Watched "Safety Not Guaranteed"[2012], there was a bit of buzz about this on here a few weeks ago. Reminded me of the warm-hearted indie cinema of Tom McCarthy. But with Aubrey Plaza as a massive bonus. The ad idea is a great premise too

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

Vi "Espejos Nº 3"(Miroirs No. 3), la última de Christian Petzold, de nuevo con Paula Beer que da vida a una pianista que es encontrada tras un accidente de coche. Una mujer la acoge y se forja un vínculo. Merece la pena verla, es Petzold, aunque me hubiera gustado más tiempo con los personajes

Read Grant's article, if only to marvel at this incredible photo of Astrid Kirchherr standing at the front of the queue to the Cavern in 1964, a year after The Beatles had left Liverpool and two years after her boyfriend, Stuart Sutcliffe had died.

Gran frase para los que me critiquen por mi pobre nivel de español: "Ladran, luego cabalgamos"🇪🇸

Pronóstico no muy bueno para mi prima vez en San Sebastián la semana que viene. A comer pintxos dentro, creo.

What did I do to deserve doomer Ronnie Whelan on co-comms in this game? #PSGLFC

Fue mejor para este partido que el Madrid marcara. Si fuera 0-3 contra Bayern, sería el fin de cuento.

Watched "Inexorable"[2021], Belgian thriller from Fabrice du Welz, director of the excellent "Maldoror". Alba Gaïa Bellugi turns up at the mansion of a writer & his family to wreck their lives. If the premise sounds familiar, there's more than enough unhinged moments to make this well worth a watch

Someone put together some footage of the Velvet Underground to some 1969 bootleg recordings and, well, any clip of the VU from this period is amazing to see. Priceless footage of Reed, Tucker, Yule and Morrison. youtu.be/XwgkhIkSZFo?...

Vi "Cortafuego"[2026].Belén Cuesta protagoniza a una viuda que pierde a su hija en pleno incendio forestal. Lo típico de Netflix que no voy a recordar la semana que viene, pero me entretuvo. Las apariencias engañan.

Cool to see the Nirvana "Nevermind" font in the wild but "Murder in Monaco" wasn't very good. Just too many tropes: the eccentrics, the shot of the empty chair before the interviewee sits down, the tossed out conspiracies. The True Crime genre needs some fresh air.

Italia no estará en el Mundial. Qué triste. Las dinastías no duran para siempre.

Gosford Park (2001) Gosford World (2015) Gosford World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

One is going east and the other one is going west, so what?

Watched "Saipan"[2025], about Ireland's most seismic event since the 1916 Rising. Eanna Hardwicke gets Roy's intensity. Steve Coogan, as Mick, short changed by the thin script. An incredibly niche film, but Irish football fans are the audience and will enjoy it

Here's this Dog Day Afternoon piece I made a few years ago

Terrible indictment of Liverpool's ability to control games that this dreadful Spurs team got a point last week

Today also marks the 56th anniversary of what was reported to be the last time all four Beatles were together in the same place. Excerpt below from Chris O'Dell's memoir, on Pattie's birthday party/Friar Park housewarming on March 17, 1970:

I've been reading James Bond novels again and I think I've cracked the formula. Amazon, please take note for any movies you plan on making:

Isabelle Huppert is 73 today. She's one of our greatest actors. Still looking for interesting and daring projects (not enough of which come out in the UK).

After the warmth of "One For All" and folks becoming their best selves, I went the opposite and watched "The Piano Teacher"[2001], Michael Haneke directing Isabelle Huppert in a disturbing tryst with her student that becomes like a battle to deny each other what the other wants. NOT. A. DATE. MOVIE.

Matt Berry doing voiceover at the Oscars is pretty cool

Ireland to France later on: 🎶Triple Crown champions, you'll never sing that 🎶 #SixNations

Anoche vi "Uno Para Todos", drama del aula. Lo disfruté. Un relato de enfrentarse a tus problemas (el acoso escolar entre otros) pero no empalagoso. Un profesor llega a un pueblo y, como en ‘El club de los poetas muertos’, inspira a los niños y también él aprende unas cosas de su mismo.

I simply refuse to believe this isn’t a Chris Morris sketch:

Noel is spot on here

No tuve el City como el peor de los equipos ingleses de esta jornada #UCL

Excellent cult movie/football punditry crossover

The translate feature on the new version of BlueSky is terrible. It was much better when it redirected to Google Translate

Vi "Sala de profesores"[2023], drama alemán de una profesora que se mete en un lío sobre una colega y su hijo en el colegio. Thriller muy bueno. El miedo de ser demasiado honesto...

The perils of a combover: you have to wear a cap everywhere cos a single gust of wind and its game over

Watched "Man On The Run", essential viewing for Fabs fans and I enjoyed seeing some footage c. The Breakup that I hadn't seen before. Macca is still trying to get it out there that he was far from the passé Beatle. Nice reminder too that 'God Save The Queen' and 'Mull of Kintyre' BOTH ruled 1977

Tonight's viewing... #Macca

Oof, Liverpool are back to conceding the first attack against them 😭

Feel the same way about Iran as I did about Iraq: dubious justification for going in, no confidence in regime change to democracy BUT shedding zero tears for Hussein or Khamenei. Tankies and MAGA upset also a bonus. Voice of actual Iranians the most important too:

It works🇮🇪

Like every politician making statements, I am closely monitoring (scrolling my social media feeds) the situation in Iran

Vi "Azuro"[2022]. The White Lotus francesa pero de cuarta categoría. Dos parejas, dos hijos y una amiga soltera de vacaciones en Italia con un fuego ardiendo silenciosamente al fondo. Un hombre se baja de su yate (con él, suena música de yate que mola) y la dinámica del grupo cambia.

Pretty cool

Feliz día de TWIN PEAKS #TwinPeaksDay

Death By Lightning, regretting not putting this on when it came out. Michael Shannon, Matthew Macfadyen, only 4 parts. What's not to like?

Watched "Islands"[2025], good little thriller with Sam Riley as tennis teacher attracted to wife (Stacy Martin) of couple he meets on a menacingly windy Fuerteventura. Husband subsequently goes missing and that's that.

Como aprendizaje de español, esta reseña me hace sentir mejor. Incluso los hispanohablantes tienen problemas con el diálogo moderno.

Vi 'Cerdita' [2022], un horror que llevaba esperando ver mucho tiempo después de ver ese cartel icónico de nuestra antiheroína bañada en sangre, en mitad de una carretera de Extremadura. El bullying es difícil de mirar, pero esta ópera prima tiene mucho humor negro. ¡Que viva el terror español!

Excellent from Vincent Kompany on the Vinicius Jr incident at Real Madrid-Benfica www.youtube.com/live/MKtmVFj...

Terrific article this, coming up on 4 years of this damned war. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

“Duvall never plays the same character twice, and he makes other actors look good. He brings a quality to his listening, his reactions, that charges a scene even when he’s not talking.” – Roger Ebert

Watched "Unrelated"[2017] debut movie of Joanna Hogg also features a young Tom Hiddlestone playing the unrequited love interest of a middle-aged woman on holiday in Tuscany. Summer breaks can teach harsh lessons, too.

"In The Mood For Love"[2000] watched. A couple in 60s Hong Kong discover their spouses are having an affair, develop their own relationship and refuse to consummate it because that would make them like their spouses. All this would be unbearable to watch if it wasn't for such amazing film making