Chris Elena
@chriselena.bsky.social
Filmmaker - Short film AUDIO GUIDE now on Alter
REFUSED CLASSIFICATION via Vimeo
PASSION POP due 2025
Southland Tales & Magic Mike XXL enthusiast.
REFUSED CLASSIFICATION via Vimeo
PASSION POP due 2025
Southland Tales & Magic Mike XXL enthusiast.
Brady Corbet's next film is 4 hours long, primarily set in the 1970's, carries an X rating and is shot entirely in 65mm
My hero ❤️
My hero ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Brady Corbet's next film is 4 hours long, primarily set in the 1970's, carries an X rating and is shot entirely in 65mm
My hero ❤️
My hero ❤️
"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*
*Turns on work computer*
September 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"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*
*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.
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.
‘An unhealthy fascination’: why Fast X is my feelgood movie
‘An unhealthy fascination’: why Fast X is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort films is a celebration of the action franchise’s brilliantly baffling 10th chapter
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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.
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.
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Hey I wrote about that movie. It's his Altman movie! theplaylist.net/spike-lee-ju...
September 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Hey I wrote about that movie. It's his Altman movie! theplaylist.net/spike-lee-ju...
Friends who have seen it - I'm about to miss the first 10-12 mins of SENTIMENTAL VALUE - What do I need to know?
August 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Friends who have seen it - I'm about to miss the first 10-12 mins of SENTIMENTAL VALUE - What do I need to know?
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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...
U.S premieres for both films which are screening at the same time on the same day - Sat 9th - 12pm
www.smodcastlecinemas.com/smodcastlefi...
July 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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...
U.S premieres for both films which are screening at the same time on the same day - Sat 9th - 12pm
www.smodcastlecinemas.com/smodcastlefi...
July 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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...
U.S premieres for both films which are screening at the same time on the same day - Sat 9th - 12pm
www.smodcastlecinemas.com/smodcastlefi...
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...
willsloan.substack.com/p/palindrome...
Palindromes (2004)
On the Todd Solondz abortion movie
willsloan.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Great piece on a film I've been obsessed with for 20 years
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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! 🎟️🎟️
July 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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
July 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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
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we ship everywhere! booksmith.com xoxo
June 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
we ship everywhere! booksmith.com xoxo
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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
gofund.me
June 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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)...
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
June 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Seeing this in 2007 absolutely re-wired my brain and changed my outlook on film for the better.
28 YEARS LATER is *almost* a masterpiece
June 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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
June 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Big agree! A big reason why the theatrical cut is still my least favourite cut of Apocalypse Now
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And part one of my chat with It Was Just an Accident filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who won the top prize ab.co/3SJxtQ5
This filmmaker couldn't say he was coming to Sydney until he was on the plane
This world-renowned Iranian director was barred from making films in his own country. Now, he has come to Sydney under a veil of secrecy to promote his latest work, which is based on his interrogation...
ab.co
June 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
And part one of my chat with It Was Just an Accident filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who won the top prize ab.co/3SJxtQ5
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Had a chat with @scottderrickson.bsky.social on the occasion of Black Phone 2's trailer drop, as one does. That man is cagey about spoilers, I'll tell ya.
Director Scott Derrickson Spills on the Black Phone 2 Trailer
Black Phone 2 director Scott Derrickson talks about filming in winter, getting the gang back together, and the perennial appeal of horror,
bluntmag.com.au
June 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Had a chat with @scottderrickson.bsky.social on the occasion of Black Phone 2's trailer drop, as one does. That man is cagey about spoilers, I'll tell ya.
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I’m maybe gazzumphing @chriselena.bsky.social on this scoop but our little movie is playing at Rev in July WE LOVE PERTH! www.revelationfilmfest.org/films/2025-s...
Revelation Perth International Film Festival
Revelation PIFF presents over 200 international films at cinemas and bars across Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia.
www.revelationfilmfest.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I’m maybe gazzumphing @chriselena.bsky.social on this scoop but our little movie is playing at Rev in July WE LOVE PERTH! www.revelationfilmfest.org/films/2025-s...
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happy pride. buy my book with @willowcatelyn.bsky.social !
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725695...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725695...
Corpses, Fools and Monsters by Willow Maclay, Caden Gardner: 9781914420580 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A radical history of transness in cinema, and an exploration of the political possibilities of its future. In the history of cinema, trans people are usually murdered, made into a joke, or viewed as ...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
happy pride. buy my book with @willowcatelyn.bsky.social !
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725695...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725695...
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The Israeli government is depraved. It's deliberately starving and murdering children. The world, and Australia, must make a stronger stand with sanctions. The people of Australia demand it.
UN secretary-general says Israel’s war on Gaza is intensifying ‘with atrocious levels of death and destruction’.
‘Killing for fun’: Israeli strikes kill 76, no aid yet for northern Gaza
UN secretary-general says Israel’s war on Gaza is intensifying ‘with atrocious levels of death and destruction’.
bit.ly
May 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The Israeli government is depraved. It's deliberately starving and murdering children. The world, and Australia, must make a stronger stand with sanctions. The people of Australia demand it.
Been saying this for YEARS
Blacula is the best vampire film of the 70s and anyone who tells you otherwise gets off on being WRONG or never watched it. ⚰️
(And it’s the best era for vampire movies)
(And it’s the best era for vampire movies)
May 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Been saying this for YEARS
It is SO strange seeing 3-4 movies in cinemas this weekend and none of them being the new MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.
May 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It is SO strange seeing 3-4 movies in cinemas this weekend and none of them being the new MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.
Working at NITV on the night of The Voice voting results and none of us expecting how many people would vote No was the coldest reminder to never get comfortable before the results of an election in Australia come through.
May 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Working at NITV on the night of The Voice voting results and none of us expecting how many people would vote No was the coldest reminder to never get comfortable before the results of an election in Australia come through.
I'm on 4 hours sleep so this should prove to be a soothing and comforting evening:
April 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I'm on 4 hours sleep so this should prove to be a soothing and comforting evening:
Event Cinemas Burwood
Local suburban cinema I grew up watching films in, has barely changed in 25 years, every auditorium is massive and the whole place feels both nostalgic and haunted. Heaven.
Local suburban cinema I grew up watching films in, has barely changed in 25 years, every auditorium is massive and the whole place feels both nostalgic and haunted. Heaven.
In one skeet or less what is your favourite cinema in Australia and why
April 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Event Cinemas Burwood
Local suburban cinema I grew up watching films in, has barely changed in 25 years, every auditorium is massive and the whole place feels both nostalgic and haunted. Heaven.
Local suburban cinema I grew up watching films in, has barely changed in 25 years, every auditorium is massive and the whole place feels both nostalgic and haunted. Heaven.