Can I recommend the new Arrow UK blu of “The Assassination Bureau”? Oliver Reed, Telly Savalas and Diana Rigg (wow!) in glorious Technicolour. Rip-roaring Edwardian good fun. Ace extras too! @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social

Sad news. www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin... @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social

Hey @filmnoiruk.bsky.social. I saw this new indie noir at Frightfest in the summer. “Cover” (2025) dir by Cameron Francis. It is superb. Just an idea. youtu.be/Z5dHBGdVpho?...

Just had a great weekend at Film Noir Fest in Weston-Super-Mare. New favourites - Rififi (I know), Woman In Hiding, Money Movers, Beware My Lovely, While The City Sleeps. I’ll be there next year. @filmnoiruk.bsky.social

Am having a cool UK cinematic weekend in Weston-Super-Mare! Film Noir Fest 2025! A few old favourites and some cool new discoveries. Definitely @purecinemapod.bsky.social friendly. @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.southwestsilents.com/copy-of-fest...

Just watched The Holy Boy (2025) (orig: La Valle dei Sorrisi - The Valley of Smiles) at the London Film Festival. Italian folk chiller from dir Paolo Strippoli. Recommended! @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...

A fine Sunday afternoon at the BFI with a first time watch of Piccadilly (1929) dir by EA Dupont as part of the current Anna May Wong season. Glamorous & gritty 1920s London & a groovy often jazzy soundtrack. A recommend. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social

Interesting BFI list of German horror films… @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...

Enjoyable day travelling from Catania in Sicily to Rome. On Frecciarossa 9658 (to Milan) from Villa San Giovanni to Roma Termini. The FR option isn’t listed on the site so thought it might be useful info. Ace journey along the coast! Thanks for all the useful info! @seatsixtyone.bsky.social

Hey. Have you seen “Cover” (2025) dir by Cameron Francis? I only attended Frightfest for a day this year and it the best film I saw.. a road trip thriller rather than a horror.. superb. @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social frightfest.co.uk/2025London/C...

Just spent a night in the 80s South Bronx: “Enemy Territory” (1987) dir by Peter Manoogian. A great cult tower block action thriller. The new Arrow Video UK blu looks superb. Recommended. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.arrowfilms.com/p/blu-ray/en...

Can I recommend “All The Marbles” (1981) dir by Robert Aldrich? I saw it on 35mm at the BFI - part of the Moviedrome season. A superb 80s set female wrestling road movie - surely a @purecinemapod.bsky.social and @newbeverly.bsky.social favourite? whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

I’m in Paris for the weekend and this rather cool poster is all over the metro! @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social

@elrickane.bsky.social Just in case, “The Dead Thing” was recommended by Kim Newman in this month’s UK Empire magazine (Issue 442 - July ‘25).

I think found a new discovery at the BFI today. “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (1962) dir. Vincente Minnelli. A fabulous WW2 drama starring Glenn Ford. Superb. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Interesting BFI article on an obscure British 70s thriller. Eclipse (1977) directed by Simon Perry and starring Tom Conti. Release on blu-ray later this month. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/features/ecl...

Can I recommend “The Saragossa Manuscript” (1965)? Part of the current BFI season “The Long Strange Trips of Wojciech Jerzy Has”. This intertwining tale is long, strange, trippy and superb! @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social

A cool film night at the fab Rio Cinema in Dalston. The first all-British disco film (!) “The Music Machine”. London looks 70s gritty! Ace soundtrack. Coming from Severin! Alan Jones’ new book Discomania is great too! @elrickane.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @purecinemapod.bsky.social

Interesting “Forgotten Oscar Nominees” article from the BFI. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/best-p...

SDE would like to make more friends on Bluesky 😀, so with that in mind, we're giving away one of these fantastic #NikKershaw box sets! 10CDs and a DVD! Please like and share and we'll pick a random winner in a week's time, on 28 Feb. Open to everyone! Good luck...

This is an interesting read… @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social faroutmagazine.co.uk/akira-kurosa...

Just really enjoyed the Westploitation “Take A Hard Ride” (1975) dir by Anthony Dawson in the BFI Black Rodeo season. Stars Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly. Superb. A @newbeverly.bsky.social fav? @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social

Just had a first viewing of John Singleton’s “Rosewood” (1997) as part of the “Black Rodeo” season at the BFI. I wasn’t aware of the story. A powerful shocking film. Recommended. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social

Interesting BFI article on early Japanese colour films. A few I didn’t know… @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...

Just watched John Ford’s “Sergeant Rutledge” in 35mm - part of the BFI’s “Black Rodeo” season. Ace socially conscious Western with great acting by Woody Strode & Jeffrey Hunter. Superb. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Might be of interest? New BBC show “Video Nasty”. @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

@rebekahmckendry.bsky.social Try & see the second series of the UK version of “The Traitors”. Fabulous. Series 3 is on in the UK (6th episode tonight) at the moment and all the faithfuls are starting to crack! :-)

Interesting BFI article on Mexican horror. @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...

Can I recommend the UK version of TV show “The Traitors”? Series 3 has just started. I thought series 2 was outstanding. “the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust”. Presenter Claudia Winkelman is gothically wicked. Great fun! @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Interesting article. @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

Can I rec the recent album “Nell' Ora Blu” by UK band “Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats”? It’s a fab soundtrack to an imagined giallo. You’ll love it. They’re playing it in full in LA on Feb 22! @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social www.uncleacidband.com/tour

Can I recommend this year’s BBC Ghost Story for Christmas? “Women of Stone” is an adaption of “Man-Size in Marble” by E. Nesbit and is directed by Mark Gatiss. It’s rather creepy and the Victorian settings look ace. @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social

Can I recommend the 1948 comedy “Sitting Pretty” directed by Walter Lang? Superb acerbic performance by Clifton Webb (Laura) as Lynn Belvedere. There are 2 sequels too. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting...

@rebekahmckendry.bsky.social Have you seen this year’s “The Great British Bake Off”? It’s very good with some very horrific bakes! www.channel4.com/programmes/t...