Okay, so the best show on TV right now is HEATED RIVALRY, which has only recently started streaming in the UK. It might sound very trashy (two rival ice hockey players have a secret romance) but it's unexpectedly funny and romantic and remarkably well-written and performed

I jumped the gun on this a few weeks ago, but today the film adaptation of HAMNET is finally out in UK cinemas. Highly recommended, it's a beautiful distillation of the five stages of grief seen through the lens of art and why we make it and how it can help us through the dark x

Managed to watch MARTY SUPREME in a good old-fashioned American movie theatre, and it's got the same weird, propulsive energy as Good Time or Uncut Gems. I get how these films are divisive, not for everyone, but they work for me, this one in particular. Chalamet is the real deal

Saw some Warhol and Liechtenstein and Basquiat yesterday at the Broad Museum in downtown LA

Caught up with a couple of old friends at the Academy Museum

Happy new year to Sooz, one of my favourite people online x

Only one of the main parties has had a leader that meaningfully challenged the Thatcherite consensus since 1979 and our establishment media was allowed to suggest "he'd reopen Auschwitz" without consequence. Thatcher walked so every PM that followed could jog a little faster.

This part in particular hit pretty hard today x

Also took a little walk along Coldwater Canyon to check out THE GREAT WALL OF LOS ANGELES, a beautiful mural artwork that charts the history of the local area, and its incredible lineage of indigenous and immigrant contributions

I am still a big NERD who likes to READ BOOKS so I really loved exploring the new Studio City branch of THE LAST BOOKSTORE

If you genuinely in any way think that Trump has illegally invaded another country and kidnapped its leader because he cares about the Venezuelan people or drug trafficking, then I have some amazing magic beans to sell you

Let’s just be very clear - if you support a far-right fascist dictator invading another country and kidnapping its leader in the middle of the night, you are also a fascist and I don’t think we can be friends

L.A. nights

Favourite things of 2025 x

Genuinely so touched and happy that Grand Theft Hamlet appealed so much to John Stark, a wonderful blind film critic who made this lovely, personal video about it. It still means so much to us when our film connects with people in this way x www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLfv...

What the hell am I doing, drinking in LA? At 46? Happy New Year friends x

The final ever comic strip of Calvin & Hobbes. Published exactly 30 years ago today. Keep going x

Anyone posting glowing tributes about Brigitte Bardot - please spend just 10 seconds googling the stuff she’s said about Muslims over the years, and then delete your praise

If you're in the UK and fancy a cinema trip over this weird period between Xmas and 2026, then I would highly recommend the Norwegian film SENTIMENTAL VALUE, an incredibly well-acted drama about why we make art and how it reflects on our own lives. Profoundly moving stuff x

There's a lot of weird snobbery about these films, but like the first two, I enjoyed AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH. Very much more of the same, but "the same" includes genuinely astonishing special effects, and a kind of grand sense of scope and scale that's sadly becoming all too rare

Still don't think anyone's ever quite done the brilliant book justice, and I had some issues with the basic premise of IT: WELCOME TO DERRY, but can't deny its final two episodes were hugely impressive. Genuinely disturbing, epic in scale, and even nicely tied in to The Shining

Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.

So let me get this straight - saying mean things about Charlie Kirk after he was killed was unacceptable, but this kind of stuff is?

It's actually crazy how many great films Rob Reiner made. This Is Spinal Tap. Stand by Me. The Princess Bride. When Harry Met Sally. Misery. A Few Good Men. Even his underrated more recent stuff like The Bucket List and Flipped. May his memory be a blessing x

Good god. A double-homicide? Rob Reiner and his wife. Speechless about this. What the hell is going on?

Just a reminder that WAKE UP DEAD MAN, the third film in the Knives Out / Benoit Blanc series, is now available on Netflix. I love these films, each script is an elegant clockwork puzzle, and their politics are A+. Please @rianjohnson.bsky.social - make more of these, and cast me in one x

I really liked the first ZOOTOPIA cartoon (renamed Zootropolis here in the UK for some reason), and the sequel is just as good. Teaching kids that immigrants are not a threat and social cohesion is perfectly possible is something that's sadly needed today, both in the UK and US

I mean, this is just how most people discuss Shakespeare, what do you expect from me?

This is really making me laugh because I am very, very immature

British politics will never get anywhere until the Guardian-reading crowd realise that that so many of the wolves are inside the hen-house

Last night I watched an extraordinary film on Netflix called TRAIN DREAMS, one of those haunting, dream-like movies that seems simple but gets deeper and deeper the more it goes along. Highly recommend, especially to watch Joel Edgerton showing us all how it's done

Never thought I’d ever be a part of an Oscar campaign, however unlikely, but then again we do live in interesting times

My leading lady x

Just realised that Chloe Zhao's incredible adaptation of HAMNET is now out in cinemas across the UK. It's a brilliant adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's wonderful book, and will feel like a delicate, warm embrace for anyone who's ever struggled with grief. Go see it if you can x

Enjoy going to the cinema while it's still an option, folks

If anyone's thinking of getting out of the rain and going to the cinema this weekend, I would highly recommend the new Iranian film IT WAS JUST ACCIDENT, which I caught at the London Film Festival. Made in secret without the Iranian government's filming permission, it's a treat x

Back in 2016, there was an organised coup against Corbyn by the Labour right-wing, when they were polling at 34%

Okay then…

Three out of the four new episodes done, and I'm already reminded that despite the off-screen shenanigans of its various cast members, STRANGER THINGS is a really special show. It's so ridiculously well-cast - I mean look at this little dude's face. I knew this guy at school

Having seen WICKED: FOR GOOD, it's helpful to now finally understand the entire story and see how it all fits together. The deconstruction of the Oz mythology is fun, and kind of says something interesting about history being written by the winners. Visually it's... a choice

I don't watch much Japanese anime these days, but I did take the time to check out the CHAINSAW MAN movie last night, which was so popular in Japan it got a cinema release over here. All the hits of the genre - incredible animation, shocking violence, weirdly effective emotions👍

I'm at the age now where birthdays are profoundly depressing, so if anyone wants to say anything nice, please feel free. What happened to this kid? Used to be kinda sweet.

I voiced a few creepy characters in this new survival horror FPS game from @FireshineGames called A.I.L.A. which is out today on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Haven’t had a chance to play it yet, but it looks great! www.ign.com/videos/aila-...