At first I was pissed off we didn’t get Odysseus meeting Achilles in Hades as that’s the most moving part of the poem for me, and also interrogates and subverts the idea of heroism from The Illiad. I *think* what Nolan is doing is transferring that to Odysseus in a Rambo First Blood kind of a way.

One day there will be an epic drinking game where you take a shot every time someone says Zeus’s’ Law. That BS concept did a LOT of heavy lifting in this flick. #odyssey

Pro-tip to Chris Nolan: people in the Bronze Age didn’t refer to themselves as being in the Bronze Age. Also I don’t think Helen of Troy and Penelope were proto-feminists. Nor do I believe Odysseus had PTSD or that the ancient world had a Reform Party suspicion of small boats. #theodyssey

Well I thoroughly enjoyed Rosebush Pruning! A nasty hilarious little indie film - if Lanthimos did Saltburn. Opinions vary - my mate called it Aldi Lanthimos! Super performances, soundtrack, style. The one line about Dover Street Market is the funniest shit I’ve heard in the cinema in years.

I am very very afraid Odyssey will be yet another Nolan movie of a male hero trying to get home with one token female character being passive and only existing as a fangirl of the hero

Altijude Schmaltitude Never been that big on Pickford but he just made a super save That Starboy assist! Kane unselfish on his cross back into Bellingham! #worldcup

Trump thanks FIFA for overturning a “grave injustice” against a guy who is only an American thanks to birthright citizenship. 🫡

You don’t have a sport without at least the appearance of fairness. Try to monetise it as much as you like, but when you sell the fairness itself you devalue the product.

This is just pure, unadulterated corruption. Nothing against Flo Balogun obviously, although I think it was red, but you can't pick and choose when rules apply. Belgium should be furious.

Would HIGHLY recommend The Invite. Stylish, hilarious, occasionally profound. Superb cinematography and framing and score. Who knew Olivia Wilde had such a talent for comedy? Norton, Cruz, Rogen as superb as ever. One of my films of the year thus far. #filmsky

That’s the problem with populist right and left - they bury their heads in the sand and want to go back to some idyllic pre times that never existed. It’s a cop out. NOTHING about Europe in it. Nothing about solving productivity issues. Nothing about getting the young into work.

Reading Andy Burnham’s programme seems like he just wants to take us back to 1955 - manufacturing jobs and building council houses. There’s nothing about modern challenges - AI, social media regulation, climate change, payday loans and consumer credit. It feels so very retro.

Cabo Verde winning hearts and minds but that minty fresh French away kit is lush! #worldcup

Granit Xhaka continues to be my favourite of the Arsenal players who got us to the title. 50pc shithousery 20pc red card peril 30pc raw talent 30pc brute strength - yes that’s more than a 100pc because my boy was pure chaos wrapped in a riddle wrapped in pure class. #worldcup

Is it the algorithm or are people just awful now? Finished watching The Crash on netflix - then some awful doc about this horrific woman Maternal Instinct. And now a doc on normal telly about Scamanda who faked fucking cancer! Christ on a fucking tricycle! #tvsky

Wonder if set piece goals count now, then?

Thoroughly enjoyed Sathnam Sanghera’s new book on George Michael. For me, George Michael’s music needs no defence. His perfectionist obsession meant his output was not as prolific as Prince or Madonna but the song to banger ratio is insane. #booksky

The expose on Andrew Tate in this week’s New Yorker is superb and long overdue. I hope he endures justice.

Genuinely funny, genuinely moving. John Carney does it again! Power Ballad - starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas - reviewed: www.bina007.com/2026/06/powe... #filmsky

A belated review of the darkly funny social satire Savage House starring Claire Foy and Richard E Grant #filmsky www.bina007.com/2026/06/sava...

My rather scabrous review of #DisclosureDay is up here: www.bina007.com/2026/06/disc... #filmsky

Also Emily Blunt is now in the category of actress - see also Nicole Kidman, Bradley Cooper - that I cannot watch without being distracted the bad plastic surgery and overuse of fillers. I just want to give her an antihistamine to deflate her. #disclosureday

Fuck me disclosure day is pants. Bless his heart Steven Spielberg still thinks network news is relevant. #filmsky

Savage House - Barry Lyndon meets Big Night with a dash of The Draughtsman’s Contract. Starts with vim and features strong central performance but fizzles out. Shame. #filmsky

That's football. Shit happens. Gabriel? The best player tonight. This said, whoever is rejoicing in the success of a club built on the money of a dictatorship holding together through the systematic exploitation of 90% of its population should take some time to reflect on their world view. Bisous!

Stayed unbeaten though, didn’t we?

I know there’s a narrative around everyone hates us and we don’t care - Milwall style - NW Media Mafia etc - but I’ve experienced such spontaneous positivity it’s been lovely! #Arsenal

It’s been quite amazing bombing around the West End today wearing Phillip’s Bergkamp Highbury shirt. Lots of people in Arsenal shirts - some not - some not even Arsenal fans at all - either nodding and smiling or stopping to say congratulations. #arsenal

Oliver Glasner turning up with his strongest 11 on Sunday

Tense

MOOD

Was nodding along to Arsecast Extra earlier, I think the stress of the league campaign is so much that we might win the UCL by accident.

Denjiro Okochi was directed by Kurosawa in the century old film studios in Uzumasa on the outskirts of Kyoto. Kurosawa also shot Throne of Blood and Rashomon here. It’s still a centre of Jidaigeki films. #filmsky #kurosawa

Visited the beautiful country villa of Denjiro Okochi - Japanese silent film star - stunning meditative gardens #filmsky #jidaigeki

@accordingtojond.bsky.social went to a creepy desolate pauper’s graveyard outside Kyoto today. Thought this might be up your street:

Jessie Buckley in The Bride …. It’s a choice #filmsky

Would highly recommend this superb slippery metatext. You Are The Fuhrer’s Unrequited Love is half way between fiction and history. The first two thirds are Speer’s POV of his relationship with Hitler. The final third is Sereny’s relationship with Speer. #booksky

Reread Albert Camus’ L’Etranger for the first time since my teenage years, having just watched the superb new Francois Ozon movie adaptation The Stranger. Stunningly well written. Feels fresh and vital still. #booksky

Half way between happy tears in north london forever and slightly throwing up in my mouth

COYG!

Just read Lena Dunham’s superb memoir Famesick in one go. If anyone would like my copy let me know. Could be triggering if you’d have had chronic health problems. Just so honest and open and beautifully written. #booksky

Yes. Next?

Glowing review of The Christophers in this week’s New Yorker. Can’t wait to see it. #filmsky

I do not mind losing. I mind not playing. WTAF Arsenal? #arsbou

Thoroughly enjoyed California Schemin’. Genuinely funny and fast paced and more depth than I had expected. Will have to watch the Netflix doc The Great Hip Hop Hoax now too. Will definitely watch anything James McAvoy directs next. #CaliforniaSchemin #filmsky

Really loved The Drama. Kind of film that makes me wish there were more published black film critics out there. Lots of interesting issues to discuss not least the bitterly accurate commentary on America’s toxic culture in general and Karens in particular. #TheDrama

Very nervous about Sporting Lisbon and thermonuclear war. Fun times in Barcelona tonight!

I have been thinking about how #Dhurandar has co-opted the streaming threat. It’s basically an eight hour eight episode binge watch released in two parts like the two halves of the Bridgerton drop.

If Iran is hacking Kash Patel’s gmail maybe they can also release the unredacted Epstein files