Remembering Sergio Leone who was born #onthisday in 1929. #sergioleone www.thenewworld.co.uk/how-an-itali...

The 1970s condensed to a single photograph.

A FREE Substack post - recalling the time I had a pint (or two) with Pete Postlethwaite, the Oscar-nominated actor who died #onthisday in 2011. richardluck.substack.com/p/a-pint-wit...

And if you missed it last night, you can catch The Appointment via Encore, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social's FREE catch-up service. Here's the link... tptvencore.co.uk/product/tpmo...

Happy New Year, Offbeaters! Kick-off 2026 the right way by catching The Appointment on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social tonight at 9.55pm! @headpress.com

Meant to post this following the news of Brigitte Bardot's death - Alex Cox introducing Godard's La Mepris (aka Contempt) on his last season of Moviedrome... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDmp...

You can catch the gritty 1960 Soho noir "The Shakedown" on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social tomorrow at 2:55am (maybe pop a tape in!) We spoke to @rmgluck2017.bsky.social, film critic of the New European (as it was then) way back in episode 20 sohobitespodcast.com/episode/20 youtu.be/TodW88fz4Rc

And by way of thanks, here's the terrific news Soho Bites is returning in 2026! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzYx...

If you missed @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social's wonderful conversation with Terence Stamp, it's now available via the iPlayer... #terencestamp www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

For anyone in the mood for more Ghost Story For Christmas-style entertainment, here's 1973's The Return starring Peter Vaughan and Rosalie Crutchley... youtu.be/MkPCslMN-ps

John Carpenter's They Live, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, 12.35am.

For anyone in the mood for more Ghost Story For Christmas-style entertainment, here's 1973's The Return starring Peter Vaughan and Rosalie Crutchley... youtu.be/MkPCslMN-ps

A special FREE Take One Substack post for Christmas, featuring the star of a film that's long been a UK festive fixture... richardluck.substack.com/p/take-one-p...

A new Ghost Story For Christmas tonight on BBC Two at 10pm - The Room In The Tower. #aghoststoryforchristmas www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

An evening of Ghost Stories For Christmas on BBC Four tonight, starting with Woman Of Stone at 10pm, followed by Lot No.249, Count Magnus, The Mezzotint and, at 12.05am, Jonathan Miller's Whistle And I'll Come To You... #aghoststoryforchristmas

Alan Partridge, note to self: "Dry-Stone Walling With Stanley Kubrick."

Just incredibly sad. #RobReiner

A FREE Substack post - underrated Aussie crime comedy Gettin's Square is Under Review. And yes, that really is Faramir lounging in a paddling pool. richardluck.substack.com/p/gettin-squ...

Remembering Peter O'Toole who died #onthisday in 2013. Here he is on Letterman treating a Dromedary to a refreshing can of lager. And yes, you are awake.

Saddened to learn of Peter Greene's passing. Excellent as Redfoot in The Usual Suspects, great as Gus in Permanent Midnight, he's probably best known for The Mask and Pulp Fiction. However, if you haven't seen his debut performance in Laws Of Gravity, you're in for a treat. #petergreene

With Scandal on @TalkingPicsTV tomorrow at 9pm, here's a Premium Substack post concerning the other men in Christine Keeler's life, such as slum landlord Peter Rachman and philanthropist and keen zoo-goer Charles Clore... richardluck.substack.com/p/christine-...

With the George Harrison-scored Wonderwall now available on Amazon Prime, here's a FREE Substack piece in which I celebrate leading lady Jane Birkin's incredible career. richardluck.substack.com/p/jane-birki...

A FREE Substack post, because you said I looked nice - The Right Stuff Under Review... richardluck.substack.com/p/the-right-...

Remembering Mike Nesmith who died on this day last year. The Monkees, Repo Man, Tapeheads and cracking solo numbers like this one - there was so much going on under that hat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQcY...

