIP Robert Towne. So many amazing films!! Is this also an appropriate time for me to remind everyone that I think M:I2 is great?

I love Nicholas's writing!

New today on the site: "For Richard Linklater, HIT MAN is a genre exercise, or really, an exercise in the idea of genre." - Nicholas Russell

Trying To Be Cool: On Hit Man & Playing the Characterwww.brightwalldarkroom.com For Richard Linklater, Hit Man is a genre exercise, or really, an exercise in the idea of genre.

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As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).

I already re-watched all my comfort shows from 2020-2022 to get through the worst of Covid … what comfort shows are left to me in this pretty rough year of 2024 …

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surged 48%. for a mass plagiarism tool that tells you to eat rocks and glue.

Google says its greenhouse gas emissions have surged 48% in the past five years due to the expansion of the data centers that underpin its AI efforts (Financial Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Chief among them: I remain 100% all in for Austin Butler, Tom Hardy can do whatever fucked up little voice he wants and I’ll love it, Norman Reedus was surprisingly great, and Jodie Comer was Not Doing It for me. Oh and I would have ended it differently

OK I saw the bikeriders and I have thoughts

On the exact opposite end of the spectrum, he is ALWAYS looking at/devouring sports books (today’s haul: LeBron by Jeff Benedict)

I love that on any average book store jaunt my 10yo knows to find me in the horror section when we get separated

anyone have any advice for how to feel better when the universe keeps kicking you when you’re down?

this is what happens when your tween boy gets ahold of your phone without you realizing

Last summer I watched all of the Mission: Impossible movies with my oldest kid (now almost 11 years old). Trying to figure out what movie adventure to put him through this summer …

Sometimes living on a boarding school campus is exhausting, but sometimes it’s summer and you have a sick toddler and you’re able to say to your older two kids “yeah, go ahead, you two can just go up to the basketball courts as long as you’re home before dark when the bear might come out”

RIP to a truly great actor. Klute! Don't Look Now! And my all-time fave Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which I wrote about for @bwdr.bsky.social a few years ago: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2020/12/21/w...

Ah shit, Donald Sutherland. This one's getting to me.

With Eyes Like Ripening Fruit: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)www.brightwalldarkroom.com You’ve seen the image on Twitter or you’ve seen it in your dreams. The gaping mouth, the white of the eyes. The finger pointing straight into the lens. The terrible moment of mirror revelation: I know...

Ah shit, Donald Sutherland. This one's getting to me.

The tone of the show also suggests it could eventually contain my favorite kind of scene: Paranoid, At-the-End-of-His-Rope Man Tears Apart Own Room/Car/Possessions In Search of Evidence Planted Against Him Or Bugs

two episodes into Presumed Innocent and I am here for Jake, the sex, and the death