excited to say i'll be attending #fantasticfest2026!! if any editors need extra hands on deck, i'd be happy to help with coverage 😎

what makes ONSLAUGHT such a fun ride is that it embraces its influences and weirdness with total, unhinged joy. go see it if you can this weekend! i wrote about it for @awardswatch.bsky.social 💥 awardswatch.com/onslaught-re...

AwardsWatch - ‘Onslaught’ Review: Adria Arjona is a Badass and Dan Stevens Lets His Freak Flag Fly in Adam Wingard’s Bloody Actioner [A-]

“You’re about to see a lot of my interests on this screen,” laughed filmmaker Adam Wingard ahead of an early screening of Onslaught, his latest film in Austin, TX two weeks ago. The director, who h…

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ONSLAUGHT is tons of fun! thanks to @awardswatch.bsky.social for the opportunity to review this one 💥

Erik Anderson@awardswatch.bsky.social · last wk.

'Onslaught' Review: Adria Arjona is a Badass and Dan Stevens Lets His Freak Flag Fly in Adam Wingard's Bloody Actioner [A-]

what a rotten week it's been 😔

The Film Stage@thefilmstage.com · 2w ago

Tim Curry (1946—2026)

emergency watch time 🦋💖

a diva, a philanthropist, a champion of literacy, and by all accounts one of the best southern ladies to ever do it. the world is a little less brighter today. RIP, angel 🦋💖

love to receive a text about "a real opportunity" from a random number the same week i have a job interview that turns out to be a scam. just love it, love it, love it!!

the pain of being a nightcrawler fan after the X-MEN '97 finale.................

People viewing everyone in bad faith has created a lot of our loneliness problems

Matt Monagle@monagle.bsky.social · 3w ago

A lot of people being cruel and stupid online has taught us to assume every stranger is cruel and stupid and hate strangers preemptively, and that really makes it feel like the cruel and stupid people won.

really loving the whole album but this song especially (to no one's surprise) music.apple.com/us/album/bob...

Bobby by Phoebe Bridgers on Apple Music

Song · 2026 · Duration 3:59

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i had a blast going long on crash, cronenberg, and championing the grotesque. thanks, @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social for your support on this one!

RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices.bsky.social · 4w ago

“In a world where governments are actively policing trans people and their bodies, where sex on screen is seen as something vulgar and unnecessary, where people with uteruses are robbed of their choice to be pregnant or not, [CRASH] feels not only relevant but necessary,” writes @mtzxale.bsky.social

i had a blast going long on crash, cronenberg, and championing the grotesque. thanks, @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social for your support on this one!

RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices.bsky.social · 4w ago

“In a world where governments are actively policing trans people and their bodies, where sex on screen is seen as something vulgar and unnecessary, where people with uteruses are robbed of their choice to be pregnant or not, [CRASH] feels not only relevant but necessary,” writes @mtzxale.bsky.social

"Because the protagonists can’t connect in any other way, it takes a grotesque offering to conjure it: metal, blood, and sweat." -- Alejandra Martinez (@mtzxale.bsky.social) on a David Cronenberg's divisive 1996 drama Crash. www.rogerebert.com/features/pro...

Prophecy is Ragged and Dirty: David Cronenberg's "Crash" Turns 30

On Cronenberg's auto-eroticism three decades on, and how it matches his career-long preoccupation with sex and death.

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wrote about kiyoshi kurosawa's meditative and melancholy THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/the-...

The Samurai and the Prisoner Review — Hyperreal Film Club

While The Samurai and The Prisoner may take its time rolling through its four seasonal vignettes, there are elements that will satisfy both fans of good, Columbo-style mysteries and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s...

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favorite first watches of july: • CHILD'S PLAY 2 (1990), d. john lafia • HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE (1996), d. alan smithee • OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001), d. steven soderbergh • MUPPETS MOST WANTED (2014), d. james bobin

i really appreciated the lovely melancholy of LOST CHAPTERS 📖 my review on #LatinaMediaCo is live! latinamedia.co/lost-chapters/

“Lost Chapters” Beautifully Lingers on the Little Moments

The passing of time and memory is a core thread in Lorena Alvarado’s lovely feature debut, "Lost Chapters."

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back home and feeling grateful for physical film, a medium that is so beautiful because of its ephemeral nature. also, the hades sequence was undeniably one of the sickest things i've seen on screen all year (complimentary) 🙂‍↕️ boxd.it/ftSxUP

A ★★★★★ review of The Odyssey (2026)

A face... a fleet... a war... a man... a thought... a trick... speechless!! kept thinking about how special seeing something on physical film is because of the imperfections/wear the print will experi...

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today in unemployed cinephile side quests: THE ODYSSEY in 70mm IMAX 🍿🏛️🤩

i really appreciated the lovely melancholy of LOST CHAPTERS 📖 my review on #LatinaMediaCo is live! latinamedia.co/lost-chapters/

“Lost Chapters” Beautifully Lingers on the Little Moments

The passing of time and memory is a core thread in Lorena Alvarado’s lovely feature debut, "Lost Chapters."

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was genuinely moved by the cronenberg x charli collab. there's some strange comfort in facing oblivion not as an enemy, but an inevitability we all must face. grateful for art that can make me appreciate the small, precious time we get here 🖤

really enjoyed TONY, a film that knows better than to sink into the saccharine. the result is something that feels more complex, bittersweet, and real. dominic sessa is a reliably great anchor, but leo woodall, and antonio banderas deliver something essential.

it's impossible to imagine most of my favorite movies without sam neill. he could be it all, and do it with relish. thanks for everything, sam 💔

the face of a guy who has definitely been helping me work and not at all pressing random computer keys with his full body weight

full thoughts coming soon, but while i respect and appreciate that EVIL DEAD BURNS never slows down while leaning into all the nasty bloodiness we've come to expect from the franchise, something was still missing for me!

alejandra@mtzxale.bsky.social · 2mo ago

now watching:

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come join us, #ATX film critics! 🥤🍿

ATX Film Critics@atxfilmcritics.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The AFCA is now accepting applications for new members. Details at the link below for membership requirements, with applications accepted through the end of July. We look forward to adding new voices to our film-loving community! ❤️🎬 austinfilmcritics.org/become-a-mem...

favorite first watches of june: • SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983), d. robert hiltzik • HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH (1992), d. anthony hickox • THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999), d. sofia coppola • REDLINE (2009), d. takeshi koike

it's an endless, sapphic summer in hayley kiyoko's debut feature, GIRLS LIKE GIRLS! i wrote about it for @austinchronicle.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 www.austinchronicle.com/screens/film...

Girls Like Girls Review: Endless Summer • The Austin Chronicle

Girls Like Girls Review: Endless Summer

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i wrote about OBSESSION'S subversion of the tóxica trope and how men's perceptions have always burdened women latinamedia.co/obsession/

"Obsession" Subverts the Tóxica Trope

"Obsession" places the real horror in something women have been experiencing since the dawn of time – the burden of men’s perceptions.

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with PRIMETIME's excellent teaser trailer being released today, i couldn't help but think about last year's underrated PREDATORS, a doc that examines the thorniness of TO CATCH A PREDATOR awardswatch.com/predators-re...

AwardsWatch - ‘Predators’ Review: Engrossing Examination at How the Rise of True Crime Shows Revealed its Complicity [A] – Sundance Film Festival

If the phrase, “Hello, I’m Chris Hansen,” means anything to you, you are probably familiar with its source: To Catch A Predator. For the unfamiliar, the TV show, hosted by Hansen, ran on NBC from 2…

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