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Retired academic. Author of Mario Bava: The Artisan as Italian Horror Auteur, British Low Culture, Kung Fu Cult Masters, BFI book on The League of Gentlemen.

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Judging by reviews, they have thankfully done a better job with the film itself.

10.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sleeve for the 4K release of All the President's Men featuring a well-known image of Hoffman and Redford that has been touched up with AI.

Sleeve for the 4K release of All the President's Men featuring a well-known image of Hoffman and Redford that has been touched up with AI.

The irony of seeing a film about the beautiful artwork of Graham Humphreys and on the same evening buying something with cover artwork that suggests that someone was asked "Can you make Dustin Hoffman look 15?"

10.03.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Graham Humphreys, Reece Shearsmith, Cathi Unsworth, Chris Collier, and Mike Muncer onstage at the Prince Charles Cinema

Graham Humphreys, Reece Shearsmith, Cathi Unsworth, Chris Collier, and Mike Muncer onstage at the Prince Charles Cinema

The Q&A after the film - Graham Humphreys, Reece Shearsmith, Cathi Unsworth, Chris Collier (the director) and Mike Muncer.

10.03.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There are certainly some very familiar faces in the trailer.

10.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching Rush Hour 3 and a little surprised to see an uncredited Roman Polanski turn up. Although given the director, I probably shouldn't be.

10.03.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Captured Souls - Trailer
Captured Souls - Trailer YouTube video by 24 Foot Square

Off to see Captured Souls, a documentary about Graham Humphreys, at the Prince Charles with @chicalolita.bsky.social tonight.
youtu.be/-m9Zqom2ipU?...

10.03.2026 08:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

NEXT SUNDAY! All Remembered Mothers' names to me please by 10p.m Saturday 14th. Reposts appreciated.

09.03.2026 07:29 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

It took Trump 10 days to create an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s, replace Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei, and weaken our alliances worldwide. He put American servicemembers in harm’s way, resulting in seven deaths. None of this made you safer or better off.

09.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 1954 πŸ” 647 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 34
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I can't compete with this.

09.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 10250 πŸ” 1734 πŸ’¬ 230 πŸ“Œ 410
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Obsession + Intro with Norma Herrmann - London Soundtrack Festival

You wait 40 years for a cinema screening of a film … and then two turn up at once … h/t (London Soundtrack Festival) for @barbican.bsky.social screening of De Palma’s OBSESSION londonsoundtrack.com/event/obsess...

09.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Jimmy Carr story I always think of is when he was ruining someone’s gig years ago while workshopping his laugh to get presenting gigs & got told to stop from the stage because β€œI don’t come to your shows and laugh”

09.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A very sweet innocent lurcher face nose covered in chocolate milk

A very sweet innocent lurcher face nose covered in chocolate milk

Someone has yet again stolen some of my chocolate oat milk. The dog is helping me solve this mystery, faithful companion as ever.

08.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1
But, rather than receiving a formal
invite to meet Trump, Farage was in
fact invited to Mar-a-Lago by a
member of the club, according to
multiple people briefed on the matter


They said Farage had hoped he would
be able to catch Trump for a
conversation as the US president was
scheduled to travel to Mar-a-Lago that
evening. However, Trump had a
change in his itinerary and decided to
stay instead in Doral, about an hour`s
drive away


The Reform leader's failure to secure
an audience with the US president
underscores a weakening of ties
between the two populist leaders who
famously formed a close friendship in
the vears before and after the 2016

But, rather than receiving a formal invite to meet Trump, Farage was in fact invited to Mar-a-Lago by a member of the club, according to multiple people briefed on the matter They said Farage had hoped he would be able to catch Trump for a conversation as the US president was scheduled to travel to Mar-a-Lago that evening. However, Trump had a change in his itinerary and decided to stay instead in Doral, about an hour`s drive away The Reform leader's failure to secure an audience with the US president underscores a weakening of ties between the two populist leaders who famously formed a close friendship in the vears before and after the 2016

Massive humiliation for Farage, who tipped off the UK press that he was flying to Florida to have dinner with Trump... only for Trump to decide he had more interesting things to do when Nigel arrived.

09.03.2026 08:05 πŸ‘ 1689 πŸ” 552 πŸ’¬ 172 πŸ“Œ 86

Who could have foreseen MAGA geniuses making things much much worse?

09.03.2026 08:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Simon Tisdall, the independent-minded journalist who was pivotal in ensuring the Guardian opposed the Iraq war of 2003, is sounding a loud alarm today…

… en route to this arresting conclusion www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

08.03.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Sirāt incoming.

08.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Listening to the audiobook of Desperation (read by King himself) and like the brief mention of one of the characters reading Misery novels.

08.03.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

08.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 5945 πŸ” 3447 πŸ’¬ 285 πŸ“Œ 234
Paul Sheldon's rather slim manuscript for his new novel in Misery.

Paul Sheldon's rather slim manuscript for his new novel in Misery.

How many pages are there in his new novel? 20?

07.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman wearing a knitted hat is smiling in front of a sign that says por 10 Alt: Annie Wilkes in Misery holding up a copy of Misery's Child by Paul Sheldon

Re-watching Misery for the first time since its original release.

07.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wipes his forehead with a towel while holding a bird cage Alt: Chow Yun Fat as Tequila at the teahouse in Hard Boiled

Booked to see Hard Boiled on 35mm at the Prince Charles next week.

07.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Paranoiac! (Freddie Francis 1963)

Paranoiac! (Freddie Francis 1963)

This week's Hammer Time podcast has prompted me to dig this out.

07.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Film review – The Bride! My notes on The Bride!

Film review – The Bride!
johnnyalucard.com/2026/03/07/f...

07.03.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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a close up of a man 's face with the words " blood for dracula " above him Alt: Udo Kier in Blood for Dracula

Rewind TV are showing Blood for Dracula tomorrow night and Flesh for Frankenstein on Sunday. Udo Kier is fabulous in both.

06.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a man 's face with the words " blood for dracula " above him Alt: Udo Kier in Blood for Dracula

Rewind TV are showing Blood for Dracula tomorrow night and Flesh for Frankenstein on Sunday. Udo Kier is fabulous in both.

06.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That was great fun, I love when a movie wears its references on its sleeve. And the choice of final music confirms it had its tongue squarely in cheek (as if the Young Frankenstein joke didn't already). Jessie Buckley is incapable of a bad performance. She's just an atom bomb of an actress.

06.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman with black paint on her face is sitting in a car Alt: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale yelling from a car in The Bride!

Off to see The Bride! with @chicalolita.bsky.social tonight.

06.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

@michaelspicer.bsky.social has a brilliant take on this type of programme:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjnm...

06.03.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 255 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was β€œyour piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

06.03.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 4512 πŸ” 845 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 57