shocked at myself but didn’t actually think josh o’connor was a good fit for REBUILDING

This week @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social talks to Alicia Vikander about THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN, we review LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY and REBUILDING, plus, in our HOT TAKE, we ask: should cinemas get rid of ads? Listen, like, and subscribe! open.spotify.com/episode/4FCA...

CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’ - great movie, made me missing living in scotland like crazy

caught up with EUPHORIA ahead of season three. concluded sam levinson is the new ryan murphy

YOU, ME, & TUSCANY is cute!! is it really a romcom if you’re not questioning the lead’s ethics

CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’ - great movie, made me missing living in scotland like crazy

THE MINIATURE WIFE is chronic prestige tv, a 16-page short story streeeeeeeeeetched to 10 hours

YOU, ME, & TUSCANY is cute!! is it really a romcom if you’re not questioning the lead’s ethics

Think of yourself as a film buff? My daughter is hosting an online film quiz on Sunday 12 April 7pm in aid of the National Autistic Society with film experts @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social and @lillcrawf.co.uk Prizes to be won - donate for a ticket tixoom.app/autismawaren...

THE MINIATURE WIFE is chronic prestige tv, a 16-page short story streeeeeeeeeetched to 10 hours

says a lot to me that there’s zero mention of any planned actions on bafta’s side. just an “oopsie we didn’t mean it 🤷‍♀️”

Keir Starmer: "We are not involved." Meanwhile US bombers are taking off from British soil loaded with bombs for genocide in Iran. Stop gaslighting us. Kick US troops off British soil NOW.

The President of the USA declaring that "a whole civilisation will die tonight" is not something that arrives out of a vacuum. It is precipitated by the widespread international failure to hold USA, Israel, and their allies including the UK, accountable for their actions for many decades

will be doing an in-person q&a at the liverpool central library this saturday 1-3pm. signed copies available!

US-Israeli strikes destroy synagogue in Tehran, prompting outrage amid reports of 15 killed across Iran overnight.

will be doing an in-person q&a at the liverpool central library this saturday 1-3pm. signed copies available!

THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE is more proof “nostalgia” now consists purely of reassuring adults their childhoods were important & cool

haven’t seen a single person complain about the fact ryan gosling takes his helmet off in an alien atmosphere in PROJECT HAIL MARY when everyone treated it as a cardinal sin when they did it in PROMETHEUS… don’t think i didn’t notice

THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE is more proof “nostalgia” now consists purely of reassuring adults their childhoods were important & cool

New pod alert! This week, @amonwarmann.bsky.social chats to FUZE's Gugu Mbatha-Raw about Taylor Swift soundtracking the shoot; we review THE DRAMA and KIM NOVAK'S VERTIGO; + in our HOT TAKE, we ask what we want from big screen adaptations of video games. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/2Mv2...

Fun, horrific ride of a show. Recommended.

Watched two of the eight episodes and so far I'm enjoying it very much. As Clarisse says, there's more to it than simple by-the-book rote horror and the slow pacing certainly helps create a genuine sense of 'uh-oh! that's not going to end well' Excellent music choices on the soundtrack too.

did i enjoy SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN, or was i just relieved it wasn’t another “eat the rich” horror?

"A romcom that obliterates the very meaning of the word" re @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social @the-independent.com Now at the Belcourt, Kristoffer Borgli's THE DRAMA starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson — in an exclusive 35mm engagement > bit.ly/THE-DRAMA-35mm

No other film this year will make you feel as uncomfortable as THE DRAMA. Don’t miss out on it

THEY WILL KILL YOU relies a little too much on how cool zazie beetz is

enjoyed THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE. time to end of the hegemony of paddington

THEY WILL KILL YOU relies a little too much on how cool zazie beetz is

enjoyed THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE. time to end of the hegemony of paddington

READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME: diminishing returns but look over there its david cronenberg 🥰

i liked how weirdly nostalgic DEAD MAN’S WIRE was about hostage situations in the 70s

New pod alert! Featuring reviews of Project Hail Mary, Ready or Not 2, and Dead Man's Wire, plus some thoughts on the Oscars. Listen in! open.spotify.com/episode/2TUC...

READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME: diminishing returns but look over there its david cronenberg 🥰

dune fans this week

SCARPETTA at this point may not feel boundary breaking but it DOES feature murder in space & nicole kidman taking a baseball bat to a random person’s bones

thrilled to have written a piece in the new issue on coffee and cigarettes and jarmusch’s idea of “constructed voyeurism” 👀

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my oscars takeaway is that my therapist watched an interview with chloé zhao and said it reminded her of me so ive taken all of your hamnet criticism personally

excited to be co-hosting this virtual film quiz night to raise money for the national autistic society in honour of #worldautismacceptancemonth we have some fun rounds planned & prizes i think some of you will be very, very interested in tickets here: tixoom.app/autismawaren...

genuinely dont understand how YOUNG SHERLOCK is not a prequel to guy ritchie’s SHERLOCK HOLMES, i feel like im being gaslit

HOW TO MAKE A KILLING is much more of a remake of kind hearts and coronets than is being advertised, with none of that film’s charm

genuinely dont understand how YOUNG SHERLOCK is not a prequel to guy ritchie’s SHERLOCK HOLMES, i feel like im being gaslit

some more thoughts on BRIDGERTON & why these love stories are all starting to feel a little homogeneous

we should probably be concerned that some of hollywood’s greatest skill and effort is being funnelled into nostalgia bait like PROJECT HAIL MARY - but it’s also a very good movie, so what can you do

ended up feeling quite underwhelmed by the inevitable “bass drop” moment of the EDM-fuelled SIRĀT

wrote about THE BRIDE!’s mischaracterisation of mary shelley & her work (come on, you knew this piece was coming)

some more thoughts on BRIDGERTON & why these love stories are all starting to feel a little homogeneous

wrote about THE BRIDE!’s mischaracterisation of mary shelley & her work (come on, you knew this piece was coming)