Writer/critic for hire 📚 Hello Stranger (OUT NOW!) 📚 The Male Gazed (2023) 📚 Judy at Carnegie Hall (2020) 🏰 Writer on @thecardboardk Rep @MichaelBourret
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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! penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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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.
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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).
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the one and only @bmanuel entered a Daniel Doc to chat about intimacy , cruising, strangers, and more… link below…
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RT @HexPositive: I moderated a lovely chat yesterday for the @latimes Festival of Books!
Despite a torrential downpour, people still show…
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After a string of dramatic roles, Matt Bomer needed a comedy. Enter 'Mid-Century Modern' latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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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 audiobooks.com/promotions/pr…
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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:
americancinematheque.com/ser…
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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.
americancinematheque.com/now…
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Friday at the AC! 🥩
PRIME CUT (1972) - 7pm LF3
TAXI DRIVER (1976) - 7pm Egyptian
ISABELLA (2020) / VIOLA (2012) + Q&A with filmmaker Matías Piñeiro, moderated by @bmanuel - 7:30pm Aero
FACES (1968) - 10pm LF3
americancinematheque.com/now…
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This was such a great conversation; one of my favorite Backstage features I’ve gotten to do.
Happy birthday, Elizabeth Olsen! We love how she describes her relationship to fellow actors.
Revisit our 2021 cover story here: bit.ly/4hCbtko
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“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 variety.com/2025/film/review…
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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.
buff.ly/4hjhgLM
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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 avclub.com/im-still-here-rev…
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"What would it mean to live – instead of in a short story – to live in a lyric?" — @bmanuel interviewed by Dez Deshaies about his new novel, HELLO STRANGER (@CatapultStory, 2025) on the Foglifter blog ✨
foglifterjournal.com/2025/01…
ALT A graphic with text that says, "Splintering the Storybook Romance: A Conversation with Manuel Betancourt by Dez Deshaies." The book cover for "Hello Stranger" by Betancourt is set to the left of the text. An orange Foglifter logo is centered near the bottom. The graphic background is a blue and pink gradient.
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NY Times (@nytimesbooks) calls @bmanuel's HELLO STRANGER "a persuasive and well-researched disquisition on the edifying and seductive potential of those we don’t yet know." 💜
buff.ly/4h9bRqI
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The author of “The Male Gazed” returns with a new essay collection about modern intimacy.
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MOVED TO @ChevaliersBooks at 6pm tomorrow
LA, see you tomorrow💋📺
@___adorn @bmanuel @EmmaSpecter @ElizabethTeets
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I am so proud of these two books, one on intimacy, one on masculinity, which have helped me grow as a writer and a critic.
On days when I feel like I should be doing more, writing more, making more… I’m happy I can turn to my shelf and beam at these accomplishments, at least.
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Loved chatting about flirting & all things Hello Stranger with @robsalerno.
Also, @bmanuel's new book "Hello Stranger" is out today. Check out my interview with him for the @LosAngelesBlade:
losangelesblade.com/2025/01/…
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