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Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Sep 22

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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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · Sep 13

Hey I wrote about that movie. It's his Altman movie! theplaylist.net/spike-lee-ju...

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Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Aug 4

I think Stellan played Value? Not too sure. Only caught 2 hours of it

Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Aug 4

😍😍😍😍 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)

Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Aug 3

Guess I'll never work out what was so sentimental

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Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Aug 3

Friends who have seen it - I'm about to miss the first 10-12 mins of SENTIMENTAL VALUE - What do I need to know?

Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thank you!! 😍

Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Aug 1

Nadine, your support and endless encouragement is one of the reasons I keep making shit ❤️ Thank you!

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Hayley Centimetres @jasmineandthyme.bsky.social · Jul 31

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

Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Jul 30

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...

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Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Jul 30

To say this is an honour is a massive fucking understatement

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Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Jul 30

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...

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Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Jul 28

My two comfort films. Better re-evaluate my thoughts on Knight of Cups

On the Todd Solondz abortion movie

Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Jul 21

Great piece on a film I've been obsessed with for 20 years

Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · Jul 21

Extended thoughts on Todd Solondz's Palindromes, now circulating in a "4K Restoration" for its 20th anniversary.
willsloan.substack.com/p/palindrome...

Palindromes (2004)

willsloan.substack.com

Watch I’m Your Venus | Netflix Official Site

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Hayley Centimetres @jasmineandthyme.bsky.social · Jul 5

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! 🎟️🎟️

That guy Chris Elena stands next to a Revelation Film Festival standee outside the Luna Leederville’s red velvet staircase, making an expression of yes, we have no bananas.

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · Jul 1

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

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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The Booksmith @booksmith.bsky.social · Jun 26

we ship everywhere! booksmith.com xoxo

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Emma Westwood @emmawestwood.bsky.social · Jun 25

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)...

Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · Jun 25

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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Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Jun 19

Malaka you look 10 years younger than me ❤️

Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Jun 19

Seeing this in 2007 absolutely re-wired my brain and changed my outlook on film for the better.

Trace Thurman @tracedthurman.bsky.social · Jun 19

#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

Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Jun 19

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.

Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Jun 19

28 YEARS LATER is *almost* a masterpiece

Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · Jun 17

Big agree! A big reason why the theatrical cut is still my least favourite cut of Apocalypse Now

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · Jun 16

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