THE ANTWERP SIX* expo at the Fashion Museum in Antwerpen from tomorrow until next January. (*Dirk Bikkembergs, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Van Saene & Marina Yee, who in 1986 put Antwerp on the fashion map.)

I must see it. I think NO OTHER CHOICE is a better modern Ealing.

I think this Q code might take you to the Offscreen Liège account, so follow this link to the giveaway info: www.instagram.com/p/DWXJt_4jG5...

Local residents have filed a lawsuit against a 19-storey building near Matsue Castle. It is taller than the castle, and the lawsuit demands the top four floors be removed, putting it in line with other apartment blocks by the same developer. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...

Today at @offscreenff.bsky.social I shall be introducing Mark Jenkin's ROSE OF NEVADA, 19h00 Cinema Nova, followed by Yuriyan Retriever's MAG MAG, 21h30 at Nova. Meanwhile, at Cinematek, there's a B-to-Z Spanish genre double-bill of TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD (1972) 19h00 + PIECES (1982), 21h00.

"leaves Cornish villagers and viewers lost at sea": @marghjenkin.bsky.social’s unsettlingly nostalgic, time-looping anti-Odyssey ROSE OF NEVADA (2025) screens 7pm today at @offscreenff.bsky.social, Brussels. Review for @scifinow.bsky.social. Love this one. www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/rose...

Far more than the sum of its giallo/slasher parts, Juan Piquer Simón’s unhinged PIECES (1982) screens 9pm today at @offscreenff.bsky.social, Brussels. *Highly* recommended. projectedfigures.com/2017/10/08/p...

I've been sold on THE FURIOUS since I heard Kenji Tanigaki was directing a movie with Kensuke Sonomura as action director (not to mention the cast) so I didn't watch the trailer when it came out, but it played before THEY WILL KILL YOU and yep, it looks like my shit.

Last night we were watching television and a mouse ran over my foot.

good old firefox!

...They had a Mari Lwyd skull in a case upstairs, too...

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

Had a work trip to Swansea Museum earlier. Waiting in the foyer I overheard a school kid say to their group "Let's go and see the devil!" I followed them *of course* down to the lower ground floor and found The Swansea Devil... >>> Hit Alt Text to Discover More <<<

Feel I'm supposed to tut about HOW TO MAKE A KILLING is a bland, redundant update of KIND HEART & CORONETS (which it is) but you know what? I kind of enjoyed it, despite Glen Powell's smugness (he's like the smug version of Bradley Cooper, who's already smug). but 105 mins passed pleasantly enough.

We all want to hear my dog snoring, right? Right?

ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (Guercio, 1973)

The highlight of the day was when Aunt Rosa fell through the deck chair.

Useful display showing the water level in each train carriage

Anyone in the Vancouver area? At VIFF, today begins a fantastic "Mexico Noir" series that runs through April 8. I've seen nine of the films, and if it wasn't geographically inconvenient I'd be there for all the others. Lots of Ninon Sevilla! viff.org/series/mexic...

Cat

Today at Offscreen: BARRIO TRISTE, a Dante-esque voyage to the gritty heart of a Medellín favela, 19h at Nova; THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976), 21h30 at Nova; lost Spanish masterpiece POACHERS (1975), 19h at Cinematek; FACES (1978), erotic, possibly supernatural Lanzarote mystery, 21h at Cinematek.

So glad I took a chance on there still being tickets for Hard Target at Cinematek tonight. An amazing film to round off my @offscreenff.bsky.social experience for this year.

One of my favourite things to do with cats is create a cosy space somewhere new in the house and let them discover it all by themselves. Their pride and delight is a joy to behold.

One of the most important sociological studies of our time: documenting the cat ladders of Switzerland brigitteschuster.com/swiss-cat-la...

How to get disowned by your family. Available on Amazon for $13.94.

So here at St Pancras the new European Entry System kiosks are in, but not yet in use. Signed ‘Pre-registration’, zone A is opposite the national rail ticket office, zone B opposite the Eurostar check-in gates, zone C upper level inside a retail unit.

My piece for @thespectator1828.bsky.social about Nicholas Boggs' exceptional new biography of James Baldwin. spectator.com/article/jame...

The angel & the bird were bad enough, but she had understood there would only be one baby involved. V. dramatic scene by Tintoretto, 1585, for feast day of the Annunciation.

Amazing.

Such a treat to have a very brief catch-up with the legend Takashi Miike for @dazeddigital.com - celebrating @filmsradiance.bsky.social’s new box set of Miike video classics as he preps new features with Charli XCX and the forthcoming ‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/arti...

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

Dec 2016: I hadn't planned on getting a kitten that November and already had flights away for Christmas. Parkin was too little to go into a cattery and clearly couldn't be left to a catsitter, so Bill took care of him over yuletide.

It’s Tennessee’s birthday tomorrow. 📸 Richard Avedon (1950)

Gregory Peck's gang of desert-stranded bank robbers find refuge in a ghost town whose only inhabitants are Anne Baxter and her prospector grandfather. Greed for gold takes hold. Beautifully shot, atmospheric, sun-baked Western which plays like a noir. Peck, Baxter and Widmark all great.

Exquisite details (see thread)

R.I.P. Chip Taylor, the songwriter best known for "Wild Thing" and "Angel Of The Morning.” Born James Voight (he was the brother of actor Jon Voight), he also released dozens of his own albums and wrote songs recorded by Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, and the Hollies. stereogum.com/2493499/wild...

Bought myself the most basic Kobo. It does everything I require: 1. Can read books in the dark without hurting my eyes 2. Can buy e-books without enriching Jeff Bezos and hurting my soul. I’ll never be able to totally disentangle myself from Amazon but every frond I chop off makes me breathe easier.

The Daily Rothno is yet another beautiful wall in Trastevere

Yeah Bruce!

And the police have nicknamed you 'Equinox' because all the clothes storage, I mean killings, are in the last 10 days of every March and September.

MERCENARIES FROM HONG KONG (Wong, 1982)

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, 115 years ago tomorrow, galvanized a century's worth of workplace safety laws that are now getting shredded.

#57: Bert

O_o

Sunset Strip 1977, my after-shool hang from WeHo Elementary. Sun Bee Liquor, Licorice Pizza (pre-Ahhs), PowerBurger. I recall Filthy McNasty's (pre-Viper Room) had a pic of Filthy flipping you off, Tower Video still a nude club and a movie billboard later advertising "The Bitch."

THEY WILL KILL YOU starts off at 11 & has nowhere to go but even broader. Splatstick horror comedy in an evil hotel features big boss fight after only 10 mins, which means it has to amp up the gore. It's Zazie Beetz vs everyone else à la READY OR NOT, with nods to BALLERINA, only not as good.

THE FURIOUS! I wanted this for @offscreenff.bsky.social (though it's not strictly an Offscreen kind of film) but it wasn't to be. Kidnapped kid = that's the plot. Trailer makes it look brutal, but MVP is fight choreography which you don't see that much of here: INCREDIBLE. Best since THE RAID!

Well, it's a good thing I haven't had time to pack all my winter clothes/duvet/coats/gloves etc into airtight plastic bags and stow them away under the bed now, isn't it. Would SO resent having to get them all out again.

And, as a special treat, let's hear it for Oscar-winning AMY MADIGAN (hurrah!) in one of the highlights from the insanely entertaining THE HUNT (2000).