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Albert Birney
@albertbirney.bsky.social
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MOVIES: OBEX, Strawberry Mansion, Tux and Fanny, Sylvio, Eyeballs in the Darkness, The Beast Pageant ✨ TUX & FANNY Video Game available on all platforms
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Albert Birney @albertbirney.bsky.social · Mar 6
Here's a thread showing how we did most of the practical special effects in our movie Strawberry Mansion (1/32)
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Bruce Willen @publicmechanics.bsky.social · 6d
My new collab album with @albertbirney.bsky.social is out now. And it's #bandcampfriday 👀👀👀
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Bruce Willen @publicmechanics.bsky.social · 14d
Landscapes is out today!

Listen while looking out the window of a moving train, on a long walk around the neighborhood, on the porch as a storm rolls in, at home with eyes closed.

👇 CASSETTE / DIGITAL / STREAMING 👇
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Landscapes, by Birney-Willen
10 track album
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brandon soderberg @bsoderberg.bsky.social · 8d
For @bmoreart.bsky.social: A preview of the New/Next Film Festival @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social which begins tomorrow night and reviewed some must-see movies, including @albertbirney.bsky.social's touching/disturbing "Obex" and crypto caper comedy "$POSITIONS" bmoreart.com/2025/10/new-...
New/Next Film Festival Returns to The Charles Theater this Week - BmoreArt
This year’s New/Next Film Festival packs more than 30 feature-length movies, and over three times that many short films across … Continued
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Bruce Willen @publicmechanics.bsky.social · 14d
Landscapes is out today!

Listen while looking out the window of a moving train, on a long walk around the neighborhood, on the porch as a storm rolls in, at home with eyes closed.

👇 CASSETTE / DIGITAL / STREAMING 👇
birney-willen.bandcamp.com/album/landsc...
Landscapes, by Birney-Willen
10 track album
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Albert Birney @albertbirney.bsky.social · 15d
I recently browsed my favorite video store @beyondvideo.bsky.social and picked some movies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxmf...
Director Albert Birney Preaches Scripture of Cinema | BEYOND BROWSING
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Bruce Willen @publicmechanics.bsky.social · 16d
My new collab album with @albertbirney.bsky.social comes out Friday. Find it wherever you listen to digital or on cassette.
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Bruce Willen @publicmechanics.bsky.social · Sep 5
Hi friends! Albert and I made a slow video for “Casting Off (First Light on the Pier)” from the upcoming Birney-Willen album Landscapes.

Video by @albertbirney.bsky.social, filmed by Bruce Willen with additional archival footage courtesy the Internet Archive

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Birney-Willen - Casting Off (First Light on the Pier)
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New/Next Film Festival @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social · Sep 2
🚨OPENING NIGHT REVEAL: The BMore premiere of Albert Birney’s OBEX! 🚨

Join us at The Charles the evening of Thursday, October 2nd for this homegrown DIY wonder that premiered at Sundance.

Tix: app.tickethive.com/e/2025-new-n...

cc: @albertbirney.bsky.social
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Kentucker Audley @kentuckeraudley.bsky.social · Aug 12
Strawberry Mansion has over 500 fans on Letterboxd - wow that’s cool, but no way we deserve more fans than The Cable Guy.
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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · Aug 9
One of my faves from @fantasiafestival.com keep your eyes on Dorothy. She’s a star!
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the Curb @thecurb.com.au · Aug 8
OBEX is Albert Birney once again proving his singular talent for telling the truth through arcane metaphor.

@nadinewhitney.bsky.social reviews his latest film which recently screened at Fantasia Film Festival for the Curb:

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the Curb logo with three dots FANTASIA FILM FEST REVIEW Title: OBEX is Albert Birney proving his singular talent of truth telling through arcane metaphor Photo underneath is of a man with a beard and a pointy hat standing next to someone who has a television for a head. They're photographed in black and white. Underneath is: Nadine Whitney thecurb.com.au @thecurbau
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Albert Birney @albertbirney.bsky.social · Aug 7
“Conor isn’t really equipped to be a hero and saviour, but his strength comes from the absolute belief that he has to care for his canine partner.” www.thecurb.com.au/obex-review-...
Fantasia Film Fest Review: OBEX is Albert Birney proving his singular talent of truth telling through arcane metaphor - The Curb | Film and Culture
There’s a lovely weirdness to Albert Birney’s films. Strawberry Mansion imagined a near future world where dreams were audited: which sounds like a horror film, but in actuality became a masterpiece o...
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MovieJawn @moviejawn.com · Aug 6
MJ's @drhbus.bsky.social says, "OBEX is at times unsettling, at times thrilling, but always fascinating and made with a deliberateness that's extremely confident and self-assured."

