rewatching Citizen Kane again and it's remarkable how Kane, despite being unfathomably rich, makes it clear in his first scene that he wants to improve the lives of his readers, no matter the cost to his personal wealth feels incredibly naive/optimistic in 2025

here we fucking GOOOOOO

Werner Herzog’s tribute to Claudia Cardinale is very sweet

got a new t-shirt in Rome (I look fat in this photo, ironically)

doing my bit with the old man

outrageously good movie, btw

this has been pissing me off for months now

proper film nerd shit to be excited about the actual Moviola that Thelma Schoonmaker used to cut Gangs of New York…

this is pretty much where I’m at Sorry, not sorry

“Frank Abagnale Jr.’s real-life exploits are absurd yet true” citation needed from Jordan Ruimy… (I thought Catch Me if You Can’s debunking was common knowledge) www.worldofreel.com/blog//2015/0...

It appears as though my hat is safe…! deadline.com/2025/09/scor...

you know I wouldn't say I had high hopes for "the Spectator interviews the Tate brothers" anyway but somehow the piece is worse than I thought it would be

One Battle After Another is going to really test my 'all the true masterpieces get ~70% on Rotten Tomatoes' thesis

the more I think about it, the more stuff happens and the more I read from Ari Aster - the more I downright love Eddington tomdavidson92.medium.com/why-i-loved-...

send me your recommended Robert Redford-adjacent long reads please

Number of guys getting fresh fades from the Turkish barber before going to the far right march….guys, pack up. It’s done. Islam has already won

and the fact that on X the outrage factor is quite literally monetised

I don’t think One Battle After Another can be over-hyped. You’re going to hear alot of what sounds like awards season hyperbole about it, but it’s not - the movie is undeniable, it really is that good. And it’s a big funny entertaining action movie, but also much more. I can’t wait to see it again.

Guinness at The Red Setter, Clapham Junction. £7.25.

genuinely gave me a little thrill to see a ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER poster on my fairly sleepy street in SW London.

new contender for ugliest 4K disc

Revealed: Boris Johnson approached Elon Musk on behalf of London Evening Standard owner Lebedev www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Charlie Brooker's quote for new Netflix project is...

Charlie Kaufman surprisingly tender on the reaction to Synedoche, New York

Such is the atmosphere stoked by politicians and media, that if you’re a coachload of young men from varied ethnic backgrounds arriving in an English town, it’s currently about 50-50 whether you’ll face abuse, threats or potentially worse.

objectively hilarious

Due to poor planning, I've double-booked myself. Two tickets to ENZO at #LFF on 8/10 at Curzon Soho are for re-sale already...

#LFF tickets for The Kidnapping of Arabella, Enzo, The Voice of Hind Rajab and the Daniel Day-Lewis screentalk confirmed... Lucky to have a press pass for the festival but there are some experiences I want to share with friends and enjoy the festival crowd. Cannot wait!

“You've come to the wrong shop for anarchy, brother.” one of the last great epic movies that doesn’t overly rely on CGI just a fantastic time at the movies

actually very funny news.sky.com/story/great-...

"He is the one inspiring vegan." Sean Penn on Paul Thomas Anderson

rival politicians hate this one simple trick

ChatGPT was only pretending to write a book? Wow, it really is human.

"The same thing that's wrong with you isn't wrong with me." the news out of New Zealand this morning has got me thinking about Leave No Trace

hard to think of something ‘original’ to say about Taxi Driver but it is startling just how relevant and powerful it still feels, 50 years on. (The 4K remaster is perfect, pin-sharp but still grimy and scummy)

guys, just imagine the sort of power PTA would have for his next project if One Battle After Another is a hit

not actually r/okbuddycinephile

On the same day in the Telegraph:

I am old enough to remember to five days ago when Keir Starmer said he was resetting his government…

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

I'll say this for Emerald Fennell, one way or another, she gets the people going! (I thought Saltburn was largely trash)

In 2014 Giorgio Armani spoke to The Standard about dressing icons for movies www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/su...

"scenes involving graveyards and bathtubs" oooh matron! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hmm

it is remarkable - if not downright spooky - that Eva Marie Saint (101), Tippi Hedren (95), Vera Miles (95) and Kim Novak (92) are all still alive

James Gandolfini was 37 when they shot S1 of The Sopranos. Matt Dillon is 61.

the first poster for Emerald Fennell's forthcoming Wuthering Heights, which stars Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie

Jonathan Rosenbaum on film criticism in 1985

god bless the BFI but rebranding the Royal Festival Hall as the ‘Southbank Centre’ won’t make it any better as a movie-going experience