Writer/critic for hire
📚 Hello Stranger (OUT NOW!)
📚 The Male Gazed (2023)
📚 Judy at Carnegie Hall (2020)
🏰 Writer on @thecardboardk
Rep @MichaelBourret
It’s finally here! My new book HELLO STRANGER is out today. You can get it wherever books are sold (you can even get it as an e-book and as an audiobook as well, narrated by yours truly!)
Get your copy here! https://t.co/FOEH7OFphK
With a slate consisting exclusively of documentaries, the Mexican production and distribution company reflects on its two-decade journey toward stability and sustainability. Read more about @artegiosdist at #DocumentaryMag, by @bmanuel.
2026 is the year I finally make it to Cannes!
Excited to be attending the fest for the first time; any recs and, more importantly, any housing leads (May 15-20).
@filipefurtado Hi Filipe. Reaching out in my role as assistant editor at Documentary magazine, I wanted to connect for a piece I think you may be well-suited for. Is there an email I can reach you at? Thanks!
@DavidZabinsky Hey, came across this thread of yours on George C. Parker, whom I'm researching for a project and I was wondering where you encountered that photo of his. I've been having trouble sourcing its origin. Thank you so much!
@marinamaral2 Hi Marina, Came across this thread of yours on George C. Parker, whom I'm researching for a project and I was wondering where you encountered that photo of his. I've been having trouble sourcing its origin. Thank you so much!
I moderated a lovely chat yesterday for the @latimes Festival of Books!
Despite a torrential downpour, people still showed up for queer Latine memoirs. Thanks to @bmanuel, @Vanessid and Edgar Gomez for telling their stories 🌹
Buy the "Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men" audiobook today and save 50%! Offer ends 04/11. @bmanuel https://t.co/fUwBsHj6WM
We began our Matías Piñeiro retrospective at the Aero on Friday night with a ISABELLA (2020) / VIOLA (2012) double feature 👏
Thank you to filmmaker Matías Piñeiro for an excellent discussion moderated by @bmanuel.
Retrospective runs through 3/31:
https://t.co/lzK1EYI0wE
Our highly anticipated Matías Piñeiro in-person retrospective kicks off tomorrow night at the Aero! ✈️🇦🇷🎥
Join us for a Shakespeare
-centered double feature of ISABELLA (2020) / VIOLA (2012) + Q&A moderated by @bmanuel on Fri. 3/14 at 7:30 pm.
https://t.co/SPWFgUn8Yd
Happy birthday, Elizabeth Olsen! We love how she describes her relationship to fellow actors.
Revisit our 2021 cover story here: https://t.co/wdkapR0Frj
“A dazzling, daring provocation... with her Sundance debut, writer-director Gala del Sol announces herself as a fabulous off-kilter voice in contemporary cinema” says @bmanuel on RAINS OVER BABEL (@RainsOverBabel) in its world premiere at #Sundance2025 https://t.co/ynGNSQxE1t
HELLO STRANGER author @bmanuel shares some of the books that shaped his adolescence, helped inspire his latest novel, and what he's looking forward to reading next, via @debutiful.
https://t.co/Z1hk2Mg8v0
I’M STILL HERE is a near perfect movie anchored by a wonderfully restrained performance from Golden Globe winner Fernanda Torres.
My review for @TheAVClub https://t.co/ZTbONC0KN0