Natalie

Winning a Lambda special prize is probably as good a time as any for this, so: Hi! I’m Natalie Marlin. I’m a queer trans freelance arts/media critic, always looking for cool writing opportunities. DM me to commission: Features Interviews Reviews Profiles Essays Scene reports Album bios …and more!

This came in as a misshipment today and I thought this would just be a standard isekai light novel, and how wrong I was

I had a panic attack writing this and setting it up because I have a million things on my plate, and it never stops. I really really need money to move and sign a new lease. www.gofundme.com/f/a-fresh-st...

And let's not forget, our host matching vibes while introducing the film.

Look introducing THE MATRIX when the line for doors is around the block 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Tonight’s the night!!! Twin Cities film people: do NOT miss your chance to see Lana and @lillywachowski.bsky.social’s masterwork on one of the rarest prints of the film around. This is possibly the coolest way I can imagine ever seeing the film, I am so excited to screen this tonight.

Hello friends, it's been a rough month and I'm asking for helping again. My disability is acting up like a real fucker, my Disability application is in limbo again, and my cat is annoying but cute. Help out if you can? Paypal: rowankaiser Venmo: @rowankaiser patreon.com/totalmassacre

Help out my former workplace which I still love and cherish

Sharing here: the cooperatively-owned Seward Cafe, one of the most vital spaces for supporting DIY artists and feeding unhoused neighbors in Minneapolis, needs donations to stay afloat amid financial uncertainty. Please pitch in and share, and help keep spaces like this alive in the Twin Cities

Trans film at this scale is still so rarely funded, so I hope this screening demonstrates the demand for trans films, now more than ever I’m thrilled to use my role as a trans programmer to present this favorite from Lana and @lillywachowski.bsky.social on a gorgeous print, please don’t miss it 💚

Begin to believe… the next Queer Cut screening I’m hosting is this Saturday night, playing a very rarely screened archival print of THE MATRIX as part of the Heights Theater’s centennial series Saturday, October 3rd Curated preshow at 9:10 pm Intro from yours truly at 9:30 pm

My girlfriend dressed me up for my first ever trip to the state renaissance festival 🥰

What a special opportunity to see The Matrix. Truly a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see it in 35mm.

i expect all of you to come paint this town green

THIS IS TONIGHT!!! Excited to finally do some body horror and Cronenberg for this series, come get gross and freaky with us 🪰

THIS IS TONIGHT!!! Excited to finally do some body horror and Cronenberg for this series, come get gross and freaky with us 🪰

Be afraid… be very afraid. David Cronenberg’s body horror classic THE FLY screens at the Heights Theater on Saturday, Sept. 26th as part of my series Queer Cut Curated preshow begins at 9:20 pm, followed by an intro from me and the feature presentation at 9:45 pm Come watch Seth Brundle change 🪰

best triple feature of all time in the practice space?

Will also do one last plug and note that if you want to support Trylon Cinema and their fabulous work, you can grab my poster for the Davies series from them at the most reasonable of prices o7 ko-fi.com/s/a9b4005fd4

I’ve been stoked for months to hear Abbie talk about this film from one of her all-time fave directors at length, and the day has finally come!! Tune in and listen to my very smart wife talk about a lovely movie!

Any time I get to work Annie Dillard into a conversation about other art forms is a good one. Thanks so much as ever to the Trylove crew for having me!

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. We were all pretty gobsmacked by THE LONG DAY CLOSES (1992). It replaces a plot with feelings-as-memory. While we were lost in reverie, @abbiememorydoll.bsky.social helped us figure out what makes Terence Davies' not-musical so special! (links in 🧵)

[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right

was a joy designing this—twin cities people, come out to see the best directorial one-two punch ever??

Abbie knocked yet another amazing poster out of the park for one of her favorite directors, come out and catch these movies if you're local <3

@abbiememorydoll.bsky.social Designed this incredible poster for our weekend series dedicated to the immensely talented Terence Davies. DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES and THE LONG DAY CLOSES play back to back. Tickets at www.trylon.org/film-series/...