alejandra
@mtzxale
award-winning tejana writer & cat mom | bylines in austin chronicle, latinamediaco, dread central, letterboxd, the wrap, rogerebert.com, awards watch y mas | member of @atxfilmcritics.bsky.social & @dorianawards.bsky.social 🤠
favorite first watches of july: • CHILD'S PLAY 2 (1990), d. john lafia • HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE (1996), d. alan smithee • OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001), d. steven soderbergh • MUPPETS MOST WANTED (2014), d. james bobin
was genuinely moved by the cronenberg x charli collab. there's some strange comfort in facing oblivion not as an enemy, but an inevitability we all must face. grateful for art that can make me appreciate the small, precious time we get here 🖤
really enjoyed TONY, a film that knows better than to sink into the saccharine. the result is something that feels more complex, bittersweet, and real. dominic sessa is a reliably great anchor, but leo woodall, and antonio banderas deliver something essential.
it's impossible to imagine most of my favorite movies without sam neill. he could be it all, and do it with relish. thanks for everything, sam 💔
the face of a guy who has definitely been helping me work and not at all pressing random computer keys with his full body weight
favorite first watches of june: • SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983), d. robert hiltzik • HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH (1992), d. anthony hickox • THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999), d. sofia coppola • REDLINE (2009), d. takeshi koike
to cap off my series on @austinfilm.bsky.social's PINK CUTS screenings, i wrote about how BUMPKIN SOUP and ABNORMAL FAMILY deconstruct the pink film in different ways 💓 hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/pink...
going to a show tonight and realizing i was 14 the last time i saw this band and now i'm 32
POV: you're about to drown your sorrows about the season finale of THE PITT with coctel de camerones 🇲🇽🦐😭
good morning! i wrote about the ethereal melancholy and sensuality of shinji sōmai's LOVE HOTEL hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/pink...
hi austin friends! it's self promo time, but if you'd like to nominate yours truly for best film critic in austin, today's the last day to write my name in 💜 vote.austinchronicle.com/politics-and...
i got to cover @austinfilm.bsky.social's excellent pink cuts series for the folks at the hyperreal film club journal! my first piece is about the exuberant PINK CUT: LOVE ME HARD, LOVE ME DEEP 💞 hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/love...
wrote about THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, a compelling but sometimes frustrating watch. my sundance review is up: hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/olde...
HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY! is a bittersweet portrait of grief held together by rinko kikuchi's masterful performance hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/ha-c...
BARBARA FOREVER is a compelling documentary and an essential work of preservation hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/barb...
first up, i wrote about the archival pleasures of PUBLIC ACCESS hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/publ...
i am figuring out my schedule still and will be sending out pitch emails, but i just wanted to put it out there that i will be at SXSW if editors need help rounding out their coverage
favorite first watches of january (late, i know, but whatever!): • THE SECRET OF NIMH (1982), d. don bluth • MOUSEHUNT (1997), d. gore verbinski • CAST AWAY (2000), d. robert zemeckis • HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (2001), d. john cameron mitchell
me and my 8 remaining brain cells right before i smash a baked potato at lunch
reviews are on the way, but here are a few of my favorite films i saw virtually at sundance this year: JARIPEO HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY! PUBLIC ACCESS BARBARA FOREVER AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ
wrote about sexual repression, perverts, and more in WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR? for hyperreal film club journal hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/who-...