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bankbryan @bankbryan.com · 15/07/2026

“Some American films were huge successes in France and failed everywhere else. American studios very often keep an eye on which similar films worked well in France over the previous 30 years to get ideas of title changes and make callbacks.” @manilazic.bsky.social:

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Lost in Translation: the mechanics and motivations of film title translations in France • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

How does The Hangover become Very Bad Trip, or Arrival become Premier Contact? With another Cannes film festival on the horizon, Manuela Lazić digs into one of French film culture’s most fascinating t...

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Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

UK: Selecting gems from Italian neo-realism, WORLD NOIR VOL. 5 shows genre thrills from the edge of post-war desperation. This set includes 4K restorations, new interviews with Imogen Sara Smith, @christinalefou.bsky.social , and @manilazic.bsky.social plus a 80-page book ft. new writing.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I’m pretty proud of my Marilyn Monroe piece, where I tried to convey the fullness of someone’s pain and genius without reducing her to either. Here is the photo of her that I describe in the last paragraph. www.bookforum.com/print/3204/b...

Marilyn Monroe from the chest up, naked except for a string of beaded costume jewelry draped across one shoulder, holding a champagne coup to her face and grinning.

THERE IS A RUMOR—a piece of gossip, as it were—that for a woman, being sexually attractive is a source of power. There are straight men who will insist on this, telling you that their much younger girlfriends control them totally with the force of their bodily appeal; some feminists, too, have taken up feminine wiles as a potential source of women’s advancement and self-defense. Marilyn’s life can be read as a test of this thesis. By the dint of her genius and the force of her will, she made herself into a synonym for sex itself. Did it get her what she wanted?

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 29/04/2026

How does ‘The Hangover’ become ‘Very Bad Trip’, or ‘Arrival’ become ‘Premier Contact’? With another Cannes Film Festival on the horizon, Manuela Lazić digs into one of French ﬁlm culture’s most fascinating treats: the unsung art of title translation. boxd.it/35G

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

In this new episode of Hard Truths, @elazic.bsky.social and @manilazic.bsky.social get emotional talking about the work of one of their favourite filmmakers, Maurice Pialat. animus-magazine.ghost.io/hard-truths-...

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Couldn’t have made this better. Contributions by @realgdt.bsky.social, @manilazic.bsky.social, @horrornonna.com and Daniel Bird’s essential making of documentary. I’ve intro’d screenings of this film urging it’s a deeply political, philosophical film not just some gonzo oddity & the doc proves it.

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

In this new episode of Hard Truths - the 10th! - @manilazic.bsky.social and @elazic.bsky.social discuss three recent watches, and accidentally land on a theme: male trauma, and a certain sense of entitlement. animus-magazine.ghost.io/jukebox-or-y...

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

From the ultraviolence of RAW to the OTT silliness of TITANE and the emo intensity of ALPHA: in this ep of Hard Truths, @elazic.bsky.social & @manilazic.bsky.social talk about the ideas lurking behind the infamous shock value of Julia Ducournau's cinema. animus-magazine.ghost.io/julia-ducour...

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Tony Paley @tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Love, desire and fate considered in the films of my favourite director Max Ophüls - @manilazic.bsky.social & @elazic.bsky.social @animusmagazine.bsky.social podcast … open.spotify.com/episode/55bB...

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Love Hurts: Four by Max Ophüls

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

As the Hard Truths podcast takes a short summer break, @manilazic.bsky.social writes about some of the most striking and “brave” performances she saw at this year’s edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato: animus-magazine.ghost.io/brave-acting...

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Brave Acting at Il Cinema Ritrovato

Manuela reports on some striking performances seen in Bologna.

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Had so much fun recording this episode with @manilazic.bsky.social 💙

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

2 stars fight for relevance in 2 summer 2025 blockbusters: Brad Pitt in F1, Tom Cruise in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING. In this new Hard Truths episode, @elazic.bsky.social & @manilazic.bsky.social discuss the films’ cinematic merits, perverse pleasures, and unavoidable offense:

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

❤️ Love Hurts: Four by Max Ophüls 💔 In this episode of Hard Truths, @elazic.bsky.social & @manilazic.bsky.social explore Max Ophüls’ sophisticated, disarmingly generous perspective on passion and the pain it often brings. Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts: animus-magazine.ghost.io/love-hurts-f...

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

On the latest episode of Hard Truths, @manilazic.bsky.social and I go into some depth talking about three fantastic films playing as part of Bleak Week @princecharlescinema.com — I especially loved revisiting the mighty HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

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Bleak Week: London

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

As some have already noticed, Trump's latest official portrait bears a striking resemblance to the aesthetic of #AIslop. In particular, his shirt and tie display an otherworldly glow and an almost painterly smoothness. To me, this is further evidence of how integral AI has become to Trump's brand 1/

New official White House Portrait of Trump

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Sam Clements @samclements.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Excited to be at Picturehouse Central’s 4th edition of The World’s Biggest All-Nighter tomorrow. If any Bluesky pals would like tickets to anything, do let me know… I’ve got a few spots on the guest list! 👀

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Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Rewatched a classic horror film tonight

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Tonton Alberto 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @tontonalberto.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

R.I.P. Enzo Staiola à 85 ans. Il a interprété l’un des plus beaux personnages d’enfant de l’histoire du cinéma dans "Le voleur de bicyclette". Il a ensuite joué dans quelques films avant de devenir prof de maths.

