happy to report we exceeded our team goal and had a successful #endalz walk! thanks to everyone who donated 💜

really beautifully made; still digesting a lot of it but elordi's performance is stunning!

#nowwatching 💚🙂‍↕️

it was a joy to write about all the queer films playing #fantasticfest this year for @dreadcentral.bsky.social 🔪🏳️‍🌈 www.dreadcentral.com/news/544729/...

i also had a blast checking out the restorations at the fest! there was something for everyone, from art house slashers to delightful sexploitation 😈♥️ my round up for @dreadcentral.bsky.social: www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/5446...

my grandma panchi has been a vibrant part of my life, always. she introduced me to the golden girls, made me laugh constantly, & cooked the best chicken noodle soup!

i also had a blast checking out the restorations at the fest! there was something for everyone, from art house slashers to delightful sexploitation 😈♥️ my round up for @dreadcentral.bsky.social: www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/5446...

it was a joy to write about all the queer films playing #fantasticfest this year for @dreadcentral.bsky.social 🔪🏳️‍🌈 www.dreadcentral.com/news/544729/...

reposting for the sunday crowd 😇

wrote about the sexy, subversive NIGHT STAGE out of #fantasticfest for #latinamediaco 😌🔥 latinamedia.co/night-stage/

favorite first watches of september: • DEADLY WEAPONS (1974), d. doris wishman • KILLING SPREE (1984), d. antoine pellissier • FREAKED (1993), ds. alex winter, tom stern • DILDO HEAVEN (2002), d. doris wishman

me and all my friends at the 8AM doris wishman restoration press screening #fantasticfest

now seated at #fantasticfest to get

hello from day 3 of #fantasticfest 🐉 today's lineup: NIGHT STAGE, FREAKED, BEFORE THE FALL, and DON'T LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE 🍿

#nowseated for my 2nd watch of #fantasticfest, SILENCIO

fellas, is it gay to give your best friend a literal heart cut from the corpse of his past love?

seated for my first movie of #fantasticfest 🧪

RIP to robert redford, independent cinema's champion, and a devastatingly charming and beautiful presence on any screen 🌹

rejoice, genre nerds! #fantasticfest is finally upon us 🙏🏼😈 wrote up a preview of the latine projects at the fest for #latinamediaco latinamedia.co/fantastic-fe...

late to the party, but here are my favorite first watches of august: • ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976), d. alan j. pakula • E.T. THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL (1982), d. steven spielberg • PONYO (2008), d. hayao miyazaki

reposting for the tuesday afternoon crowd :-)

wrote film notes for the beautiful, unnerving, essential CABARET (1972) at hyperreal film club! austin friends can see it this saturday at the gorgeous @paramountaustin.bsky.social ✨ hyperrealfilm.club/reviews/caba...

beyond excited to be returning to #fantasticfest this year! 🔥 will be doing some coverage for the fine folks at #LatinaMediaCo but i'm happy to take on more assignments for any editors who need coverage!

was delighted to join my friend @thejokesboy.bsky.social for 2 stops on his tour of austin's queer club bathrooms! it's an essential (and fun!) read 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 🫡 www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2025-08...

PSA: MISSISSIPPI MASALA is on HBOmax, please love yourselves and watch this tender, thoughtful film featuring two of the hottest people alive if you haven't already!!

delighted to see a pullquote from my @austinchronicle.bsky.social review of GOOD BOY in the film's latest trailer! it's worth watching indy's spooky saga when it comes to theaters on 10/3 🐶 re-sharing my review here: www.austinchronicle.com/daily/sxsw/2...

WEAPONS: more to come, but that was weird (highly complimentary)

it is TIME 🙂‍↕️

paid subscribers to my newsletter will be getting two longform pieces from me this month, first up is an appreciation of kevin smith’s DOGMA 🪽 📖: open.substack.com/pub/martinez...

austin film writers: come join our group of thoughtful, insightful critics! 🤓🍿

favorite first watches of june, part two: • ROCKY IV (1985), d. sylvester stallone • NATHAN FOR YOU: FINDING FRANCES (2017), d. nathan fielder • HUMMINGBIRDS (2023), ds. estefania "bebe" contreras & silvia del carmen castaños

favorite first watches of june, part one: • VAPORS (1965), d. andy milligan • NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968), george romero • 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968), d. stanley kubrick • FRIDAY THE 13th (1980), d. sean s. cunningham

for the monday crowd:

for my latest newsletter post, i wrote about MATERIALISTS as a frustrating interrogation of modern romance and what we want versus what we deserve. read here 💌: open.substack.com/pub/martinez...

i mostly liked 28 YEARS LATER, a tonally uneven but compelling time at the movies. my review for @austinchronicle.bsky.social: www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/...

one of those movies that lives up to the hype and even transcends it. a bleak masterpiece, thanks george 🖤

rectifying a big blind spot tonight 🧟‍♂️

re-sharing for the sunday crowd 💙

favorite first watches of may: • BLOW OUT (1981), d. brian de palma • THE LOVELESS (1981), d. kathryn bigelow • GOTHIC (1986), d. ken russell • STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997), d. paul verhoeven

i wrote about POSSESSION, emotions that threaten to tear us apart, and the importance of release open.substack.com/pub/martinez...

some news: i launched a newsletter! my first post is a review of BRING HER BACK. a potent exploration of the void of pain that death leaves behind, and what we'll do the escape it martinezalejandra.substack.com/p/in-bring-h...

"I can't exist by myself because I'm afraid of myself, because I'm the maker of my own evil."

BACK OF THE SHELF gives you a crash course in strange, unusual cinema—followed by curated recs to start your own deep dive. Excited to bring y'all the first season, J-HORROR AFTER J-HORROR, tracing the genre’s global rise, fall, and chilling rebirth from the 2010s onward.

for the sunday crowd 📰

some news: i launched a newsletter! my first post is a review of BRING HER BACK. a potent exploration of the void of pain that death leaves behind, and what we'll do the escape it martinezalejandra.substack.com/p/in-bring-h...

undeniably decadent and also kind of goofy! love how russell sticks to his specific aesthetic sensibilities no matter what

nw:

@paramountaustin.bsky.social's summer classic film series is always a highlight of the season, but this year feels tailored to me in ways i couldn't have predicted!! naturally i will be seated for ZODIAC (2007) 🫡 www.austintheatre.org/events/2025-...

Much love to nominees @mtzxale.bsky.social, @rmwhittaker.bsky.social, and Kimberley Jones in this year's Best of Austin awards. Can't go wrong with any one of them. Now, more than ever, we need to prioritize the organizations that compensate their writers.

re-sharing for the midweek crowd 👋🏼