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

#RIP Udo Kier. One of those utterly unique actors who turned the act of ageing itself into a work of art.

I got to meet TOM CRUISE when he visited the #BFI National Archive recently, (he was lovely) 🤩🤩 www.bfi.org.uk/news/tom-cru...

Letterboxd Video Store. Coming early December 2025. 👀 More info: boxd.it/2OU

It’s One Night Out After Another…tonight being PTA & DiCaprio in convo at #BFI Southbank 🤩 #filmsky

Spent this evening watching Stereophonic (AKA the Fleetwood Mac story). Sporadically entertaining with some well performed songs, but a bit one dimensional & (like the album they’re recording) desperately in need of some editing. The sound engineer guy steals the show. #theatresky

Wishing a very happy birthday to the matchless Martin Scorsese. ❤️❤️❤️ A director who has not only spent decades making some of the greatest films of all time, but has been an indefatigable cinephile dedicated to expanding the horizons of movie lovers around the world! ❤️❤️❤️

So pleased have curated a film tribute to the late Peter Watkins with ICA London. First up, 22 Nov, his film Privilege, a swinging 60s artefact which hobbles the swinging. At its centre, a rock-star-as-empty-messiah, played by Manfred Mann’s Paul Jones. More soon! www.ica.art/films/peter-...

The BFI National Archive appeared as a photoshoot location in October’s issue of Vogue, featuring the Rizwan brothers. We had fun doing our own version for the #BFI Insta. I am wearing: shirt - secondhand, tank top - knitted by Mum, trousers - vintage Topshop, trainers - Converse 😎

The definition of ‘grey belt’ is vague. This risks opening up Green Belt land to unnecessary development. We're supporting CPRE Hertfordshire's petition in calling for change. Sign the petition. 🔗 https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/help-protect-our-green-belt-petition-to-change-the-grey-belt-definition/

God bless Michael Shannon. '“I’m sure anybody who’s associated with promoting and selling this movie to the world is going to be horrified by everything I’ve said in this interview,” he agrees. “But I don’t really care.”'

RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. Legend of Japanese cinema.

Visited the @realgdt.bsky.social #Frankenstein exhibition yesterday. It always blows my mind when I get to see up close the incredible collaborative craft & artistry that goes into filmmaking. The Magic of The Movies! #filmsky

Loved The Line of Beauty at the Almeida. A funny, moving dissection of 80s England; class & politics, love & sex, excess & ugliness. The cast is flawless. #theatresky

#DRAGONFLY is released in select cinemas this weekend. What starts out as a touching, social realist drama, slowly builds a horrible sense of unease and gets very dark. An under the radar Brit gem with superb performances from Brenda Blethyn & Andrea Riseborough. #filmsky

We made a John Crops for Halloween! Maybe he’ll come alive and sing us a sad song.

ANNOUNCEMENT. Lost Reels returns to The ICA with the Best Christmas War Film you’ve never seen – Keith Gordon’s superlative A MIDNIGHT CLEAR (1992). Completely unavailable in the UK and followed by a Q&A with writer/director Keith Gordon. Tickets here: ica.art/films/a-midnight-clear-q-a

Despite selling out our entire run in York, London sales for THE SIGNAL-MAN & THE TRIAL FOR MURDER are still a bit slow. We've got six showings between 31st October and 2nd November. A very classic Halloween treat, I'd argue - and in Charles Dickens's (probably definitely haunted) house!

Had an excellent #LFF this year, not a bad film among this lot. Roughly listed in preference, but not much between the first 6. Thanks #BFI! #filmsky #letterboxd

#LFF NOUVELLE VAGUE - Linklater LFF double bill part 2. The most purely entertaining film of the festival. A joyous homage to the French New Wave, that looks & feels incredibly authentic, with some absolutely miraculous casting. Was there ever a cooler looking bunch of film nerds? #filmsky

#LFF BLUE MOON - (Linklater LFF double bill part 1.) Ethan Hawke is brilliant in this, playing Hart as a desperate figure drowning in booze & hopeless infatuations, whilst spitting out an endless string of witty one liners. Laugh out loud funny and painfully melancholic. #filmsky

📢1 day to go - add your name TODAY so that Ofwat sees it tomorrow weownit.org.uk/ofwat If you don't want Thames Water to be allowed to ILLEGALLY pollute for 15 years ⁉️ And you don't want the other privatised English water companies copying them www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gDs...

#LFF NO OTHER CHOICE - Wasn’t expecting this to be quite so madcap. Slickly directed but overlong black comedy in the vein of Parasite, with a bleak punchline & great turn from Lee Byung-hun. Anyone know if the toothache was a reference to Korean classic Aimless Bullet? #filmsky

#LFF FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER - A slight, amusing trio of stilted family reunions linked by reoccurring motifs. Not one of Jarmusch’s most memorable and I did wonder how the hell this won the Golden Lion. Really felt that storage unit scene though. #filmsky

Pretty, pretty good run of films at #LFF this week so far #letterboxd #filmsky

#LFF THE SECRET AGENT - A film full of sharks. Took a while to get into this but once it gains focus it doesn’t let up. Like a weird relation to I’m Still Here. Evocative production design & some brilliant looking characters in the cast. Loved its love of cinemas too. Glad that kid got to watch Jaws

#LFF THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB - This docu-drama is a harrowing watch as expected. One tragic story among thousands, the final scenes are incredibly powerful. #filmsky

#LFF SILENT FRIEND - Really liked this unusual, contemplative film about science and nature. Three stories linked by a watchful tree, nicely shot to evoke the period in which they’re set. The campaign for best supporting actress Oscar for the tree starts here. #filmsky

Rugby player Joe Marler being the only person thinking about Celebrity Traitors from the point of view of TV producers is quite funny, have to say

Prepare for a 70s horror cult classic at 10:10pm... ⚰️ THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE (1974) #CristinaGalbo #RayLovelock horror #TPTVsubtitles

#LFF SENTIMENTAL VALUE - Echoes of Bergman in this beautifully written drama about the fraught relationship between two sisters & their absent father. Stellan Skarsgard is magnificent as the charismatic aging film director with questionable judgment in children's birthday presents. #filmsky