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Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

For the 3rd instalment in our @theringer.com.web.brid.gy series looking back at the past 25yrs of cinema, @brofromanother.bsky.social & I discussed the still devastating Ang Lee film - its beauty and limitations, its women and its influence. And yeah the ending made me cry all over again! Of course!

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21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Brokeback Mountain’

A lightning rod when it came out in 2005, what stands out about Ang Lee’s film 20 years later is how masterfully considerate it is

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

June 7!

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21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Brokeback Mountain’

A lightning rod when it came out in 2005, what stands out about Ang Lee’s film 20 years later is how masterfully considerate it is

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

This is what being a twin boils down to, mostly @manilazic.bsky.social

Me sending Manue a screenshot on WhatsApp of the Anton Walbrook credit from LA RONDE, Manue sending me the same screenshot with the caption “I had also taken that screenshot lmao” lmao

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Bilge Ebiri @bilgeebiri.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

MURINA made my Top Ten list for 2022. It’s excellent. Check it out.

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Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

God it was really funny tho when Brady Corbet ended his 3h36min long silly movie with “it’s about the destination, not the journey” lmao

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Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

A couple weeks ago the Dardennes came to my work and listening to them talk for an hour about Kiarostami, Moretti, Louis de Funès and some documentaries I’d never heard of was a total dream youtu.be/Bp-F7axIX_E?...

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Les légendaires frères Dardenne sont dans notre Vidéo Club à Cannes 🎬

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Les légendaires frères Dardenne sont dans notre Vidéo Club à Cannes 🎬

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Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

hello it’s me

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Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I loved loved loved SINNERS! Listen to find out why (no it’s not the twin thing)!

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I loved loved loved SINNERS! Listen to find out why (no it’s not the twin thing)!

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Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Very excited to be working on subtitling extras for these 2 amazing films ❤️

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Very excited to be working on subtitling extras for these 2 amazing films ❤️

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 04/05/2025

I have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI. I urge everyone to delete their app.

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Duolingo CEO says he's getting rid of contract employees and replacing them with AI

Duolingo employees can also expect their AI use to be graded in their performance reviews.

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Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The 2nd ep of Hard Truths, the podcast in which @elazic.bsky.social & I get real about cinema & each other, is out now! This time, we talked about Westerns because I’ve been living at the Cinémathèque française due to its retrospective of the genre. Enjoy, partner! open.spotify.com/episode/5oMf...

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Three Westerns

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Write to us, it’s anonymous *and* cathartic

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Three Westerns

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

New editions of Psycho., the @animusmagazine.bsky.social advice column for cinephiles, are free to read every Monday going forward — so send us your film thoughts, questions, and rants for a chance to see @casparsalmon.bsky.social reply to them with his trademark wit and sass: bit.ly/animus_psycho

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Many thanks to Criterion's David Hudson for spotlighting Hard Truths on the Current blog!

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Pleased to learn that Louise Courvoisier will be part of the Un Certain Regard jury in Cannes. Her clear and thoughtful perspective on cinema shone through in our @animusmagazine.bsky.social interview: animus-magazine.ghost.io/louise-courv...

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Touch Grass: Louise Courvoisier discusses Holy Cow (2024)

An unexpected box office success in France, this debut feature shot in the countryside challenges strict divisions between the popular French comedy and the arthouse drama.

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Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

We're in this together. Fates intertwined. Cosmic Coincidence. In the 2nd chapter of @theringer.com.web.brid.gy's look back at the past 25 years of cinema, @brofromanother.bsky.social and I focus on Michael Mann's COLLATERAL to discuss digital filmmaking, the LA skyline, Cruise's bruises, and more.

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21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Collateral’

In the latest installment of our quarter century look back, we return to the Michael Mann hit man classic that still reverberates through the action genre

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Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Saw ExISTENz (which messes with my rule of writing film titles in all caps) for the first time and on the big screen today and walked out of the cinema with a huge smile on my face and a spring in my step ❤️

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21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Collateral’

In the latest installment of our quarter century look back, we return to the Michael Mann hit man classic that still reverberates through the action genre

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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

CONSIDERABLE RESONANCES 👀

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

In this first episode, we come up with the name of the podcast on the spot, and go on to discuss two differently delightful French films, both of which stand out from the usual French output for being set in the countryside: Alain Guiraudie’s MISERICORDIA and Louise Courvoisier’s HOLY COW.

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Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

If this beautiful collage I asked Elena to make - bringing together Alain Guiraudie’s MISÉRICORDE and Richard Linklater’s HIT MAN - does not make you want to check out our new podcast, then I don’t know what will!

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Florian Etcheverry @lordofnoyze.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Introducing 𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓼, a new Animus podcast with @elazic.bsky.social & @manilazic.bsky.social. Expect animated chats about cinema, digressions into unrelated topics, and trivial facts from our personal lives. Do NOT expect to immediately be able to tell us apart. open.spotify.com/episode/3oMo...

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