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Chris Elena
@chriselena.bsky.social
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Filmmaker - Short film AUDIO GUIDE now on Alter REFUSED CLASSIFICATION via Vimeo PASSION POP due 2025 Southland Tales & Magic Mike XXL enthusiast.
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I did this last week. Went into work the next day on 4hrs sleep. Absolutely fucking worth it.
"You know what, today, I won't think about ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. I'll give it a rest and return to the real world for a minute"

*Turns on work computer*
Despite having watched all of them, there's very few films in this series that I genuinely like.

With that said - I was also obsessed with FAST X and saw it 4 times in cinemas and had an absolute fucking blast each time. Still can't tell you why. This write up certainly made me feel less insane.
Hah! Thanks for thinking of me. - @shaneanderson.bsky.social Sitges and Fantasia are good - The others listed, myself and filmmaker friends have had no luck in - Would also shout out: Brooklyn Horror, Genreblast, Lund Fantastic - Aspen Shortsfest and HollyShorts fucking love genre shorts as well.
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Hey I wrote about that movie. It's his Altman movie! theplaylist.net/spike-lee-ju...
I think Stellan played Value? Not too sure. Only caught 2 hours of it
😍😍😍😍 It means more than you know!

Working on another draft this week to get it under 150 pages (I know, I know) and hustling to get more folks on board to help me make it in the next year! (You're on the draft reading list)
Guess I'll never work out what was so sentimental
Friends who have seen it - I'm about to miss the first 10-12 mins of SENTIMENTAL VALUE - What do I need to know?
Nadine, your support and endless encouragement is one of the reasons I keep making shit ❤️ Thank you!
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Uhh so this is wildly unexpected, but if you live in New Jersey (and I know some of you do) you can see Chris’ two most recent short films - including Passion Pop, the one I worked on! - at KEVIN SMITH’S FILM FESTIVAL in August
So we've just had TWO films selected to screen at @thatkevinsmith.bsky.social 's film festival, SMODCASTLE FILM FEST - PASSION POP and REFUSED CLASSIFICATION

U.S premieres for both films which are screening at the same time on the same day - Sat 9th - 12pm
www.smodcastlecinemas.com/smodcastlefi...
To say this is an honour is a massive fucking understatement
So we've just had TWO films selected to screen at @thatkevinsmith.bsky.social 's film festival, SMODCASTLE FILM FEST - PASSION POP and REFUSED CLASSIFICATION

U.S premieres for both films which are screening at the same time on the same day - Sat 9th - 12pm
www.smodcastlecinemas.com/smodcastlefi...
My two comfort films. Better re-evaluate my thoughts on Knight of Cups
Great piece on a film I've been obsessed with for 20 years
Extended thoughts on Todd Solondz's Palindromes, now circulating in a "4K Restoration" for its 20th anniversary.
willsloan.substack.com/p/palindrome...
Palindromes (2004)
On the Todd Solondz abortion movie
willsloan.substack.com
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I keep forgetting to say why I’m in Perth, @chriselena.bsky.social’s short film that I worked on is playing at Revelation Film Festival! It’s playing tonight and I’m getting to see it on the big screen for the first time! We’re having a great time in our guest lanyards! 🎟️🎟️
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Discovered that one of my favorite docs of last year, the roundabout PARIS IS BURNING follow-up I'M YOUR VENUS, is on Netflix. It's a deeply moving story about the power of representation and acceptance. Give it a watch, you won't regret it. www.netflix.com/title/82045298
Watch I’m Your Venus | Netflix Official Site
The two very different families of "Paris Is Burning" star Venus Xtravaganza unite to honor her and reopen her unsolved murder case in this documentary.
www.netflix.com
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Arts journos living alone need their pets. And arts journos are not sufficiently remunerated for pet emergencies. Please consider a wee donation for this sweetest puss and their dear human friend (who also happens to be very dear to me)...
My beautiful girl Chilli is very sick, so if there's any way you can tip in a small amount to put towards her huge vet bills, we'd be eternally grateful. If you can't afford to donate, totally get it, but please help share? gofund.me/0da4bca0
Donate to My beautiful three-legged girl Chilli IS VERY sick, organized by Stephen Russell
You all know how much I love my girl Chilli, a battler who survived… Stephen Russell needs your support for My beautiful three-legged girl Chilli IS VERY sick
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Malaka you look 10 years younger than me ❤️
Seeing this in 2007 absolutely re-wired my brain and changed my outlook on film for the better.
#BlackSnakeMoan didn’t deserve to flop the way it did back in 2007, but I’m so excited to get a chance to see it on the big screen again! #WeirdWednesday
There's a sequence towards the end of the film that's one of the best pieces of filmmaking I'll see this year.

Boyle getting more sentimental in his most recent work is a gift.
28 YEARS LATER is *almost* a masterpiece
Big agree! A big reason why the theatrical cut is still my least favourite cut of Apocalypse Now
will die on the hill of thinking the French Plantation sequence in Apocalypse Now: Redux is great in and of itself, but also great in the context of the movie, expanding its thematic scope while pushing it even further into an unhinged dream state for the final act