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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 4d

re-upping this piece i wrote last year on The Journey, even though everytime i reread something i wrote on Peter Watkins’ greatest work i immediately want to update it again because, more than any film, it can only be considered in an ever-evolving present inreviewonline.com/2024/08/12/a...

A Mandated Psychosis: On Peter Watkins' The Journey | In Review Online

A new film essay on The Journey, directed by Peter Watkins, for film review site In Review Online.

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 5d

“I had just won a Guggenheim fellowship and went down to the post office. I run into Sal, he says ‘Hey Buba, you think you’re ever gonna make it?’ It brings you back to reality.”

@honorszombie.bsky.social spends an afternoon with the Bard of Braddock, Tony Buba

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 6d

did people discourse this over here yet. do we know how Bluesky users prefer to pee

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 6d

I just can't understand why you'd make a movie like Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere seemingly designed to make Springsteen heads like @alexlei.bsky.social angry www.avclub.com/springsteen-...

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere has no idea why Nebraska is a great album

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere tries to know Bruce Springsteen at the moment the musician knew himself the least.

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 6d

went long on Nebraska and why Scott Cooper’s approach to Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is so deeply misguided www.avclub.com/springsteen-...

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere has no idea why Nebraska is a great album

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere tries to know Bruce Springsteen at the moment the musician knew himself the least.

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Drew Powell @drewpowell123.bsky.social · 10d

Hoagy Carmichael: Deliver Me From Nowhere

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 12d

talked to Paula González-Nasser about wonderfully subtle and quietly devastating debut THE SCOUT for InRO inreviewonline.com/2025/10/23/p...

Between the Production and Real Life: Paula González-Nasser on The Scout | In Review Online

Before she directed a feature of her own, Paula González-Nasser spent years location scouting for shoots in New York City. It turned out to be a fortune Between the Production and Real Life: Paula Gon...

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 17d

recreating the Twitter experience

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 17d

how come my account doesn’t have the “rude” tag. fuck you guys

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 18d

one of the biggest surprises of New/Next this year was Connor Sen Warnick’s atemporal synthesis of political and poetic cinema set in early 70s Chinatown, CHARACTERS DISAPPEARING. talked to the debut director for Filmmaker filmmakermagazine.com/132242-inter...

Interview: Connor Sen Warnick on “Characters Disappearing”

A half-hour into Connor Sen Warnick’s Characters Disappearing, left-wing revolutionary Mei (Yuka Murakami) hangs up a poster declaring “The East is Red.” Until that point, the film seems to take place...

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 18d

talked to Sabrina Greco about her rip-roaring debut Lockjaw for InRO inreviewonline.com/2025/10/17/s...

A Never-Ending Pile-On: Sabrina Greco on Lockjaw | In Review Online

An interview with filmmaker Sabrina Greco, director of Lockjaw, for film review site In Review Online.

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 19d

do you think they see your pfp and think this account is…something else

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 19d

giving you a Jay Kelly boost

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Blake Simons @blakethinks.bsky.social · 19d

A joy to speak with Nobuhiro Yamashita, Doona Bae, and James Iha about the legacy of LINDA LINDA LINDA, an underdog indie that continues to capture the hearts of new fans. For @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy

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Oral HIstory: Nobuhiro Yamashita, Doona Bae, and James Iha on “Linda Linda Linda” at 20

Nobuhiro Yamashita, Doona Bae, and James Iha on the making of their cult classic “Linda Linda Linda.”

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 19d

talked to Tucker Bennett and Chris Corrente about their handmade, PKD-esque internet dystopian romp IN THE GLOW OF DARKNESS filmmakermagazine.com/132229-inter...

“The Algorithm of It All”: Tucker Bennett and Chris Corrente on “In the Glow of Darkness”

Drawing heavily from internet aesthetics that feel at once contemporary and dated, In the Glow of Darkness is a sprawling, hand-made cyberpunk ensemble film following detectives, streamers, pop stars…

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 19d

well well well, looks like the Big City Elitists have logged on

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alex lei @alexlei.bsky.social · 19d

we got the gonzo coverage of New/Next online

BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 19d

“I felt out of place: I didn’t have a film in the festival, and I had my backpack on. That is to say, no tote bag.”

Lukas Armstrong-Laird goes gonzo at New/Next Film Festival