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Film critic, podcaster @FatalAttractPod, compiler/co-author of What To Watch When, creator of #PreCodeApril. Hasn't missed an episode of EastEnders since 1998.
Mar 30 16 tweets 7 min read
SHORT THREAD OF FILM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EASTER WEEKEND. By platform.

@BBCiPlayer Recommendation: Full Time (2021). Just in case you *still* haven’t watched it, despite me banging on about it for over a year. Image NETFLIX RECOMMENDATION: Past Lives (2023).

Is there a better film than Past Lives on @NetflixUK right now? No. No, there isn’t. Make your family watch it this weekend if they haven’t seen it. Image
Feb 15 47 tweets 13 min read
BERLIN THREAD. #Berlinale Image Outrageously trolled by @PeterBradshaw1 on Facebook. #Berlinale 🦄 Image
Dec 9, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
It’s time for another poorly thought out ADVENT CALENDAR OF FILM RECOMMENDATIONS.

Day One: My Summer of Love (2004). Currently available on @BBCiPlayer for over a year. Image The poorly thought out
ADVENT CALENDAR OF FILM RECOMMENDATIONS continues.

Day Two: The Conversation (1974). Available on @BBCiPlayer until 14 December. Image
Aug 30, 2022 44 tweets 29 min read
Doing three film festivals back to back (Edinburgh, FrightFest, Venice) was either a brilliant idea or a terrible idea. History does not yet relate which. Image At least when I get back, I’ll have nine whole days before the LFF screenings start.
Apr 1, 2022 296 tweets >60 min read
#PreCodeApril thread for 2022. Please check the hashtag regularly - it was an absolute treasure trove last year.

This is my Pre-Code Films list on @letterboxd. If you’re looking for recommendations, the top 90 or so are in approximate order of preference. letterboxd.com/filmfan1971/li… Here’s last year’s insanely long #PreCodeApril thread.
Mar 25, 2022 30 tweets 5 min read
If I’m violently ill after eating supermarket sushi, can I sue Tesco? Turned out it was, in fact, food poisoning. Passed out, smashed my head through a window and this happened.
Apr 16, 2021 11 tweets 14 min read
A short thread of #PreCode podcast episodes for #PreCodeApril. I’ve yet to find a podcast dedicated exclusively to Pre-Code movies, so if you come across one (or start one), please let me know. #PreCodePodcasts #PreCodePodcasts
@KarinaLongworth’s @RememberThisPod is essential listening. Several episodes touch on #PreCode movies, so here’s a short selection. First, the episode on Kay Francis. overcast.fm/+gMpGbyqDI #PreCodeApril Image
Apr 1, 2021 405 tweets >60 min read
#PreCodeApril Thread.

Feels appropriate to start off with photographer A.L. “Whitey” Schafer’s wonderful Thou Shalt Not image, created in 1941 to satirise the Hays Code restrictions. More background here: ladailymirror.com/2013/11/04/mar… Image Here’s my @letterboxd list of over 800 #PreCode films (I’m still adding to it). The top 50 are personal favourites / recommendations / Pre-Code must-sees. Also, everything from around 650 onwards is on the Pre-Code Movies YouTube channel. #PreCodeApril letterboxd.com/filmfan1971/li…
Jan 12, 2021 6 tweets 6 min read
Looking forward to the @LondonCritics Circle awards nominations at 11am today. #criticscirclenoms Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Darci Shaw presenting the London Critics Circle nominations. Their upcoming @NetflixUK series, The Irregulars, sounds fun. @londoncritics #criticscirclenoms
Nov 9, 2020 520 tweets >60 min read
Some alternative posters for Cry Danger (1951), along with what they used to call a lobby card - there are a few others on the film’s IMDb page too. #Noirvember #CryDanger ImageImageImageImage Contrast the American posters with these two much racier French and Italian posters, both of which foreground Fleming. #Noirvember ImageImage