Nov. 6th, 2021

chase_acow: cat in a line up "I knocked down the xmas tree." (winter bad kitty)

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain on Amazon Prime starring Benedict Cumberbatch

"A biographical drama - English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.

After his father's death, Louis Wain tries to look after his five sisters and his mother as a freelance artist. He is fortunate that Sir William Ingram, editor of the Illustrated London News, offers him a job as an illustrator. His life takes another positive turn when Emily Richardson, the new governess of his sisters, steps into it. She becomes the love of his life, and soon they take in a stray kitten they call Peter. It is unusual in the Victorian era to keep a cat as a pet, and the cat pictures that Louis paints from then on are just as unusual."

I really enjoyed this. It's quirky, it's sad, but the ending is so hopeful.

some cats! )

I also saw Antlers where I wasn't expecting the metaphor to be spoiler )

but it was plenty fucked up and I . . . enjoyed it? Like not active enjoyment, but the kid was great in it, the monster was spectacular, and the atmosphere very tense.

Last Night in Soho was so good! I enjoyed everything except having "Downtown" ear-wormed inside me for the rest of the day.

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makes mistakes but
easily correctable

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