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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

favorite first watches of september: • HEAD (1968), d. bob rafaelson • SCREAMPLAY (1984), d. rufus butler seder • HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (1986), d. john mcnaughton • FRISK (1995), d. todd verow

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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The danger for criticism is that people will want to become critics in order to become television celebrities, rather than enjoying the pleasure of writing and the excitement of trying to define and describe what you’ve seen. (1992)

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

really loved GIMME TRUTH, a doc that takes an empathetic approach to outsider communities 🛸 #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

making my @neonsplatter.bsky.social debut this week with some dispatches out of #FantasticFest! first up, i unpack COMPLIANCE -- a found footage conspiracy thriller that stands apart 📼

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

now seated for one of my last #FantasticFest movies: HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (on a new 35mm print!!)

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

evening screenings are kicking off with GIMME TRUTH #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

harrowing and spiritually violent in ways you wouldn't expect, but also unintentionally funny, too! what makes this time capsule of a pre 9/11 america even more terrifying is that there is an air of the uncanny, a sense that some things never change. #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

starting my penultimate day at #FantasticFest with HELL HOUSE

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

checking out DOGGOD to round out my night at #FantasticFest 🐶

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

need to let this one marinate, but it certainly captures the bleak, unrelenting overstimulation of living in our modern age!

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

2 more movies to go tonight, but here's what i've watched so far at #FantasticFest today 🌀

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

got over 4 hours of sleep and feeling invincible for day 6 of #FantasticFest 💪🏼

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ALPHA GANG (secret screening 2) grew on me as it went on. first half takes a bit to get going, but once it does, it turns into something on a completely unique wavelength. stupid (complimentary), stylish, and unexpectedly sweet! #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

now seated for SECRET SCREENING 2 at #FantasticFest 👀

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

SCREAMPLAY: truly delightful! loved how sharp and silly this old hollywood tribute was. the restoration by #MuscleDistribution is stunning! one of my fave discoveries of the fest so far 🖤 #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

the gang is ready for day 5 of #FantasticFest 🎃🍿

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

greetings from day 4 of #FantasticFest! kicking off things with CORPUS

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

DONKEY PRINCESS: a film that creates a rich visual world that transcends time periods and film genres. the visual artistry at work is worth getting lost in, even if the plot ends up being more incidental than expected #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

GHOST IN THE CELL: a raucous, bloody, silly good time!! more movies need to have half as much fun as this one does. made for a delightfully unhinged early morning watch. #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

this was bloody, feral fun but something still felt missing. mails monroe innocent! #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

DEATH OF A YELLOW BIRD: spooky and meditative take on grief, acceptance, and memory. loved the use of sound in this! #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

FRISK: captures the dangerous side of desire with uncompromising vision. 30 years out, this feels brutal and gross and unapologetic in a delicious, necessary way! #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

BEWARE BOIÚNA: wanted a little more coherence from the killer snake movie, but maybe that's on me! #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

RESIDENT EVIL is insane, funny, and mean in the best way. cregger is 3 for 3 with this one! #FantasticFest

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

now seated for my first screening of #FantasticFest: RESIDENT EVIL 🩸

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

hello from day one of #FantasticFest2026! i highlighted the latine films playing the fest here: latinamedia.co/fantastic-fe...

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

hi #fantasticfest2026!! watch this space for reviews, hot takes, and other festival shenanigans 💚

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

bumping this after the long weekend 😇

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

what a rotten week it's been 😔

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

emergency watch time 🦋💖

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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 🦋💖

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

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!!

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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

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Kate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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

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Bobby by Phoebe Bridgers on Apple Music

Song · 2026 · Duration 3:59

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

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

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

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

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"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...

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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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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

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

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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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

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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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alejandra @mtzxale.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

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

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