general grievous apologist

29 • pan demigirl • she/they • @hyperfixfilms • sober since Feb 2018 • s'ti th'laktra (I grieve with thee)

[general grievous apologist @mothmomm]

Maddy Coming Out Of Her Ballpit To Shame Mankind (2019)

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

Today in March Madness, you must choose between the egregious Oscar snubs of Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Natalie Portman...

Or the wins of Reese Witherspoon and Angelina Jolie.

It's TODD HAYNES (3) vs JAMES MANGOLD (6).

Vote: https://t.co/pM9Zy0D0OD

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

MARCH MADNESS DAY 1 - LET'S GOOOO

First up - two guys who made unsettling movies set in toy factories:

STEVEN SODERBERGH PT I (1) vs BARRY LEVINSON (8)

Vote here: https://t.co/pM9Zy0D0OD

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

MARCH MADNESS PART VII - THE NEW BLOOD

All filmmakers here are making their first appearance in a Blank Check March Madness tournament!

Voting will take place each day of March starting at 10AM ET on https://t.co/5gN6VAiKW1

(There's a printable bracket at that link, too!)

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

Today in March Madness - it's between a Taiwanese pre-teen crooning Elvis songs (A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY) and a former Disney star just straight-up becoming Elvis (ELVIS).

It's Taiwan's EDWARD YANG (6) vs. Australia's BAZ LUHRMANN (2).

Vote: https://t.co/pM9Zy0D0OD

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

Today in March Madness, it comes down to two filmmakers with devoted fanbases.
Will the Fans of "Pan's" secure a decisive victory?
Or will the Kon-heads get their "Perfect" pod?

It's Mexico's GUILLERMO DEL TORO (1) vs. Japan's SATOSHI KON (4)

Vote here: https://t.co/pM9Zy0D0OD

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

We've reached the *Sweet Sixteen* portion of our March Madness competition! Now the fun really begins!

Up today - Hobbits vs. Handmaidens.

It's New Zealand's PETER JACKSON (1) vs. South Korea's PARK CHAN-WOOK (4).

Vote here: https://t.co/pM9Zy0DyEb

[Tiger Webb @tfswebb]

guy in march 1805 thinking he has a pretty steady handle on things: battlefields are on land ☺️

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

Happy Oscar Day! Today in March Madness, we have two directors - one who has never been *nominated* (cowards!) and one who has two Oscars we wouldn't take back.

It's Canada's DAVID CRONENBERG (2) vs. the Czech Republic's MILOŠ FORMAN (7).

Vote here: https://t.co/pM9Zy0DyEb

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

Today in our March Madness bracket, it's a battle between two of our "gateway" filmmakers - men whose films first inspired our love of world cinema...

It's France's FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT (4) vs. Hong Kong's STEPHEN CHOW (5).

Vote here: https://t.co/pM9Zy0DyEb

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

Up today in March Madness, it's - quite frankly - a hilarious matchup. Between the maximalism of MOULIN ROUGE and the stark beauty of MIRROR...between ELV-IS and SOLAR-IS...

It's Australia's BAZ LUHRMANN (2) vs. Russia's ANDREI TARKOVSKY.

Vote here: https://t.co/pM9Zy0D0OD

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

Up today in March Madness - it's movie monsters versus money orders... one of Mexico's big "Three Amigos" versus the "Father of African Cinema"...

It's Mexico's GUILLERMO DEL TORO (1) vs. Senegal's OUSMANE SEMBÈNE (8).

Vote here: https://t.co/pM9Zy0D0OD

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

Today in March Madness, you must choose between Mountains (May Depart) and Oceans (are now battlefields)...

It's Australia's PETER WEIR (2) vs. China's JIA ZHANGKE (7).

Vote here: https://t.co/pM9Zy0DyEb

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

Up today in March Madness - do you want your westerns served with a heap of spaghetti? Or your Mississippi seasoned with a sprinkle of Masala?

It's Italy's SERGIO LEONE (3) vs. India's MIRA NAIR (6).

Vote here: https://t.co/pM9Zy0D0OD

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

The first matchup of BLANK CHECK MARCH MADNESS 2023 takes us to places as exotic as Middle Earth, an ad agency in Chile, Stanley Tucci's murder den, and a British KFC drive-thru:

It's New Zealand's PETER JACKSON (1) vs Chile's PABLO LARRAÍN (8):

https://t.co/pM9Zy0D0OD

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

CHIP SMITH HERE REPORTING LIVE FROM DOHA QATAR
(Image courtesy of DavidP in the Blankies discord):

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

PRESENTING OUR FULL BRACKET FOR BLANK CHECK MARCH MADNESS 2023 🌎🌍🌏

Voting starts March 1st on https://t.co/pM9Zy0D0OD

[general grievous apologist @mothmomm]

Lovely to be the 2,047th 🐲 on @BackerKit for Romancelvania: BATchelor's Curse. Thanks @thedeependgames https://t.co/vorhtjI8w7

[RheaRipley_WWE @RheaRipley_WWE]

2023…
The year of
Rhea “BLOODY” Ripley! ⚖️

[Antony Ludwig @Doritos_Xtreme]

Opening so many envelopes it was like I was assigned mail at birth