Murtada Elfadl
@mesays.bsky.social
Culture Writer & Critic / Film Curator / Queer / Sudani / murtada.elfadl@gmail.com
Hey A24, your screeners are unwatchable because the watermark in inexplicably in the MIDDLE of the frame
December 8, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Hey A24, your screeners are unwatchable because the watermark in inexplicably in the MIDDLE of the frame
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This @mesays.bsky.social review captures what makes Evil Does Not Exist so spellbinding. Will definitely need to revisit it someday
December 6, 2024 at 3:50 PM
This @mesays.bsky.social review captures what makes Evil Does Not Exist so spellbinding. Will definitely need to revisit it someday
They should do the actor on actor interview together
November 19, 2024 at 12:28 PM
They should do the actor on actor interview together
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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!
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!
November 15, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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!
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!
New York don’t miss this brilliant Palestinian film today 430pm at DOC NYC www.docnyc.net/film/yalla-p...
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
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November 16, 2024 at 3:48 PM
New York don’t miss this brilliant Palestinian film today 430pm at DOC NYC www.docnyc.net/film/yalla-p...
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sex workers were here first. if you don’t want to see porn don’t change your settings to show you porn dumbass
November 15, 2024 at 6:54 PM
sex workers were here first. if you don’t want to see porn don’t change your settings to show you porn dumbass
Is this thing working? Are you all here ?
November 16, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Is this thing working? Are you all here ?
Hallelujah my freelancer check cleared before Christmas. I now believe in miracles
December 20, 2023 at 7:03 PM
Hallelujah my freelancer check cleared before Christmas. I now believe in miracles
Sorry Oprah please forgive me. I didn’t like this new version of The Color Purple www.avclub.com/the-color-pu...
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
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December 20, 2023 at 5:39 PM
Sorry Oprah please forgive me. I didn’t like this new version of The Color Purple www.avclub.com/the-color-pu...
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...
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
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December 20, 2023 at 2:36 PM
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...
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...
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
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December 13, 2023 at 7:18 PM
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...
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Bring it on! From @mesays.bsky.social and Be Kind Rewind the takedowns I've been waiting for. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
The Izzy and Murtada Picture Show: Getting Salty about Saltburn and Maestro on Apple Podcasts
Show The Izzy and Murtada Picture Show, Ep Getting Salty about Saltburn and Maestro - Dec 6, 2023
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December 6, 2023 at 1:41 PM
Bring it on! From @mesays.bsky.social and Be Kind Rewind the takedowns I've been waiting for. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
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 “magical negro” trope
December 6, 2023 at 11:46 AM
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 “magical negro” trope
Real or Madame Taussaud’s ?
December 5, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Real or Madame Taussaud’s ?
Stop the presses, FIRE 🔥 everywhere
December 5, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Stop the presses, FIRE 🔥 everywhere
I reviewed EILEEN www.avclub.com/eileen-movie...
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
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November 29, 2023 at 11:32 PM
I reviewed EILEEN www.avclub.com/eileen-movie...
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
November 25, 2023 at 10:31 PM
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
with the film now on Netflix, here's my review for Stamped from the Beginning for Variety variety.com/2023/film/re...
‘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.
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November 20, 2023 at 2:19 PM
with the film now on Netflix, here's my review for Stamped from the Beginning for Variety variety.com/2023/film/re...
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
November 20, 2023 at 1:18 PM
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
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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."
The Izzy and Murtada Picture Show: NYAD: Netflix’s Nautical Grand Guignol on Apple Podcasts
Show The Izzy and Murtada Picture Show, Ep NYAD: Netflix’s Nautical Grand Guignol - Nov 8, 2023
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November 9, 2023 at 2:46 PM
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."
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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/
NewFest Online offers fresh looks at queer culture from the inside
This year's NewFest offers an embarrassment of queer riches...
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October 23, 2023 at 8:52 PM
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/
Reviewed Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon www.avclub.com/killers-of-t...
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
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October 20, 2023 at 12:56 AM
Reviewed Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon www.avclub.com/killers-of-t...
Saw Killers of the Flower Moon again, so that’s almost 7 hours. Take that running time fascists !!
October 12, 2023 at 6:22 PM
Saw Killers of the Flower Moon again, so that’s almost 7 hours. Take that running time fascists !!
it pains me to say that the latest Almodovar is slight despite a few joys ..... my review www.avclub.com/review-of-et...
Strange Way of Life review: Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal equal no heat
Pedro Almodovar's latest short—after his acclaimed, Tilda Swinton-starring The Human Voice—is a slight addition to his filmography
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October 12, 2023 at 11:54 AM
it pains me to say that the latest Almodovar is slight despite a few joys ..... my review www.avclub.com/review-of-et...