Ursula Muñoz S.
@ursulamunozs13.bsky.social
freelance film critic & journalist with words at bright wall/dark room, cineaste, paste magazine & more
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INTERVIEW: ‘Weapons’ actor Clayton Farris breaks down iconic possession scene
"It was like being waterboarded."
ursulams.substack.com
Thrilled to finally share my interview with Clayton Farris, who plays Terry in Weapons, where he acts in one of the year’s most memorable scenes. He filled me in on the joys of working with Amy Madigan and why every actor deserves a great horror movie death: ursulams.substack.com/p/it-was-lik...
“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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why do all the men who make it their fucking mission to outlaw HRT, all take HRT
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
why do all the men who make it their fucking mission to outlaw HRT, all take HRT
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Niche post for critics and movie-awards-season nerds: Don't sleep on The Plague, a superb, excruciatingly tense American debut film--not horror, but in its way terrifying--about being a 12- or 13-year-old boy among other 12- or 13-year-old boys. Opens next month; it's haunted me since I saw it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Niche post for critics and movie-awards-season nerds: Don't sleep on The Plague, a superb, excruciatingly tense American debut film--not horror, but in its way terrifying--about being a 12- or 13-year-old boy among other 12- or 13-year-old boys. Opens next month; it's haunted me since I saw it.
The definition of “scaring the hoes”:
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The definition of “scaring the hoes”:
Is Welcome to Derry any good, and is there a chance I’ll like it if I don’t like the film(s)?
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Is Welcome to Derry any good, and is there a chance I’ll like it if I don’t like the film(s)?
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New today on the site:
“Ivan Dixon’s THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) is a pipe bomb on the video store shelf, a gasoline-filled wine bottle in your DVD cabinet, a vicious bit of malware streamed through hijacked plutocrat satellites.”
- Bryan Miller
“Ivan Dixon’s THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) is a pipe bomb on the video store shelf, a gasoline-filled wine bottle in your DVD cabinet, a vicious bit of malware streamed through hijacked plutocrat satellites.”
- Bryan Miller
The Spook Who Sat By the Door (1973): Weaponized Expectations
Ivan Dixon's The Spook Who Sat By the Door is a pipe bomb on the video store shelf, a gasoline-filled wine bottle in your DVD cabinet.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
New today on the site:
“Ivan Dixon’s THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) is a pipe bomb on the video store shelf, a gasoline-filled wine bottle in your DVD cabinet, a vicious bit of malware streamed through hijacked plutocrat satellites.”
- Bryan Miller
“Ivan Dixon’s THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) is a pipe bomb on the video store shelf, a gasoline-filled wine bottle in your DVD cabinet, a vicious bit of malware streamed through hijacked plutocrat satellites.”
- Bryan Miller
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Better late than never: my reviews of One Battle After Another + two more: ursulams.substack.com/p/september-...
September in Review: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Twinless’ & ‘Death of a Unicorn’
Better late than never.
ursulams.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Better late than never: my reviews of One Battle After Another + two more: ursulams.substack.com/p/september-...
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
florence pew: thread
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Tree in Flower near Vetheuil - 1879
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9280
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9280
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Tree in Flower near Vetheuil - 1879
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9280
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9280
What am I missing?? open.spotify.com/playlist/6VT...
Favorite Needle Drops (2025)
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What am I missing?? open.spotify.com/playlist/6VT...
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“Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity.” Why? Outlets with millions of views and proper funding are dying before our eyes, budgets are vanishing, and no one knows how another Google update will disrupt the industry as-is.
So few people understand what it takes to build an outlet from scratch.
So few people understand what it takes to build an outlet from scratch.
People keep saying this and let me tell you, as one of way too many freelancers without a steady job, it is annoying!
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity.” Why? Outlets with millions of views and proper funding are dying before our eyes, budgets are vanishing, and no one knows how another Google update will disrupt the industry as-is.
So few people understand what it takes to build an outlet from scratch.
So few people understand what it takes to build an outlet from scratch.
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People keep saying this and let me tell you, as one of way too many freelancers without a steady job, it is annoying!
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
People keep saying this and let me tell you, as one of way too many freelancers without a steady job, it is annoying!
This is so lame. They really did take all the wrong lessons from Barbie, as predicted.
The Oscar-nominated Phil Johnston is penning a screenplay for a feature based on Mattel’s View-Master 3D image toy.
