md russell, film buff
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I've been bad at Bluesky lately but I wrote this, too! Bring your loops or rent it at home from the @letterboxd.social video store. Let's be real I wrote this months ago and it's not in theaters anymore anyways
MovieJawn@moviejawn.com · 3mo agoMJ’s MD Russell says, “TUNER is an energetic heist movie with a fun premise and a few audio jumpscares.” #TunerMovie is now playing in theaters
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MovieJawn@moviejawn.com · last wk.MJ’s MD Russell says: “The Snare is a well-made movie with a standout lead tackling a complex topic. While it overstays its welcome, it reminds us all that being alive is both expensive and scary!” #TheSnare is in theaters now.
It is so cool to see non binary representation in movies! Check out #Jimpa (and my review for @moviejawn.com)
MovieJawn@moviejawn.com · 7mo agoMJ's MD Russell says, "While JIMPA crumbles a bit under its own enormity, it’s a successful film nonetheless." #JimpaMovie is now playing in select theaters.
I write about my 13 favorite movies of 2025, and immediately add many other films to my watchlist 🍿 Check out @moviejawn.com staffer's favorite movies of the year, and watch more movies!
MovieJawn@moviejawn.com · 8mo agoMJ Staffers share the Best Movies of 2025. #BestOf2025
Thankful for a year a fantastic television, learn more about @moviejawn.com staffer's favorite shows of the year 🌟 I write about a criminally under seen gem, #KingofDrag
MovieJawn@moviejawn.com · 8mo agoThe MJ staff shares their favorite television shows of 2025. #bestof2025 #tvjawn
MJ's @katespenser.bsky.social says, "Tina Romero takes familiar tropes of the genre, many invented by her father, and finds new ways to both honor and subvert them." QUEENS OF THE DEAD is now streaming on @shudder.com #QueensOfTheDead #NowStreaming #Shudder
Tina Romero's QUEENS OF THE DEAD is a tribute not only to her father's legacy but to queer survival — Moviejawn
by Kate Beach, Staff Writer Romero and Judge’s script is tight and funny, giving each character, including a number of cameos, their moment to shine.
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I love #Bound, and I've got the tattoo to prove it ;) Celebrate #Noirvember with a lesbian classic that has aged like fine wine, and check out my newest installment of Weird History for @moviejawn.com
MovieJawn@moviejawn.com · 10mo agoIn celebration of #Noirvember, MJ's @trashexpert.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of one of the greatest neo-noirs ever put to celluloid: BOUND. #weirdhistory #boundfilm #noir
Trans people matter! So do trans movies. Support both by checking out #ShesTheHe when you can, and reading my recent review for @moviejawn.com
MovieJawn@moviejawn.com · 11mo agoMJ’s MD Russell says, “SHE’S THE HE takes time to celebrate the queer and the silly, in a time where we so desperately need it.” #ShesTheHe premiered today at BFI.
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Ryan Whatever@silberwhatever.com · 11mo agoI am so proud of all the work we do @moviejawn.com. Gorgeous zines every quarter, tons of new release reviews, and amazing feature articles! It feels like we are The Little Engine That Could. If you can afford to buy a zine, sign up for our Patreon, or donate, it would mean the world to me.
Need a cure for the blues? MJ's Megan Robinson recommends a dose of screwball comedies. Here's how to start watching... 📽️
How to Start Watching: Screwball Comedies — Moviejawn
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer If modern films like Barbie, or the current state of the world, have you itching for more fast-paced comedies, I’ve compiled a list of where to get started.
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SO stoked I got to review the new DEMON SLAYER movie! It’s incredible of course.
MovieJawn@moviejawn.com · 12mo agoIncredible animation and empathetic, character-focused stories continue to define DEMON SLAYER in the latest INFINITY CASTLE installment. Tori Potenza @theneonbanshee.bsky.social reviews it all here.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched a pretty mixed bag a real fall from grace (not watching 4 really good movies in a row) let's be friends: boxd.it/2rs23
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A print movie zine that features cinematic deals with the devil.
