Manuel Betancourt

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/757080/h…

@NinjaWorrier Oh that sounds like a group I should be on (but I’m not!). Good tip; have a link for it? Thanks!

@bmanuel I'm feeling quite relieved to keep seeing other people also going to Cannes for the first time, me too! Are you in the international critics FB group? There's a thread on accommodation in there.

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!

the one and only @bmanuel entered a Daniel Doc to chat about intimacy , cruising, strangers, and more… link below…

@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!

The Brooklyn Bridge was "sold" a staggering 4,160 different times between 1883 and 1928. The seller? George C. Parker, a con man of epic proportions. The story:

@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!

George C. Parker was an American con man best known for his surprisingly successful attempts to "sell" the Brooklyn Bridge. He made his living conducting illegal sales of property he did not own, often New York's public landmarks, to unwary immigrants.

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 🌹

After a string of dramatic roles, Matt Bomer needed a comedy. Enter 'Mid-Century Modern' latimes.com/entertainment-…

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/pro…

@thefilmgoer @latimes Congrats Matt!

Excited to share some news about my next chapter at @latimes: latimes.com/about/pressrel…

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/series/matias-…

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-showing/is…

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-showing/

This was such a great conversation; one of my favorite Backstage features I’ve gotten to do.

“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/revi…

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

@BrianCentrone @mathewrodriguez Thanks again for coming!

Excited to see @bmanuel and @mathewrodriguez tonight!

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-…

"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/2025/01/16/dez…