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Alex Lei, the Brianna Wu of film twitter? (He's actually white)

A Mandated Psychosis: On Peter Watkins' The Journey | In Review Online A new film essay on The Journey, directed by Peter Watkins, for film review site In Review Online.

re-upping this piece i wrote last year on The Journey, even though everytime i reread something i wrote on Peter Watkins’ greatest work i immediately want to update it again because, more than any film, it can only be considered in an ever-evolving present inreviewonline.com/2024/08/12/a...

“I had just won a Guggenheim fellowship and went down to the post office. I run into Sal, he says ‘Hey Buba, you think you’re ever gonna make it?’ It brings you back to reality.”

@honorszombie.bsky.social spends an afternoon with the Bard of Braddock, Tony Buba

did people discourse this over here yet. do we know how Bluesky users prefer to pee

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere has no idea why Nebraska is a great album Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere tries to know Bruce Springsteen at the moment the musician knew himself the least.

I just can't understand why you'd make a movie like Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere seemingly designed to make Springsteen heads like @alexlei.bsky.social angry www.avclub.com/springsteen-...

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere has no idea why Nebraska is a great album Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere tries to know Bruce Springsteen at the moment the musician knew himself the least.

went long on Nebraska and why Scott Cooper’s approach to Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is so deeply misguided www.avclub.com/springsteen-...

Hoagy Carmichael: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Between the Production and Real Life: Paula González-Nasser on The Scout | In Review Online Before she directed a feature of her own, Paula González-Nasser spent years location scouting for shoots in New York City. It turned out to be a fortune Between the Production and Real Life: Paula Gon...

talked to Paula González-Nasser about wonderfully subtle and quietly devastating debut THE SCOUT for InRO inreviewonline.com/2025/10/23/p...

recreating the Twitter experience

how come my account doesn’t have the “rude” tag. fuck you guys

Interview: Connor Sen Warnick on “Characters Disappearing” A half-hour into Connor Sen Warnick’s Characters Disappearing, left-wing revolutionary Mei (Yuka Murakami) hangs up a poster declaring “The East is Red.” Until that point, the film seems to take place...

one of the biggest surprises of New/Next this year was Connor Sen Warnick’s atemporal synthesis of political and poetic cinema set in early 70s Chinatown, CHARACTERS DISAPPEARING. talked to the debut director for Filmmaker filmmakermagazine.com/132242-inter...

A Never-Ending Pile-On: Sabrina Greco on Lockjaw | In Review Online An interview with filmmaker Sabrina Greco, director of Lockjaw, for film review site In Review Online.

talked to Sabrina Greco about her rip-roaring debut Lockjaw for InRO inreviewonline.com/2025/10/17/s...

do you think they see your pfp and think this account is…something else

giving you a Jay Kelly boost

Oral HIstory: Nobuhiro Yamashita, Doona Bae, and James Iha on “Linda Linda Linda” at 20 Nobuhiro Yamashita, Doona Bae, and James Iha on the making of their cult classic “Linda Linda Linda.”

A joy to speak with Nobuhiro Yamashita, Doona Bae, and James Iha about the legacy of LINDA LINDA LINDA, an underdog indie that continues to capture the hearts of new fans. For @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy

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“The Algorithm of It All”: Tucker Bennett and Chris Corrente on “In the Glow of Darkness” Drawing heavily from internet aesthetics that feel at once contemporary and dated, In the Glow of Darkness is a sprawling, hand-made cyberpunk ensemble film following detectives, streamers, pop stars…

talked to Tucker Bennett and Chris Corrente about their handmade, PKD-esque internet dystopian romp IN THE GLOW OF DARKNESS filmmakermagazine.com/132229-inter...

well well well, looks like the Big City Elitists have logged on

we got the gonzo coverage of New/Next online

Bluesky Jay Kelly starter pack and it’s just Ethan

you’re not supposed to swear on Bluesky

is there a starter pack of people that post about Jay Kelly

okay who’s in charge here

that’s the soundtrack to Bluesky

truth nuke

you don’t get stuff like this here

do people on Bluesky like Jay Kelly. do you talk about Jay Kelly

people on Bluesky don’t even know about Two Skateboards

Dan coming on Bluesky just to reheat his old tweets…

this would’ve been viral on Twitter by now….

when i was writing about the Moullet retro i tried to find a standardized way to write it (is it Mac-Mahon like the theater? why do most English sources write it Mac Mahon?) and then i found academic things saying “Mac Mahonian” rather than “Mac Mahonist” and gave up