Rafa Sales Ross
@rafiews.com
Big on cats and movies. Film writer and programmer often seen on Variety, Little White Lies, The Playlist, Letterboxd and more. Views mine, for better or for worse.
📧 For work: [email protected]
👋 Also @rafiews everywhere else.
www.rafiews.com
📧 For work: [email protected]
👋 Also @rafiews everywhere else.
www.rafiews.com
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Rafa Sales Ross
@rafiews.com
· Jan 23
It's 2026, so here’s a reminder that I am always open for work. I'm very keen to review more this year, but also open to features, DVD essays, hosting, and programming. Throw it my way, and I’ll hit that ball as hard as I can! Love hearing from editors old & new, email in bio & more at rafiews.com ✨
I’m sat
Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas will be the leads of ‘TRUE DETECTIVE’ Season 5.
Filming begins next year.
Filming begins next year.
October 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I’m sat
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It's DEVILS Day and if you live anywhere near these theatrical engagements, you need to see it with a crowd. @jessicakiang.bsky.social — like Vanessa Redgrave, caught up in the rapture — has our review, a gorgeous piece of writing. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: Restored and fully extended, 'The Devils' is now honed to its sharpest provocation
Director Ken Russell's vision represents a lusty, unencumbered perspective that found full flourish with this much-marred 1971 movie, the revival event of the year.
www.latimes.com
October 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
It's DEVILS Day and if you live anywhere near these theatrical engagements, you need to see it with a crowd. @jessicakiang.bsky.social — like Vanessa Redgrave, caught up in the rapture — has our review, a gorgeous piece of writing. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
It’s my favourite time of the year… Grey’s Anatomy is back!
October 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
It’s my favourite time of the year… Grey’s Anatomy is back!
Have watched some truly terrific docs at this year’s Rio Film Festival, especially ALUCINAÇÃO, a rich visual essay chronicling how Belchior’s titular album captured a fractured Brazil during its dictatorship years. I haven’t stopped listening to the album since, and can’t recommend it enough.
Listen to Alucinacao - Album by Belchior | Spotify
Belchior · album · 1976 · 10 songs
open.spotify.com
October 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Have watched some truly terrific docs at this year’s Rio Film Festival, especially ALUCINAÇÃO, a rich visual essay chronicling how Belchior’s titular album captured a fractured Brazil during its dictatorship years. I haven’t stopped listening to the album since, and can’t recommend it enough.
In Alan Alda’s THE FOUR SEASONS, the friend group judges Nick for fathering a child at the scandalous age of… Forty-three.
September 29, 2026 at 10:16 AM
In Alan Alda’s THE FOUR SEASONS, the friend group judges Nick for fathering a child at the scandalous age of… Forty-three.
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9/19/80: Ordinary People
D Robert Redford 🙏 / W Alvin Sargent
w/Sutherland, MTM, Hutton, Hirsch
More
@kphipps3000.bsky.social: thereveal.substack.com/p/the-80s-in...
@billsimmons.bsky.social / @seanfennessey.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/4mjG...
@rafiews.com: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
D Robert Redford 🙏 / W Alvin Sargent
w/Sutherland, MTM, Hutton, Hirsch
More
@kphipps3000.bsky.social: thereveal.substack.com/p/the-80s-in...
@billsimmons.bsky.social / @seanfennessey.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/4mjG...
@rafiews.com: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
In praise of Robert Redford’s Ordinary People
Redford’s directorial debut holds its ground as one of cinema’s most moving explorations of loss and guilt.
lwlies.com
September 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
9/19/80: Ordinary People
D Robert Redford 🙏 / W Alvin Sargent
w/Sutherland, MTM, Hutton, Hirsch
More
@kphipps3000.bsky.social: thereveal.substack.com/p/the-80s-in...
@billsimmons.bsky.social / @seanfennessey.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/4mjG...
