here is a new short story by me in called “SEX SCENES.” many thanks to for the edit & the laffs
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"HOLIDAY was neither the first nor last Hepburn & Grant pairing, but it feels as if they've invented a new type of relationship here—one marked not only by flirtation or witty repartee, but also infused with loss." -
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Interval is back!
We're returning to on 6/1 with another incredible lineup: , , , , , , , and more.
Doors at 7, Reading at 7:30. Free!
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loved talking to my friend & poet Walter Ancarrow about his new book ETYMOLOGIES for this week's mag. enlightening, inspiring, funny!!
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A year ago, Barbara Massey-Mapps’ sister, Kat, was murdered by a white supremacist in a Buffalo grocery store. If the state doesn’t kill him — the shooter faces the death penalty — she wants to.
I wrote about black rage:
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I'll be hosting the Q&A after 's screening of GIVING BIRTH TO A BUTTERFLY this Friday at . come say hi to us!!!
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What nonsense; come out from behind the pseud and say that specific films are worthless and why. Otherwise, this is just focksnoozian bigotry.
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Its actually crazy how no good art was produced between 2016-2020. Cultural wasteland
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here is a new short story by me in @peachmgzn called “SEX SCENES.” many thanks to @jo_barchi for the edit & the laffs peachmgzn.com/fran-hoepfner
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here is a new short story by me in @peachmgzn called “SEX SCENES.” many thanks to @jo_barchi for the edit & the laffs peachmgzn.com/fran-hoepfner
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About a year and a half ago, I gave Fran the prompt “write a story in which two men have sex”, and she finally took me up on it. Obsessed with this brilliant and funny short story, so happy to have edited it for peach :)!!!
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Now: "Sex Scenes," a short story by Fran Hoepfner @franhoepfner, a writer and teacher living in New York.
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回 / RETURN is out today!!! 🍥
Thank you thank you to
+ everyone who has read and written alongside me 💙
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Next week, come talk to me and our lovely cast with special moderators Tickets: linktr.ee/butterflynyc
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A poem from my new collection is the ’s Poem of the Week! It’s my take on a Chinese reversible form where characters are laid out in a circle and you can read from any character, both forward and backward.
TY to the editors. Read it here! yalereview.org/article/emily-
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Kelly Fremon Craig's adaptation of beloved Judy Blume novel Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret is wonderful: funny, embarrassing, & totally affectionate, with a killer Rachel McAdams performance. my review for
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Fran going full hater is exquisite
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thanks to @TheFilmStage for letting me review Beau Is Afraid, a flat epic full of tedious sketches with bad punchlines thefilmstage.com/beau-is-afraid
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send birthday wishes to fran, subscribe to FRAN MAG, read my piece on AIR, hire both of us to write for you!!
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thrilled to have the always great @o_rinocoflow writing on Air for Fran Magazine so I could take yesterday off to celebrate my stupid little birthday (the big 26!!!) open.substack.com/pub/franmagazi
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thrilled to have the always great writing on Air for Fran Magazine so I could take yesterday off to celebrate my stupid little birthday (the big 26!!!) open.substack.com/pub/franmagazi
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Wrote about SHOWING UP, one of my favorite films of the year by one of my very favorite directors, and how it’s a comedy of personal frustration about labor and love for . Check it out.
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Couldn't be happier having Fran on The Film Stage. Does this mark the start of The Fran Stage? I wouldn't count it out.
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thanks to @TheFilmStage for letting me review Beau Is Afraid, a flat epic full of tedious sketches with bad punchlines thefilmstage.com/beau-is-afraid
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thanks to for letting me review Beau Is Afraid, a flat epic full of tedious sketches with bad punchlines
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Lilith is on strike for the first time in her life! Will be honoring the Rutgers picket line.
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This week's MOVIE DIARY 2023 is HUGE! We've got TWO special guest writers this week, & !
CLASSICAL MUSIC!
SHATTERED TEETH!
POT!
RINA SAWAYAMA PLEASE KILL ME!
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i wrote about ROLLERBALL for none other than MOVIE DIARY 2023!!!!!!! thank you and thank you to the late James Caan
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This week's MOVIE DIARY 2023 is HUGE! We've got TWO special guest writers this week, @franhoepfner & @DeepOmega!
CLASSICAL MUSIC!
SHATTERED TEETH!
POT!
RINA SAWAYAMA PLEASE KILL ME!
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not to, like, "this website" post, but i log on here once a week to share the mag and it's more & more broken each time lol
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fran magazine issue #56 is one hour late because i overslept but please enjoy the classical music hour and more importantly, the announcement of a little something called "MIDDLEMARCH MAY"
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Really recommend anyone interested in Chicago politics watch CITY SO REAL, the 5-part Steve James documentary about the 2019 mayor’s race, still on Hulu. Paul Vallas appears as a novelty candidate who carried a broom to all his press conferences.
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the whole ep is good too imo, no skips for me
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I have really missed doing regular film coverage the last two months & am always looking to review new releases if you are interested editor or enterprising new media corporation that's too big to fail 🎟️
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i went to the Wellington Hotel liquidation sale for and almost bought a bunch of Laurel & Hardy VHS tapes
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sunday dispatch, if you can believe it open.substack.com/pub/franmagazi
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So happy to discover at last night's live that is a kindred spirit when it comes to the deranged Regal Movie Lines Bumper.
"It's all happening." - Marie "Party" Bardi, 2022
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