Chris Feil
@chrisvfeil.bsky.social
All this talk about food, I’m getting hungry, girls. Writer (Vanity Fair, The Daily Beast, Vulture, elsewhere). This Had Oscar Buzz cohost. Etc. He/him.
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Chris Feil
@chrisvfeil.bsky.social
· Dec 9
A Guide to the Films of Mike Leigh, From Tragic to Comic
We chart Leigh’s films as the director views life itself: on a range from pure tragedy to pure comedy, and everything in between.
www.vulture.com
Thrilled to finally share this! For @vulture.com, Fran Hoepfner and I wrote about all of Mike Leigh’s films (yes, even the BBCs!) in all their tragic-comic genius. Enjoy!! www.vulture.com/article/mike...
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A tradition like no other... @kateyrich.bsky.social joins us for our annual Thanksgiving week hunk parade on This Had Oscar Buzz! In this case, it's the drawling, murderous, charismatic preachers and vengeful sons of THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A tradition like no other... @kateyrich.bsky.social joins us for our annual Thanksgiving week hunk parade on This Had Oscar Buzz! In this case, it's the drawling, murderous, charismatic preachers and vengeful sons of THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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I'm a little late getting to this, but this is a must read for anyone who loves EYES WIDE SHUT
thefilmstage.com/that-cut-is-...
thefilmstage.com/that-cut-is-...
“That Cut Is Stanley’s Cut”: Nigel Galt on Editing Eyes Wide Shut with Kubrick
What is it to spend 15 months in a room with—let's just speculate—the most influential filmmaker of all-time on his final project, a work for which they did not survive to elaborate upon and left in a...
thefilmstage.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm a little late getting to this, but this is a must read for anyone who loves EYES WIDE SHUT
thefilmstage.com/that-cut-is-...
thefilmstage.com/that-cut-is-...
[opens door] “Hi, AD! I’m Chris. Welcome to my home! Can’t wait to show you what’s inside.”
[cut to: large walk in closet]
“So these are my sex cardigans.”
[cut to: large walk in closet]
“So these are my sex cardigans.”
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
[opens door] “Hi, AD! I’m Chris. Welcome to my home! Can’t wait to show you what’s inside.”
[cut to: large walk in closet]
“So these are my sex cardigans.”
[cut to: large walk in closet]
“So these are my sex cardigans.”
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I promise Sissy Spacek gushing about Shelley Duvall and Robert Altman will soothe your weary soul
www.vulture.com/article/siss...
www.vulture.com/article/siss...
Sissy Spacek Answers Every Question We Have About 3 Women
The Oscar winner broke a bone on set and may or may not have thrown up after chugging a beer, but she also shared a special bond with Shelley Duvall.
www.vulture.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I promise Sissy Spacek gushing about Shelley Duvall and Robert Altman will soothe your weary soul
www.vulture.com/article/siss...
www.vulture.com/article/siss...
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Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
[taps “good movie!” sign]
Colombia’s Oscar entry and Cannes winner #APoet will hit U.S. theaters on January 30.
Watch the first trailer: thefilmstage.com/a-poet-trail...
Watch the first trailer: thefilmstage.com/a-poet-trail...
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
[taps “good movie!” sign]
THE SHROUDS (2025):
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
THE SHROUDS (2025):
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A rave for SIRĀT, the movie of the year: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Sirāt” Is a Harrowing, Exhilarating Dance of Death
In Oliver Laxe’s desert thriller, an intensely agonizing journey reveals both the pitiless nature of fate and the stubborn persistence of compassion.
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A rave for SIRĀT, the movie of the year: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Anyway I think the Fennell Wuthering Heights looks like a trashy delight and am so in. No questions at this time.
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Anyway I think the Fennell Wuthering Heights looks like a trashy delight and am so in. No questions at this time.
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people are focusing on the scary part ("AI-generated") but why, why on Earth, would I want content "from users"
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
people are focusing on the scary part ("AI-generated") but why, why on Earth, would I want content "from users"
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"An image doesn’t have the responsibility to say something; they have to 𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑘𝑒 something." Sirāt director Oliver Laxe talks with @brndnstrssng.bsky.social about remaining tethered to an increasingly broken, tenuous world:
“Images Are Dead”: Oliver Laxe on Sirāt and Spirituality
As music thumps across the desert landscape of Morocco's Atlas Mountains and ravers give themselves over to the endless bass, whispers of World War III echo in the margins. In Sirāt, Oliver Laxe’s fou...
thefilmstage.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"An image doesn’t have the responsibility to say something; they have to 𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑘𝑒 something." Sirāt director Oliver Laxe talks with @brndnstrssng.bsky.social about remaining tethered to an increasingly broken, tenuous world:
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David Byrne, the former front man of Talking Heads, believes that reunion tours are regressive. “Have you seen any reunion tours where you felt, like, ‘Oh, they’ve really evolved and they’re bringing something new to the table?,’” he said. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/q_oFKk
David Byrne’s Career of Earnest Alienation
At seventy-three, the former front man of Talking Heads is still asking questions about what it means to be alive. But now he’s also offering ideas of hopefulness and service.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
David Byrne, the former front man of Talking Heads, believes that reunion tours are regressive. “Have you seen any reunion tours where you felt, like, ‘Oh, they’ve really evolved and they’re bringing something new to the table?,’” he said. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/q_oFKk
Reading your posts
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Reading your posts
Die My Love is a great movie about how Sissy Spacek always understands where you’re coming from.
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Die My Love is a great movie about how Sissy Spacek always understands where you’re coming from.
Recency bias, schmecency bias, it’s without question It Was Just An Accident
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Recency bias, schmecency bias, it’s without question It Was Just An Accident
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"I feel really alone when I try to make art, and it’s really difficult, and I want comfort from the idea that I’m not alone." Ira Sachs discusses the making of Peter Hujar's Day, opening this Friday:
Ira Sachs on Peter Hujar’s Day, the Loneliness of the Artist, and a Lost New York
Admittedly, I hadn’t heard the name Peter Hujar before seeing writer-director Ira Sachs’ latest film, which captures a conversation between Hujar and his friend, Linda Rosenkrantz, about the former’s ...
thefilmstage.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"I feel really alone when I try to make art, and it’s really difficult, and I want comfort from the idea that I’m not alone." Ira Sachs discusses the making of Peter Hujar's Day, opening this Friday:
I concede that I’m way more pro-Kinds of Kindness than most, but Bugonia really left me wanting that film’s density of ideas about who we are and why we’re like this. Not a bad movie, but disappointingly narrow.
November 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I concede that I’m way more pro-Kinds of Kindness than most, but Bugonia really left me wanting that film’s density of ideas about who we are and why we’re like this. Not a bad movie, but disappointingly narrow.
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A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
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I fucking love new york
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I fucking love new york
What Do You Mean It’s Gay Halloween, Charlie Brown?
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
What Do You Mean It’s Gay Halloween, Charlie Brown?