Rafa Sales Ross
@rafiews.com
Big on cats and movies. Film writer and programmer often seen on Variety, Little White Lies, The Playlist, Letterboxd and more. Views mine, for better or for worse.
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👋 Also @rafiews everywhere else.
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It's 2026, so here’s a reminder that I am always open for work. I'm very keen to review more this year, but also open to features, DVD essays, hosting, and programming. Throw it my way, and I’ll hit that ball as hard as I can! Love hearing from editors old & new, email in bio & more at rafiews.com ✨
Incredible things are happening in Italy
February 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Incredible things are happening in Italy
Watching this magnificent French ice skater do his routine to Lady Gaga’s Judas and wondering why isn’t every single figure skating routine choreographed to Lady Gaga
February 10, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Watching this magnificent French ice skater do his routine to Lady Gaga’s Judas and wondering why isn’t every single figure skating routine choreographed to Lady Gaga
Best £4 of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I’m watching men skate)
I’ve got discovery plus for this. £3 for the month and it has uninterrupted footage
February 10, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Best £4 of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I’m watching men skate)
I don’t know if I can survive another instance of turning the TV on thinking the figure skating is on just to be confronted with curling
February 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I don’t know if I can survive another instance of turning the TV on thinking the figure skating is on just to be confronted with curling
I can’t help but feel a little sad at having mostly sensible friends because I yearn to be ambushed by the Love is Blind crew telling me I have to get a bridesmaid dress tailored in two days
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I can’t help but feel a little sad at having mostly sensible friends because I yearn to be ambushed by the Love is Blind crew telling me I have to get a bridesmaid dress tailored in two days
I’m terribly ignorant about winter sports, but watching the Winter Olympics, I’m constantly puzzled by how some of these athletes figured out they excelled at the most niche of techniques.
February 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I’m terribly ignorant about winter sports, but watching the Winter Olympics, I’m constantly puzzled by how some of these athletes figured out they excelled at the most niche of techniques.
I decided not to further investigate what in the world that Mariah Carey event was and just bask in the joy of the random videos I am stumbling upon, which are growing increasingly random at a fascinating speed.
January 31, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I decided not to further investigate what in the world that Mariah Carey event was and just bask in the joy of the random videos I am stumbling upon, which are growing increasingly random at a fascinating speed.
Truly devastated by the news of Catherine O’Hara’s passing. A brilliant performer with such a diverse, rich career, who I am so very glad got to experience a much-deserved third-act resurgence.
January 30, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Truly devastated by the news of Catherine O’Hara’s passing. A brilliant performer with such a diverse, rich career, who I am so very glad got to experience a much-deserved third-act resurgence.
🚨 Chris Messina employed !!! 🚨
January 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
🚨 Chris Messina employed !!! 🚨
Them: you better not look like you directed SIRĀT when I get there
Joseph Quinn as George Harrison:
Joseph Quinn as George Harrison:
January 29, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Them: you better not look like you directed SIRĀT when I get there
Joseph Quinn as George Harrison:
Joseph Quinn as George Harrison:
This week on the MARTY SUPREME Oscar campaign:
- Page Six front page accusing Josh Safdie of overlooking sexual misconduct with minors on the set of GOOD TIME
- Odessa A’Zion accused of whitewashing Mexican role in new A24 project
- Kevin O’Leary on stage with Nicki Minaj at a Donald Trump rally
- Page Six front page accusing Josh Safdie of overlooking sexual misconduct with minors on the set of GOOD TIME
- Odessa A’Zion accused of whitewashing Mexican role in new A24 project
- Kevin O’Leary on stage with Nicki Minaj at a Donald Trump rally
January 29, 2026 at 8:27 AM
This week on the MARTY SUPREME Oscar campaign:
- Page Six front page accusing Josh Safdie of overlooking sexual misconduct with minors on the set of GOOD TIME
- Odessa A’Zion accused of whitewashing Mexican role in new A24 project
- Kevin O’Leary on stage with Nicki Minaj at a Donald Trump rally
- Page Six front page accusing Josh Safdie of overlooking sexual misconduct with minors on the set of GOOD TIME
- Odessa A’Zion accused of whitewashing Mexican role in new A24 project
- Kevin O’Leary on stage with Nicki Minaj at a Donald Trump rally
And the footage just straight up looks like this
January 29, 2026 at 8:21 AM
And the footage just straight up looks like this
So funny to see people holding the microphone to Jacob Elordi on the WUTHERING HEIGHTS red carpet
January 29, 2026 at 8:20 AM
So funny to see people holding the microphone to Jacob Elordi on the WUTHERING HEIGHTS red carpet
I need to read a fashion expert on this dress stat
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 AM
I need to read a fashion expert on this dress stat
Obsessed with this Christopher Walken tidbit that I hope with all my dear heart is true
January 29, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Obsessed with this Christopher Walken tidbit that I hope with all my dear heart is true
Currently rereading Peter Biskind’s indispensable Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and throwing fists in the air in joy at the line: “It would take a couple of years for the topography of the post-New Hollywood landscape to emerge from the blizzard of coke.”
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Currently rereading Peter Biskind’s indispensable Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and throwing fists in the air in joy at the line: “It would take a couple of years for the topography of the post-New Hollywood landscape to emerge from the blizzard of coke.”
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January 28, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Technology has evolved to a point where Hudson Williams might be our first-ever omnipresent TV star
January 27, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Technology has evolved to a point where Hudson Williams might be our first-ever omnipresent TV star
I’ll admit: it’s pretty impressive that Connor Storrie learned Russian for the role, but he sounds like Nandor from What We Do In The Shadows around 98% of the time.
I caved and watched episode one of Heated Rivalry and, look, I’m all up for suspending disbelief, but I can’t for the life of me believe anyone walking planet Earth did not know what YouTube was in the year 2011.
January 25, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I’ll admit: it’s pretty impressive that Connor Storrie learned Russian for the role, but he sounds like Nandor from What We Do In The Shadows around 98% of the time.
Reposted by Rafa Sales Ross
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
Reposted by Rafa Sales Ross
January is almost over and there have only been 3 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year
2 of them were committed by ICE agents.
2 of them were committed by ICE agents.
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
January is almost over and there have only been 3 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year
2 of them were committed by ICE agents.
2 of them were committed by ICE agents.
I caved and watched episode one of Heated Rivalry and, look, I’m all up for suspending disbelief, but I can’t for the life of me believe anyone walking planet Earth did not know what YouTube was in the year 2011.
January 24, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I caved and watched episode one of Heated Rivalry and, look, I’m all up for suspending disbelief, but I can’t for the life of me believe anyone walking planet Earth did not know what YouTube was in the year 2011.