Phil Johnston Writing View-Master Live-Action Movie for Mattel
The Oscar-nominated Phil Johnston is penning a screenplay for a feature based on Mattel’s View-Master 3D image toy.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is so lame. They really did take all the wrong lessons from Barbie, as predicted.
Better late than never: my reviews of One Battle After Another + two more: ursulams.substack.com/p/september-...
September in Review: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Twinless’ & ‘Death of a Unicorn’
Better late than never.
ursulams.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Better late than never: my reviews of One Battle After Another + two more: ursulams.substack.com/p/september-...
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Thrilled to finally share my interview with Clayton Farris, who plays Terry in Weapons, where he acts in one of the year’s most memorable scenes. He filled me in on the joys of working with Amy Madigan and why every actor deserves a great horror movie death: ursulams.substack.com/p/it-was-lik...
INTERVIEW: ‘Weapons’ actor Clayton Farris breaks down iconic possession scene
"It was like being waterboarded."
ursulams.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thrilled to finally share my interview with Clayton Farris, who plays Terry in Weapons, where he acts in one of the year’s most memorable scenes. He filled me in on the joys of working with Amy Madigan and why every actor deserves a great horror movie death: ursulams.substack.com/p/it-was-lik...
Thrilled to finally share my interview with Clayton Farris, who plays Terry in Weapons, where he acts in one of the year’s most memorable scenes. He filled me in on the joys of working with Amy Madigan and why every actor deserves a great horror movie death: ursulams.substack.com/p/it-was-lik...
INTERVIEW: ‘Weapons’ actor Clayton Farris breaks down iconic possession scene
"It was like being waterboarded."
ursulams.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thrilled to finally share my interview with Clayton Farris, who plays Terry in Weapons, where he acts in one of the year’s most memorable scenes. He filled me in on the joys of working with Amy Madigan and why every actor deserves a great horror movie death: ursulams.substack.com/p/it-was-lik...
I'm publishing something I'm really proud of tomorrow. No spoilers, but it's an interview with someone who worked on one of my favorite films so far this year. It's not every day that you get to dissect great moments in cinema with the people who worked on them. So excited to share it with y'all 🪴🔔
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I'm publishing something I'm really proud of tomorrow. No spoilers, but it's an interview with someone who worked on one of my favorite films so far this year. It's not every day that you get to dissect great moments in cinema with the people who worked on them. So excited to share it with y'all 🪴🔔
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To be crystal clear: if the Dems racking up wins today had taken the breathless advice of opinion columnists and thrown immigrants and trans people to the wolves, they would have lost today. They won because they didn’t.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
To be crystal clear: if the Dems racking up wins today had taken the breathless advice of opinion columnists and thrown immigrants and trans people to the wolves, they would have lost today. They won because they didn’t.
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Who could have predicted that what voters wanted after all were candidates with even a modicum of a spine? This was truly unknowable before today.
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Who could have predicted that what voters wanted after all were candidates with even a modicum of a spine? This was truly unknowable before today.
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Blah blah blah men…Young women are ready to set the country on fire
A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Blah blah blah men…Young women are ready to set the country on fire
Even putting aside the ethical ramifications of using AI instead of paying real artists to make something, this looks as ugly as last year’s, and it’s baffling that Coca-Cola would pivot to this nonsense after all these years of cute, memorable ad campaigns. Yeah it’s all corporate, but still.
Coca-Cola's annual Christmas commercial is AI-generated again
The company used even fewer people to make it this year
“We need to keep moving forward and pushing the envelope … The genie is out of the bottle, and you’re not going to put it back in"
(via THR)
The company used even fewer people to make it this year
“We need to keep moving forward and pushing the envelope … The genie is out of the bottle, and you’re not going to put it back in"
(via THR)
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Even putting aside the ethical ramifications of using AI instead of paying real artists to make something, this looks as ugly as last year’s, and it’s baffling that Coca-Cola would pivot to this nonsense after all these years of cute, memorable ad campaigns. Yeah it’s all corporate, but still.
Every time I come across a picture book for children with hideous artwork that is so obviously AI-generated, I think of the underestimation of children’s minds that comes with the low effort that’s put into the media we make for them. Then I remember this passage from my favorite Roger Ebert review:
November 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Every time I come across a picture book for children with hideous artwork that is so obviously AI-generated, I think of the underestimation of children’s minds that comes with the low effort that’s put into the media we make for them. Then I remember this passage from my favorite Roger Ebert review:
Favorite first-time watches of October:
November 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Favorite first-time watches of October: