Elena Lazic
@elazic.bsky.social
Founder and editor of @animusmagazine.bsky.social | Editorial @ MUBI | Film writer, journalist, copy editor and translator | French | In London, UK
Anand Sudha (@anandsudha.bsky.social) on the similarities and differences between the cinema of Jacques Tati and that of Blake Edwards, as evidenced in THE PARTY (1968). animus-magazine.ghost.io/whos-invited...
!["In [Jacques] Tati’s films, chaos is reined in by those who have initiated it themselves: Tati’s humanistic philosophy conceives of people as neither successes nor failures, but as agents able to miraculously adapt after their own mistakes, somehow surviving modernity through an ingenuity that compensates for their bewilderment. As Serge Daney put it, Tati does not need an explosion of chaos because, in his films, chaos always leads to order, and vice-versa. The Party, on the other hand, careens towards catastrophe, with every gag more destructive than the last. Edwards gleefully revels in this outrageous disruption of a bourgeois order that congratulates itself on its comportment and consumption of products."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbwxhbffxaorx7jz3s6ycacf/bafkreiecjfzbqfj62xz7rnqrlzdsfd7qsttpvtphe43wc446f4ezw7fwom@jpeg)
September 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Anand Sudha (@anandsudha.bsky.social) on the similarities and differences between the cinema of Jacques Tati and that of Blake Edwards, as evidenced in THE PARTY (1968). animus-magazine.ghost.io/whos-invited...
Caspar on Michelle Williams’ character in Kelly Reichardt’s SHOWING UP (2022) ♥️ animus-magazine.ghost.io/psycho-57/
August 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Caspar on Michelle Williams’ character in Kelly Reichardt’s SHOWING UP (2022) ♥️ animus-magazine.ghost.io/psycho-57/
Michel Piccoli and Marco Ferreri were “cooking” in DILLINGER IS DEAD haha! My thoughts are on the ‘boxd: boxd.it/aBQuep
August 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Michel Piccoli and Marco Ferreri were “cooking” in DILLINGER IS DEAD haha! My thoughts are on the ‘boxd: boxd.it/aBQuep
This interview with David Corenswet is actually longer than James Gunn's SUPERMAN. It is also a lot better. I'm not sure how it is allowed to exist, but I am so glad it does.
July 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This interview with David Corenswet is actually longer than James Gunn's SUPERMAN. It is also a lot better. I'm not sure how it is allowed to exist, but I am so glad it does.
Such an honour to record a new audio commentary for the director’s cut of Gaspar Noé’s ENTER THE VOID on the gorgeous new IFC Films Blu-ray ✨ I mean just look at this.
June 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Such an honour to record a new audio commentary for the director’s cut of Gaspar Noé’s ENTER THE VOID on the gorgeous new IFC Films Blu-ray ✨ I mean just look at this.
Sound on or this will not be very interesting.
June 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Sound on or this will not be very interesting.
Do join me this evening for the @animusmagazine.bsky.social erotic thrillers all-nighter at Picturehouse Central: www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
June 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Do join me this evening for the @animusmagazine.bsky.social erotic thrillers all-nighter at Picturehouse Central: www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
This is what being a twin boils down to, mostly @manilazic.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is what being a twin boils down to, mostly @manilazic.bsky.social
I really didn’t mean to ever end up with a poster for THE MASK up anywhere in the flat, but beauty like this simply cannot be denied. Thank you Oxfam bookshop.
May 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I really didn’t mean to ever end up with a poster for THE MASK up anywhere in the flat, but beauty like this simply cannot be denied. Thank you Oxfam bookshop.
As foretold: Jeremy Strong on Day 1 of the Cannes Film Festival
May 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As foretold: Jeremy Strong on Day 1 of the Cannes Film Festival
screaming about this casting for Diane Kurys' film about Simone Signoret and Yves Montand. Marina Foïs and Roschdy Zem???
May 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
screaming about this casting for Diane Kurys' film about Simone Signoret and Yves Montand. Marina Foïs and Roschdy Zem???
When somebody says they love GASLIGHT but they mean the 1944 version
May 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
When somebody says they love GASLIGHT but they mean the 1944 version
was thinking of cutting my hair but then the Universe put pictures of Cher in front me — feels like a sign that I shouldn't touch it
May 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
was thinking of cutting my hair but then the Universe put pictures of Cher in front me — feels like a sign that I shouldn't touch it
New editions of Psycho., the @animusmagazine.bsky.social advice column for cinephiles, are free to read every Monday going forward — so send us your film thoughts, questions, and rants for a chance to see @casparsalmon.bsky.social reply to them with his trademark wit and sass: bit.ly/animus_psycho
April 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
New editions of Psycho., the @animusmagazine.bsky.social advice column for cinephiles, are free to read every Monday going forward — so send us your film thoughts, questions, and rants for a chance to see @casparsalmon.bsky.social reply to them with his trademark wit and sass: bit.ly/animus_psycho
Whoever thought of bringing these two together in a film was a genius.
April 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Whoever thought of bringing these two together in a film was a genius.
Facebook is so weird.
April 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Facebook is so weird.
This "enhanced" still from HIT MAN on the Netflix page is going to give me nightmares.
April 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This "enhanced" still from HIT MAN on the Netflix page is going to give me nightmares.
The incredible @amcinematheque.bsky.social season Bleak Week is coming to the @princecharlescinema.com I am going to cry (of sorrow and despair)
April 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The incredible @amcinematheque.bsky.social season Bleak Week is coming to the @princecharlescinema.com I am going to cry (of sorrow and despair)
Having a really crap day, but this still of shirtless Dan Duryea and Gary Cooper is helping.
April 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Having a really crap day, but this still of shirtless Dan Duryea and Gary Cooper is helping.
Seeking your thoughts for the next instalment of Psycho. @animusmagazine.bsky.social Do you have thoughts about Adolescence? The White Lotus? The upcoming Legally Blonde TV show? Or, god forbid, about FILMS? Send them anonymously to @casparsalmon.bsky.social now: bit.ly/animus_psycho
April 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Seeking your thoughts for the next instalment of Psycho. @animusmagazine.bsky.social Do you have thoughts about Adolescence? The White Lotus? The upcoming Legally Blonde TV show? Or, god forbid, about FILMS? Send them anonymously to @casparsalmon.bsky.social now: bit.ly/animus_psycho
Just a very normal thing to say in this moment
April 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Just a very normal thing to say in this moment
A joy talking to Stephen Sayadian last weekend for @afsl.bsky.social ‘s DR. CALIGARI & CAFÉ FLESH double bill. From working as art director at Hustler, to making “the first p*rn film that had people asking for their money back”, Stephen is a fascinating artist that more people should know about.
April 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A joy talking to Stephen Sayadian last weekend for @afsl.bsky.social ‘s DR. CALIGARI & CAFÉ FLESH double bill. From working as art director at Hustler, to making “the first p*rn film that had people asking for their money back”, Stephen is a fascinating artist that more people should know about.
CAFÉ FLESH (1980) plays at the ICA tomorrow, after the UK premiere of another Sayadian resto: DR. CALIGARI (1989), which will be followed by an *in person* Q&A w/ Sayadian, moderated by yours truly. DO NOT miss this chance to watch 2 wonderfully unhinged films IN PUBLIC! www.ica.art/films/fluore...
March 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
CAFÉ FLESH (1980) plays at the ICA tomorrow, after the UK premiere of another Sayadian resto: DR. CALIGARI (1989), which will be followed by an *in person* Q&A w/ Sayadian, moderated by yours truly. DO NOT miss this chance to watch 2 wonderfully unhinged films IN PUBLIC! www.ica.art/films/fluore...