Angelo Muredda
@amuredda.bsky.social
I teach English and write about movies and disability | Cinema Scope, Film Freak Central, TVO, SHARP Magazine | Reviews editor, Humber Literary Review
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FFC review: PETER HUJAR'S DAY, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/12/pete...
Peter Hujar's Day (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***/****starring Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hallscreenplay by Ira Sachs, based on the book Peter Hujar’s Day by Linda Rosenkrantzdirected by Ira Sachs by Angelo Muredda Celebrated New York portrait photogra...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
FFC review: PETER HUJAR'S DAY, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/12/pete...
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HAMNET left @amuredda.bsky.social and me dry-eyed, so we dug into why it didn’t work, how it adapts Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, and why some passing knowledge of Shakespeare might hinder rather than help your appreciation of the film:
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Ep. 185 Chloe Zhao's Hamnet with Angelo Muredda - Seventh Row Film Podcast
On the podcast, we dig into Chloe Zhao's Hamnet as a work of adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel and why the film left use dry-eyed.
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December 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
HAMNET left @amuredda.bsky.social and me dry-eyed, so we dug into why it didn’t work, how it adapts Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, and why some passing knowledge of Shakespeare might hinder rather than help your appreciation of the film:
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Getting into Wake Up Dead Man, the movie and the memo to Tarantino with @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social, @amuredda.bsky.social and @jacksonweaver.bsky.social .
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Is Wake Up Dead Man the best Knives Out yet?
YouTube video by Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
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December 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Getting into Wake Up Dead Man, the movie and the memo to Tarantino with @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social, @amuredda.bsky.social and @jacksonweaver.bsky.social .
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I’m so saddened by the loss of Alice Wong, truly one of the good ones, to whom community-building came naturally. A great writer, activist, and person. bsky.app/profile/sesm...
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I’m so saddened by the loss of Alice Wong, truly one of the good ones, to whom community-building came naturally. A great writer, activist, and person. bsky.app/profile/sesm...
Found myself represented on Law & Order
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Found myself represented on Law & Order
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Reid Davenport's fascinating LIFE AFTER premieres on PBS tonight. Here's @amuredda.bsky.social's review of it from last spring. filmfreakcentral.net/2025/05/life...
Life After (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***½/****directed by Reid Davenport by Angelo Muredda “I’ve done what I can, and the quality of my life is over,” 26-year-old disabled woman and assisted dying cause célèbre Elizabeth Bouvia says in a...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reid Davenport's fascinating LIFE AFTER premieres on PBS tonight. Here's @amuredda.bsky.social's review of it from last spring. filmfreakcentral.net/2025/05/life...
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BLUE MOON, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
TIFF '25: Blue Moon - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***½/****starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scottwritten by Robert Kaplow, inspired by the writings of Lorenz Hart and Elizabeth Weilanddirected by Richard Linklater by An...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
BLUE MOON, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
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FFC review: AFTER THE HUNT, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/10/afte...
After the Hunt (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
**/****starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edibiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbargwritten by Nora Garrettdirected by Luca Guadagnino by Angelo Muredda SPOILER WARNING IN EFFECT. “It happened at Yale,” an ...
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October 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
FFC review: AFTER THE HUNT, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/10/afte...
Closing my TIFF coverage a respectable month late with this look at THE UGLY and THE FURIOUS, a pair of disability-centric genre movies bsky.app/profile/flmf...
FFC #TIFF25 reviews: THE UGLY + THE FURIOUS, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/10/tiff...
TIFF '25: The Ugly + The Furious - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
THE UGLY*½/****starring Park Jeong-min, Kwon Hae-hyo, Han Ji-hyeon, Shin Hyeon-binwritten by Yeon Sang-ho, based on his graphic novel Facedirected by Yeon Sang-ho 火遮眼**½/****starring Xie Miao, Joe Tas...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Closing my TIFF coverage a respectable month late with this look at THE UGLY and THE FURIOUS, a pair of disability-centric genre movies bsky.app/profile/flmf...
I reviewed Christian Petzold’s very good MIROIRS NO. 3 for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/flmf...
FFC #TIFF25 review: MIROIRS NO. 3, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). Also playing at NYFF. filmfreakcentral.net/2025/10/tiff...
TIFF '25: Miroirs No. 3 - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
Mirrors No. 3***/****starring Paula Beers, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebswritten and directed by Christian Petzold by Angelo Muredda Not content to have already put his stamp on Vertigo wit...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I reviewed Christian Petzold’s very good MIROIRS NO. 3 for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/flmf...
Wrote about BLUE MOON for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social’s TIFF coverage. It’s good! filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
TIFF '25: Blue Moon - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***½/****starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scottwritten by Robert Kaplow, inspired by the writings of Lorenz Hart and Elizabeth Weilanddirected by Richard Linklater by An...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Wrote about BLUE MOON for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social’s TIFF coverage. It’s good! filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
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FFC #TIFF25 review: BLUE MOON, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
TIFF '25: Blue Moon - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***½/****starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scottwritten by Robert Kaplow, inspired by the writings of Lorenz Hart and Elizabeth Weilanddirected by Richard Linklater by An...
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September 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
FFC #TIFF25 review: BLUE MOON, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
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FFC #TIFF25 review: THE SMASHING MACHINE, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social).
