Talking to #SteveCoogan and #JonathanPryce - but not the penguin! - for #picturehouses podcast about #ThePenguinLessons: picturehouse.podbean.com/e/the-pengui... The film's released tomorrow. @lionsgateuk.bsky.social

Lovely conversation tonight with #JackHuston, whose debut as a writer/director, #DayOfTheFight, is in UK cinemas next week. And that's when the interview is on @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social.

A treat and a privilege to interview #AdamElliot, the man behind the wonderful #MemoirOfASnail, for @soundspheremag.bsky.social. The film arrives in UK cinemas this Friday. screensphere.co.uk/interviews/f... #modernfilmsent

Saturday viewing. The eloquent ##Cottontail, which arrives in cinemas on Friday. Review landing at @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social this week. #dayfornight

It's #September5 week! Lovely chats today with the cast - #PeterSarsgaard, #JohnMagaro, #BenChaplin, ##LeonieBenesch- and they'll be on @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social. My review is here - thepeoplesmovies.com/september-5-... - and the film's out on Thursday. Go see it! @paramountpictures.bsky.social

#SaveThePCC. We can't lose this unique venue, so sign the petition!

Thrilled to interview #MikeLeigh, #MarianneJeanBaptiste and #MicheleAustin about the excellent #HardTruths. Legends all! Here's our chats on @heyuguys.bsky.social: www.heyuguys.com/hard-truth-m... @studiocanal.co.uk

Great way to finish the week - a chat with this guy, #AdamElliot, the man behind the wonderful #MemoirOfASnail. Interview landing on @soundspheremag.bsky.social soon. #ModernFilms

not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff

Fourth screening of 2025 was yesterday's #September5. My mouth was dry from the tension. @paramountpictures.bsky.social

First screenings of 2025. #wolfmanmovie, #williamtell, #here. #universalpicturesUK, @altitudefilms.bsky.social, @curzonfilm.bsky.social

First press screenings of the year - and I had to ask another critic to stop using their phone during one of them! Yes, another critic .... 😕 #turnyourphoneoff

Talking to #RamellRoss about the wonderful #NickelBoys for #picturehouses podcast. Not a bad way to start the year! 😊https://picturehouse.podbean.com/e/nickel/ @curzonfilm.bsky.social

It "stunned an audience into silence" when I saw it and #NickelBoys is in cinemas from tomorrow. Many, many reasons to see it so, in case you missed my @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social first time round, here it is again: thepeoplesmovies.com/nickel-boys-... @curzonfilm.bsky.social

In cinemas today, #TheOrder, which might just remind you of Michael Mann's #Heat. In the best possible way. My review for @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social: thepeoplesmovies.com/the-order-re... @metfilmstudio.bsky.social

9.4 million live viewers on Christmas Day for #WallaceAndGromitVengeanceMostFowl, a film that's "pure, unadulterated joy." My review for @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social: thepeoplesmovies.com/wallace-grom... #BBCFilms @netflix.com

It's in cinemas today and #BetterManmovie is "anything but a typical biopic." My review for @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social: thepeoplesmovies.com/better-man-r... #entertainmentfilmdistributors

Such a great villain. It's all in the eyes .... #feathersmcgraw #wallaceandgromitvengeancemostfowl

#NowWatching #Carry-On. Can't see Kenneth Williams in the cast. 🤔 @netflix.com

#WallaceAndGromitVengeanceMostFowl is "pure unadulterated joy and the biggest of Christmas hugs." My four star review for @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social: thepeoplesmovies.com/wallace-grom... #BBC @netflix.com

Finished my interview year on a high by talking to #RaMellRoss, director of the spellbinding #NickelBoys. The film received three nominations today in the @londoncritics.bsky.social awards!

Today's double bill: #BetterMan and #SonicTheHedgehog3. #BetterMan review coming soon on @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social

It's official. I'm a big fan of #TheBrutalist. Five stars. No question. My review for #WhatToWatch: www.whattowatch.com/reviews/the-...

Today's screening .... #MufasaTheLionKing. #disneyuk

And that's the first round done ..... 😊

#guypearce introduced today’s screening of the epic #thebrutalist at #BAFTA today.

Today's screening was #weliveintime. My mascara-free plan paid off! @studiocanal.co.uk

#TheUniversalTheory is "a meticulous pastiche that any film lover will find hard to resist." My review for @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social: thepeoplesmovies.com/the-universa... #picturehouseentertainment

#JamesMangold "knocks it out of the park" with #ACompleteUnknown. My five star review for @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social: thepeoplesmovies.com/a-complete-u... #searchlightpicturesuk

Back on the #picturehouse podcast this week, talking to #nightbitch director, #marielleheller. www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-iu... The interview starts at 25:45 and the film's in cinemas now. #searchlightuk

Cannot understand why both #SaoirseRonan and #MarianneJeanBaptiste were overlooked by the #GoldenGlobes. And I still don't get why twice as many lead actors are nominated as supporting ones. Makes no sense.

Tonight's screening. Exhausting. Relentless. #Nosferatu

Today's double bill .... #Babygirl and #ACompleteUnknown

#NowWatching #SingSing

#Unstoppable is formulaic and familiar but it's also "a film that warms the heart." My review for @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social: thepeoplesmovies.com/unstoppable-... @metfilmstudio.bsky.social @primevideouk.bsky.social

#NowWatching the original #Nosferatu from 1922.

Missed #BringThemDown at #LFF last month, so chuffed to catch it tonight. Dour and relentlessly gripping. When will filmmakers wake up to just how good Christopher Abbott is? @mubi.bsky.social

Seven Dials Christmas lights tonight ....

Suffering from #BakeOff withdrawl. Guess the cure is cake .....

Hugely fortunate today to speak to #MarielleHeller, director of #Nightbitch. The film's out on the 6th, which is also when you can listen to our conversation on #picturehouse's podcast.

#Moana2 is "a welcome crowd pleaser for the holidays" but essentially is "an entertaining echo". My review for #WhatToWatch: www.whattowatch.com/reviews/moan... #disneyuk

How far did I go for #Moana2? Only to Leicester Square! My review's on #WhatToWatch tomorrow. #DisneyUK

Giving #Nightbitch a second watch .... #searchlightuk

It's out on @netflixuk.bsky.social today and, while #Spellbound isn't a franchise movie, "that Pixar influence is hard to avoid." My review for @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social: thepeoplesmovies.com/spellbound-r...

Shouldn't pre-judge the film, I know, but I love Toothless too much not to ask one question.....

I'll just leave this out there ...

#Layla is "shot through with a compassionate authenticity." My review of the film, which is out on Friday, is on @thepeoplesmovies.bsky.social: thepeoplesmovies.com/layla-review/ @curzonfilm.bsky.social

Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.

How come I've just realised that Emperor Caracalla in #GladiatorII and the grandson in #Thelma were played by the same actor? #FredHechinger

Without algorithms clogging up what people see, it actually feels like I've got the fairest chance I'll have to make Film Stories more noticed here. It feels less of a rigged game. Independent print magazines x 2 Film history podcast Clickbait-free entertainment website @filmstories.bsky.social