On DHURANDHAR: THE REVENGE, AMÉLIE, TRANSHOOD and THE WITCHES [below], plus the Easter weekend charts and picks: shorturl.at/ELvQw

On DHURANDHAR: THE REVENGE, AMÉLIE, TRANSHOOD and THE WITCHES [below], plus the Easter weekend charts and picks: shorturl.at/ELvQw

My Guardian obit of the actress Mary Beth Hurt, who died last week: www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...

This is a hilarious, tabloid-ready DCP mix-up just waiting to happen. (Do your own punchlines, but consult a lawyer first.)

Some kindly, forward-thinking soul has uploaded to YouTube the two episodes of #totp the BBC skipped past last night. (25 minute running time on both suggests we've been spared some atrocity, but not, alas, Semisonic's eternally drippy "Secret Smile", which may be the bigger crime.)

On Jean-Pierre Jeunet's AMÉLIE, back on UK screens from tomorrow to mark its 25th anniversary: tinyurl.com/5234zzk2

Astonishing to think how much better all Timothée Chalamet films get if we could recast Chalamet with Sam Campbell.

On Aditya Dhar's ultra-grisly DHURANDHAR: THE REVENGE, now showing: tinyurl.com/48x5x42t

On Aditya Dhar's ultra-grisly DHURANDHAR: THE REVENGE, now showing: tinyurl.com/48x5x42t

Your new favourite meme just dropped.

BBC News host to correspondent: "First of all, tell us who Scott Mills is." That's showbusiness!

Went to an ice hockey match today where the hometeam's goalscorers included Grant Mismash and Colton Saucerman.

On ORWELL: 2+2=5 [below], PROJECT HAIL MARY, ARCO, THE GOOD BOY and SAIPAN, plus obits of Chuck Norris and Valerie Perrine, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/35cnnc4f

Would be both surprising and excellent if LAST ONE LAUGHING S2 (Prime Video) led to Amazon commissioning a six-part Graham Lister series.

On ORWELL: 2+2=5 [below], PROJECT HAIL MARY, ARCO, THE GOOD BOY and SAIPAN, plus obits of Chuck Norris and Valerie Perrine, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/35cnnc4f

Come on, #FilmSky, get behind this with a signature and a share.

On the off-chance you haven't already heard: THE PITT is finally streaming in the UK via NOW and HBO Max. S1 is the strongest season of US TV this side of the pandemic; S2 has, ah, issues that we can talk about once you're into it.

The sound of Spring 2001, and a lingering memento of a moment before the century went south. If I had a radio show - perish the thought - I would have played this non-stop for a full hour today. (And "Frontier Psychiatrist" non-stop for the second hour, obviously.)

We/I slept on SAIPAN (now streaming) back in January (awards season, lots going on; it happens), but it's terrific, and Éanna Hardwicke gives one of the year's best performances: shorturl.at/w8XUS

New on this week's UK charts: Sienna Spiro, Noah Kahan, and Beabadoobee and chums. theeartrumpet.substack.com/p/week-12-ma...

My Telegraph obit of the actress Valerie Perrine, who died today: www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...

On Jan Komasa's THE GOOD BOY (a.k.a. HEEL), now showing: shorturl.at/OG6JR

On Lord and Miller's PROJECT HAIL MARY, now showing: shorturl.at/baIaT

On DEAD LOVER [below] and WHERE TO LAND, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/35cnnc4f

My Telegraph obit of the actor and martial artist Chuck Norris, who died yesterday: www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...

On DEAD LOVER [below] and WHERE TO LAND, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/35cnnc4f

**NEW** ‘In Another World:The Four Seasons of Talk Talk’ by @graemethomson.bsky.social A deep and erudite immersion into a singular musical world. An elegant and insightful study of a unique and exceptional group 21-05-26 R: tinyurl.com/mrxrpsuh RT: tinyurl.com/28v3tda4 A: tinyurl.com/3sz3scf4

Jagged little peels, apparently. (I thank you.)

Some good news: Hal Hartley's comeback film WHERE TO LAND (now streaming) is rather wonderful. tinyurl.com/4kxxkmk8

New on this week's chart: Harry times two, plus the sound of summer 2001, and a song that had me scrabbling around for a helpline number. theeartrumpet.substack.com/p/week-11-ma...

I generally suspect most of the letters in the backpages of the nation's TV guides are made up by the editorial staff to fill a gap, but every now and again someone has such a specific bee in their bonnet that it tests my theory.

Struggling through the second episode of ROOSTER (NOW), unlikely to make it to episode three, and wondering whether it might still be possible to get it cancelled and a second season of THE CHAIR (Netflix) commissioned in its place.

On HOPPERS, ZOOTROPOLIS 2, ZULU DAWN [below] and SOUL TO SOUL, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/35cnnc4f

On HOPPERS, ZOOTROPOLIS 2, ZULU DAWN [below] and SOUL TO SOUL, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/35cnnc4f

Skipped past on the previous #totp (not without reason): the Neville brothers pretending to be the Gallagher brothers. youtu.be/yNHxm1oI72M?...

New on last week's chart: RAYE, old Olivia Dean (and lo, the charts are full of Deans), Gorillaz and - oh - Bruno Mars. theeartrumpet.substack.com/p/week-10-ma...

Best Picture nominees (in descending order of merit): THE SECRET AGENT ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER SINNERS [pregnant pause, deep breath, weary sigh] F1 (I know, I'm as surprised/dismayed as you are) MARTY SUPREME TRAIN DREAMS FRANKENSTEIN SENTIMENTAL VALUE HAMNET BUGONIA

Some good news. HOPPERS (now showing) is Pixar Top Ten (maybe even Top Five?): shorturl.at/p9i72

On the newly restored 1971 concert film SOUL TO SOUL, now touring UK cinemas: tinyurl.com/4ztz5d66

There's a lot of hope and support in the UK comedy community for SNL UK, but a little bit of cynicism, too. "It's appalling that they're doing it," one senior exec tells me. "I don’t think the U.K. needs a brand like SNL to support British comedy." theankler.com/p/intl-brief...

#RIP Jennifer Runyon, 65. Passes, with flying colours, the ESP test at the start of 'Ghostbusters', despite getting every question wrong. The star of the 1980 slasher film 'To All a Goodnight', and the love interest of Scott Baio in the first season of 'Charles in Charge'.

Have just stumbled across the video for Def Leppard's "Rock of Ages". Features: * a perturbed owl * a lady shackled to a tree * man bum close-ups * Union Jack pants * a very big (but in no way symbolic) sword (Also: one of rock's best choruses, which may be by-the-by.) youtu.be/nhSdljm909Y?...

Good luck to him

On EPiC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT [below], THE SECRET AGENT, MAN ON THE RUN, MOTHER'S PRIDE, CRIMSON GOLD and THE CIRCLE, plus a Tom Noonan obit and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/35cnnc4f

New on last week's chart in 1986: PSB, Brilliant, HMHB and Fox the Fox (not actual foxes). New on last week's chart in 2026: oh, do I really have to? theeartrumpet.substack.com/p/week-9-feb...

okay I'll bite, who is 'Timothée Chalamet'

Hearing that when the PEAKY BLINDERS movie is over, all the fans come out of the cinema and toss their flat caps in the air like new university graduates.

On EPiC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT [below], THE SECRET AGENT, MAN ON THE RUN, MOTHER'S PRIDE, CRIMSON GOLD and THE CIRCLE, plus a Tom Noonan obit and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/35cnnc4f

New on last week's UK chart - Bad Bunny, Charli xcx, Posh Fred and Central Cee: theeartrumpet.substack.com/p/week-8-feb...