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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 13h

Honored to have written the liner notes for the Criterion Premieres release of Jia Zhangke’s masterful CAUGHT BY THE TIDES. One of the absolute best films released this year. Feel very lucky to have my writing in this one. @criterion.bsky.social

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Conor Holt @conorholt.bsky.social · 14h

THE DEAD is coming to @criterion.bsky.social! John Huston’s stunning final film is a masterful adaptation of James Joyce, and now it’s finally coming to BluRay/4K! AND it includes the out-of-print documentary John Huston & The Dubliners! #Criterion

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 5d

AZTEC BATMAN: CLASH OF EMPIRES reimagines the cape crusader as an Aztec warrior fighting Spanish conquistadors in Tenochtitlán. For De Los at @latimes.com , I interviewed the Mexican team behind it, director Juan Meza-Leon and producer Jose Carlos Garcia de Letona: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...

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Conor Holt @conorholt.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Drew Struzan. Thank you for your amazing posters, especially the holy trilogy of 90s Pirate films: HOOK, MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND and CUTTHROAT ISLAND. You were truly one of a kind.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Conor Holt @conorholt.bsky.social · 8d

“You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.”

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Conor Holt @conorholt.bsky.social · 10d

One Hitchhiker After Another

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 11d

Mexican party for a 1-year-old baby:

“We are having a few small beers.”

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Conor Holt @conorholt.bsky.social · 10d

ONE BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES AFTER ANOTHER (2025)
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · Sep 13

I talked to THE Stephen King for the New York Times, as well as to directors Edgar Wright, Mike Flanagan, Mary Lambert, Andy Muschietti and Francis Lawrence, who’ve made films based on his novels, about bringing the author’s words to the screen: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/m...

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 19d

If your parents got their green card through the amnesty in the ‘80s, they didn’t do it “the right way.” They just got lucky. Before that they were in the same shoes as the undocumented people being persecuted right now. The fact that some of you forget that is atrocious.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · Sep 10

Politicians and rich people only condemn violence as "political" when it kills someone rich and famous.

When trans people are targeted for violence by the state or by right wing influencers, when immigrants are racially profiles and put in camps, when protestors are brutalized, that's just normal.

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Conor Holt @conorholt.bsky.social · Sep 10

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EL MARIACHI (1992)(R) & DESPERADO (1995)(R)(Sun 9/14) on VHS 6:00pm

VHS SPECTACULAR presents a double feature of EL MARIACHI (1992) and DESPERADO (1995) on VHS with a pre-show Tape Swap.

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Conor Holt @conorholt.bsky.social · Sep 10

Sunday at Gardena Cinema: EL MARIACHI and DESPERADO double feature! VHS swap in the lobby at 6pm! Tickets available in the link below. #RobertRodriguez

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · Sep 10

For De Los at @latimes.com, I profiled Oscar Nuñez, the actor who played Oscar Martinez in THE OFFICE and now THE PAPER. We discussed the character that has been part of his life for 20 years, and he spoke out about the current anti-immigrant climate in this country: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...

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Snips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · Sep 10

I read a lot about 'the convenience of streaming', but personally I find 19,000 films under one roof to be pretty convenient.

When you factor in no subscriptions, no price increases, and no titles being randomly deleted, it's hard to beat.

Retro Blast 🎃 @retroblast.bsky.social · Sep 10

Man, I miss video rental stores.

Modern convenience? Nah, I wanna have a minor panic attack trying to pick a game and a movie for the weekend solely based on the cover art and hoping I make the right choice

I know it doesn't sound like a better time, but I promise you, it just was.

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Conor Holt @conorholt.bsky.social · Sep 5

The 61st Cinecon Classic Film Festival! Terrific rare films from the 1910s to the 1960s, and wonderful guests including Ann-Margret and Mamie Van Doren! Classic film fans are the best. #Cinecon61

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Conor Holt @conorholt.bsky.social · Sep 2

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EL MARIACHI (1992)(R) & DESPERADO (1995)(R)(Sun 9/14) on VHS 6:00pm

VHS SPECTACULAR presents a double feature of EL MARIACHI (1992) and DESPERADO (1995) on VHS with a pre-show Tape Swap.

www.eventbrite.com

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Conor Holt @conorholt.bsky.social · Sep 2

VHS Double Feature! Come see EL MARIACHI and DESPERADO at the Gardena Cinema: Sunday, 8/14! VHS swap in the lobby at 6pm! Tickets available in link below. #RobertRodriguez #VHS

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · Aug 20

So excited to share this one! Mexican American actor Tonatiuh is the breakout star of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN for his electrifying performance. I hung out with him at El Mercadito in Boyle Heights, where he is from, to profile him for LA Times’ Fall Preview: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · Aug 30

Feared HAMNET could be too much of a departure for Chloé Zhao, but she grounds the story on Shakespeare to the elemental forces of the world. In Jessie Buckley’s performance sorrow is devastatingly visceral, it courses through the physical body until it transcends via the divine.

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · Aug 30

Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN is the astounding culmination of the monster/human dichotomy fueling his oeuvre. The creature is now built from the same flesh as its maker and shares his paternal wound. Elordi and Isaac breathe stirring anguish into their respectively monstrous parts. Beautiful.

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Snips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · Aug 8

It's Friday, so here's your new episode of Inside The Video Store!

This week there's a nod to the 30th anniversary of Snips Movies, as well as a new Eastern European section c/o Second Run, and a stack of Mark Polonia films. What a mix!

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Inside The Video Store: Episode Seventy-Two (30 Years of Snips! Mark Polonia! Second Run! Bava!)

YouTube video by Snips Movies

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚜 🖊️ 🎥 #𝕎𝔾𝔸𝕨 @thepeterbriggs.bsky.social · Aug 4

I was doing a movie with Tsui Hark (and Oliver Stone's producer, A. Kitman Ho), back in 1997. A live action adaption of "Lupin III", that we would have done with Jim Carrey. Alex Ho (lovely, lovely man) ended up losing the rights, so it never happened. Craziest screenplay I ever wrote! #scriptsky

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · Aug 3

My interview with Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones and the great Luis Guzmán about WEDNESDAY season 2 is in print today, on the cover of the LA Times’s Entertainment section!! Happy about how this piece came together.

It’s online here: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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