The new MUBI movie Lurker , from Beef and The Bear writer Alex Russell, explores the relationship between fan and artist from a very modern perspective. “I was interested in this aspect of music-making now where it’s so easy to make a song in your bedroom and upload it, and now you’re all of a sudden on the [artist] side of things,” Russell tells Consequence . “You could start out as a fan of something and then put out your own music — and all of a sudden you have fans.”

When that barrier between fan and artist decreases, it means that the relationship between those roles “starts to blur.” It’s a killer starting-off point for a film that tackles fandom and fame, which kicks off when the well-known musical artist Oliver ( Archie Madekwe ) drops by the shop where aspiring photog

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