film recs (general)

• medeas (2013)

book recs based on project hail mary

• from @papergirlreads)
  • after the fall (edward ashton)
  • seveneves (neal stephenson)
  • space opera (catherynne m. valente)
  • stories of your life and others (ted chiang)
  • the long way to a small, angry planet (becky chambers)
  • the martian (andy weir)
  • the three-body problem (liu cixin)
• (from @seekingdystopia)
  • bluebird (ciel pierlot)
  • six wakes (mur lafferty)
  • sunward (william alexander)
  • the expanse (james s. a. corey)
  • the murderbot diaries (martha wells)

movie recs based on project hail mary (from @parthftw)

• flow (2024)
• perfect days (2023)
• train dreams (2025)

biopics recced by @wtfaleisa and comment section

• beautiful boy (2018)
• bob trevino likes it (2024)
• catch me if you can (2002)
• erin brockovich (2000)
• jeff and marge go large (2022)
• rabbit-proof fence (2002)
• roofman (2025)
• self made (2020)
• temple grandin (2010)
• the impossible (2012)
• the luckiest man in america (2024)
• the straight story (1999)
• young woman and the sea (2024)

films edited by women (from @eaglerockpaperscissors)

• Platoon, Wall Street (Claire Simpson)
• Parasite, Snowpiercer (Nam Na-young)
• Moonlight (Joi McMillon)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (Margaret Sixel)
• North by Northwest (Anne Bauchens)
• Raging Bull, The Departed (Thelma Schoonmaker)
• Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2 (Sally Menke)
• Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame)
• Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law (Melody London)
• Bonnie and Clyde, Dog Day Afternoon, The Breakfast Club, Serpico (DeDe Allen)
• American Graffiti, Paper Moon (Verna Fields)
• Singing in the Rain, Gigi, An American in Paris (Adrienne Fazan)
• Stagecoach, Cleopatra, Valley of the Dolls, Rebecca (Dorothy Spencer)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Juliette Welfling)
• Titane (Mathilde Van de Moortel)
• Eve’s Bayou, Love & Basketball, The Woman King (Terilyn Shropshire);
• Life Is Beautiful (Patrizia Ceresani)
• The Last Metro, Day for Night (Martine Barraqué)
• The Joy Luck Club (Maysie Hoy)
• also look into the illustrious careers of Margaret Booth, Barbara McLean, Viola Lawrence, Eda Warren, Alma Macrorie, Margaret Clancey, Betty Steinberg, Eva Kroll, and Alma Reville!

new/upcoming releases

• 25 cats from qatar
• notice me (east london)