Speak Up Saturday

[feurioo]

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

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[wearing_tearing]

The Pitt: still a solid hour of great tv! I cried a little bit at the end of the last episode.

The Apothecary Diaries: a friend recced this to me and I've watched 5 episodes so far! It really hooked me around episode 3 of the first season with its storytelling and twists.

American Primeval: watched the last 2 episodes and found them a bit underwhelming after all of the action and tension from the first 4 episodes. I expected more from the final episode than what was delivered.

The Girl with the Needle: this movie was MESSED UP. Beautiful to watch, but MESSED UP AND UPSETTING. Utterly miserable. I'm hesitant to rec this to people because I feel like I would be causing them great distress??? It was really good, though.

[feurioo]

this movie was MESSED UP. Beautiful to watch, but MESSED UP AND UPSETTING. Utterly miserable.

Welp. I guess I know what movie to watch next!

[wearing_tearing]

Good luck! If you want any content warnings, let me know \o

[feurioo]

Yeah, I would appreciate them!

[wearing_tearing]

Spoilery content warnings!

Graphic facial war injury, attempted self-induced abortion, infanticide, child abuse, self-harm, drug use and forced drug use, breastfeeding (I know this is a squick for some).

[shadowkat]

I completely agree on The Pitt - I loved that. That's the last good television series I've seen.

Okay where did you find The Apothecary Diaries?

The Girl with the Needle - I'm going to have to look up to figure out what it is about, because now I'm curious. But I don't think I want to see it. I did see it somewhere while looking about, and gave it a pass, most likely because the description and trailer was distressing.

This reminds me of how I felt about the animated film Memoir of a Snail - I couldn't stop watching, but not sure I'd rec it to anyone.

[wearing_tearing]

The Apothecary Diaries is on Crunchyroll for me :D

The Girl with the Needle is up for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars! I do think the trailer does a good job of showing what the general tone of the movie is without giving too much away. It's based on a true story as well so you can definitely find more information about its subject matter online.

[shadowkat]

Ah, that's where I saw Girl with a Needle mentioned. Thank you. I think it's on Hulu, not certain.

The Apothecary Diaries is Anime? Cool.

[wearing_tearing]

It's on MUBI for me! Not sure how distribution works for that.

It is! I watch anime once in a blue moon so it's been really fun, personally.