This is a strong list www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...

The music and the video don't really have much to do with each other, but this is great all around - The James Hunter Six (with that ol' curmudgeon Van Morrison) - video filmed at Roberts Dyers & Finishers in Keighley #AintThatATrip www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaSG...

KRAKEN trailer - tentacular madness for 2026! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wdX...

If you're minded to incur costs for Reform UK (and, by extension, Moscow) by sending them some stuff in the post at no cost to you, feel free. #Freepost

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

Phwoar.

Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research? We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections. Find out more: collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/

On behalf of a student: University of South Wales literary magazine The Flock - @theflocklitmag.bsky.social - is after submissions for its new issue - details here linktr.ee/theflocklitmag

Oh, and if you're buying electricals / white goods etc, give AO a swerve, eh? www.theguardian.com/business/liv... - 9.30am

John Carpenter on the making of Dark Star www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...

🚨 ♾ Our report out yesterday calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the following: - Full report - Easy Read report - Report summary with conclusions and recommendations - Shorthand

The forensic audio analysis by Rob C. Maher of the 2024 Trump assassination attempt has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. This is great news for visual and audio investigations! aes2.org/publications...

As it's Sunday, a reminder that Satan is Real, from the Louvin Brothers in 1958. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6zo...

Makes for a triffic hangdog Giamatti Xmas double-bill with 2013's ALL IS BRIGHT

Can I interest anyone in a spare seated ticket for My Bloody Valentine in Glasgow on Thursday? Open to offers, happy to take less than face value.

The Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff, Dallas. Today they’re showing the same double bill they showed on 22-11-63, when Oswald was arrested here

Joel Cairo.

Learned today that the four-square Tetris blocks have a name: tetrimino (trademarked by Tetris) or tetromino (a non-trademarked alternative). Ah, it's a wild world of wonders and no mistake.

The great @realgdt.bsky.social zooming in to @ucdenver.bsky.social to talk to my film students. So grateful.

GOLD! Mosfilm has now made Solaris available in 4K on YouTube for free. Specialists from Mosfilm's Telecinema and Computer Graphics branch finished the restoration of the film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Wr...

25 years of humanity at its best. #Wikipedia25 Donate now ➡️ donate.wikipedia25.org

A Friday evening chat with a final year creative writing undergrad about sitcoms reveals that they've not heard of a) The Last of the Summer Wine, b) Father Ted, c) Frasier. In unrelated news, I'm going to the off-licence.

Former Welsh Reform UK leader jailed for more than 10 years for accepting pro-Russian bribes

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

I see #TheCricket, shaking its ass, shaking its ass.

Share a TV series you've watched beginning to end more than once.

This is really good. A breakdown of Edward Fox/The Jackal style-wise in The Day of the Jackal: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOw_...

There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.

Ernesto Díaz Espinoza's DIABLO is the real deal. Unpretentious but very effective south-of-the border DTV martial arts with decent performances from genre stalwarts Scott Adkins and Marko Zaror, an unwavering commitment to practical stunts and fightwork, plus clear, focused direction.

New Gerard Johnson flick! Looking forward to this. Not seen HYENA but MUSCLE is a heck of a movie. Best watched as a double-bill with Paul Andrew Williams's BULL for a proper cosy night in.

Hungry, love? No, pet. I've had an Oxo and milk not long since.

Please, my student siblings in Christ, if you're using GenAI to find sources at least have the wit to remove tags such as utm_source=chatgpt.com from the end of the weblinks in your references. Ta.

A previously-unrecorded Lowell George song! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvmX...

The new Asif Kapadia-directed documentary on Kenny Dalglish is flipping excellent. On Amazon Prime Video if you're so minded.

13/11/25

Repost with an iconic fictional band

Happy birthday, Kurt Vonnegut!

Saul Steinberg - Untitled, paper bag mask (1960s) Photo by Inge Morath www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...

Why am I only now made aware of the existence of the Chernobyl desk humidifier?

#BBC Maybe now we'll get series 3 of Tripods.

Liz Truss doing the “Small Bit Part in Doctor Who and therefore shows up to every Con going” bit again

At 6:35 am on Friday 15 November, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social is showing THE GOLDEN DISC followed at 8:10 am by an interview with 1960's singer #TerryDene - I wonder if they'll cover that time in 1988 when Terry had his identity stolen by a Cleethorpes club manager?

Would anyone be interested in collaborating with me? I’m looking for someone to write 4-panel comics or jokes that I could illustrate. Not for money, sadly, just to put joy into the world. Credit will be shard fully. DM if interested x

Last two, I promise.

"Where's your fucking poppy?"

"Where's your fucking poppy?"

She smiles and says "I will always love you"

if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.