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love love love the feeling of watching a movie that instantly becomes one of your favourite films of all time !!!!! omg this is what life is about
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perhaps the most important thing i have ever written
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me and my first star rating on a poster omg mom i made it !!!
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sank my teeth into BONES AND ALL for
@i_D
: adored this and its full soft bloody heart. can’t shake it out of my skin, so beautiful and unnerving 🦴🩸
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i was bodily stunned by hamaguchi’s EVIL DOES NOT EXIST: beautiful and haunted and swirling, it left me dizzy. my first perfect film of the festival. for
@LWLies
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i love cars but in the way that charli xcx and david cronenberg and julia ducournau love cars u know what i mean
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the most massive pinch-me moment ever: i spoke to park chan-wook about the achingly sensual DECISION TO LEAVE. a joy to make my
@wmag
debut talking to one of my greatest cinematic heroes about stray cats.
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psa
#blockshaunking
Shaun King’s nonprofit amassed millions of dollars in donations after George Floyd’s murder, but its signature project to redress prosecutorial injustices flopped
All the while, King and his associates raked in hundreds of thousands of $ in compensation
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hae-joon levels of Down Bad: literally texting a murder suspect “u up?”
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me on the weird titillating intimacy of the tomgreg whisper and “rummaging to fruition” for
@BritishGQ
(!!)
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jake sully said “baby girl” way too many times in that movie and i took 500 damage for every one
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watched pride and prejudice (2005) with my boyfriend who hasn’t seen it and when matthew macfadyen walked across the field shirt unbuttoned he exclaimed “WHOA is there a fancam for this?”
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thrilled to have written my first
@BritishGQ
cover: i met the super cool Rish Shah to talk about
@NetflixUK
’s ‘obsession’, representation and “the movement”, and not just playing the heartthrob. read here! 🖤
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i wanna talk about her forever and ever and ever and ever this might be one of my favourite acting performances of all time
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i profiled will gao for
@BritishGQ
: we talk woodworking, heartstopper s2, east asian narratives, and the importance of immaturity. read here 😋
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me for
@britishgq
on the deeply sanctified subject of the himbo – and ryan gosling, who was born to play ken
With Barbie, Ryan Gosling is leading the cinematic himbo revival
He's just Ken
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
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greatest film i’ve ever seen in my life no joke
"We’ll show you things even archaeologists would die for.”
Official trailer for Alice Rohrwacher's LA CHIMERA, starring Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, and Isabella Rossellini. In theaters March 29th.
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very dreamy to model this beautiful new
@girlsontopstees
x
@mubiuk
shirt celebrating AFTERSUN, thank you for having me! gorgeous photos by
@ella_kemp
☀️
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for
@theskinnymag
, i spoke to julia ducournau and agathe rousselle about creation myths, dancing, and the bright, loving, monstrous heart of the unforgettable TITANE ❤️🔥 now in print + available for your perusal!
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i met lukas dhont to talk about his film ‘close’, intimacy and shame, and his journey to becoming a filmmaker for
@i_D
🌷 he is the nicest man i have spoken to maybe ever? thank you
@douglasgrnwd
for this special one ♥️
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i spilled
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i’m in a book! alongside my brilliant friends! thank u so much
@edfilmfest
for commissioning me as part of this anthology, available soon (i believe) at a selection of independent bookshops!
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🚨✨ over the moon excited to be overseeing take one action’s new writing platform as editor – please apply, pitch, and work with me, and spread the word to brilliant writers and thinkers you know! :^)
Our new editorial platform, Echo – a home for writing at the intersection of film, activism, and social justice – is launching with a paid writing and development opportunity for 3 writers, who will work closely with editor
@xuanlintham
. Find out more! 👉
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POOR THINGS: adored adored adored this, feeling so unexpectedly moved and buoyed! joyous, sweet, and hedonistic! best film at venice so far just counting the days until i can watch it again
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hello! my visa to stay in the UK expires in july. i’m putting out a call to you good people in the hopes that someone can give me advice on (1) the global talent visa or (2) point me towards film programming/journo jobs that sponsor visas 🧵
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foremost ratatouille (2007) fan in the world finally makes ratatouille
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this text is quite literally biblical to me! read it!
