Eloise Ross

@cinemelo.bsky.social

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I'm Gun Crazy, & I love Barbara Stanwyck so much it hurts sometimes | PhD in sound & Classical Hollywood | film studies lecturer | co-curator @melbcinematheque.bsky.social https://letterboxd.com/cinemelo/

A publicity shot of Joan Crawford for LETTY LYNTON (1932), wearing her famous gown.
A screenshot of my letterboxdxrecent activity.
A screenshot of the foreword to the film THE SQUATTER'S DAUGHTER (1933) reading "A message from the prime minister". What follows is a missive in support of the film and Australian culture.
A photo of crew from Chronicles from the Seige (2026) winning an award at Berlinale and holding a Palestinian flag
"Basically 90 min to tell a synopsis that could've been two sentences."
A photo of a white cup with a film camera decoration and the label "Cinema Cafe", on a table with a vase behind it.
A photo of the Berlinale print program in my lap, which im reading while having a glass of red wine in a dimly lot bar.
A screenshot of my phone showing Kylie's album Light Years that I'm currently streaming from Tidal.
A screenshot of John Wayne, back to the camera, leaning against a rock in the foreground and pointing a gun at a man in the distance, in the film THE RANGE FEUD (1931)
A photo of a car dashboard that has a handwritten note on it that says: Hey! NICE BUTT
A photo of a felted hand puppet crafted like Ned Kelly, with black "armour" everywhere but its eyes
You can only see a bit of my hand, but I'm holding up a Warner Archive DVD of His Kind of Woman! with artwork of Jane Russell caressing Robert Mitchum on the cover.
Screenshot of Lotti Huber in Rosa von Praunheim's ANITA - DANCES OF VICE (1987) saying "Now I'll show you the most beautiful ass in Berlin!"
My letterboxd wrapped for 2025 that shows Joan Fontaine as most watched actor and Hitchcock as most watched director.
A screenshot of my letterboxd list of "Most Watched" films for the year with posters for Love Me Tonight, Incident, Restless Blood, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Hush, all watched twice.
A bottle of white wine with an orange tree, with a face and arms, on the label. It says GUM.
A picture of my face next to the toilet paper dispenser in a toilet cubicle. Think Ripley in Alien.
Rita Hayworth publicity still for THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI; she's pointing a gun directly at the camera, against a black background
4 posters from my letterboxd list.
A screenshot of 8 posters from my letterboxd list of noirs this month. One poster is blurred, it's pornography, The Mark (1976).
A screenshot of my letterboxd list for November featuring 8 noir posters.
A screenshot of my letterboxd list of noir and neo-noir I've watched this month.
A still from Leave Her To Heaven. Gene Tierney in salmon pink slacks and a white blouse resting in an outdoor chair.
A screenshot of my letterboxd list of noirs watched this November, with 8 posters displayed.
The first eight films in my letterboxd watches for Noirvember shown by their posters
Veronica Lake publicity photo: she's wearing a witches hat in front of rows of evil faces
A screenshot of my letterboxd profile with posters for The Silence of the Lambs and Seed of Chucky.
Jeanne Moreau looking rather morose in a bed in Joseph Losey's EVA (1962)
Eight posters from my letterboxd diary: Gog, Murder!, The Premature Burial, Nosferatu, Trick or Treat, Night of the Sharks, Deadly Blows, Motel Hell
A screenshot of my letterboxd diary listing 8 film posters.
Eight posters reflecting my lettrrboxd horror month viewing
A photo of my kitchen table with two bluray box sets on top: Psycho (1-4) and Child's Play (1-7).
A spooky image from Czechoslovakian film THE DEVIL'S TRAP (1962)
A small greenish bowl with creamy fresh ricotta in it. I was experimenting with green glaze and it didn't really turn out well, but I like the bowl anyway.
A screenshot from PILLOW OF DEATH with a person holding a book called "Famous Suicides of History"
A screenshot from the film THE SUSPECT (1944) of Charles Laughton looming in the frame giving a little pat to a tiny little ginger cat.
A screenshot of a section of this article referring to practices of "censoring and surveilling"
A screenshot from my letterboxd review about the Buffy reference in The Naked Gun (2025)
An opening credits screen filled with bright red smoke and "Joan Fontaine" in fluoro green font
An image with the voiceover subtitle: "Capital's need for endless expansion,"
A photo of dried and green grass with an almost perfectly round glass jar base in the middle of it that says "vegemite"
Terence Stamp in TEOREMA reading a book called and smoking a cigarette. He's wearing beige pants and crotch is emphasised.
A red poster with b&w stills from the film I START COUNTING! (1970)
An image of the book cover for EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM, written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.
A screenshot of my last four watched from Letterboxd, featuring posters for four Valentin Vaala films.