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now feels like a great time to remind you I wrote about Victim and the history of queer blackmail for @moviejawn.com Interested? 1. Watch Different from the Others (1919) 2. Watch Victim (1961) 3. Read my Weird History column or in whatever order you want, I'm not picky :)
Weird History: VICTIM (1961) proves that movies really do have the power to change the world — Moviejawn
by MD Russell, Staff Writer Basil Dearden’s 1961 film Victim might be the most important queer film you’ve never heard of.
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md russell, film buff@trashexpert.bsky.social · 12mo ago17 / QUEER BLACKMAIL :'( ✦ Different from the Others (1919): A German work of art destroyed by the Nazis and then pieced back together. That's queer resiliency! ✦ Victim (1961): A British masterpiece that helped legalize homosexuality and was the first English-language movie to even say it
Feeling the need to be known, but I am indeed playing Silksong. I'm in Hunter's March, and I'm trying my best!
if u do not have anything nice to say well sometimes u are not wrong
These days, who isn't worried about crab balls? MD Russell @trashexpert.bsky.social reviews a hometown movie, THE BALTIMORONS.
THE BALTIMORONS is a warm hug and an instant Christmas classic — Moviejawn
by MD Russell, Staff Writer The Baltimorons is heartwarming, funny, and genuinely cares about the city and people it portrays.
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well call me Mr. Baltimore Crabs, because I loved #TheBaltimorons it's not everyday I get to watch a new Christmas classic based in the city that raised me. Read my review for @moviejawn.com and check it out soon in a theater near you! 🎥 🦀
THE BALTIMORONS is a warm hug and an instant Christmas classic — Moviejawn
by MD Russell, Staff Writer The Baltimorons is heartwarming, funny, and genuinely cares about the city and people it portrays.
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Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
From Twitter, here is what Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif wrote to be shared with us on his death. Israel targeted Al Jazeera's tent near Shifa hospital with an airstrike, killing Anas, four of his colleagues, and two other people. x.com/AnasAlSharif...
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.
MJ's @jaylansalah.bsky.social shares a new installment of our column Queer Window. "LOVESONG is about that particular moment in queerness where if a gal doesn’t put on a brave upfront and face up to her true emotions, all is lost, and what’s lost can never be retrieved."
Queer Window: LOVESONG calls for giving into desire — Moviejawn
by Jaylan Salah, Staff Writer The idea of feminine friendships as a masquerade for sapphic love has been a key note in films about women in love without explicitly showing they’re in love.
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My latest for MovieJawn! Don’t worry, no spoilers here.
MovieJawn@moviejawn.com · last yr."WEAPONS is a bonafide puzzle box with remarkable performances and madman Cregger throwing all the right switches, giving life to yet another unexpectedly bizarre creation that deftly balances humor, heart, and above all, horror." Read the full review from Darian Davis @dariandavis.bsky.social
Was Take Me Away the pop punk ballad of your youth? #FreakierFriday is now in theaters and I wrote some words about it!
MovieJawn@moviejawn.com · last yr."It’s got everything you’d want—jokes about aging, a Pink Slip performance, and Chad Michael Murray pining for Jamie Lee Curtis. We’re talking not one, but two Chappell Roan songs." Despite some forced conflict, MD Russell @trashexpert.bsky.social finds FREAKIER FRIDAY to be a bucket of fun.
Thankful I watched this as an adult, I only lost sleep for one night instead of my entire adolescence
MovieJawn@moviejawn.com · last yr.MJ's MD Russell says, "I know it's fiction, but GHOSTWATCH just feels so real." #Ghostwatch is now streaming on @shudder.com
Had a great time writing about #Ghostwatch and my life-long fear of the ghosts from Field of Dreams for @moviejawn.com Newest edition of WEIRD HISTORY just dropped, read it! And then, watch one of the most underrated horror mockumentaries of all time, now streaming on @shudder.com
Weird History: Why GHOSTWATCH terrified a generation of British children — Moviejawn
by MD Russell, Staff Writer What is a great movie today was a terrifying ordeal for more than a few British folks.
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The Philadelphia street sign is incredibly informative while also being legible, extensible, clean, and iconic. Top 10 best graphic design in my book
Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · last yr.What’s one _good_ thing your city/municipality does that’s worth sharing?
