Udo Kier looked like he belonged on screen and so he did, for over 200 movies, what a life lived. He’ll never be forgotten because he was unlike any other. A sad loss but an unshakable legacy.

Does James Cameron know about this

It’s always been the case that Twitter played too big a part in the cultural conversation, imo. Because journos and politicos were on there, they overestimated how much other people cared. Most people weren’t on Twitter and even fewer are now.

"To feel bittersweet is to let in the push and pull between joy and sorrow, both of which are present in life’s most profound moments." Read @scottaawilson.bsky.social's list of 10 of the best movies to watch when you feel bittersweet! 💙 Can you think of more? #whattowatch

Feel bad for Wicked: For Good, it’s not the film’s fault that the source material is really wobbly. They made the most of it with part 1 but the second half of the show ain’t great.

Ever feel bittersweet? Me too! My ten best films to watch when you’re happysad for @loudandclearrvs.bsky.social: loudandclearreviews.com/best-movies-...

Dreams (Sex Love) is the one ☝️

A not insignificant amount of conservatives spend their lives online labelling political opponents predators, when the call coming from inside the house is ringing off the hook

Beauty and AI are inherently incompatible imo, there’s just no way both can exist in the same space

Someone's phone went off just as Eliza sang about the orphanage and I'm just saying maybe Aaron Burr should've shot them

Someone's phone went off just as Eliza sang about the orphanage and I'm just saying maybe Aaron Burr should've shot them

In the room where it happens

Nintendo has shared a first look at Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Zelda and Link in the upcoming live-action Legend of Zelda adaptation 👀 The film will release in May 2027.

50 years ago this week, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert made the first pilot for their TV show. In honor of this huge anniversary, I created my definitive “Best of Siskel & Ebert” article - 50 of their best reviews from across their entire career. 👍🏻👍🏻

Almost everything I’ve seen written about Die My Love is like the writer watched a quarter of the movie. Wouldn’t let reviews guide you on this one, needs to be felt personally and fully.

Sunday matinée

Brought to you by refreshing Ticketmaster for ages after it appeared all tickets had gone. Just a rotten user experience all-round! But success nonetheless!

I'm gonna say it: playing the Celebrity Traitors like 'they wouldn't make Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry both traitors' isn't in the spirit of the game. You should think like a faithful, not a producer.

Rewatched Last Night in Soho hoping it'll have aged well but it hasn't! It kinda stinks! Love the performances, how it looks, the setting, the vibe, the soundtrack, but the story gives me one big almighty ick.

I suppose it was too much to hope he’d pick a Gaspar Noé film

Part of the grim UK political landscape is the waiting. Reform will win the next election, but it’s years away. They’ll lose the following one because the pendulum will swing back to the centre. But we have to actually go through it all. Why can’t we just skip to that bit?

The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003)

Because as we all know, radicalisation only happens when you use your phone at school.

The sweetest little feel-good film of the year is streaming on Channel 4: www.channel4.com/programmes/b...

I’d have thought the blank slate would be a treat for screenwriters. You can do whatever you want! He doesn’t need put back together, he just needs a new story.

The worst part of Twitter pre-Elon was people trying to tell you La La Land isn’t a masterpiece

Glasgow’s reputation for world-class gig crowds is flatlining. Vibe at Volbeat tonight makes Remembrance Sunday look like a rave.

This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone

My highly positive review of Witch Fever's gripping new record: distortedsoundmag.com/album-review...

Making anti-David Harbour friendship bracelets as we speak

What are the rules around heckling a band for touring the same night as the Traitors finale? Going to a show tonight and need them to know what I’m giving up to be there

My heart!

the west end in autumn makes me sick (compliment)

My therapist has given me two weeks to consider ‘who could I be, who I’m not currently being?’ and i fear I won’t sleep a wink ever again

It's both heartening Zohran Mamdani made it over the finish line and astounding 'guy who seems normal and promises to do his best' feels radical, like a miracle. I hope he empowers normal folks with a good head on their shoulders to give politics a go.

Making anti-David Harbour friendship bracelets as we speak

I love a plot twist but awarding anyone other than Jasmine would have been a swerve for the sake of it, she was the best baker and earned it, well-deserved! #GBBO

Got a lot out of LOVE, part of Haugerud’s Oslo trilogy. It’s more about ideas than emotions, trying out different lifestyles and interpretations of love, and the trilogy itself is so cosy and utopian where everyone talks perfectly at length and has good intentions, even when morally murky.

Can’t stop looking at the west end Paddington. Wouldn’t hear the music over the sobs. How does he look like a storybook come to life??

Dangerous Animals is about a crazed Jai Courtney feeding lone backpackers to sharks and if that sounds great to you, it is! It's a really good thriller!

because ya gotta

Some films make me feel like I’m 4 and 11 and 19 and 26 years old all at the same time, but Old Joy made me feel severed from all the previous versions of me, that I was someone yesterday and someone else today. Beautifully quiet melancholic tale of growing up and growing apart.

Wish BBC News would address the real issues like not putting the Traitors finale on Halloween 😔

therapist has spent weeks trying to make me feel anger and all it took was my partner putting A Place in the Sun on. ‘We’d like a huge kitchen, no one overlooking us, a pool, place for a farm, a balcony, a butler. Our budget is fifty quid.’ These chancers just want a holiday!

getting in on a tiktok trend

To get this far with that much heat on him, JR might be the greatest traitor of all time

Blogged about getting caught up logging films on Letterboxd just so my profile looks good open.substack.com/pub/scottaaw...

New dream job, Chief Relaxation Officer, just dropped

To the kind soul who just emailed me a 'for your consideration' screener link of my favourite film of the year out of the blue, good cheer to you