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i loooove people who laugh and it’s just one long wheeze like top 5 human behaviours omg can’t get enough of it
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for
@massivecinema
, i got to write my bloody little cyborg heart out for the queer myth of our 21st century, TITANE. endless adoration for one of my favourite queer myths, permanently seared into my cranium 🧠
It's taken us a minute to cool down from
#LFF
, but that's what TITANE requires. Here's
@xuanlintham
on the incendiary film's queer mythology for Storyboard 🔥
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i was utterly swept away to the fierce, animalistic currents of BLONDE. this is dizzyingly inventive, unrestrained filmmaking – here’s me, spellbound, for
@i_D
💄
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DON’T WORRY DARLING! i saw it today for
@i_D
🍊 great gowns (like actually) and some very uncomplicated fun.
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can we talk about the shot of kodi smit-mcphee frustratingly hula hooping outside the inn
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like so many other people i know, filmhouse was a second home to me. i would not be where i am today had it not been for this cinema, the beautiful independent festivals that called it home, the youth programmes that gave me my formative start writing + programming. so gutted
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find it very difficult to talk about films i love as much as this one, but here's me for
@BritishGQ
on the matrix reloaded for its 20th anniversary. god i adore this film!
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i think tsui hark’s green snake is probably the greatest movie ever made and i watched it yesterday
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local boy (me) in national newspaper (
@theipaper
) with lots of love and adoration for RYE LANE! ♥️ this film is so sweet and so funny and i’m obsessed with it. read here:
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a24 seeing any film w a square aspect ratio regardless of quality
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check in on your annoying friends ♥️
Kristen Stewart will star as writer, philosopher and political activist Susan Sontag in an upcoming biopic from director Kirsten Johnson.
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HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE is out today in the UK and it is incredibly baller. i spoke to
@chronopictures
,
@dsgarber
, and
@JordanSjol
about cinema and tactics in a world on fire for
@AnOtherMagazine
🧨
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i am so annoyed that i have become obsessed with him again. free me. FREE ME!
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i really didn’t see it coming but i am a bit of a team roman guy
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CHALLENGERS, huh? i feel so so so so so so so so normal about that trailer for that film that i feel so normal about
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i spoke to saul williams and anisia uzeyman – a thrill to bask in their brilliance, to hear them weave one world-building mythology into countless others. the revolution needs imagination, and the scope of NEPTUNE FROST's is dizzying. for
@AnOtherMagazine
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last year, i was v starstruck to speak w
@Isabelvsandoval
about LINGUA FRANCA: discussing the aesthetics and politics of intimacy; auteurism; and her next film! Q&A was screened in uk cinemas but is now available to watch online, thanks to
@tapecollective
:
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the formula 1 las vegas grand prix was a weekend full of elvises, vegas weddings, and some of the most brilliant racing all season. what a ridiculous city. reporting for
@BritishGQ
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the beautiful LINGUA FRANCA will be in UK cinemas from 5-7 dec! thank you so much to
@tapecollective
: what a dream come true to speak with queen of sensuality
@Isabelvsandoval
for a post-screening q&a 😭👑 don’t miss her genius, her radiance, and this gorgeous film 💗
As part of
@tapecollective
Found in Translation, catch our
@xuanlintham
in a recorded Q&A w/ powerhouse director, writer & star
@Isabelvsandoval
on her film, LINGUA FRANCA. A breathtaking tale of an undocumented Filipina transwoman🌇
@picturehouse
5-7 DEC
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i was dumped on my bday this year! but i got to turn it into a maybe too earnest reflection on obvious lessons (not obvious to me) + my immense gratitude for my friends: the only reason i’m still kicking. albeit clumsily. ty
@johnnys_panic
for commissioning me for
@galdemzine
🥹
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welcome to the fucking movies
This is an act of self-defense.
Daniel Goldhaber’s incendiary thriller, HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE, hits theaters April 7.
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on the dazzling beauty and transness of tsui hark’s ‘green snake’ for its 30th anniversary at
@LWLies
, tysm
@thethirdhan
for letting me gush abt imo greatest film ever made
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hello friends, the film festival we’ve poured our love and energy and hope into is finally happening on wednesday! read my words about it! and i do truly hope to see you there and will give you a big squeeze if you are amenable. i’m so proud of our programme!
"What would it mean to move through old materials, systems, and ways of being, to build radical hope together?"
Ahead of
@takeoneaction
's return at
@CCA_glasgow
this week,
@JamieDunnEsq
talks through the fest with programmer
@xuanlintham
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Oh this is so serious
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a delight to talk about distance, translation, and writing counter-narratives with davy chou for
@theskinnymag
. RETURN TO SEOUL will tear off your skin with its brilliance and you should run to see it in cinemas from tomorrow, i'm so serious!
