If I'd taken this photo in the 1960s/70s, a tabloid would have printed it as 'Proof that Woodland Spirits Exist. Mr Littler was startled during a walk in the woods by the fairy-like entity. "It spoke an unfamiliar language," he said. "I assumed mere seconds had passed by, but I was gone twelve days."'
#folkhorror #1970s #supernatural

Congratulations to Oscar winners Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales for Wicked production design https://hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-2025-winners-list/production-design-17 via @thr
photo Kevin Winter/GettyImages ** so pleased to be part of this team

Still losing it over that CinemaStream #oscars but I made a whole 25p betting on Zoe so yay - another historic win

I flew to interview David Lynch some years ago in Paris. We talked about film then flipped into a lot of talk about Transendental Meditation which I practice as did he and then we smoked a lot. He was a nice guy. He was very present #RIP

SAG Screen Actors Guild has done very well in the midst of tragedy, providing links to donating and cancelling their announcement for reasons of safety. But Lily Gladstone starring in Lily Gladstone throws me a little

A shot from the mysterious, hypnotic documentary Architecton released in the UK 10 January, a meditation on rocks and stone. Written and directed by Viktor Kossakovsky. Distributor BFI

Spritz o clock @labiennale Venice Film Festival is when you hear a lot about new films - word is @studiocanaluk Mike Leigh's Hard Truths is fantastic & here is its global trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFuEZfZUKIk

60y anniversary Goldfinger premiere 17 Sept 1964 @BritishPathe Archive footage - w actual gold finger https://www.britishpathe.com/lightbox/ my brothers painted the lawnmower & all their bicycles gold. Dad stopped them from gilding the family car

Winner of Un Certain Regard Youth Award at Cannes @festival_cannes is the lovely Vingt Dieux (Holy Cow!) by Louise Courvosier, joyous nailbiter of a first film all about cheese, love, youth and rural life. So glad I saw this.

World Service Bush House hall mirror for those of us who remember that gorgeous building as a broadcast centre - Toovey's Auction House https://www.tooveys.com/lots/567984/a-mid-20th-century-bbc-world-service-bush-house-wall-mirror

The 10 year old screenwriter, Chinese food at TCL Theatre and Oppenheimer opening in Japan all with Georgina Godwin on Monocle Radio's The Globalist https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-globalist/3299/

#Ghostbusters - yes, I'll be seeing it again on the big screen because, well, who we gonna call? Also it's dedicated to Ivan

Referencing Twins when accepting her Oscar has to be one of the coolest Oscar moves in a long history of such. Here's Bilge Ebiri's essential interview with the Oppenheimer editor post-win https://www.vulture.com/article/oscar-winner-jennifer-lame-on-how-she-edited-oppenheimer.html @Vulture @BilgeEbiri

How I really spent Oscar night

Seen anything good? https://civilianglobal.com/arts/seen-anything-good/ @CivilianGlobal

Hey sometimes I post here and sometimes I don't. But it's a great place whether I'm here or not.

It's exciting because it might be https://www.youtube.com/embed/d30IaPx5Qc8?si=VQ-elODViWikfPor

Want an sightful but not spoiler-y Dune 2 review? Try @yo_damo "offer[ing] an inadvertent reminder that this really is a tough story to crack on screen" https://deadline.com/2024/02/dune-part-two-review-denis-villeneuve-spectacular-sequel-timothee-chalomet-rebecca-ferguson-1235832727/

Helen Mirren's most memorable film role - The Queen? Red? Excalibur? The Long Good Friday?

Opinions would be appreciated (but not the silly ones)

Why we're paying for ads or not on streaming, Critics' Circle Film Awards @londoncritics this weekend with celebrities and Murder On The Dance Floor (not literally) for the BAFTAs - all on Monocle Radio The Globalist #filmnews https://bit.ly/3HJDOFC