Jan 26, 2025 · Lurker is a 2025 American drama film written and directed by Alex Russell and starring Théodore Pellerin and Archie Madekwe. Premise. A retail worker befriends the inner circle of an up-and-coming pop star. [1] Cast. Théodore Pellerin; Archie Madekwe; Havana Rose …

Lurker: Directed by Alex Russell. With Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Sunny Suljic, Cam Hicks. A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.

1 day ago · Writer-director Alex Russell takes some surprising inspiration from Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy and Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve. However, by filtering those influences through a modern lens, Lurker becomes something distinct — a film that doesn’t just critique fame and fandom but also immerses itself in its psychology.

Alex Russell, the writer-director of “Lurker,” works with a highly accomplished jittery cell-phone-camera aesthetic that makes the entire movie a mirror of what it’s about: the fleeting I-shoot-a-video-of-myself-therefore-I-am celebrity that’s become the coin of the realm in the Instagram era." …

Jan 29, 2025 · But Alex Russell, the writer-director of “Lurker,” works with a highly accomplished jittery cell-phone-camera aesthetic that makes the entire movie a mirror of what it’s about: the fleeting ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Combining the obsessive spirit of “Laura” and the frenetic sleaziness of “Nightcrawler,” writer/director Alex Russell’s “Lurker” is a borderline paranoid thriller made for the starfucker in everyone. It begins with sweaty flair when rising pop star Oliver (Archie Madekwe) saunters into the clothing store where Matthew (Théodore ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Théodore Pellerin and Archie Madekwe star in Alex Russell's 'Lurker,' about a fame-hungry obsessive who infiltrates a rising star's inner circle. The first-time director, a writer and producer on ...

Programmer Sudeep Sharma welcomes writer-director Alex Russell to the stage, calling his film Lurker a “fresh take on modern fame, online fan culture, social status, and social disorder.” After greeting the audience, Russell shares an entry from the dream journal he keeps in his notes app.

5 days ago · Using the lens of fame, L.A.-based writer/director Alex Russell explores why the need to belong brings out the worst behavior in some men in his debut feature film “Lurker.”

Mar 25, 2024 · Alex Russell, whose writing credits include FX’s “Dave” and “The Bear” and Netflix’s “Beef,” is making his directorial debut with the upcoming thriller “ Lurker,” starring and Théodore...