Not enough attention is being paid to the effective closure of the bulk of one of the 2 or 3 most important public archives for modern British history. A terrible own goal for the BBC as a public-service agency.

Trespasses review – an intoxicating, rousing and heartbreaking love story

That’ll be the day

A film that has already sparked some of the oldest and dumbest conversations on film: praising or decrying the movie to the degree that it is found to be faithful to the novel: eavesdroppingatthemovies.com/2025/11/09/4...

Just finished Sally Wainwright's Riot Women and my lord that was a great show! Switching effortlessly from bawdy humour to heartbreaking pathos, with songs to die for and a cast that just got better as it went on. And Yorkshire has rarely looked so magnificent. An utter joy.

🚨 The BBC’s Road to Appeasement As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...

🎬 Cecil B. DeMille’s final silent film "The Godless Girl" is being released on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber - Jan 13! ⛪️ Restored from a 4K scan by Photoplay Productions with a new score by Carl Davis. Extras: an audio commentary by Anthony Slide. 🎙️ Pre-Order here! bit.ly/4ozSATg #FilmSky

It may be November, but on Tuesday night, June is bustin’ out all over.

The little-seen 1973 TV movie “Frankenstein: The True Story” is one of the most sophisticated adaptations of Mary Shelley’s classic novel. crookedmarquee.com/the-deeper-t...

And when NOSFERATU premiered in Germany in 1922, it opened with the overture from Heinrich Marschner’s opera DER VAMPYR, which itself was inspired by Polidori’s THE VAMPYRE.

If you’ve been watching the Hack there’s an ITV documentary on phone hacking at 10.15 pm this evening

David Mamet’s intricate caper flick 'Heist' – released on this day in 2001– is an underrated gem, filled with memorable dialogue, first-rate performances, and ingenious twists. @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social with more: crookedmarquee.com/your-weight-...

Day 9 of the #NoirvemberChallenge 2025 - Favourite Dan Duryea #FilmNoir... The Ministry of Fear (1944) dir. Fritz Lang 🎬 #Noirvember #filmsky #moviesky

⚠️ BREAKING NEWS: After Tim Davies’ Departure - BBC Announces New Blueprint For Future. 👇🏻 Please share this vital update with the hashtag #BrokenNews youtu.be/1tFQmeyxH2s?...

ALL OF ME stars Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin, who share the screen under uniquely spiritual circumstances in this very physical comedy/fantasy of duality directed by Carl Reiner. Available now on Blu-ray from @umbrellaent.bsky.social ★★★★

With liner notes by me on the deluxe edition

This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.

It's 1976, and Doctor Who is heading ever further down the creaky corridor towards Classic Horror - but certain other terrifying figures are not particularly impressed... timworthington.org/2024/07/04/i...

Sad to hear that Lindsey Vickers, director of the now rediscovered Brit horror classic The Appointment (1981), has gone at the age of 85. Obituary by Vic Pratt here: www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...

Film-wise: at 6pm, #StarWars: The Last Jedi on ITV2+1. At 6.10pm, Men in Black on C4. At 9pm, Day of the Jackal on Legend Xtra, Lethal Weapon on ITV4 or War Paint: Women at War on Sky Arts. At 10.40pm, My Best Friend’s Wedding on E4. At 10.50pm, 1917 on BBC2. At 11.10pm, Stand By Me on Film4 #telly

The script is by Brackett and Wilder and bears their delightful imprimatur, despite Leisen's changes, said to have been the final straw for Wilder who was then determined to direct his own pictures. The outcome was fine for all concerned... My review of MIDNIGHT on Letterboxd #FilmSky boxd.it/bDFxCX

11/9/46: Ingmar Bergman's 2nd, It Rains on our Love Minor but very #Noirvember: @thecinematheque.bsky.social - “Bergman Noir": thecinematheque.ca/series/bergm... @aheartofgould.bsky.social / @bwdr.bsky.social checks in w/Live by Night, Gun for Hire &more: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2018/11/19/i...

Colditz - Welcome to Colditz by N.J. Crisp (9th November 1972). The new SBO, Lt. Col. John Preston (Jack Hedley), immediately makes his presence felt.