@rafiews.com: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
D Robert Redford 🙏 / W Alvin Sargent
w/Sutherland, MTM, Hutton, Hirsch
More
@kphipps3000.bsky.social: thereveal.substack.com/p/the-80s-in...
@billsimmons.bsky.social / @seanfennessey.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/4mjG...
@rafiews.com: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
Hadn’t read a book this fast in a while. Loved it, loved it.
September 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Hadn’t read a book this fast in a while. Loved it, loved it.
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Wrapped Venice competition with one of its great surprises, Marco Bechis’ tight dictatorship thriller BACK TO BUENOS AIRES. Here’s me for @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/venice-film-...
Back to Buenos Aires – first-look review
Marcho Bechis' tense drama documents a man's return to a country where he endured brutal treatment in order to testify against the perpatrators.
lwlies.com
September 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Wrapped Venice competition with one of its great surprises, Marco Bechis’ tight dictatorship thriller BACK TO BUENOS AIRES. Here’s me for @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/venice-film-...
Wrapped Venice competition with one of its great surprises, Marco Bechis’ tight dictatorship thriller BACK TO BUENOS AIRES. Here’s me for @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/venice-film-...
Back to Buenos Aires – first-look review
Marcho Bechis' tense drama documents a man's return to a country where he endured brutal treatment in order to testify against the perpatrators.
lwlies.com
September 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Wrapped Venice competition with one of its great surprises, Marco Bechis’ tight dictatorship thriller BACK TO BUENOS AIRES. Here’s me for @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/venice-film-...
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A very tough morning in Venice with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s NAZA. Here’s me on it for @lwlies.com
lwlies.com/venice-film-...
lwlies.com/venice-film-...
Naza – first-look review
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s damning and stark documentary outlines the horrifying extent of civilian deaths in Palestine through interviews with…
lwlies.com
September 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
A very tough morning in Venice with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s NAZA. Here’s me on it for @lwlies.com
lwlies.com/venice-film-...
lwlies.com/venice-film-...
A very tough morning in Venice with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s NAZA. Here’s me on it for @lwlies.com
lwlies.com/venice-film-...
lwlies.com/venice-film-...
Naza – first-look review
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s damning and stark documentary outlines the horrifying extent of civilian deaths in Palestine through interviews with…
lwlies.com
September 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
A very tough morning in Venice with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s NAZA. Here’s me on it for @lwlies.com
lwlies.com/venice-film-...
lwlies.com/venice-film-...
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It feels ironic that Casey Affleck’s gothic horror, built upon the notion of inviting one in, is so relentlessly intent on shutting us out, writes @rafiews.com
Company – first-look review from #Venezia83
Company – first-look review from #Venezia83
Company – first-look review
Casey Affleck's sombre gothic horror is over laboured despite an intriguing premise.
lwlies.com
September 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
It feels ironic that Casey Affleck’s gothic horror, built upon the notion of inviting one in, is so relentlessly intent on shutting us out, writes @rafiews.com
Company – first-look review from #Venezia83
Company – first-look review from #Venezia83
I adore LIGHT OF MY LIFE, so it breaks my heart to say COMPANY is a messy, aimless bundle of wasted promise. Here’s me for @lwlies.com (in a spoiler-free review of a film that is very easy to spoil): lwlies.com/venice-film-...
Company – first-look review
Casey Affleck's sombre gothic horror is over laboured despite an intriguing premise.
lwlies.com
September 8, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I adore LIGHT OF MY LIFE, so it breaks my heart to say COMPANY is a messy, aimless bundle of wasted promise. Here’s me for @lwlies.com (in a spoiler-free review of a film that is very easy to spoil): lwlies.com/venice-film-...
