The standout film of the week is the low budget adaptation of HP Lovecraft by Andrew Leman which captures both the cosmic dread and existential anxiety of The Call of Cthulhu. Carnal Knowledge is also pretty bleak in its own way. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky

‪Working my way through my Moviedrome unwatched list but a forgotten Italian masterpiece of the Italian Civil War (1943-45) and a "don't go knocking on the doors of strangers" slowburn, gory horror got in the way. You can't live on a diet of cult candy. Bella ciao #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

The Agitator (Otto Rühle Speaks), 1920. Oil on canvas Staatliche Museen, Berlin Otto Rühle (1874-1943) was a German Marxist active in opposition to both the First and Second World Wars, and a founder with along with Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Franz Mehring of the Internationale group.

The week finished stronger #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky 🎥💙

what a fucking disgrace. with a labour party like this, you really don’t need tories or reform

Trump's UK state visit was just announced for 17 September. 💥💥💥 JOIN THE PROTEST! Let's make it absolutely massive. stoptrump.org.uk

Otto Dix (German, 1891–1969) "Self-Portrait Smoking", 1913 Oil #OttoDix #SelfPortraitSmoking #GermanExpressionism #NeueSachlichkeit #OttoDixArt #PortraitArt #Expressionism #ModernArt #ArtWithAttitude #20thCenturyArt #ArtistQuote #ArtHistory #Painting #WeimarArt

George Grosz (German, 1893-1959) Der Stammtisch, ca. 1928 - 1930. Watercolor and ink on Paper, 59 x 46 cm. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Der Stammtisch denotes a table in a restaurant or café that is reserved for a particular group of people who meet regularly to discuss politics.

Trump's actions, Starmer's support are a shameful indictment of the 'western democracies' driving our planet & its people into war, disease, poverty & climate catastrophe. If Bush & Blair's crimes had been punished, this wouldn't be happening. What is the point of the UN? We are the rogue states.

Ok, it’s settled. Britain is the world’s biggest US suck-up. Jesus, Starmer, the option to stfu was right there. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

CND condemns US’s illegal attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities. It risks all-out war. Starmer must rule out military support & end its complicity in Israel’s genocidal war on Palestine. We must all mobilise flat out to stop the bombing now. #NoWarOnIran www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

In 2003, anti-war activists broke into RAF Fairford to stop US bombers heading to Iraq. Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes. Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same. The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.

Trump bombs a country that poses no immediate threat to the US without Congress approval or reference to the UN and all Starmer does is whine about who is on at Glastonbury. We deserve much, much better than this.

Sign the petition to Keir Starmer: Oppose Trump's war on Iran stoptrump.org.uk/petition-tru...

George Grosz, The Agitator, 1928

‪Light and shade #Filmsky #Filmsky💙🎥 #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Rudolf Schlichter (German, 1890-1955) Strike in Berlin (Grand Palais, Paris), 1920. Watercolor, pencil on paper. Moscow, Rushkin State Museum of Fine Arts The works of this artist were shown in the 1937 exhibition of degenerate art organized by the Nazis.

Konstantin Korovin, Nightlife on the Rue Venis, Paris

Red Line for Palestine #freepalestine

Joan Miró Le coq, 1940 www.joan-miro.net/le-coq.jsp

Tamsin Greig is electric in this production. #thedevilandthedeepbluesea #rattigan

Four forgotten features - including a real turkey #filmsky #letterboxdfriday #forgottenfeatures 💙🎞️

Anti-racist protesters were out in force in Watfordto expose the lies of Reform UK today organised by Stand Up to Racism #sutr

Rudolf Schlichter (German, 1890-1955) Portrait of Bertolt Brecht, 1926-1927. Schlichter painted his friend Brecht during the time the playwright was working on the opera titled, “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.” It was first performed on 9 March 1930 at the Neues Theater in Leipzig.

Quality viewing #filmsky #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

"Katzen". Otto Dix. 1920. #ottodix #katzen

Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) The Skat Players, 1920. Oil, collage on paper, 110x87 cm. New National Gallery, Berlin.

Land grab

A mixed bag for #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Filmsky 💙🎞️

The Dogs of War socialistworker.co.uk/comment/alex...

Sadiq Khan said the study vindicated the decision to expand ULEZ to outer London

Keep looking over your shoulder on Spook Street #mickherron #spookstreet #thedrop #thelist #spysky #booksky 📕💙

Reform is in crisis but so far its the Silence of the Nigels kmflett.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/f...

3,000-Year-Old Olive Tree on the Greek Island of Crete Still Produces Olives Today

Fantastic win at the Oscars for Palestine #freepalestin #nootherland #oscars #filmsky

Powerful. "No Other Land" director Basel Adra: "We call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people." 🇵🇸 #Oscars

Found this obscure title while searching for weird fiction by Robert Aickman. Aickman has a Blue Plaque in Gower Street, central London. He is remembered for his conservation work on Britain's canals - which were saved from near total disrepair in the 1960s. #weirdfiection #booksky

We don’t need this fascist groove thing Sign up to stop Trump’s visit #dumptrump stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...

No Other Land bravely captures Israel’s evictions of Palestinians in the West Bank. It could win an Oscar on Sunday, but it couldn’t secure a US distributor.

They should elect a new people. Bertolt Brecht.

England's biggest defeat since the Khyber Pass retreat #cricket #therevengeofhistory www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

1812 Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.

A heads up for the multi-award winning documentary about the Israeli land grab on the West Bank. It is airing on the UK Channel 4 station on Tue 4 Mar 11:15pm - 12:50am (GMT). #nootherland #freepalestine #documentary #oscarnominee #filmsky www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...

RIP Woodward and Bernstein #rulingideasaretheideasoftherulingclass

You can see the documentary censored by the BBC here. #freespeech #freepalestine archive.org/details/this...

also almost verbatim one of Orwell's examples of grotesque euphemism from "Politics and the English Language"

I just signed the petition calling on the PM not to cut support for the world’s poorest to pay for more defence spending - tax the ultra rich instead! Can you sign too? 38d.gs/r8zh

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…