#Obex recently played @fantasiafestival.com.
Fantasia International Film Festival 2025: OBEX tries to cut through the noise of contemporary life — Moviejawn
by "Doc" Hunter Bush, Staff Writer and Podcast Director OBEX is at times unsettling, at times thrilling, but always fascinating and made with a deliberateness that's extremely confident and self-as...
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The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · Aug 6
After some more time with Tux and Fanny this morning--

This game is amazing. Such a sense of wonder and discovery, with absurd humor and the occasional deep thoughts

This absolutely deserves to be in your library

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Tux and Fanny on Steam
A retro-inspired adventure puzzle game featuring multiple playable characters with interwoven storylines. Explore the natural (and unnatural) world for unique interactions and unlock items to aid you ...
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The Gammelier @thegammelier.bsky.social · Aug 5
Tux and Fanny is so good after playing a bit of it this morning. You have no way of predicting what's coming next, but it's very likely to be hilarious

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Tux and Fanny on Steam
A retro-inspired adventure puzzle game featuring multiple playable characters with interwoven storylines. Explore the natural (and unnatural) world for unique interactions and unlock items to aid you ...
store.steampowered.com
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366 Weird Movies @366weirdmovies.bsky.social · Aug 4
Giles Edwards (@gilesforyou.bsky.social) wraps up our coverage of Fantasia International Film Festival 2025 with this third omnibus of late-arriving odds and ends. Some good ones here, like @albertbirney.bsky.social's retro-futuristic "Obex" and the second instalment of the "Mononoke" anime trilogy.
2025 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL: TRADITIONAL CUISINE, PART THREE
366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. Montréal 2025 More than once I was quickly impressed by a film’s animation only to discover that I was only wa…
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Steve Kopian @unseenfilms.bsky.social · Jul 30
OBEX at @fantasiafestival.com is a character study in the form of a horror/science fiction tale of a man trapped in a videogame www.unseenfilms.net/2025/07/obex...
OBEX (2025) Fantasia 2025
This is a black and white nightmare via a retro game. It is a tactile film that has a physical feel, especially if you ever played text comp...
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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · Jul 31
OBEX played Fantasia: Albert Birney’s strange quest leads through a mix of lo-fi media, high fantasy, and surreal horror. A meditation on 8-bit nostalgia, and the competing importance of touching grass, it’s funny, sweet, and kind. It reminded me of I SAW THE TV GLOW. Plus there’s a cute dog!
Obex – Fantasia Review
Albert Birney’s strange quest follows one man’s introspective journey through a mix of lo-fi media and high fantasy. In 1987, Conor Marsh (Albert Birney) lives alone. His days are defined by ritual…
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Albert Birney @albertbirney.bsky.social · Jul 19
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Tux and Fanny - Episode 156 "Sorrowful Sea"
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Albert Birney @albertbirney.bsky.social · Jul 17
here's the start of the third Tux and Fanny movie ⛵ youtu.be/A01JO8RmbtM?...
Tux and Fanny - Episode 155 "When We Become Wind"
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Albert Birney @albertbirney.bsky.social · Jul 8
Surfing a calm wave in a sea of ants? Sounds fun. 🐜🐜🐜🏄‍♂️ Skin is made of numbers? 🔢🔢🧐🔢🔢 whoa
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Albert Birney @albertbirney.bsky.social · Jul 1
Tux and Fanny video game currently 50% on Steam !! store.steampowered.com/app/2094730/...
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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · Jun 27
what’s your favorite film with fewer than 50k logs on Letterboxd? 👀

I’m going with @albertbirney.bsky.social and @kentuckeraudley.bsky.social’s STRAWBERRY MANSION. It’s rare to find a film that radiates as much creativity and positivity as this one does. Their first film, SYLVIO, is also a treat.
Theatrical release poster.
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Will Shop of Horrors ☠️ (SpaceTree Studios) @spacetreestudios.bsky.social · May 20
4 for ya boss
OBEX Directed by Albert Birney The Lighthouse You know what this movie is Hundreds of Beavers You’ve been on the internet within the past 2 years Clerks Remember when Kevin Smith wasn’t washed?
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FLEB @flebpuzzles.bsky.social · May 20
Tux and Fanny!

Wild game, full of exploration and accessible puzzles, wrapped in a dizzying array of games within games and jokes within jokes in an explosion of creativity and joy.

52 steam reviews.

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Tux and Fanny on Steam
A retro-inspired adventure puzzle game featuring multiple playable characters with interwoven storylines. Explore the natural (and unnatural) world for unique interactions and unlock items to aid you ...
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Dede Crimmins @dedecrim.bsky.social · May 19
And next Wednesday at the Wrigleyville Drafthouse is SYLVIO!

This is the most charming film about a gorilla finding small-town fame as a feature on community access TV.

Directors @kentuckeraudley.bsky.social and @albertbirney.bsky.social did good work here.

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Jarrod Jones @jarrodjones.bsky.social · May 10
two new reviews over at DoomRocket: Albert Birney's OBEX, easily my favorite film from this year's Chicago Critics Film Festival, and Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab's MR. K, two oddball films about finding strength through adversity that I recommend mightily doomrocket.substack.com/p/ccff-2025-...
CCFF 2025 Reviewed: OBEX, Mr. K.
Two surreal, hard-to-forget movies about finding strength through adversity.
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