Dooneen will be published next June, by Fitzcarraldo Editions here, and New Directions there. And this is the New Directions cover, by Paul Sahre, and I love it. @ndbooks.bsky.social

The QFT has been named as one of the UK’s top five cinemas 👏👏 Aine Toner has been finding out what makes it so special www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainmen...

An absolute triumph of a book from @jonawils.bsky.social - manages to cover the wider narrative of the development (good and bad) of the World Cup, but also the extraordinary details that make the tournament so captivating. 500+ pages and not one of them drags like a 0-0 draw. Chapeau.

This is a truly horrible excuse for a test match. The Ashes as T20.

More than 3,300 years ago, an unknown Egyptian wrote a love poem: clear, pure, mysterious. This translation by Egyptologist John Foster brings it to life in a way that leaves me breathless.

One of the weirdest experiences I've had. A good experience, but deeply weird. Which is exactly what I was after.

Going to see Bob Dylan for the first time tonight. Here he is on a train bound for Dublin looking at Hilden and possibly thinking of the lyrics to Desolation Row.

Yeah for sure @elfodongo.bsky.social is a good pal of mine. But/And his collection Saints is terrific. Check out this @john-self.bsky.social review. @scratchbooks.bsky.social thecritic.co.uk/issues/novem...

'Cinema is not just moving pictures; it sets hope in motion," he said, adding that entering a theatre was "like crossing a threshold" where the imagination widens and even pain can find new meaning.' Beginning to warm to this pope fella. www.reuters.com/business/med...

'It is difficult To get the news from poems Yet men die miserably every day For lack Of what is found there.' William Carlos Williams.

Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/

The Springsteen film was excrable. It would perhaps have been improved by a screenwriter who was familiar with human speech. Cliche in search of profundity.

Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan’s most celebrated stage and screen actors who was a frequent collaborator of director Masaki Kobayashi and led Akira Kurosawa titles such as “Ran,” “Kagemusha” and “High and Low,” has died. He was 92: variety.com/2025/film/ob...

This was very good. A humanly written story about the 'absurd diorama' that is supporting a football team. Life, death and last minute goals.

I found the diary of a 1939 Belfast cinema-goer and wrote a piece on what I found for @filmhubni.bsky.social 👉 filmhubni.org/blog/the-193... They made 183 trips to to see 325 films at 25 cinemas! But sadly the diarist's identity remains a mystery. Please help us identify them if you can.

Congratulations to all the Foyle Film Festival crew on launching their 2025 edition, starting November 19th - premieres, classics, workshops, tributes and much more. Get your tickets sharpish📽️👉 foylefilmfestival.org

Found this little fellow in the National Gallery in Edinburgh the other day. The pathos would bring a tear to a glass eye. 1856, since you're asking.

Rest easy Peter Watkins, the beating heart of English radical filmmaking for so long. Culloden, Commune, The War Game and many others. Watch Punishment Park if you ever get a chance. Absolutely extraordinary, screen smashing cinema. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

That was quite the cycle home. Wind, rain and lunatic car drivers.

The Scott Memorial always makes me feel that poor Sir Walter has been put in some kind of ornate prison. Free Walter.

I'm absolutely delighted to announce an evening with Colin Davidson and Mark Carruthers to celebrate the publication of Twelve Paintings, an intimate and compelling exploration of the life and work of renowned artist Colin Davidson. Tickets via the link 👇 www.ticketsource.co.uk/bridge-books...

I've spent the last 12 years working with community cinemas across the UK and Ireland, the passion and commitment I've seen confirmed to me that small is indeed beautiful, and bringing people together to share the world's stories is a radical act in these times. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Quiet enough at the Arsenal. They could hear me shout 'it's not all in wrestling for fucks sake referee' through the cool October air.

If crazy Cornish Folk Horror is something you're into, this is on 4OD at the mo

A real pleasure to host this event - two perfectly complementary books about our continuing obsession with digging things out of the ground, with two funny, wise and intelligent authors. A grand night was had by all.

Very much enjoying the reviews from the AMC Screen Unseen showing of Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind. 'Dude, like WTF?!' 'I didn't pay for this screening and I still felt ripped off'. Peak programming.

Just wrote the sentence 'we are exploring the Armagh-Portadown corridor'.

Injured Player Gives Thumbs-Down While Being Carted Off Field

Delighted to be talking to Geoff Dyer and Joe Dunthorne tonight at Crescent Arts Centre as part of @belfastfestival.bsky.social. Some tickets still available. See you there!

I read Judge on Trial in the 90s in one of that short time when Czech writers ruled the roost in fiction. What a life, from Nazi concentration camps to the repression of communist totalitarianism, and all the while scratching out human stories. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

One Battle After Another was very much worth all the hype. I don't have much of an analysis to offer yet, as it is still reverberating around my head, but I'd watch it again in a heartbeat.

Saw the brilliant 'Northern Lights' @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social on Saturday as part of the @cineredis.bsky.social tour. A wonderful film, a sort of snowy 'Days Of Heaven', about the founding of the Nonpartisan League in 1916 North Dakota. Remembering is a radical act.

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I'm introducing Neil Jordan's classic 'Angel' on Friday @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social as part of the @cineredis.bsky.social tour. So if you fancy hearing me bang on about Showbands, saxophones and political violence before watching the film, do come along. queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Angel

Shocked beyond belief to hear (via the shop’s IG account) of the death of Jonathan Main, the stalwart of Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace. I only met Jon once but we chatted online for years and he was so very funny, interesting, and knowledgable (with apt cynicism) about the book world. RIP Jon.

Trump Angry Not A Single Visiting European Leader Wearing Lederhosen, Tiny Hat theonion.com/trump-a...

Some excellent refreshed gems coming to @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social as part of the @cineredis.bsky.social tour. Including Defence of the Realm and Neil Jordan's Angel. Gabriel Byrne and Stephen Rea at their brooding best.

Saw Ghost Dog, Way of the Samurai last night QFT- every bit as brilliant and strange as it was when I saw it in 99. Whittaker's finest piece of action, but it's the idea and celebration of cultural crossover that struck me most. Joyous.

Fading Light hits Tyneside Cinema with Cinema Rediscovered. Set in North Shields in the late 80s. Mixing drama & documentary to create one of Amber Collective's most unforgettable portraits of the North East. 18-20 Aug. sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/cinema/tyneside-cinema-in-fading-light-1

Report from our event last night at the Edinburgh International Film Festival www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Late Shift at the QFT was an excellent watch. One shift in the life of a nurse, dealing with death, depression, and despicable behaviour in a Swiss hospital. Really moving, even if it was a stressful watch, with the exceptional Leonie Benesch at its heart. queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Lat...

Delighted to be involved again with Belfast International Arts Festival’s Talks and Ideas programme this year in Oct and Nov. Click here to see what’s on, and a few highlights follow: belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/2025-festiva...

In training for a visit to QFT on Friday night.

A really interesting, often moving set of essays on film and cinema published by Paper Visual Art - captured the deeply personal connection that we have with film, with some very raw memory wrapped up in screens and circumstances.

Another year with the rip roaring Duns. Green, white and dynamite