Guillermo del Toro discusses Alfred Hitchcock’s underrated melodramatic streak in films like Rebecca and Notorious 👀 boxd.it/cH2 Frankenstein is now streaming on @netflix.com

Hey, guess what? That's a wrap for this week's game! You can still play, just don't scroll to the replies. I have the answers posted there now. How'd you do this week? Please leave your feedback in the replies. Thanks! 1/3 #filmsky #moviesky #musicsky #filmscores #whatsthescore #games #fun #quiz

Ten years to the day (depending on how you define the number ten) Count Binface talks Sgt Pepper with me. Episode out now… (Obligatory Kickstarter plug: chrisbarkerprints.co.uk ) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

You might enjoy these quotes from Falk talking in general about Columbo's "reaching into pockets" business. (In that same interview he told me about directing "Blueprint for Murder" and getting help from Cassavetes and Spielberg.)

A judge in 1889 called _Toby_ “pestilential” and jailed its editor. But the East End Watch-Dog had already done something remarkable – it showed working people they could challenge power in print. Graham Palmer tells us how ⬇️ eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...

Next Sunday. Screening an ultra rare BBC Christmas ghost story and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the superb A View from a Hill, plus a chat with its writer, Peter Harness. Details and tickets:

I had a long talk with the luminous Laura Dern about her roles in "Jay Kelly" and "Is This Thing On?," her New Hollywood childhood, her lifelong collaboration with David Lynch, and her mother, Diane Ladd, who died a few weeks after we spoke. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...

Norman Lloyd in Anthony Mann’s French Revolution Noir REIGN OF TERROR (1949). Play it on a loop. #FilmSky #Noirvember

Forgotten racecourse in what is now Salford's MediaCityUK revealed in Victorian images. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peter Cushing’s long friendship with Christopher Lee began on The Curse Of Frankenstein when Lee stormed into Cushing’s dressing room saying ‘I haven’t got any lines!’ & Cushing replied ‘You’re lucky. I’ve read the script.’

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror (9th November 1972). Terry Jones attempts to persuade John Cleese to part with a pound.

From the vault, a humble tribute to the great Marie Dressler on her birthday #botd

I posted this to my film blog in February 2007. Today is Remembrance Sunday. So I remember...

Now listening: www.oneheatminute.com/guide-for-th...

Nicholas Hytner (not pictured) has directed The Choral, The Madness Of King George, The Lady In The Van and more. Now he's chatting to Film Stories! Here, in fact: filmstories.co.uk/news/in-conv...

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

BOTD Alain Delon!! MCCT5: 5)Purple Noon 4)L'Eclisse 3)La Piscine 2)Mr. Klein 1)JPM x3: Samourai/Circle/Flic More: @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/tributes/in-... @davidlfear.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv... @christinalefou.bsky.social: mubi.com/en/notebook/...

Frequent @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social guest Thomas Jane & critic @richpieces.bsky.social take stock of The Naked Spur in this fun new Cinema Force video essay!! youtu.be/_vW25Mt5Ylc?...

John Mills is after revenge in #BritNoir The Long Memory (1953) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social today at 6PM. #FilmNoir

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

This week’s column from Stewart Lee for @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le.... In which Lee asks Elon Musks “mechahitler” AI Grok to describe Lee’s work. Needless to say, it doesn’t end well. Hopefully the link works. For some reason I am having trouble doing this on my phone 🤪

Btw - £13.33 in the Criterion sale at Rarewaves right now... www.rarewaves.com/products/506...

You should come back to Twitter instead of staying in a liberal echo chamber

Don't be confused by the opinions of others; The Counselor is 💯 cinephiliabeyond.org/thecounselor/

On the latest episode of @www.johnbleasdale.com‘s terrific Writers on Film podcast, you can hear @davidhughesbluey.bsky.social discuss our 50th anniversary edition of Alan Sharp’s novel based on his screenplay for neo-noir classic NIGHT MOVES podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Hey @bsky.app, is this phishing? Got it by DM.