At #BFI Southbank today for Hunted on #35mm. Dirk Bogarde stars in this terrific man on the run thriller, hiding in the noirish shadows of postwar London & the Scottish Highlands, with kidnapped child in tow. Screening again with Humphrey Jennings’ A Diary for Timothy on 11 May. #filmsky

Strolling along Upper Street on a sunny Saturday afternoon and watching a brilliant play at the Almeida will always be one of life’s little pleasures for me.

This - which appears to speak to me on many different levels - looks incredibly interesting...

Finally got to watch Sirat last night. Impressive tension building & a couple of horribly shocking moments that actually made me swear out loud 😱 Think Wages of Fear with ravers & a sad dad. Incredible sound design, so glad I experienced this large & loud at Odyssey cinema St Albans.

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction: Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers The mass drowning of emperor penguin chicks as sea ice is melted by the climate crisis has led the Internati...

Genuinely unpredictable set of rarely performed album tracks & B-sides at last night’s #PetShopBoys gig at Electric Ballroom. Ranging from singalong favourites to rediscovered gems, this was a very special night where I felt lucky to be ‘One of the Crowd’,(not on the setlist unfortunately) #musicsky

You can still be shocked can't you, even after years of this shit. That sentence chilled me to my bones. To see an American president say that. To see him boast about it.

A lovely Easter weekend in Cambridge. Visited the beautiful house & art gallery, #Kettle’sYard, a place to dream & enrich the soul. Was fascinated to see so many works by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, whose biopic, Savage Messiah, I had watched earlier in the week, (Kettle’s Yard gets a credit). #artsky

"From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, 'Look at that, you son of a bitch.'" ― Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut.

I have an aversion to hype, being a naturally impressionable sort who has been stung too many times, but the BFI’s noisy recent championing of the largely forgotten British B movie, Strongroom (1962), is totally justified. Banger.

I do love a good dacha drama, so I had a great time with Summerfolk @nationaltheatre.org.uk A vibrant adaptation, fabulously staged and performed to perfection by a wonderful ensemble. #theatresky

Some good news! I’m curating / introducing a #PreCode double bill of Scarface (1932) and Female (1933) at the Chiswick Cinema on April 8th. All shares appreciated. Tell your friends! Etc. #PreCodeApril

Love to see it!

The full performance of “I Lied To You” from ‘SINNERS’ at the 98th Oscars. #Sinners #Oscars2026

MFC Chicken rockin’ the joint at the Crooked Crow Bar in Leighton Buzzard last night. These guys are dynamite! I don’t need to know the question, chicken is the answer. #musicsky

A birthday weekend of wonders! - Wes Anderson Archives, Design Museum - Into the Woods, Bridge Theatre - Starling murmuration, Tring reservoir - Natural History Museum, Tring

An evening of beautiful music at the Barbican last night in the company of Andrew Bird & the Britten Sinfonia performing The Mysterious Production of Eggs.

Left cold by the production of Man and Boy at the National. Couldn’t get on with the staging at all, it was just actors jumping on and off tables for 2 hours. Sorry, but not for me. #theatresky

Dirty Business has made it crystal clear - it's just UNACCEPTABLE for our water to be run for profit for shareholders and creditors In public ownership, Thames Water could be accountable to households, workers, anti sewage groups, local councillors 👇 weownit.org.uk/blog/what-co...

Excellent, more of this sort of thing please 😃

Second play at the #RoyalCourt was Guess How Much I Love You? I’d been looking forward to this one, so it was disappointing that Rosie Sheey couldn’t perform today. A very moving & honest play about a painful subject, which still finds moments of humour. Robert Aramayo excellent. #theatresky

Having a 2 play day at the #RoyalCourt theatre. First up, The Shitheads! Plays out like a state of the nation satire that happens to be set in prehistoric times, tribalism dragging everyone back to the cave. A unique, ambitious debut featuring some fantastic puppetry, loved it. #theatresky

Suede were on top form in Cambridge last night. Love the live tracks from the new album. Tons of energy.

Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets

One week left to see Lee Miller at #TateBritain An essential exhibition showcasing an incredible career, from fashion and surrealism to war photo journalism. During yesterday’s visit, the lights went out in the room displaying her photos taken during the blitz, to unintentionally eerie effect.

Fantastic read, and I hope 28 YEARS LATER 3 ends up happening and it plays out like this.

Oh, #WonderMan is on Disney+ now. I was very charmed and impressed by it. Two phenomenal leads in Yahya Abdul Mateen II and Ben Kingsley, a clear love of film and television, and a fun and sweet story about navigating the machinery of fame. A really good time.

Today is the 80th birthday of DAVID LYNCH. A day to celebrate the birth of an artist who forever changed the world of art and culture. And our lives. Thank you for everything. Long live The Greatest.

28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE. Delusional, psychopathic cult leaders and rage fuelled nationalism as zombie psychosis - welcome to 2026. Left the cinema feeling emotional, thinking of how much has been lost since the first film was released. Also, Ralph Fiennes, total fucking legend 🔥

As much as I love this song by Jarvis Cocker, I’d really like there to be a time when I don’t have to play it anymore… youtu.be/deiWnZK-duM

Knit your own Boris Johnson fright mask, anyone?

“Black has depth.. you can go into it.. And you start seeing what you’re afraid of. You start seeing what you love, and it becomes like a dream.” — David Lynch One year on and we continue to miss your darkness and your light.

David Lynch died a year ago. I miss his artistry but I really miss him making me laugh.

Orson Welles Narrates an Animated Parable About How Xenophobia & Greed Will Put America Into Decline (1971)

The weekend starts here… in NFT2 for Out 1. Think I’ll relax in the #BFISouthbank Black Lodge during the intervals. #filmsky

I’m not saying that *everyone* should do #Barbanuary - where we all watch Barbara Stanwyck movies all month - but I AM saying that her three best movies are currently on BBC iPlayer (Double Indemnity), Amazon Prime (Ball of Fire) and Channel 4 (The Lady Eve), respectively.

#lastfourwatched courtesy of a free week of @shudder.com #letterboxd #filmsky

Another January, another wonderful film director gone. The Turin Horse and Werckmeister Harmonies are two of the most bleak & hauntingly nightmarish films that I’ve seen in the cinema, which is high praise indeed.

SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Joachim Trier, 2025). What a beautiful, layered, deeply moving film this is! So much is left unsaid (or simply not shown) in Trier’s portrayal of the complex relationships between a film director father & his two adult daughters. I hope it picks up some awards this year. #FilmSky

Went for a fabulous snowy walk in Tring Park, like stepping into a fairytale

#Letterboxd most watched 2025 - Lynch & Bobby Peru #filmsky

This is easily the best thing I heard in 2025. Song of the year from the album of the year ❤️ @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=amMj...

My fave films released in #2025 #filmsky #letterboxd boxd.it/Csxp8

Favourite theatre of #2025 Intimate Apparel & Dealer’s Choice @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social The Line of Beauty & A Moon for the Misbegotten, at Almeida. Inter Alia @nationaltheatre.org.uk #theatresky

MARTY SUPREME. This plucky underdog rocks up in the last week of 2025 and steals the film of the year crown. An exhilarating ping-pong ding-dong. #filmsky

My favourite rep screenings of ‘25 #filmsky #letterboxd @letterboxd.social boxd.it/CL1WW

Finally had the chance to watch One Battle After Another in 70mm at #BFIIMAX. Quite possibly the best film I’ve seen there, an unmissable experience, it’s what IMAX was made for.

RIP Rob & Michele Reiner His movies gave me so much happiness. He directed the funniest movie I’ve ever watched and provided wonderful straight man support to Christopher Guest in its funniest scene: youtu.be/uMSV4OteqBE?...

I call that a pretty, pretty good week of movies #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky