This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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It's always been the case in SF, largely because dystopia makes for better stories
Quite pleased with a week's work that constitutes 15,006 words of a draft chapter of my new book project!
The fabulous Fat Dog at Chalk, Brighton, last night
Is this real?? Sckening - serving up people’s suffering to appease the populist Right. When will Labour learn you can’t out-Reform Reform? Instead, offer a far bolder agenda of green investment in local
communities, public services in public hands, wealth taxes on super-rich, & a bit of hope FFS
Delivered the manuscript for my BFI Film Classics book on The Conversation today
It is just me who finds it annoying how inflated many people get when paying tribute to a figure such as David Lynch? I'm an admirer and fan of his work, which I think was highly distinctive and significant. But he did not 'revolutionize' cinema or 'change cinema forever', as some proclaim
Author copies of my new book have just arrived!
Is this really a good place to sit?
My personal 'best of' lists for 2024 viewing and reading: gkindiefilm.com?p=568
A post for the first time in ages on my IndieFilm website: reflections on retirement work://gkindiefilm.com/?page_id=89
How much reluctantly or willingly? Part of me's wishing I'd waited another year, so I could take one of the bullets (and, OK, get a payoff!)
Here's the full cover
My new book, Arthouse Crime Scenes: Art Film Genre and Crime in Contemporary World Cinema, had its official publication date yesterday (expensive hardback initially). The intro and part of the first chapter is available here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/arthouse-...
Just sent off my proposal for a new book project!
Idles fantastic in Brighton last night, for my first post here
