This extremely infrequent post is brought to you by a long week, a nice beer, some warm weather, and me remembering that The Battle of Los Angeles includes some absolute belters.

Going for an overlong jog tomorrow - donations for MAP are still very welcome.

Been almost as rubbish posting here as I have raising funds, but I'm running the Hackney Half yet again, this time for Medical Aid for Palestinians. I know times are tough, and the media keep trying to convince us that supporting Palestinians is racist, but... www.justgiving.com/page/smorgan...

“Critics say” you fucking dishonest ghouls? The fascist who wrote the law said it himself.

it will never cease to fill me with anger and sadness how israel instrumentalizes the holocaust to justify its policies and deflect criticism of itself while conducting itself in ways that mirror the atrocities committed against us and calling this observation "holocaust inversion"

For years and years, Pueblos, Diné (Navajo), Indé (Apache), archaeologists, green groups, Utah and New Mexico politicos, and recreation, water, and timber interests fought over the land around Chaco Canyon, one of the world's most important archaeological sites. In 2022, ... (1/5)

Starts Wednesday!

Free screening in Greenwich, London, on Friday 27th March 2026! There are a limited number of seats left to fill - so please book as soon as you can if you would like to come.

The KCL Strand Film Festival starts next Weds, curated by Film Festivals & Film Festival Studies students at @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social! 6 days of filmy brilliance incl. interactive horror + queer docs + filmmaker masterclasses + AI/AV raves + much more. FREE TIX! www.kcl.ac.uk/events/kcl-s...

The fact that a pretty right wing guy I know just posted elsewhere about watching One Battle After Another and saying how much he loved it really tells you everything you need to know. It's a fine film, but please let's stop pretending it's some sort of radical political statement.

My hot take is that the way X-Men has historically depicted Australia in general and Indigenous Australian characters in particular is cringy AF and I am praying for some kind of course correction. Like, Bishop is canonically Indigenous. They've never, to my knowledge, even named his Nation.

Just scrolled past some (white) commentator suggesting that if SINNERS wins Best Picture but Coogler doesn't win Best Director it would be a 'problem'. But why are those two things interlinked? It's entirely possible to think it's the best film overall, but not the best directed, surely?

When it comes to press releases, this in the GOAT conversation:

Wait. So if Iran are the 'hidden hand' behind Hamas, Hezbollah, etc., and Russia is the 'hidden hand' behind Iran, who is the 'hidden hand' behind Russia and is it puppets all the way down?

Historians are quite capable of explaining the hellscape that is the US at this particular minute, and its kind of telling that you imagine we won't because it means you haven't been listening or reading

If you 'Brat Summer' dweebs had any guts, you'd make it a 'Fuck War Summer' this year. @tanyatagaq.bsky.social youtu.be/xlRd1S4cohM?...

Can’t believe we’re still dealing with this. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Cherokee Film Productions, the Cherokee Nation’s production company, has released a first-look trailer for an upcoming feature-length documentary focused on Cherokee Freedmen. redpopnews.com/cherokee-fil...

Exemplary stuff, from an exemplary leader. #HopeBeatsHate

I love this. I will apologise to the 'good' scholars to whom I have promised work (and which I WILL deliver, eventually), but I'm done apologising for being a bad scholar (aka having a life/family).

Personally speaking, I would not proclaim this loudly that I am crappy at my job, and that I lack imagination, critical thinking or insight, but each to their own I guess?

Israel and US: destabilizes the Middle East Canada: why would Iran do this?

Laughing like a maniac in the kitchen! Come on Marine! One game away from Wembley!!! #UTM @marineafc.bsky.social

“The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.”

More importantly, @marineafc.bsky.social are up 1-0 against Woking at half time of the FA Trophy quarter final. Come on you Mariners! Listen live here: marineafc.mixlr.com/events/4887231

Utterly gutless. These supposed 'leaders' have the moral fortitude of those pissweak little toadies that hang around with bullies, and go squealing to the teacher the bullied kids start fighting back.

Yes, Ilana, it really is.

🚨 UPDATE: Manchester Council hit back at claims of illegal family voting in Gorton and Denton "Polling station staff are trained to look out for any evidence of undue influence on voters. No such issues have been reported today."

Important to remember there was no reason WB had to sell. They had a very successful year on all fronts. The shareholders just want that bag. That’s it.

The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.

I need @thebloodbrothers.bsky.social to reform again and tour the UK again. #again

The racist framing of this in “blaming Muslims” and the use of “hatred” when it’s not just Muslims who are outraged about Labour’s support for genocide is why Labour are losing

Our youngest is desperate to see Freya Skye live, and having just missed out on presale tickets (again) for new dates in November, I went looking (again) for tickets for her shows next month. Once again, absolutely fuck anyone making a quick buck off scalping.

Director Zak Hilditch talks to us about We Bury The Dead - an unmissable, emotional zombie thriller starring Daisy Ridley. filmstories.co.uk/features/we-...

Me & 🐉 on the road this spring! 21/02, 7pm, @thecommonpress.bsky.social London w/ Adam Zmith 26/02, 7pm: The Dormouse, Belper 4/03, 7pm, Mount Florida Books, Glasgow w/ Adam Benmakhlouf 5/03, 7pm, @argonautbooks.bsky.social Edinburgh w/ Alycia Pirmohamed Links👇 www.somayer.net/2026/02/05/s...

Land Invaders, a groundbreaking experimental 8-bit video game by Anishinaabe Algonquin creator Cass Gardiner and designer Juan Mateo Menendez, will make its world premiere as an Official Selection of Berlinale Forum Expanded 2026. redpopnews.com/land-invader...

This Saturday evening I’m thrilled to announce I’ll be joined by a personal hero 😊 @robinince.bsky.social at the fantastic @slapstickfest.bsky.social for #OneCutoftheDead join us for all things ‘Zombie’ 🧟🧟‍♂️💜📽️ @brisblakhorrorclub.bsky.social Ticket link/info🔻 slapstick.org.uk/events/slaps...

Starmers worried about the Green Party challenging this governments failures. He's right to be. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Very, very much appreciating the news that a reformed Faraquet will be playing London in July (and so close to my birthday). But the Dischord band I REALLY want to reform and see live again is Q & Not U. Their brand of dance punk was truly never bettered.

You want BUFFY x LOST BOYS x MAD MAX x Alexis Wright with a shit-kicking soundtrack & a performance from Rob Collins that literally eats up the screen? FIREBITE

We have another film festival coming up at the end of the month because I'm a glutton for punishment. There is some excellent stuff in here, though, even if I do say so myself. Opening night doc about the legendary John Clarke is nearly sold out though, so get in quick! #ANZFF2026

Now that everyone is talking about SINNERS again, I'm going to remind you that if you want a more sustained fix of Indigenous vampire hunters, Warwick Thornton and Brendan Fletcher have got you covered.

Another step closer to publication of our new book with the release of the cover on the Allen & Unwin website. The First Inventors: How people shaped a continent Billy Griffiths, Larissa Behrendt & Sean Ulm www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/...

#AFCON? Absolute cinema.

Not every day that you hear the mighty You Am I on British radio, even if it does require BBC 6 Music to be undertaking some sort of 1990s nostalgiafest.

Finally catching up with S5 of Stranger Things. When Max emerges from a rock crevice, I immediately thought of Picnic at Hanging Rock, and now ep.4 has picked up the thread and, lo and behold, there be panpipes! 😂