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award-winning tejana writer & cat mom | @AustinChronicle @latinamediaco @DreadCentral @letterboxd @TheWrap @ebertvoices @awards_watch y mas | @ATXFilmCritics 🤠
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hi y'all! i'm alejandra, a tejana film critic & writer. i write reviews, interviews, essays, & the occasional poem.
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at the TWISTERS screening and they're playing rain and thunder sounds in the theater, a person in a cow costume is here - this is what cinema is all about folks
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CHALLENGERS is the kind of movie that makes you crave an icy cocktail on a hot day. repression, competition, and tennis make a killer combo — who knew! the score is essential and the drama of it all is delicious. thank you, luca guadagnino 🎾
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just saw filemaker pro come up on a job posting and thought of them
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sending state troopers after your students for exercising their constitutional rights is another level of cowardice
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ABIGAIL is a whole lot of bloody fun, but perhaps my favorite part was watching melissa barrera and kathryn newton play off each other — it's so cool seeing two scream queens share the screen like this 🖤
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thrilled to make my
@ebertvoices
debut writing about a few body horror films of the 2020s & how they mirror the very real horrors of our current world 🫀
"It’s a genre preoccupied with testing the limits, pleasures, & possibilities of the flesh. It also has a streak of fear under the radical physical transformations it showcases: the loss of bodily autonomy."
Alejandra Martinez on 2020s body horror
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did not expect my silly TWISTERS tweet to blow up like this, but while you're here, support
@ThePCRF
if you can 🇵🇸
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thrilled to be going into my first sundance as a correspondent for
@letterboxd
! read on for what my colleagues and i are excited to see in snowy park city ❄️🍿
“Spare no mumble, bring on the core of the core.” Our Sundance 2024 correspondents set their sights on activist docs, queer romances, Norwegian zombies and trans time-travelers.
Read all about it on Journal
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having a surreal, amazing morning seeing that i won the
@AustinChronicle
readers' poll for austin's best film critic! feeling really grateful for the recognition & to be in the same conversation as the rest of the talented critics who were nominated 💖
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there's nothing like starting my saturday with a good cup of coffee and
@hunteryharris
delivering the goods!
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THE PEOPLE'S JOKER is essential, fearless, and fucking funny. transgressive cinema is rare and hard to pin down, but this is transgressive cinema tailor-made for our times.
#FantasticFest
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the feminine urge to go see a 10PM screening of the power of the dog on a weeknight
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a reminder that i'm an award-winning writer-for-hire seeking full-time employment and freelance gigs 💌
hi y'all! i'm alejandra, a tejana film critic & writer. i write reviews, interviews, essays, & the occasional poem.
🌐
🔗
like my work? send a tip my way!
☕️
thanks for reading!
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beyond thrilled to be part of
@TIFF_Industry
's 2024 media inclusion initiative!! see you soon toronto 🍁
#TIFF2024
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i can't believe it's been a whole year with my fluffy little gremlin. time flies by and children grow up so fast 😭 happy birthday, cooper! 💗
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THE OUTWATERS isn't afraid to wander into the dark and bring us along -- no matter how much blood, tears, and screeching there is along the way! 🩸
my review:
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(probably) my last indulgent bday post, but i'm grateful for everything my 20s gave me as i turn 30. here's to the future, and learning to love the passing of time (even when it's hard) 💖
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just found out i'm nominated (for the second year in a row!!) for best film critic in austin! happy to be in such great company with my fellow nominees. if my reviews or other film writing have meant anything to you, you can vote here 🍿🤩
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late to the posting party but had to share my pearl halloween costume here before i forgot 🪓⭐️
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still thinking about LOVE LIES BLEEDING, probably my favorite watch out of
#sundance
. oozing with desire, violence, and adrenaline, it's a movie that slows down for no one.
my review for
@AustinChronicle
is up! 💪🏼
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before i start my fantastic fest shenanigans, some news about another festival: i'm so happy, excited, and grateful to have been accepted into
@sundancefest
's 2024 PII!
i'll be attending the fest in january, writing about movies, and trying not to slip on ice 😅
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revisited THE IRON CLAW last night and it still holds up so well. a devastating treatise on but the specific, toxic nature of american masculinity. "he said that if we were the toughest, the strongest, nothing could ever hurt us. i believed him. we all did"
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so, so excited that the project i've been working on for
@ransomcenter
over the past couple of years is finally ready to share!
More than 60,000 digitized items and a new educational resource based on the papers of
#LGBTQ
pioneers
#RadclyffeHall
and Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge are now available online.
See the collection ➡️
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in honor of succession ending please enjoy my kendall impression from two summers ago 🫡
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spotted: my first trailer pull-quote! 🥹
Paul Vecchiali's underseen French giallo
#TheStrangler
has been restored and is coming to theaters this fall.
Watch the new trailer:
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going to the movies is always a treat, especially with the great folks at
@SuperYakiShop
💖🍿
Esteemed film critic Alejandra Martinez's writing is fueled by her endless love for movies.
But, which movie first ignited that passion? What concession stand treat helps her beat the heat on a scorching Texas day? We get the real answers.
