Very much looking forward to celebrating @lafilmcritics’ latest pair of scholarship winners this weekend. Congratulations Sebastian Carrasco and ellie sunlight moon (@naproxen.bsky.social)! 📽️ #criticslife

Los Angeles Film Critics Association@lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 7mo ago

LAFCA is thrilled to introduce Sebastian Carrasco and ellie sunlight moon (@naproxen.bsky.social), the 2025 recipients of the LAFCA Ruth Batchelor Scholarship, supported by @rottentomatoes.com! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025Winnners 📽️ #filmcritics

ONE MORE DAY to both our awards vote and our scholarship application deadline! LAFCA, with support from @rottentomatoes.com, is offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges. Apply by Dec. 7: bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025 #filmcritic #scholarship

Two more days to apply for LAFCA’s scholarship! LAFCA, with support from @rottentomatoes.com, is offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges. Apply by Dec. 7, and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025 #filmcritic #scholarship

We are counting down to LAFCA’s awards vote—and the close of applications for our 2025 scholarship! LAFCA, with support from @rottentomatoes.com, is offering 2 $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to aspiring film critics attending L.A.-area community colleges: bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025 Apply today!

We are so excited to hear our very own Managing Editor (and past 4 issue Co-EiC & Editorial Board member) @annleee.bsky.social interviewed on Lit Mag News! Tune in on Wednesday, November 12 at 10:30 AM PT for the Q&A: litmagnews.substack.com/p/save-the-d...! See you in the Zoom room!

Save the Dates! November Interviews & Info Sessions!

what's going on...

litmagnews.substack.com

Aspiring film critics! LAFCA and @rottentomatoes.com are again offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to students attending L.A.-area community colleges: one to a woman and one to a person from an underrepresented group(s). Apply by Dec. 7 and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025

Happy birthday to me! 🥳 Help me celebrate this milestone by supporting the organizations that have preoccupied me since the last time there was a zero in my age. 🧵

We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.

So excited for the eleventh season of @expositionreview.bsky.social and to see the work inspired by the theme “ParaSocial”! Submissions are open now! tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial 👥 #litmag #editorslife

Call for Submissions for Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” - Exposition Review

Issue XI begins with an infinite tension. Para – altered, beside, beyond, against. Social – the networks of intimacy, recognition, and belonging we carry with us. Joined together, these words suggest ...

tinyurl.com

Exposition Review@expositionreview.bsky.social · 11mo ago

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” thru Dec. 15! 👥 We accept fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts for stage & screen, experimental narratives, visual art, film & comics, give personalized feedback to work submitted by 10/31 & pay $50! Submit: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!

Some films #DirectedbyWomen I saw last month—thoughts at #CineWomen: annleee.medium.com/cinewomen-19-c709dd248ab7 - #FreakierFriday - #EastofWall - #ItsNeverOverJeffBuckley - #Folktales - #TheBoysofBaraka 📽️ #FemaleFilmmakerFriday #52FilmsbyWomen

Also in this month’s #CineWomen column, I reflected on how one of my favorite travel activities is something I do multiple times a week at home: go to the movies. 📽️ annleee.medium.com/cinewomen-18...

Some films #DirectedbyWomen I saw this month—thoughts at #CineWomen: annleee.medium.com/cinewomen-18... - #IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer - #TheOldGuard2 - #OhHi - #Girlfight 📽️ #FemaleFilmmakerFriday #52FilmsbyWomen

CineWomen 18: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson waxes nostalgic with ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’…

Plus Victoria Mahoney directs a sequel to ‘The Old Guard,’ Sophie Brooks says ‘Oh, Hi,’ and Karyn Kusama’s ‘Girlfight’ turns twenty-five.

annleee.medium.com

Welcome welcome @themaureenlee.bsky.social and @shirklesxp.bsky.social!

Los Angeles Film Critics Association@lafilmcritics.bsky.social · last yr.

We’re excited to welcome two new members to our ranks: @themaureenlee.bsky.social and @shirklesxp.bsky.social! Congratulations!

First up in our Vol. X: “Spring” issue spotlight, we have our fiction section, co-edited by @courtlandavenue.bsky.social & @mellindak.bsky.social w/ Heather Vaughn, featuring stories by Daphne Armbrstet, Jennifer Bannan, Briana Courtney & Valentina Gómez. Read their work: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring!

