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Murtada Elfadl

@mesays

Culture Writer & Critic / Film Curator / Queer / Sudani / murtada.elfadl@gmail.com

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Hey A24, your screeners are unwatchable because the watermark in inexplicably in the MIDDLE of the frame

08.12.2024 00:58 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This @mesays.bsky.social review captures what makes Evil Does Not Exist so spellbinding. Will definitely need to revisit it someday

06.12.2024 15:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if you hate musical theatre then it’s definitely one to skip. The worst part of it is the filmmaking and the best part are the songs

24.11.2024 18:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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They should do the actor on actor interview together

19.11.2024 12:28 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Announcing the MIX FEST 2024 lineup! After a 5 year hiatus, the longest-running Queer film festival in New York City is being reborn.

Join us at Quad Cinema from November 21-23 for 3 nights of Queer experimental films with Q&As after the screenings, followed by afterparties located near the cinema!

15.11.2024 17:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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YALLA PARKOUR - DOC NYC WORLD PREMIERE When filmmaker Areeb Zuaiter lost her Palestinian mother, she lost her connection to Gaza. With all the memories from her childhood

New York don’t miss this brilliant Palestinian film today 430pm at DOC NYC www.docnyc.net/film/yalla-p...

16.11.2024 15:48 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

sex workers were here first. if you don’t want to see porn don’t change your settings to show you porn dumbass

15.11.2024 18:54 πŸ‘ 8544 πŸ” 1374 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 39

Is this thing working? Are you all here ?

16.11.2024 15:19 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Hallelujah my freelancer check cleared before Christmas. I now believe in miracles

20.12.2023 19:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Color Purple review: An American classic gets yet another look The latest adaptation of the beloved story is an uneven affair, although Danielle Brooks delivers a star-making turn

Sorry Oprah please forgive me. I didn’t like this new version of The Color Purple www.avclub.com/the-color-pu...

20.12.2023 17:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Where’s Kokomo City and A Thousand and One?

20.12.2023 17:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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All Of Us Strangers review: A fantastical, cathartic love story Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and especially Claire Foy deliver stirring and sincere performances for director Andrew Haigh

Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers is absolutely my favorite film of the year, here’s my review www.avclub.com/all-of-us-st...

20.12.2023 14:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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American Fiction review: Jeffrey Wright is both hilarious and solemn Jeffrey Wright delivers his best film role since Basquiat, but first-time filmmaker Cord Jefferson undermines the promising satire

American Fiction’s satire started well but it tries to do too much, ending with much less than it could’ve…. My review www.avclub.com/american-fic...

13.12.2023 19:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€ŽThe Izzy and Murtada Picture Show: Getting Salty about Saltburn and Maestro on Apple Podcasts β€ŽShow The Izzy and Murtada Picture Show, Ep Getting Salty about Saltburn and Maestro - Dec 6, 2023

Bring it on! From @mesays.bsky.social and Be Kind Rewind the takedowns I've been waiting for. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

06.12.2023 13:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
β€ŽThe Izzy and Murtada Picture Show: The excess of "Poor Things" and the nostalgia of "The Holdover... β€ŽShow The Izzy and Murtada Picture Show, Ep The excess of "Poor Things" and the nostalgia of "The Holdovers" - Nov 29, 2023

which is why she’ll win many awards! We get into that and more in the latest ep of the podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

06.12.2023 11:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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not a slight on the actor (she’s great) but the writing of Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s character in The Holdovers is so obvious, teetering on the edge of the β€œmagical negro” trope

06.12.2023 11:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Real or Madame Taussaud’s ?

05.12.2023 16:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop the presses, FIRE πŸ”₯ everywhere

05.12.2023 14:50 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eileen review: Anne Hathaway shines in a weird, stylish thriller William Oldroyd's adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh's novel will enthrall and frustrate in equal measure

I reviewed EILEEN www.avclub.com/eileen-movie...

29.11.2023 23:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Iron claw is a movie in search of an actor to give it the lead performance it deserves; alas the search continues till the very last frame

25.11.2023 22:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Stamped From the Beginning’ Review: Netflix Doc Goes Back in Time to Explore the Origins of Ant... In adapting Ibram X. Kendi’s book, 'Stamped From the Beginning,' Roger Ross Williams relies on testimony from Black female scholars for authenticity.

with the film now on Netflix, here's my review for Stamped from the Beginning for Variety variety.com/2023/film/re...

20.11.2023 14:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lost 25 pounds since April and it’s the least i weighed in a decade. The first 15 were stress after war broke out in sudan, the rest were planned. No vanity photo because I detest them

20.11.2023 13:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Corpses on streets’: Sudan’s RSF kills 1,300 in Darfur, monitors say The mass killing might be the largest in the civil war that erupted in April, based on reports from monitors.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11...

10.11.2023 15:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€ŽThe Izzy and Murtada Picture Show: NYAD: Netflix’s Nautical Grand Guignol on Apple Podcasts β€ŽShow The Izzy and Murtada Picture Show, Ep NYAD: Netflix’s Nautical Grand Guignol - Nov 8, 2023

As reported in @xtramagazine.bsky.social Diana Nyad no longer believes trans women should be kept out of women's sports. I still probably won't see it, but this from @mesays.bsky.social and Be Kind Rewind (Izzy) is a really fun conversation about why you should see "Nyad."

09.11.2023 14:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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NewFest Online offers fresh looks at queer culture from the inside This year's NewFest offers an embarrassment of queer riches...

You have only one more day to catch the films streaming as part of NewFest, so what’s stopping you? I reviewed three of the best ones on INTO. https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/film/newfest-online-offers-fresh-looks-at-queer-culture-from-the-inside/

23.10.2023 20:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Killers Of The Flower Moon review: Martin Scorsese's American tragedy Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone star in an epic drama that shines an overdue light on the Osage murders of the 1920s at the hands of duplicitous white men

Reviewed Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon www.avclub.com/killers-of-t...

20.10.2023 00:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Saw Killers of the Flower Moon again, so that’s almost 7 hours. Take that running time fascists !!

12.10.2023 18:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Strange Way of Life review: Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal equal no heat Pedro Almodovar's latest shortβ€”after his acclaimed, Tilda Swinton-starring The Human Voiceβ€”is a slight addition to his filmography

it pains me to say that the latest Almodovar is slight despite a few joys ..... my review www.avclub.com/review-of-et...

12.10.2023 11:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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With NewFest read what the programmers including me consider iconically queer www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/09/5-ne...

12.10.2023 11:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did we all migrate?

12.10.2023 11:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0