Thrilled to see that John Hillcoat's The Proposition (2005) is airing on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social on December 20th at 9pm. Here's my quick capsule review... In our topsy-turvy world, it’s perhaps to be expected that great westerns emanate from Australia. With Ray Winstone superb as the... /1

A Premium Substack post - Part One of Movies That Changed The World, featuring Fight Club, Victim and The Story Of The Kelly Gang... richardluck.substack.com/p/films-that...

For anyone who missed Psycho on BBC Two last night. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Remembering Rene Auberjonois who died #onthisday in 2019 - born in New York, died in Los Angeles, educated in Welwyn Garden City.

Company names - PriceWaterhouseCoopers, named after Alan Price, Matthew 'Adric' Waterhouse and 'Cyanide' Sid Cooper.

"Well, I shouldn't really, Mr Moon, what with me being on duty. Still, I imagine one won't hurt..."

"That's my book." "You're book?" "Yeah." "What do you mean, 'your book'?! I got this from the Repple-Depple in St Lo." "I wrote it." And that one brief exchange from Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One perfectly sums up the thrill of being an author. That's my book. I wrote it.

"There'll be something for you in your Christmas stocking, Fletcher." Remembering the incomparable Peter Vaughan.

A Premium Substack post for anyone curious about what the whole Krampus/Krampusnacht thing is about... #krampus #Krampusnacht richardluck.substack.com/p/the-nightm... pic.x.com/ho0CdWZvtO

Delighted to have been reminded of this today - Christopher Walken reads The Three Little Pigs on Saturday Zoo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Ir...

What do I hate? Oscar bait. What's an example? Here you go... richardluck.substack.com/p/the-human-...

All this talk about 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' - the Christmas song that's long appalled me is Bill Cosby's 'Rudolph's Festive Roofie Frenzy'.

"In the house a resignation, guilty faces every one/ Christine's fallen out with Lucky, Johnny's got a gun/ 'Please Please Me's' number one" Dusty Springfield, 'Nothing Has Been Proved' Christine Keeler (22/2/1944 - 4/12/2017)

Great documentary, superb soundtrack. #Scala #BarryAdamson www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2wo...

"I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me." Humphrey Bogart, In A Lonely Place, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, 10.50pm.

Re: Dennis Hopper, a few people have been asking about the film he was promoting at the time of the interview. This being so, here - FREE - is a Substack review of The Night We Called It A Day... richardluck.substack.com/p/the-night-...

Delighted to find the superb Future Shock: The Story Of 2000AD is now available via Amazon Prime. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det... .

On this day in 1976, sort of... www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NQp...

Thrilled to see that Michael Caton-Jones' Scandal - starring Joanne Whalley-Kiler and John Hurt - is coming to @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social on December 13th. In celebration, here's a FREE Substack post on the making of the movie... richardluck.substack.com/p/when-chris... pic.x.com/AJPn04OXCS

Closing out the Dennis Hopper profile with another FREE Substack post... richardluck.substack.com/p/dennis-hop...

Nice to find Nick Gomez's influential indie movie Laws Of Gravity on Amazon Prime. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...

"I'm behaving like Roberto Benigni underneath." Tom Stoppard's Oscar acceptance speech.

And with Brighton Rock airing on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social at 2.15pm, here's a FREE Substack piece in which I recount how much of the coastal crime thriller was shot in my hometown of Welwyn Garden City, fully 40 miles inland. richardluck.substack.com/p/brighton-r...

Excellent double-bill on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social tonight - À Bout De Souffle (aka Breathless) at 9pm, followed by Detour at 10.50pm. Here's how Alex Cox introduced Detour when it aired on Moviedrome... www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrPW...

With today being Ed Harris' birthday, here's a FREE Substack post re: William Walker, the controversial subject of Mr Harris' finest film to date... richardluck.substack.com/p/william-wa...

With Nigel Kneale's The Stone Tape on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social tonight at 10.10pm, here's the second part of my Substack making-of piece featuring Jane Asher... richardluck.substack.com/p/ghosts-in-...