Starting today, we’re sharing every piece from our 10th annual issue, Vol. X: “Spring”, which you can read for free. Tune in to our Insta Stories and Bluesky. And if you can’t wait, read the full issue here: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring!

“We had an inkling—or, rather, a fear. But in the year of fire and ICE our hometown of Los Angeles has experienced so far, ‘Spring’ acutely speaks to the hope we have for recovery and resistance.” So grateful for @annleee.bsky.social & @lilrensing.bsky.social: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x... 🌱

Check out our Vol. X: “Spring”Masthead! expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x... 🌱

We’re thrilled to have Jessica Taylor Bellamy as our Vol. X: #Spring cover artist. Jessica’s multi-disciplinary work explores “themes of utopia >< dystopia, human >< nature, fantasy >< reality, image >< text, and the collapsing of time.” Experience it here: tinyurl.com/ExpoPrecarious. #artsky

Congrats to #ExpoContributor @varshawrites86.bsky.social on making THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 VERY SHORT FICTIONS 2025 longlist for TELL THE BEES from our “POP!” issue! @willwriteforchai.bsky.social 🥳 Thank you to @samanito.bsky.social and the @wigleaf.bsky.social team!

Wigleaf@wigleaf.bsky.social · last yr.

new on our mainpage: THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 VERY SHORT FICTIONS 2025 (selecting editor @samanito.bsky.social )

Read our Vol. X: “Spring” LETTER FROM THE EDITORS from Co-Editors-in Chief @annleee.bsky.social & @lilrensing.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ExpoSpringLetter. 🌱 A million thank yous to Annlee & Laura, and shoutout to Annlee, who is completing her 4-year term as Co-EiC—but thankfully, is on our Board…!

“Spring” has sprung! Happy happy publication day to @expositionreview.bsky.social! Inside you’ll find work that is moving, sometimes hard, and, most of all, hopeful. Read Vol. X at expositionreview.com. 🌱⛲️🥹 #litmag #editorslife

Exposition Review - Exposition Review

Independent journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, art, & experimental narratives | Annual Issue | Flash Contests | We pay writers!

expositionreview.com

Exposition Review@expositionreview.bsky.social · last yr.

“Spring” has sprung and we could not be more delighted! It is a challenging time, yet we find such joy and hope in this bright spot and these creatives! Celebrate them, celebrate creativity & celebrate 10 years of Expo in Exposition Review, Vol. X: “Spring” here: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring! #ExpoFam

Folks, check out the cover for @expositionreview.bsky.social Vol. X: “Spring”! 🌱 Cannot wait to share what’s inside with you! 😍

Exposition Review@expositionreview.bsky.social · last yr.

Here it is! Our cover for Vol. X: “Spring” with art by Jessica Taylor Bellamy! We’re excited for you to experience writing, art, film, comics & more in this landmark issue! Join us on June 21 at 6PM at Village Well in Culver City, CA for our #ExpoPresents: “Spring” Launch Party & Reading!

Attention Los Angeles film critics! The deadline to apply to join LAFCA is TONIGHT! Details here: bit.ly/JoinLAFCA

a man playing drums with the words " this is your last chance " above him

ALT: a man playing drums with the words " this is your last chance " above him

media.tenor.com

#ExpoContributor Joseph Byrd’s piece from #ExpoReview, Vol. IX: “POP!” was selected for inclusion in the 2025 Best Small Fictions! Thanks to @robertshapardbooks.bsky.social, @altcurrent.bsky.social & the BSF team for choosing this piece! Celebrate Joseph & read his piece: tinyurl.com/ExpoThings

Tix for #Sinners’ 70mm expansion are back online at AMC—highly recommend if you can snag ‘em!

Attention Los Angeles film critics! LAFCA is now accepting membership applications through May 31! Details here: bit.ly/JoinLAFCA

I’m sorry, why do I have to work instead of rewatching Val Kilmer clips all day?

T-shirt vendors with geeky lit designs would make a killing at #AWP. LMK if I’m missing such a booth! #AWP25

And that’s a wrap on #AWP25 Day 2!!

🥳 TONIGHT! Celebrate 10 years of @expositionreview.bsky.social @ Truly LA from 7-10 PM! Join us for our in-person, #AWP25 off-site, literary citizenship extravaganza! We hope to see you there: partiful.com/e/eDO1yhEJWzBaZA5GUgGk