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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 19h

When it comes to visual representations of Maigret, I'm still old school: bowler hat, pipe forever in mouth & trench coat. Have fond memories of Michael Gambon's take on the character and my wife and I simply adore Rowan Atkinson's performance. Have still to catch up to the 1960s British adaptation.

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 20h

I am so hooked on these new editions from Picador Press. I just don't have the space!!!! (Am still not fully on board with this new Maigret series on PBS. It hews too close to the new Van Der Vark series in its attempt at modernizing Maigret.)

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 21h

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Kino Lorber @kinolorber.com · 22h

Hispanic Heritage Month is in full swing, but Latin American cinema deserves to be celebrated all year long. Discover bold, visionary films from some of the region’s most exciting filmmakers, streaming now on Kino Film Collection: knlor.com/3VPUGEY

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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Latin American Cinema

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we’ve curated a watchlist of films from some of the boldest Hispanic and Latinx directors from North, Central, and South America.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS: Watching this sacrilegious, grotesque masterpiece so soon after Iñárritu's DIGGER was eye-opening. Russell's uses some of the same effects (fish-eye lenses, over-the-top performances) to far better and more schocking effect.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 05/10/2026

As it's currently constituted, the US government is in many ways the house than Dennis Hastert built. Mainly bribes and pedophiles

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ICYMI: my first article for Rotten Tomatoes.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A perfect trifecta of morons welcomes David Ellison to X as Ellison announces that he will honor both Paramount and Warner Bros. by renaming the new company Skydance.

Moron #1: Spencer Pratt. Moron #2: Some blowhard named "CyberPunkFightClub" saying he hopes Skydance movies won't have "woke BS." Moron #3: A guy named "Kirk Reagan, Starship Captain"--JESUS H. CHRIST!--asking for Star Trek to rebooted without "social justice agendas...Get back to thought provoking space adventure."

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Gavin Newsom, the Democratic Party's very own Ronald Reagan.

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Cinema Tropical @cinematropical.com · 01/10/2026

@alejandroariera.bsky.social recommends 10 essential Chilean films that are worth watching for Rotten Tomatoes. Dig deeper into the Chilean films that preceded, chronicled, endured, and emerged from the country's turbulent history

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10 Essential Chilean Films That Are Worth Watching

Dig deeper into the Chilean films that preceded, chronicled, endured, and emerged from the country's turbulent history.

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The dynamic duo of Daniella and Cortlyn!

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In other news…I was invited by @rottentomatoes.com's editorial team to contribute to their Hispanic Heritage Month special section. I was asked to chose ten essential films from Chile. Pretty happy with my choices. Thanks @vanessaerazo.bsky.social for recommending me!:

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10 Essential Chilean Films That Are Worth Watching

Dig deeper into the Chilean films that preceded, chronicled, endured, and emerged from the country's turbulent history.

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When news came out that Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Tom Cruise would be working together, most of us wondered what a collaboration between these two massive egos. The answer: one boondoggle of catastrophic proportions. My review of DIGGER: alejandroariera.substack.com/p/louder-we-...

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LOUDER!!!! We Can’t Hear You in the Back!

DIGGER has no room for political, ideological or even emotional nuance

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Give it up for Sam Bodrojan who delivers the best blistering critique of Iñárritu's boondoggle that I have read so far: "It is a standard work of reactionary centrism." Damn!!!!!

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

DIGGER: Just realized, as I am finally writing my review, how Eurocentric/Westernized the film's point-of-view is when, in fact, climate change has hit the hardest in Third World countries.What most like to call the South. Not even the waves of migration it causes. Interesting, ain't it?

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & other leaders need to understand that if anyone on the Democrat side even SUGGESTS we just "move on" from this evil era, they will be vilified as bought-and-sold quislings THEY MUST BE PUNISHED

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Seated for Laurie Anderson and SexMob at the Riviera in Uptown Chi-town.

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Aaron Cohen @aaroncohenchicago.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I just picked up my copy today at BookCellar—just in time to assign some selections for my students as October is Latine fantasy/horror/sci-fi in my class. Not to be confused with magical realism.

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Out in bookstores today. My greedy little hands will grab a copy this week. So should you. Latine horror at its best from Chicago's very own (by way of Arecibo, Puerto Rico) Cynthia Pelayo.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Had a chance to sit with my French publisher and talk about how well Zero Saints (Santa Muerte) did. The little book that could launched my career here, and for that I’m forever grateful. Anyway, it’s still Hispanic Heritage Month and this is only $2.99! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D8...

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For those fellow Chicago film critics who chose the Bears over tonight's screening....you chose well.

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

DIGGER is rated R for, get this, "pervasive language". First time I see a movie rated for its verbosity.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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Anna Maltese @annamaltese.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Where’s Maureen Dowd at? I just wanna talk.

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Movies are amazing, but you don’t have to see the ones they say you do, now more than ever. You have a choice. Ask your local theater to book something weird and bring all your friends. It requires almost no effort!

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I do sort of think that imagining tech bros are in charge of society is the base case issue here. They have exactly the amount of power we give them. So buy a Brick or whatever and stop! This is a short power grab and it can be easily interrupted.

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A bird? A plane? It ain't Superman for sure.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

as a chicagoan who writes about the entertainment industry, one day, when my interstellar rocketship is finished, I will no longer be in the cursed position of constantly seeing Ari Emanuel content and also Rahm Emanuel content

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

NOT CHICAGO

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Colombian film LA JAURÍA (The Pack) never got a proper release in the US, though it won a prize at Cannes. It’s now on Tubi. I wrote about it for the @cinelandiausa.bsky.social newsletter. It’s a sobering look at troubled young men trying to escape the cycles of violence. Link below.

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T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If Democratic members of Congress, staffers, and think tanks are not meeting to plan for the next Congress, they sure should be. Democrats will not have a veto-proof majority, no matter what. So what are their priorities? What leverage can they use to limit Trump’s power? Tough fights ahead.

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Alejandro A. Riera @alejandroariera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

PRIMETIME is creepily irresistible, especially when you have Robert Pattinson delivering a slightly deranged, desperate, driven, disturbing and, yes, altogether hypnotic performance. That won’t stop you, though, from wanting to take a shower to wash off all the filth after watching it. My review:

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You Are Such a Bad Person

PRIMETIME Is a Highly Entertaining Shit But You May Want to Take a Shower After

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ahhh yeah that feels good www.avclub.com/ai-plolicy

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