Gordita Beach

"Enemies on our building and all surrounding buildings."

Warfare, dir. Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza 2025, 95 minutes.

Apr 8 • 

Coy Harlingen

February 2025

Journals: January 1st - February 12th

Journal entries and other uncollected thoughts in loose chronological order.

Feb 12 • 

Coy Harlingen

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January 2025

"If you lost your mind, you will find it there..."

Bob Dylan, University of Wolverhampton at The Halls, 9th November 2024

Jan 8 • 

Coy Harlingen

October 2024

"A geriatric Polish tour with you fine people."

A Real Pain, dir. Jesse Eisenberg 2024, 90 minutes.

Oct 19, 2024 • 

Coy Harlingen

BFI London Film Festival: "She bites."

Anora, dir. Sean Baker 2024, 139 minutes.

Oct 14, 2024 • 

Coy Harlingen

BFI London Film Festival: "She did it to keep you safe."

Blitz, dir. Steve McQueen 2024, 120 minutes.

Oct 11, 2024 • 

Coy Harlingen

September 2024

Gordita Beach Cultural Highlight #1: LFF @ MAC

Thoughts on the upcoming BFI London Film Festival at the Midlands Arts Centre.

Sep 22, 2024 • 

Coy Harlingen

“Within a budding grove…”

Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini 1975, 116 minutes.

Sep 12, 2024 • 

Coy Harlingen

August 2024

“I had my opportunities, and I didn’t take them.”

Unrelated, dir. Joanna Hogg 2008, 100 mins.

Aug 21, 2024 • 

Coy Harlingen

"Work that gets dirty as it cleans."

Maddie asked me to write about Longlegs, dir. Osgood Perkins 2024, 101 minutes.

Aug 14, 2024 • 

Coy Harlingen

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July 2024

“An idea of cinema which he applies to the world.”

Unhurried thoughts on Demy's Les Parapluies de Cherbourg ahead of its Screen B14 x Whatever Pays the Rent screening, whilst waiting for the number 50…

Jul 9, 2024 • 

Coy Harlingen

“It was better when you said it standing up.”

The Death of R.M.F., dir. Yorgos Lanthimos 2024, 51 minutes.

Jul 2, 2024 • 

Coy Harlingen