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this q&a is one of my favourite conversations i’ve had with a filmmaker this year. i could listen to
@Isabelvsandoval
speak forever. with an intro by
@lillcrawf
at the Ritzy too, don’t miss a beautiful night of cinéma and go see LINGUA FRANCA on the big screen ♥️
Under a week until LINGUA FRANCA screens as part of
@picturehouses
Discover strand 5-7 Dec 📽️
Ft. a warm + insightful rec. Q&A w/ dir.
@Isabelvsandoval
, hosted by Xuanlin Tham.
@RitzyCinema
are in for an extra treat with a live intro by
@lillcrawf
🎟
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evil does not exist: WHERE ARE WE STANAGUCHIS WE NEVER LOOOOSE !!!
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absolutely thrilled (!!) to share that i am one of three curators selected for
@edfilmfest
’s inaugural Curatorial Commission, alongside
@mrrym_
and
@IW_Archives
! very excited, keep your eyes peeled for our upcoming seasons 👁✨
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did you apply/consider applying to be lars von trier's girlfriend-slash-muse in response to his ad? i wanna hear from you! for a gq piece, get in touch !!
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glasgowwww !!! i’m introducing RYE LANE at
@glasgowfilm
this saturday at 15:50, i love this film, best rom-com since god knows when, you will fall head over heels for it so don’t miss it ♥️ screening w Q&A
@RaineAM
+
@ifursure
✨
We're feeling the love with
@RaineAM
's joyous feature debut, RYE LANE 💌
Catch our
#ReclaimTheFrame
pre-recorded Dir. Q&A w/ Rōgan Graham where we discuss capturing our communities on the big screen & recontexualising the British 'rom-com' 🏙️
Nation-wide
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twitter, let me have this: had a surreal chat w charlotte wells who is a genius and astoundingly warm. she also wished me a lovely time with my family and i’m p sure why it’s all been so wonderful being home. for
@girlsontopstees
READ ME:
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the honour of my life to be introducing BOUND – like the best film ever made – for
@gracesimone
’s deliiiiicious season be gay do crime at
@BFI
!!!
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i spoke to todd haynes about ‘may december’ – a rapturous “hell yeah” of a film – for
@AnOtherMagazine
. on americana, whiteness, and the pleasures and guilts of narrative power
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not to be cheesed abt small things again but got on the tube and saw someone reading the current issue of lwlies which is the first time i’ve seen someone read a mag w my work in public !! :’^)
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was milling about in chinatown with nothing to do on a sunday evening so thought i’d try and spend it with lydia tár … cashier rang up my ticket and it was £17.90 are you JOKING.
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incredibly stoked to be hosting the Q&A after HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE tomorrow at
@glasgowfilmfest
!! what a baller, baller film. let’s blow shit up 💣
We're not telling you HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE, we're telling you to see HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE- at
#GFF23
💥
Making it more unmissable, we're happy to welcome director Daniel Goldhaber (CAM), and co-writer/star
@ArielaBarer
@chronopictures
💫
Book🎟️:
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im finally seeing my family for the first time in 3 years (!) flying home tomorrow, pls give me recs for movies i should watch on a very very long flight 🙏
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and so true for that
Quote this tweet with a picture that had your dms blowing up 🥰🥰🥰😚
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i cannot recall the last time a video on the internet has made me this incandescently happy
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a couple of besties, a very brilliant filmmaker and a very brilliant and beautiful author !!!!
Before Frances Ha, there was Claudia Weill. The director who paved the way for everything we know about female friendship, she’s finally part of the family.
SHOP:
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we are MEN OF TASTE
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it’s
#TOAFF22
day !! see you at
@Filmhouse
tonight, edinburgh, for our opening film FORAGERS 🎟✨
@takeoneaction
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the consequences in question: SERVING
watching someone dye their hair red knowing they will be dealing with the consequences for years and years but there’s nothing you can do to intervene
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if i speak
brandon cronenberg just walked out with alexander skarsgård on a damn leash
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it's a dream come true to be back at
@massivecinema
on my film of the year, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE🩸 was an honour to grapple with this deeply beautiful, trans, and ecological text on the body 🔪 cronenberg is back and i'm ecstatic
"This altar, upon which the desires for sex and bodily annihilation fuse into perfect singularity, is where our beloved prophet of the new flesh once again welcomes us home."
The return of
@xuanlintham
to Storyboard, on Cronenberg's CRIMES OF THE FUTURE.
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reunited w my piano at home and i owe my life to nicholas britell
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