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i've never been more embarrassed as an alumnus of this university than i have in the past few months. truly disgusting stuff happening here!
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some news i'm v excited about! so pleased to join this rad group of writers 🤠
We’re pleased to announce 4 new members joining the AFCA this year.
A warm welcome to
@DrewSTinnin
,
@aurora_amidon
,
@CobraStarGreen
, and
@mtzxale
. Glad to have you with us! 🎬❤️🎉
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THE PEOPLE'S JOKER: what a glorious act of cinematic anarchy! full review coming soon but this is a strong contender for my favorite
#FantasticFest
watch 🃏
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love to take myself out to contemplate the harmony of pen & sword
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just another day of mental exhaustion and anguish from living in a place where my government actively wants myself and my loved ones sick and/or dead ✌🏼
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MONKEY MAN: the debut of a potent & very stylish new voice. dev patel delivers in front of & behind the camera here, giving us a bloody, emotional revenge story that lingers w/ you. worth a watch w/ a big crowd, on a big screen, complete with gasps & cheers!
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the serotonin...........i know we have a lot of work to do still but WE POPPING BIG BOTTLES FOR NOW
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i'm feeling grateful to say that as of today, i'm fully vaccinated! i'm beyond lucky and happy to do my part. if you have any questions about the experience, please feel free to DM me!
(re-uploading this bc of a glitchy second pic but if it messes up again, w/e!!)
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taylor after destroying this man: "just between you and me, did the love affair maim you too?"
everyone in the world: 👁👄👁
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austin friends, i'll be hosting a special screening of MAGIC MIKE XXL with the good folks at hyperreal film club on monday (4/1)! join me for a night of abs, friendship, & a whole lotta fun 😈
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add
#PoliteSociety
to the great sibling cinema canon, y'all! it ruled; so sweet, earnest, and the fight choreography was incredible! 💚
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excited to share my latest bit of writing, which is all about scorsese, catholicism, and learning when to let go
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THE FIRST OMEN: it's not often a legacy horror prequel can deliver like this! a beautifully shot & crafted film that isn't afraid to be brutal, gross, and scathing, too. a visceral examination of the horror of your bodily autonomy being wrested away from you.
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ghoulish greetings from
@austinfilmfest
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happy to be here covering a few movies for
@AustinChronicle
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some personal news: i was lucky enough to have a poem accepted into this anthology! check out the virtual release party sunday if you can 🥳
Don't forget to RSVP for our Anthology Release Party this Sunday!
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sometimes you just gotta pull a dale cooper and get yourself a coffee and doughnut in a chaotic, unknowable world
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receiving messages on linkedin from recruiters not for actual work, but to train AI on writing is a whole new level of insulting
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went back to the movies yesterday and honestly got a little emotional watching THE MUMMY (1999) and hearing actual people laugh and share this experience with me!!
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watching these two for the first time tonight, wish me luck lads 🫡
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surprised myself and ran a marathon today! thanks to my running bud and inspo
@martinnmtzz
for helping me get here 🤠👟
#cap10k
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signed!
BREAKING: Over 600 journalists & editors have signed a statement condemning the killings of journalists in Gaza and calling for integrity and accuracy in reporting on Israel’s assault on Gaza and the ongoing occupation of Palestine
Join our ranks here:
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living through this week has been a roller coaster of emotions, but as always wanting nothing but the worst for ted cruz is coming out on top
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thanks to everyone who came out for the hunks of MAGIC MIKE XXL last night! and to the incredible travis randy travis (venmo: @/travisrandytravis, ig: @/travisrandytravis_) for a perfect drag king preshow 💪🏼🔥👑
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if twitter does die, please remember me in my ideal state, being hot and having martinis 🍸
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i didn't know scott wampler personally, but seeing all the love for him and knowing the impact his work had on the online film community underscores how gutting this loss is. sending condolences and love to all his loved ones tonight
Scott Wampler passed away today. He was my friend, co-host, and partner in crime. I’m still in shock. I don’t know many details, but I know it was sudden and he was with friends.
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favorite first watches of january:
• GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023), d. takashi yamazaki
• RYE LANE (2023), d. raine allen miller
• LOVE LIES BLEEDING (2024), d. rose glass
• I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024), d. jane schoenbrun
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sometimes a girl has to treat herself to HH and an early feature at AFS ☺️
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mati diop's mesmerizing DAHOMEY has stuck with me long after watching it last week. i wrote about the film, one of my
#TIFF24
favorites, for
@awards_watch
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to stay in.....or go treat myself to a little movie.....these are the questions
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i wrote about THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE at 50 for
@soundspheremag
! i talk about how aesthetics and performances help make the sawyer family some of horror's most enduring villains, and (of course) the vulnerability of leatherface 🖤
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THE BIKERIDERS: a kinetic, poignant, and beautifully made film. anchored by great performances and an atmosphere so potent it made me crave a cigarette, a cold beer, and hazy hours in a dive bar.
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the power's been out since 2 AM, so here's my fridge situation atm 🥶
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here's a thread of TX winter storm meals, because what else is there to do when you're trapped at home but make comfort food!
first up from this morning: my first try at french toast with some eggs and plant based patties 🍞
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