Fantastic film. Saw it for the first time a few months back. May is an absolute class act.

You really were being watched…

One of my favourite scenes in one of my favourite films. Absolute perfection.

Iggy is 79 today.

Really looking forward to reading this, from the fine folk at @plumeriapics.bsky.social I’m not going to use the word ‘masterpiece’, but I always thought that Hudson Hawk’s greatest crime was not being what everyone expected.
And who the hell wants to read about a shoot that went smoothly?

The best bits are probably in the podcast. I’ll guess the rest and save myself a few quid.

Acting and Performance in Hitchcock Podcast Episode · Writers on Film · 9 April · 1hr

The concept of performances within performances is just one of the revelations from this morning’s restaurant laying-up soundtrack. Irresistible Hitchcock chat.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Yeah he’s reading it. A friend sent it to me. There’s a chapter on his film Dirty Work (terrible by all accounts), which he turns into a murder mystery that left me rib-raw. I’ll see if I can find it for you…

And that joke! ‘The cold took her as it did many of us…’

He and Conan were lovely together. The riffing off each other was fantastic. I love that extra laugh Norm got from the Moth joke after Conan interrupts him. ‘He said, “Doc…”’

I disappeared down a Norm wormhole (a Normhole?) several times in Lockdown and it was always a joyous plummet. I got hold of the audio version of his autobiography which is an hilarious work of almost complete fiction. I miss him terribly.

Man Torn Over Which Shirt Worthy Of Wooden Hanger Area Resident Considers Pros, Cons Of Each Garment

Man Torn Over Which Shirt Worthy Of Wooden Hanger theonion.com/man-torn-over-which-shir...

I always loved ‘old chunk of coal.’

@jameschristopher.bsky.social
@mrenglish.bsky.social

First thought ran to...

I’m writing a novel at the moment (“neither am I.”) and I’m leaving my phone in the car so I don’t feel the need to take a flick-scroll through Insta-land. ‘Liberating’ is the word, but the fact that I have to physically isolate and immobilise my phone to get a bit of P&Q is a something of a worry.

Tip o’ the hat to you, sir.

I sanction the entirely accurate opinion of this magnificent artist.

a man in a white suit is walking in front of a group of people in white clothes . ALT: a man in a white suit is walking in front of a group of people in white clothes .

Cai’s voice says bless your heart, sir.

Cinema Italia TV & Film Podcast · Updated weekly · Author and film critic John Bleasdale explores the worlds of Italian cinema from Neo Realism to Spaghetti Westerns, Gialli to Sword and Sandal epics, Poliziottesch...

Ermanno Olmi’s Tree of the Wooden Clogs is a masterpiece of Italian Cinema
I talk to Nicolas Bell about the Palme d’Or winner

podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/c...

Connery by @www.johnbleasdale.com is a hilarious dark satire, out now (with this glorious cover by @jameschristopher.bsky.social).

I read the audio book and had a great time doing it. If you’re a writer and want to take your audience to Audible etc…I’m cheaper than Martin Jarvis.
www.caiross.co.uk

And Losey & Pinter’s Accident is on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social tonight, if you want to cue up a double bill.

Excellent stuff. My route in was fortuitous. Oldman first (though I remember episodes of the TV series as a youngster), then the Guinness, then the books. All three are happy places for me that have no business being listed under ‘happy.’ But yes, no Oldman Smiley’s People? Insanity.

They’re part of the family, and happily so.

Thank you. Will devour it later.

I’d never seen either until last year. Just wonderful weren’t they?

Just need to find a place for Jimmy and the Lieutenant.

Hanging paintings in the new house. Rich has found his place, keeping us under his watchful gaze in the sitting room. An all-time fave by the redoubtable @jameschristopher.bsky.social

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a checkered wall with his arms outstretched . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a checkered wall with his arms outstretched .

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is on tonight (on BBC1), which I will inevitably watch once again. The fact that they didn’t make any follow ups remains the most bewildering disappointment of the last 15 years. Would it help if I blackmailed Alfredson and Oldman?

Highly enjoyable. Lovely to start the week with a dose of Amicus.