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This evening's viewing: Jane Schoenbrun's debut, We're All Going to the World's Fair. I loved their more recent I Saw the TV Glow, intrigued by this intersection between the liminal online spaces and real life.

#film #horror #horreur #WereAllGoingToTheWorldsFair #JaneSchoenbrun #HorrorFilm #movies #2020sFilm

Film poster for the Indie horror film We're All Going to the World's Fair, showing a young woman, her face covered in glowing makeup, holding up a fake eye in front of her real one

This evening's viewing: Significant Other, which turned out to be a much more interesting SF-horror than I expected. Currently available free on Film4, if you're in the UK.

#ScienceFiction #Horror #Horreur #film #SignificantOther #2020sFilm #films #movies

Poster for the horror-SF film Significant Other, showing a couple backpacking, surrounded by ominous, misty, dark, green forestry

This evening's viewing distraction: Apichatpong Weerasethakul's intriguing and unusual Memoria, starring the amazing Tilda Swinton (and currently available free on Film4 if you're in the UK)

#film #films #movie #Memoria #ApichatpongWeerasethakul #Memoria #2020sFilm

Film poster for Memoria, showing Tilda Swinton's character, her face partially lit by light from a nearby window while most of her is in shadow.

Heeeeeerrrre's Toxie!!! Cool standee in the Cameo Cinema tonight.

My final Midnight Madness screening of this year's film festival. Fond memories of the schlocky original, this new version was a lot of silly, OTT fun. Looks like Dinklage & Kevin Bacon were enjoying themselves.

#film #EIFF #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #ToxicAvenger #PeterDinklage #MidnightMadness #horror #superhero #schlock #CameoCinema #EdinburghInternationalFilmFestival #films #movie #2020sFilm

Cardboard standee of the Toxic Avenger in the foyer of the Cameo Cinema

This evening's viewing: some bonkers Japanese schlock, lo-fi #horror with Hot Springs Shark Attack. Yes, it is as silly as it sounds, but it knows it and runs with it. Bringing back memories of watching a lot of straight to video titles by Troma et al back im the day...

Review will follow in due course on @PhilEdwards 's Live For Film

#film #HorrorFilms #schlock #JapaneseFilm #2020sFilm #HotSpringsSharkAttack

Movie poster for schlock Japanese horror flick Hot Springs Shark Attack, with swimmer leaping in the air, pursued by a giant shark erupting from the water

Monsters of California: Blink 182's Tom DeLonge directs & co-writes this flick of UFOs, cryptids and more. Flawed, sure, but also pretty fun in a popcorn flick kind of way (with a bit of a Goonies influence). My review is on @PhilEdwards 's Live For Films -
https://www.liveforfilm.com/2025/07/07/review-monsters-of-california-a-good-saturday-night-popcorn-flick/

#film #films #cryptids #UFO #MonstersOfCalifornia #movie #2020sFilm #TomDeLonge #LiveForFilms #Reviews

Movie poster for Monsters of California, showing a grouo standing in woods, with their backs to us, illuminated by a UFO hovering over them

Tonight's viewing: rather unusual take on the haunted house story with The Presence, directed by Steven Soderbergh.

#film #horror #StevenSoderbergh #ThePrescence #films #cinema #2020sFilm #Ghost #fantome #HauntedHouse #GhostStory

This evening's viewing: Alien Romulus. A couple of mis-steps, but mostly a seriously solid Alien movie, and nice attention to detail (interiors, even making interfaces on the computers resemble the original from decades ago)

#film #films #movies #2020sFilm #ScienceFiction #Horror #Alien #AlienRomulus

This evening's viewing distraction: Celine Sciamma's French flick, Petite Maman (currently available free on Film 4 on Demand, for those in the UK)

#film #FrenchFilm #FilmFrancais #PetiteMaman #2020sFilm #cinema #FrenchCinema #CinemaFrancais

Film poster for French movie Petite Maman, depicting two young girls, one in red, one in blue, embracing

This evening's viewing, Insidious - the Red Door. First couple in the series were interesting - not genius, but decent enough horror flicks, but this final one isn't overly impressing me. Has its moments, but overly reliant on over-using the same techniques repeatedly, so they lose any impact.

#film #horror #films #HorrorFilm #2020sFilm

Poster for the horror film Insidious - the Red Door, depicting, yes, a creepy looking red door with a black surround.

For the evening crowd: The Extraordinary Miss Flower https://www.liveforfilm.com/2025/04/29/review-the-extraordinary-miss-flower-a-delightfully-unusual-slice-of-cinema/

My review of this unusual & intriguing #film featuring Emiliana Torrini, by the creators of the excellent 20, 000 Days on Earth, is up now on @PhilEdwards 's Live For Films

#films #2020sFilm #music #musique #TheExtraordinaryMissFlower #EmilianaTorrini

This evening's viewing: Emiliani Torrini in The Extraordinary Miss Flower, inspired by the same collection of letters that also inspired Emiliani's latest album (which I adored, so very much intrigued by the idea of this film).

The film is due out on 9th May; my review will follow on @PhilEdwards 's Live For Films in due course

#film #films #TheExtraordinaryMissFlowers #letters #lettres #EmilianiTorrini #music #musique #2020sFilm

This evening's viewing distraction: Asteroid City, which just dropped on Netflix. I do love Anderson's work.

#film #films #movie #AsteroidCity #WesAnderson #2020sFilm

This evening's viewing distraction: The Last Voyage of the Demeter (yes, the one from Dracula).

#film #horror #films #HorrorFilm #2020sFilm #TheLastVoyageOfTheDemeter #Dracula #Vampire #VampireFilm #movies

Movie poster for the film The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Absolutely loved the animated, wordless film #Flow - beautiful piece of animation, which uses an animal cast (no humans) in a way that is warm and emotional but without falling into the twee or sugary trap. One to see on the big screen, if you can.

#film #animation #FlowFilm #2020sFilm #AnimatedFilm #cats #chats

This evening's viewing distraction: Finnish WWII flick Sisu

#film #films #movies #Finland #Finnish #Sisu #FinnishFilm #2020sFilm

This evening's viewing distraction: an advance peek at The Rule of Jenny Pen, an engrossing and disturbing Kiwi flick with John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush, due for release next weekend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msFtdWr5Kqs&ab_channel=IFCFilms

#film #horror #JohnLithgow #GeoffreyRush #HorrorFilm #TheRuleOfJennyPen #NewZealand #NewZealandFilm #2020sFilm #movies

This evening's viewing distraction: unsettling psychic assassin film Possesor - coming from Brandon Cronenberg (son of David), it is, unsurprisingly interesting and disturbing (currently on Film 4 on demand, free, if you are in the UK)

#film #films #movie #movies #Possessor #BrandonCronenberg #2020sFilm