"It’s tempting to read The Traitors as symbolic of the state of modern Britain: a place where everyone suspects that everyone else might be against them; which seems diverse but where those who seem in some way different are the first to face suspicion when the going gets rough..."

A thrill seeing #InsideNo9 on stage last night with #StageFright at New Theatre in Oxford. Won’t give any secrets away but it was as you’d imagine - hilarious, melancholy, creepy, clever and a bit meta. The proper curtain down after the show ended. Still on tour so see it if you can.

The latest episode of The #CineHistorians Podcast is now on YouTube! We discuss Vittorio De Sica's neorealist classic Bicycle Thieves (1948) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JYk...

Love chatting with Hugh, obviously, but having John on too is a particular pleasure. He recorded this while driving through Italian roads at night, befitting this weird but tremendous film. Hope you enjoy us getting into it.

Not going to lie, I am well up for this. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

John Locke’s Dad in Lost.

It’s going to be huge fun exploring It: Welcome to Derry in depth with Hugh and Dan. Let’s hope the show lives up to the story! Hope you come with us on the journey.

It’s Halloween which means my yearly ritual begins - watching Millennium’s ‘The Curse of Frank Black’ with the lights off. Remains a thing of haunting beauty.

I'm so grateful that I write for a publisher who doesn't discourage political readings of films, especially ones that are unabashedly political.

It’s still better than Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Suck on our HALLOWEEN SPECIAL with @brendonconnelly.bsky.social, @ajblack.bsky.social & Lindsay Drysdale joining us mid-storm to talk about anthology horrors and tell ghost stories… 🎃 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...

The Horror and Her, a show dedicated to female voices and horror cinema, is the latest addition to the Film Stories Podcast Network. filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...

NEW EPISODE! @angryscotsman81.bsky.social and @ajblack.bsky.social get our choppers around #VHSHalloween and discuss each segment. Well worth a watch & hope you enjoy. spotify.link/SAp8tfn6QXb

Also, all this talk of the 2026 #DoctorWhoChristmasspecials - I've got a new book coming out from @candyjarbooks.bsky.social. celebrating 20 years of #DoctorWho #Christmas and New Year's Day specials. Pre-order link below 👇 www.freewebstore.org/candy-jar-st...

Just backed this. Sounds tremendous. And having a digital archive of every issue of Fangoria handy is incredible.

R.I.P. unofficial Bond girl Prunella www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr_d...

Great fun here chatting Inside No. 9 (not for the last time either…) and telling a ghost story. Always fun popping up on this fangtastic show.

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

Great piece that speaks to many reasons why I love doing a horror podcast these days with @angryscotsman81.bsky.social. It’s just an embarrassment of riches as a genre.

Been a while since I was able to say this, but I’m actually writing books again. Two, in fact. One long contracted about the James Bond series. The other I’ve pitched to a new publisher and need to develop a bit more, but it’s (I think) an exciting concept about a corner of American cinema.

📼 If you missed the announcement in our Bloodletter, we’re delaying our mid-season break and doing a Halloween Special focused on horror anthologies! 🎃 MONSTERS - “The Waiting Game” INSIDE NO.9 - “Stake Out” V/H/S/94 - “Terror” See you on 27 October! 👻

So it looks like we all need to watch Hollyoaks this week! 🤣

Follow, like, and repost for a chance to win any Sticking Place Book of your choice — including these gems! Help spread the word about the world’s boldest film press and take home a masterpiece. 🎬 (If you already follow, just like and repost to enter!)

I’m delighted. I don’t think a show has ever consistently disappointed me more after a superb pilot and great first season.

@ajblack.bsky.social joins @rmuldrake.bsky.social again for the pivotal episode Orientation available on all good podcatchers and on video via Spotify in @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social, #Lost #oceanic815 #dharma

Imagine if progressive politicians spoke with anywhere near this truthful elegance? Love RTD. And love what he says here.

