Went to Bristol recently and one of the advantages of a niche interest in modernism is that while the suspension bridge was heaving, both Clifton Cathedral and All Saints (with windows by John Piper) had not a soul to be seen.

Finally published in the Guardian, writing about Helsinki (no, I’m counting it!). Didn’t win the £200 though. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Glad to see The Bear still experimenting with form and further developing its characters. Season 4 felt like they were back in the game, though for me nothing can still quite match Jimmy’s banana.

For anyone interested in art or architecture the Do Ho Suh exhibition at Tate is a must. The sheer painstaking patience of the man is incredible. A genuinely original show themed around the memories of places we’ve lived. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Looks like there are 3 tickets left. Run, don’t walk! bsky.app/profile/antb...

Visited Villa Stenersen in Oslo recently, designed by Arne Korsmo for Munch’s biographer. It’s well worth a trip.

A long time ago i made the mistake of asking the price of a small print of Yoshitomo Nara in a gallery, thinking i might get it as a gift for my partner. I did not get the gift. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Cinema Rediscovered returns to Bristol with an 80+ event line-up of global film gems… Last chance to pick up an early bird pass! www.watershed.co.uk/news/cinema-...

Twenty-five years on from the premiere of In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar Wai looks back on the complicated genesis of his masterpiece of desire and restraint. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

BFI Film on Film Festival opens for booking next week. Quite like the sound of a rare screening of Frank Perry’s (of The Swimmer fame) Fire Island set Last Summer. Oh, and i guess there’s also Star Wars from an original 1977 print. Might be popular? whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Having visited Picker House today, it was every bit as good as it looks. Impeccably kept modernist time capsule with an art collection including Hepworth, Calder, Miro, Rodin, Sutherland and more (or Moore). Worth booking one of the limited tours. www.stanleypickertrust.org/about

Found a new house to add to this thread, and not one i’d ever heard of before - Picker House in Kingston. www.stanleypickertrust.org bsky.app/profile/davi...

Love this local cinema in Stockholm that I covered for @dezeen.com: www.dezeen.com/2025/04/04/i...

Went on a walk in Hampstead yesterday and discovered what has to be the nicest council estate I’ve ever seen. History of it here: municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/t...

Finally watched Close Your Eyes, and when Ana Torrent intones ‘Soy Ana’, echoing her debut over 50 years ago, it hit me like a wave, returning me not just to Erice’s earlier masterpiece but also to a 30th anniversary San Sebastián screening attended by the actress. Where did all the years go?

IKEA x Severance www.famouscampaigns.com/2025/03/ikea...

It’s Eric Rohmer’s birthday, which can mean only one thing: I get to reshare my favourite BFI article, by @sam-wigley.bsky.social. www.bfi.org.uk/features/80s...

Spike Jonze’s 2013 film Her is playing at BFI next Thursday. Still feels so ahead of its time and well worth seeing on the big screen. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

About 15 years ago their original EP was worth over £100. I remember showing someone my still sealed copy (which i’d got for free) when asked what the most valuable record i owned was. As i showed them i promptly dropped it, knocking about £50 off its value. bsky.app/profile/theq...

This Sunday, 2 March, from 1100-1300, you can visit one of the Isokon flats in exchange for a £10 donation to the gallery. There may be a wait. First come, first served.

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Although you shouldn’t expect a fictional narrative to stick to the details of someone’s (in this case Breuer’s) life, this article does touch on many of the things wrong with The Brutalist. Kept wanting Paul Thomas Anderson to step in and do it properly. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

Ahead of the release of a documentary film, JR Moores laments Fugazi’s absence yet remains wary of a comeback, offering some “stupid fucking words” on the band that never ceased getting better until they stopped altogether The Strange World Of… #Fugazi https://buff.ly/42Gt7PS

Still tickets left for a rare 35mm screening of Robert Towne’s Personal Best at BFI. Feels like one of the last hurrahs of the New Hollywood filmmakers, a film rooted in character but with a directorial style all of its own. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Re-watched Jim Jarmusch’s anthology film Night on Earth, and it still feels original. Had forgotten how amazing Rosie Perez is in the New York section, and in fact just how many great actors he corralled in general. Rome is a weak point, but LA, NYC, Paris and Helsinki more than make up for it.

“If it opens people’s eyes to the beauty and diversity of the architecture of the period, it will be marvellous” C20’s @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social in the @theguardian.com on the new film The Brutalist, that’s winning awards and helping the heritage fight. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Love the idea of this. Who’s going to shout Judas? www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...

Thought I’d do a small thread of some modernist homes and buildings you can visit in England. First up is 2 Willow Rd, Erno Goldfinger’s house in Hampstead, now looked after by the National Trust: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london...

Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers is my favourite novel of the last decade, so I was nervous about reading Creation Lake. An informant page turner that’s also a meditation on where humans come from and where they’re going, it’s like the prehistoric caves it references - there’s so much in there.

Finally watched Robot Dreams, and it’s such a great film - humorous, heartfelt and heartbreaking, with a real sense of place but bags of imagination. Have loved all Pablo Berger’s films so far (though yet to see Abracadabra). It’s a shame he’s not made more.

I love Athina Rachel Tsangari’s description of A Charlie Brown Christmas as a ‘holiday futility special’ that features the best dance In the history of movies. And good trolling from Luca Guadagnino picking Godfather Part III. bsky.app/profile/sigh...

It’s a time for sharing, so in a spirit of goodwill to all cinephiles, a dozen directors, including Guillermo del Toro, Wes Anderson, Alice Rohrwacher, Luna Carmoon and Steven Soderbergh, choose their favourite Christmas films

After a mix up I’m seeing All We Imagine as Light with a friend next week instead of with my partner on our anniversary, so thanks @sightsoundmag.bsky.social for making it film of the year the day before. Those 19 happy years were good while they lasted… bsky.app/profile/sigh...

These are genuinely incredible, both in their execution but also just for wanting to do this. bsky.app/profile/pres...

My latest "Where to begin with..." piece for the BFI, and by some distance the one that I had the most fun writing.

Good value interview with Richard Eyre, including tales of guerrilla filmmaking at the 1982 Tory Party conference. Still tickets going to an In Conversation 8 Dec at BFI. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/r...

I won first prize in a Wyoming rodeo bsky.app/profile/andr...

The Brutalist Is coming to BFI on 70mm in January. I’m surprised there aren’t more fictional films about architects, but aside from a few famous examples I can’t think of that many. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

One of very few modernist properties the National Trust looks after, The Homewood is well worth a visit, and easily doable from London. bsky.app/profile/modi...

I knew Richard Linklater was making another film over 20 years. What I hadn’t realised is it’s a Stephen Sondheim musical. So I’m going to be both really excited to see it in 20 years and then probably hate it.

Been getting quotes from builders, and it’s made me think, the best film I can think of about builders would have to be Valeska Grisebach’s Western. It’s tense, complex and doesn’t always go where you think. Highly recommend it: m.youtube.com/watch?v=p8f8...

Is It just me or is this an odd choice of image for this story? bsky.app/profile/fina...

Since I’m as likely to post about modernist architecture as film, may as well start with this recent article where I squeezed the current obsession into the day job: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/modern...