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Alexis Moon

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"Writer." Bylines in MUBI Notebook and elsewhere. moonlightfilm.substack.com boxd.it/8oUIz mmtre.app/Uz8yj

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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 5h
I know they only have categories for Drama and Comedy/Musical, but this is such a strange leap. The film isn't really a comedy, it just has some jokes.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Beau travail:
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A ★★★★★ review of Beau Travail (1999)
Sers la bonne cause et meurs. Beau travail est l'un des trois ou quatre films, peut-être, que je considère comme les lacunes les plus importantes de toute mon histoire avec le cinéma. J'ai désespéréme...
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Old news! :p #filmsky 📽
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I have Johnny Guitar takes you people wouldn't believe. Transsexuality and repressed gay desire. I watched the development of American fascism in its historicity. All those moments will be preserved online, like a stain that can't be washed out. Time to edit.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Forgot to post this yesterday. New piece from me:
moonlightfilm.substack.com
Three Short Films: Motion & Music
A programme of three films which marry image and sound.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One of the greatest masterpieces in cinema, in my opinion, and one of the most harrowing endings ever.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Favourite new-to-me films from this month! I filled in a ton of blind spots so it's honestly hard to just pick four. But these are four I loved. #filmsky 📽️
The Bed You Sleep In (1993, dir. Jost)Orpheus (1950, dir. Cocteau)Walker (1987, dir. Cox)Voyage to Cythera (1984, dir. Angelopoulos)
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I also have a new piece out on my substack this morning! You can read it for free here: #filmsky 📽
moonlightfilm.substack.com
Modernity Is the Future: Jacques Tati’s PlayTime (1967) and Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville (1965)
The French New Wave tackles the darker side of modern efficiency.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My new feature in Mubi Notebook on Kurosawa Kiyoshi's new film The Samurai and the Prisoner is out today! Rather proud of this one. #filmsky 📽
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Inherit the Wind: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “The Samurai and the Prisoner”
After a career exploring the ennui of post-bubble Japan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa showcases a new vision for humanity.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New piece #filmsky 📽
moonlightfilm.substack.com
Back to the Basement: Underground (1995), Cinema, and Serialization
Things fall apart in Yugoslavia.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Watermelon Woman #filmsky 📽
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A ★★★★ review of The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Gritty 90s digital photography that plays with the boundaries of raw authenticity, using a mockumentary approach which blends fact and fiction to get at the heart of the depiction of Black women on fi...
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I was thinking about Nostos: il ritorno (1989, dir. Piavoli) and it induced such great longing in me that I opted to just sit down and rewatch it. One of the absolute masterpieces of cinema. #filmsky 📽️
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Fantastic free marketing for the film. Saying this makes him sound like a total narcissist, which certainly plays into the depiction they've pushed in the marketing materials thus far. One of the films I'm most excited for this year.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Real (2013) is extremely close to being Kurosawa's best picture. Incredibly underrated film because it did not conform to expectations (the eternal "where's Cure 2"). One of his greatest masterpieces, possibly even his greatest. #filmsky 📽️
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Is this a safe space to say that Martin Scorsese's best film is "King of Comedy" and that it's not particularly close?
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Rewatched Drive 8 years after seeing it for the first time. I no longer hate it! But I'm still fairly unconvinced by it as a whole (in spite of how pretty it is). #filmsky 📽️
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A ★★ review of Drive (2011)
Now, this. That is one motherfucking fine-ass pussy mobile, motherfucker. Hated Drive when I first watched it back in 2018. I was not very receptive to what it does visually, and The Driver was a comp...
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New piece up today on Sullivan's Travels (1941). Link below, like subscribe hit the bell etc. #filmsky 📽
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
When the piece was originally supposed to be 1,000 words but your editor is willing to let you get a bit silly with it:
2,904 words
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Seen it twice at digital press screenings, but first time on the big screen. Now seated (on a love seat with my wife no less)! #filmsky 📽
The Samurai and the Prisoner
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My letterboxd heartbeat rating monitor. #filmsky 📽
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
People have been enjoying this trend on Twitter (link below). These four are my picks. #filmsky 📽
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I really, truly believe that we all moved on from this wonderful film far too quickly. #filmsky 📽
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
My review of Cure (1997) remains one of my most popular pieces. #filmsky 📽
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A Society in Need of a Cure: Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Enduring Masterpiece
Originally published 4 March 2025.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Follow me here for weekly film writing:
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Alexis Moon | Substack
Film writer. Fearless film discussion, right to your inbox. She/Her.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It's fine, but not an especially good film. It took off with zoomers because of the endless(ly insufferable) social media discourse around dating.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I have a byline coming in August with MUBI Notebook. I am extremely happy to be working on this piece, as it is a very meaningful one for me personally.
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Alexis Moon @amoonwriter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My review of Throne of Blood. #filmsky
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A ★★★★ review of Throne of Blood (1957)
This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.
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