I’ve got an essay in this, all about Matt Smith’s (brilliant) tenure and his final story, ‘The Time of the Doctor’. Essential Christmas reading for any #DoctorWho fan.

It’s #JamesBondDay so what better time to announce a new podcast project. THE BOND CORNER on @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social Regular discussion on all things 007 hosted by yours truly in the years running up to the Amazon Bond era, with guests of all kinds. Launch date TBC in 2026.

In a world right now of stupid people with stupid ideas doing stupid things, Amazon taking the gun away from Bond in their film posters and making him look like just a moody fucker who wants to fight you outside a pub, might be the stupidest.

When you interview Malcolm McDowell, you're supposed to ask him about A Clockwork Orange. Instead, I asked him about ITV's Crossroads. (Suspect @simonmayo.bsky.social might slightly approve!) Video and audio versions here: filmstories.co.uk/podcast/podc...

Marc Maron is amazing. Would that people with actual power and influence in progressive politics have the guts to speak such truth about the vast, overpowering gaslighting in Western culture right now.

Were you a fan(g) of DRACULA from 2020? We talked about this miniseries with guest @ajblack.bsky.social to start our 13th season in style! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...

The James Bond Book Club returns with @alsatch.bsky.social discussing the first #007 #JamesBond continuation novel Colonel Son by Kingsley Amis podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/t...

⚠️This is the Jimmy Kimmel monologue that got his show pulled. Not hate. Not celebration of death. Just the truth: Republicans rushed to blame the left before any facts about the shooter or motive were known. Keep sharing it. Spread the truth.

This is good to hear but I’ve seen this trailer about 5 times and I’ll be buggered if I can tell you what this film is about. Maybe that’s a good thing these days.

Talking STARVE ACRE on Modern Horror | Podcast This week on Modern Horror, we're delving into creepy 2023 folk horror STARVE ACRE, with its production manager no less! Hope you enjoy this one.

Another of the great 20th century Hollywood icons gone. Feel like a bit of a Robert Redford film watch needs to be in the offing. He made some absolute belters.

Trump is on his yucky ‘state visit’ to the U.K., one motivated only by a government fawning over the dumbass to keep him on side, and to a country where the majority of us think he’s a monumental, fascist bellend. So hoping this bad boy makes a welcome comeback today.

NEW EPISODE! @ajblack.bsky.social is joined by @missmaimepeas.bsky.social to chat 1993’s cross dressing comedy drama MRS DOUBTFIRE (dear). 🎧 on all good podcast players, and the bad ones too: open.spotify.com/episode/4gug...

Talking MRS DOUBTFIRE on At the Movies in the 90s | Podcast Oooooh hello dears! I'm chatting MRS DOUBTFIRE from 1993 on At the Movies in the 90s, so come join me bebop & dance till I drop talking about this comedy classic.

Talking ALIEN: EARTH 1×05/06 on Podmetheus | Podcast This week (and last week) I'm chatting ALIEN: EARTH with the great Ryan Lambie on Podmetheus. If you're into that show, don't miss them!

Talking THIS IS SPINAL TAP on Don’t Call Us Shirley! | Podcast Turn it up to 11 as on Don't Call Us Shirley!, Matt Latham and I are tackling one of the best parodies of all - 1984's This is Spinal Tap. Anyway, enough yakkin', let's boogie!

Talking TALK TO ME on Modern Horror | Podcast Talk to Me made a real mark on horror a few years ago, so Hugh and I on Modern Horror try to figure out if the kids really are alright... Hope you enjoy!

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

Just backed this after recently having the pleasure of reading the previous issues, which contained some excellent pop culture writing. Support the printed word if you can if you find talented people. Hope this comes off.

The comedy of this aside, I’ve gone right off the Guardian of late. Used to be a pretty avid reader (especially at weekends) but the dross of cultural and political opinion they put out is ridiculous. And I should be their target audience - centrist and a bit left who doesn’t want propaganda.