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TIFF '25: The Smashing Machine - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
**/****starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Ruttenwritten and directed by Benny Safdie by Angelo Muredda The early narrative on Dwayne Johnson’s starring role as veteran mixed-martial...
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September 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
FFC #TIFF25 review: THE SMASHING MACHINE, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social).
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FFC #TIFF25 review: THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
TIFF '25: The Testament of Ann Lee - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
Ann Lee***/****starring Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbottwritten by Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbetdirected by Mona Fastvold by Angelo Muredda Spea...
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September 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
FFC #TIFF25 review: THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
I wrote about Claire Denis’s THE FENCE for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
TIFF '25: The Fence - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***/****starring Isaach De Bankolé, Matt Dillon, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Tom Blythscreenplay by Claire Denis, Suzanne Lindon, and Andrew Litvack, based on Black Battles with Dogs by Bernard-Marie Koltèsdir...
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September 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I wrote about Claire Denis’s THE FENCE for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
Some scribblings on Chloé Zhao’s HAMNET letterboxd.com/amuredda/fil...
A ★★ review of Hamnet (2025)
Chloé Zhao’s MY GIRL. It’s a handsome movie and everyone is working very hard (Emily Watson, good to see you), but this felt counterfeit to me and left me completely cold — no sense of what draws Agne...
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September 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some scribblings on Chloé Zhao’s HAMNET letterboxd.com/amuredda/fil...
I wrote about THE SECRET AGENT for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social — will be covering #TIFF25 there to the last day, stay tuned for more filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
TIFF '25: The Secret Agent - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
O Agente Secreto***½/****starring Wagner Moura, Gabriel Leone, Maria Fernanda Cândidowritten and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho By Angelo Muredda “He had a good voice,” an archivist muses to her colleague about a historical subject whose life under autocratic rule she’s been piecing together from audio cassette recordings and newspaper clippings late in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent. A chronicler of the gentrified streets, gated communities, and forgotten movie theatres of his northern hometown of Recife (which he has commemorated in films past, from his 2011 debut feature Neighbouring Sounds–partially shot in his own family home–to his death-tinged 2023 documentary…
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September 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I wrote about THE SECRET AGENT for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social — will be covering #TIFF25 there to the last day, stay tuned for more filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...
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THE SHROUDS just hit the Criterion Channel. Here's @amuredda.bsky.social's review from last year's TIFF. filmfreakcentral.net/2024/09/tiff...
TIFF '24: The Shrouds - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***½/**** starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt written and directed by David Cronenberg by Angelo Muredda David Cronenberg is no stranger to illness and death, from the syn...
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July 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
THE SHROUDS just hit the Criterion Channel. Here's @amuredda.bsky.social's review from last year's TIFF. filmfreakcentral.net/2024/09/tiff...
I wrote about THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social filmfreakcentral.net/2025/06/the-...
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***½/****starring Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmedscreenplay by Wes Andersondirected by Wes Anderson By Angelo Muredda Midway through Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, Zs...
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June 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I wrote about THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social filmfreakcentral.net/2025/06/the-...
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FFC review: THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME (2025), by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/06/the-...
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***½/****starring Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmedscreenplay by Wes Andersondirected by Wes Anderson By Angelo Muredda Midway through Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, Zs...
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June 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
FFC review: THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME (2025), by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/06/the-...
I spoke to Reid Davenport about LIFE AFTER for Akimbo akimbo.ca/akimblog/ang...
Angelo Muredda interviews director Reid Davenport – Akimbo
Still from Life After depicting Not Yet Dead protest (courtest: Multitude Films) “Disabled people aren’t threatened by their bodies,” Reid Davenport says early in his evocative new documentary Life Af...
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May 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I spoke to Reid Davenport about LIFE AFTER for Akimbo akimbo.ca/akimblog/ang...
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GenAI slop so toxic even the genAIs get sick from eating it.
May 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
GenAI slop so toxic even the genAIs get sick from eating it.
I wrote about Jia's CAUGHT BY THE TIDES for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social filmfreakcentral.net/2025/05/caug...
Caught by the Tides (2024) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***½/****starring Zhao Tao, Li Zhubingwritten and directed by Jia Zhangke by Angelo Muredda While some spent their COVID lockdowns making sourdough starters and boning up on the medicinal properties o...
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May 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I wrote about Jia's CAUGHT BY THE TIDES for @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social filmfreakcentral.net/2025/05/caug...
Watching an episode of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE where their man in the field is a dog named Chico who travels through a building’s ventilation system to retrieve (and then return) an encrypted file hidden in a picture frame
May 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Watching an episode of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE where their man in the field is a dog named Chico who travels through a building’s ventilation system to retrieve (and then return) an encrypted file hidden in a picture frame
Yesterday I chatted about season 2 of THE REHEARSAL on CBC's Commotion with @elamin.bsky.social, @brofromanother.bsky.social, and Amil Niazi www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP8C...
The Rehearsal and how Nathan Fielder leans into the absurd
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May 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Yesterday I chatted about season 2 of THE REHEARSAL on CBC's Commotion with @elamin.bsky.social, @brofromanother.bsky.social, and Amil Niazi www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP8C...