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Victor di Marco and Márcio Picoli’s London spreads its narrative tentacles with the eagerness of first-time filmmakers hungry to tackle many concerns at once, finds @rafiews.com #Venezia83
London – first-look review
Victor di Marco and Márcio Picoli's portrait of a queer and disabled sex worker asks interesting questions but underserves an intriguing premise.
lwlies.com
September 8, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Victor di Marco and Márcio Picoli’s London spreads its narrative tentacles with the eagerness of first-time filmmakers hungry to tackle many concerns at once, finds @rafiews.com #Venezia83
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In her English language debut, Lili Horvát hones in on the parallels between our starved curiosity for the alien and our frustration at the mysteries of our own kind #Venezia83
My Notes on Mars – first-look review
Lili Horvát’s English language debut stars Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend as a starcrossed couple.
lwlies.com
September 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
In her English language debut, Lili Horvát hones in on the parallels between our starved curiosity for the alien and our frustration at the mysteries of our own kind #Venezia83
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Danny Boyle sets the scene for an evisceration of the mighty Rupert Murdoch, but never quite lands a killing blow, finds @rafiews.com #Venezia83
Ink – first-look review
Danny Boyle's take on the rise of Rupert Murdoch and The Sun fails to spin a convincing yarn.
lwlies.com
September 4, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Danny Boyle sets the scene for an evisceration of the mighty Rupert Murdoch, but never quite lands a killing blow, finds @rafiews.com #Venezia83
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Venice has started on a sour note this year. Here's me on Danny Boyle's misguided INK for @lwlies.com lwlies.com/venice-film-...
Ink – first-look review
Danny Boyle's take on the rise of Rupert Murdoch and The Sun fails to spin a convincing yarn.
lwlies.com
September 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Venice has started on a sour note this year. Here's me on Danny Boyle's misguided INK for @lwlies.com lwlies.com/venice-film-...
Desperately missing Twitter polls as I struggle with a burning issue on the ground in Venice: do the Mara Sisters look alike?
September 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Desperately missing Twitter polls as I struggle with a burning issue on the ground in Venice: do the Mara Sisters look alike?
Venice has started on a sour note this year. Here's me on Danny Boyle's misguided INK for @lwlies.com lwlies.com/venice-film-...
Ink – first-look review
Danny Boyle's take on the rise of Rupert Murdoch and The Sun fails to spin a convincing yarn.
lwlies.com
September 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Venice has started on a sour note this year. Here's me on Danny Boyle's misguided INK for @lwlies.com lwlies.com/venice-film-...
I’m the first one in my family’s long lineage to read this combination of words
August 18, 2026 at 6:33 AM
I’m the first one in my family’s long lineage to read this combination of words
This Woody Harrelson quote from Michael Winterbottom's WELCOME TO SARAJEVO just struck me like a hard blow to the face.
August 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This Woody Harrelson quote from Michael Winterbottom's WELCOME TO SARAJEVO just struck me like a hard blow to the face.
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The tech that young ppl generally embrace is stuff that helps them rebel, allows greater self-expressivity, creates a shared generational vernacular. AI ain't it. In fact AI corrals new thinking into stale, billionaire-owned algorithmic patterns that are the opposite.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Usually, Young People Embrace New Technology. Gen Z's Attitude Toward AI Should Worry the Entire Tech Industry
Gen Z is increasingly skeptical about AI, according to a new survey, because of its perceived negative impact on humanity.
futurism.com
August 7, 2026 at 7:52 AM
The tech that young ppl generally embrace is stuff that helps them rebel, allows greater self-expressivity, creates a shared generational vernacular. AI ain't it. In fact AI corrals new thinking into stale, billionaire-owned algorithmic patterns that are the opposite.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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They let me get a little spicy on main over *that* NYT op-ed. So without further ado…a few cents on David Ellison’s plea to the American people to let him win this round of Monopoly.
Full story at the link 👇
Full story at the link 👇
August 5, 2026 at 3:04 AM
They let me get a little spicy on main over *that* NYT op-ed. So without further ado…a few cents on David Ellison’s plea to the American people to let him win this round of Monopoly.
Full story at the link 👇
Full story at the link 👇