I was on my partner’s Patreon again, this time discussing Ozploitation flick Next of Kin (1982), and Italy’s Pensione paura (1978). It’s cheap to subscribe! www.patreon.com/posts/austra...

ALL ABOUT AL: THE PACINO PODCAST Episode 58: Two Bits with Scott Weinberg Film Critic Scott Weinberg joins the podcast to discuss the little-seen Al Pacino film Two Bits that was filmed in his home city Spotify: buff.ly/kmWtJdm Apple Podcast: buff.ly/CEujXWh

I joined Kat Ellinger’s Patreon again this week, and we had a good natter about The Exorcist and why it’s the scariest film of all time. She also has a Black Friday discount for anybody who wants to subscribe. You should sign up. The power of Christ compels you! www.patreon.com/posts/video-...

He's always watching you.

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve attended: John Cale Lou Reed Bob Dylan Kraftwerk Goldfrapp

The great Kathryn Bigelow turns 74. I thought I’d share again my BFI guide to her work www.bfi.org.uk/features/whe...

#RIP Udo Kier (1944 - 2025) Known for his piercing blue eyes and striking screen presence, the prolific and versatile German actor has left an indelible mark on cinema. See Udo on Kino Film Collection in BACURAU, THE FORBIDDEN ROOM, and HITLER’S HOLLYWOOD (narrated by).

Remember NFTs?

It's that time of year

A shout out for my darlst’s Patreon. I joined her this week for a deep dive on Oz Perkins horror, Longlegs. Great content for less than the price of a coffee from an evil empire business. www.patreon.com/c/confession...

Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer

#letterboxdfriday it’s that time of the week again @letterboxd.social

Death by Lightning is the most unexpectedly brilliant show of the year.

Is anybody else getting an internal error message on @letterboxd.social

A shout out for my darlst’s Patreon. I joined her this week for a deep dive on Oz Perkins horror, Longlegs. Great content for less than the price of a coffee from an evil empire business. www.patreon.com/c/confession...

Architectural Digest videos but it’s the homes of people with ADHD. “Come in … here’s the half finished flooring in the living room, here’s the bedroom we didn’t decorate, here’s the garden that hasn’t been mowed in 4 years because we pretend it doesn’t exist, all because overwhelm.”

Spending the day watching Fred Wiseman’s near six hour doco Near Death.

Working my way through the documentary films of Fred Wiseman. Every one I’ve seen so far is extraordinary. God level documentary filmmaking.

“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.” Happy Birthday, Georgia O’Keeffe. Ghost Ranch Portal, New Mexico, 1964. Photo by Todd Webb.

Go on then #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

I have so many wonderful film-going memories of the PCC

My favourite is Climax, which drops its title card about 40 mins into the film.

Whatever happened to the 130 charges? Is that case still going?

I spent a few days at the Viennale a couple of weeks ago and I've (finally) written about some of the films I saw — a good festival! thistheaterishaunted.blogspot.com/2025/11/vien...

Cinerama Dome, My Neighbor Totoro premiere, May 1993

Here's a young Sam Peckinpah playing a bit part as a bank teller opposite Joel McCrea in Jacques Tourneur's Wichita (1955). I think you'll agree that Peckinpah's performance is nuanced & riveting, just like his films

RIP Diane Ladd.

My book, Fulci's Inferno, is the first major new writing on Lucio Fulci in years, and the first to fully analyse the themes across his work. It analyses his entire career, and includes over 50 photos. This book took 8 years to research and write. I hope you're gonna love it. Link in bio.

An extraordinary work. Saw it a few years ago, during the Pandemic when a film programmer put it on as an online event. Now it’s on the YouTube.

Many stories of haunted houses may be related to Cyclosa imago, also known as the Haunting Spider. When a colony settles an abandoned building, they collectively defend against human intrusion by forming dense webs, which have been interpreted as ghostly apparitions.

Pesquet's parrot, also known as the Dracula parrot.

KENNY DALGLISH. The story of the Liverpool legend by Oscar and BAFTA-winning director @asifkapadia.bsky.social is in cinemas from tomorrow and on Prime Video from November 4! 👑⚽ 🎟️Book now: www.altitude.film/kennydalglish #KennyDalglish

10/29/63: Godard's Contempt [DP Raoul Coutard] w/Michel Piccoli, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang Peak JLG @mrbeaks.bsky.social: www.slashfilm.com/1007193/jean... @mdconterio.bsky.social: cine-vue.com/2016/01/film... @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...

BFI screening an all-timer this Sunday… whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Loved doing the commentary for this lovely Blu-ray release of cult serial killer flick, Angst, with Kat Ellinger. Lots of good stuff on the disc.

ALL ABOUT AL: THE PACINO PODCAST Episode 56: Angels In America with Brian Markinson. Actor Markinson talks about working closely with Al Pacino on the hit HBO mini-series Angels In America. Spotify: bit.ly/4otBuWG Apple Podcast: apple.co/46Y03oQ

Kurt Schwitters Abstraction 45 Sphere Dress 1922

😢

Quixotik: Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani’s kaleidoscopic psychodrama REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND (2025) "dreams up the Eurospy genre as hallucinatory half-memory in an addled mind". Screens 9.15pm (17 Oct) at @sxswsydney.com. Total(ly essential) cinema! projectedfigures.com/2025/03/20/r...

I was trying to think of my favourite performances this year and I guess my picks are mostly obvious with a few less so!

So, Netflix cancelled Mindhunter, but it happily funds absolute misogynistic garbage like Monster: The Ed Gein Story. Legit one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.

Out today from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social. It was an honour to do the commentary along with my darlst Kat Ellinger. I still think it’s Big Sean’s best film to date. And that’s saying something.

Can all those popular filmmakers with their giant megaphones who went after motion smoothing on TV please go after laptops and phones in screenings too? Surely there's a lot of cinematographers who will have something to say about this.