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Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social · 3d

UK: In his first credited feature film performance, director François Truffaut stars in THE WILD CHILD as a kind-hearted doctor who takes in a feral child.

A UK Blu-ray premiere, special features include a new interview with author Ginette Vincendeau and essay by Adam Scovell.

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Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social · 3d

UK/US: Following a series of Supreme Court murders, Inspector Rogas (Lino Ventura) uncovers a labyrinthine conspiracy in Francesco Rosi’s ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES.

A 4K restoration is accompanied by an interview with Rosi scholar Gaetana Marrone and new writing from Michael Atkinson.

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 14d

Paul Thomas Anderson’s WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS. Paul Thomas Anderson’s CAN’T CATCH A BREAK. Paul Thomas Anderson’s NOT THIS AGAIN.

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 14d

We live in a world where the Renny Harlin-directed sequel to the reboot of THE STRANGERS nobody wanted is more entertaining than the latest CONJURING film starring all-time babe Patrick Wilson

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 20d

I meant to write “boils down to”, sorry, I am ill

Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 20d

That Jason Bateman x Jude Law show BLACK RABBIT is pretty good and I do enjoy how the plot essentially comes down to “there’s always money in the banana stand”

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 26d

Anand Sudha (@anandsudha.bsky.social) on the similarities and differences between the cinema of Jacques Tati and that of Blake Edwards, as evidenced in THE PARTY (1968). animus-magazine.ghost.io/whos-invited...

"In [Jacques] Tati’s films, chaos is reined in by those who have initiated it themselves: Tati’s humanistic philosophy conceives of people as neither successes nor failures, but as agents able to miraculously adapt after their own mistakes, somehow surviving modernity through an ingenuity that compensates for their bewilderment. As Serge Daney put it, Tati does not need an explosion of chaos because, in his films, chaos always leads to order, and vice-versa. The Party, on the other hand, careens towards catastrophe, with every gag more destructive than the last. Edwards gleefully revels in this outrageous disruption of a bourgeois order that congratulates itself on its comportment and consumption of products."

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 26d

I loved working with @anandsudha.bsky.social on this piece, whose publication fittingly, but unintentionally coincides with Peter Sellers' centenary this month.

Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · 26d

Anand Sudha (@anandsudha.bsky.social) considers his own experience – as film fan and Indian viewer – with Blake Edwards’ controversial, revered comedy THE PARTY (1968), engaging with his own hopes and expectations for the film's acerbic critique of Hollywood: animus-magazine.ghost.io/whos-invited...

Who's invited to The Party?

On The Party and the politics of who’s looking at problematic art

animus-magazine.ghost.io

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Sep 8

I should be allowed to know what all the houses on my street look like on the inside

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Ashcan @ashcan.bsky.social · Sep 5

losing my shit at tom clancy's daughter immediately setting this to her banner after seeing it

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Sep 1

Both this song and lyric video are so good. youtu.be/fWpjmUZ_k60

Addison Rae - High Fashion (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by AddisonRaeVEVO

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Aug 31

This weird-sounding accident took place either while I was watching the virulently anti-Guiliani film CAUGHT STEALING at the cinema yesterday or shortly after. Anyway, good movie!

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 31

Rudy Giuliani suffered severe injuries in a car accident last night, according to his spokesperson

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Aug 31

another fab column from Caspar

Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 31

In the latest edition of Psycho., the Animus advice column for cinephiles, Caspar Salmon answers a reader’s question by looking at the duo of actors headlining the new Netflix show Hostage: Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy. 💌: animus-magazine.ghost.io/psycho-58/

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Aug 31

Here is the same post on BlueSky: notice the absence of soul-crushingly stupid, rage-baiting replies. So much better for my blood pressure. bsky.app/profile/feui...

jonathan mackris @feuilladist.bsky.social · Aug 30

In 1963, the editors at Cahiers du cinema asked some of their contributors to list the top ten American films of the sound era. Here are some of the ballots

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Aug 31

Took a brief look at Twitter and under a post showing Cahiers du Cinéma contributors from 1963 listing their favourite American films of the sound era, some account with a blue tick had commented "nerdy". Such an awful, garbage website.

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Aug 30

I didn't know about it until today either!

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Aug 30

They should let me watch the dialogue-free Alan Ritchson revenge movie that’s in Venice

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Robert Stinner @rwstinner.bsky.social · Aug 25

Happy to see essays back at @animusmagazine.bsky.social, which always features thoughtful and engaging work. Loved reading this piece on how Hollywood films portray, distort, and avoid climate change

Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 16

After a long hiatus… Animus long-form essays are back!

John Kidwell writes about cinema’s response to the unfolding climate crisis over the last 30 years: animus-magazine.ghost.io/be-scientifi...

Be Scientific, Douchebag
On the last 30 years of climate change cinema
by John Kidwell
still: Mark Whalberg looking bewildered by a green plant in M. Night Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING (2008)

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Tony Paley @tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · Aug 27

Love, desire and fate considered in the films of my favourite director Max Ophüls - @manilazic.bsky.social & @elazic.bsky.social @animusmagazine.bsky.social podcast … open.spotify.com/episode/55bB...

Love Hurts: Four by Max Ophüls

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Aug 27

I had a dream last night that I met Austin Butler and his twin brother, Dustin Butler.

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 26

From the ultraviolence of RAW to the OTT silliness of TITANE and the emo intensity of ALPHA: in this ep of Hard Truths, @elazic.bsky.social & @manilazic.bsky.social talk about the ideas lurking behind the infamous shock value of Julia Ducournau's cinema. animus-magazine.ghost.io/julia-ducour...

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Aug 22

ICYMI long-form essays are back on Animus 💙 starting with this thoroughly researched, rip-roaring look at climate change cinema by John Kidwell

Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 16

After a long hiatus… Animus long-form essays are back!

John Kidwell writes about cinema’s response to the unfolding climate crisis over the last 30 years: animus-magazine.ghost.io/be-scientifi...

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 16

After a long hiatus… Animus long-form essays are back!

John Kidwell writes about cinema’s response to the unfolding climate crisis over the last 30 years: animus-magazine.ghost.io/be-scientifi...

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Animus Magazine @animusmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 13

@manilazic.bsky.social on Bob Rafelson’s FIVE EASY PIECES (1970) animus-magazine.ghost.io/brave-acting...

Jack Nicholson in Bob Rafelson’s FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)

“In that moment, Bobby and [Jack] Nicholson alike seem so emotionally naked that the desire to keep watching this one-in-a-million performance is just as intense as the impulse to turn away from the screen – like from a stranger crying in public.” By Manuela Lazić

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