Akihito Takuma(1966-)

Ingmar Bergman

Tom Noonan gives one of my all-time favorite performances in Manhunter, his Francis Dollarhyde is pitch-perfect: somehow both utterly terrifying and heartbreakingly human. I still get chills when I watch this scene -- Noonan and Joan Allen are phenomenal here.

A ★★★★★ review of The Ladykillers (1955) Professor Marcus is a master criminal. Along with his accomplices, Harry, Louis, Claude and One-Round, they plan and execute a daring daytime robbery. The plan is flawless except for one thing: Marcus...

My ★★★★★ review of The Ladykillers on @letterboxd: boxd.it/d9c4cT

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The Guide is saddened to hear of the passing of beer writer Des de Moor.

He was generous in sharing his extensive knowledge of the London beer scene and it was always a pleasure to cross paths and compare notes.

RIP Des, the next beer is for you 🍻

So sorry to hear about Des De Moor. He was a lovely man and, as a beer writer, without parallel in his commitment to accuracy and delightfully straightforward language. He will be sorely missed.

Mean Streets (1973) Directed by Martin Scorsese stars Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and David Proval.

Manhunter (1986)

Manhunter (1986) 🎬🖤

Directed by Michael Mann

This is Spinal Tap. “It really puts perspective on things, though, doesn’t it?” “Yeah, too much. There’s too much fucking perspective now.”

Headline: SAVED BY STOPPARD Sir, In 1993 my wife and I went to see the first production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (obituary, Dec 1), and in the interval I experienced a Damascene conversion. As a clinical scientist I was trying to understand the enigma of the behaviour of breast cancer, the assumption being that it grew in a linear trajectory spitting off metastases on its way. In the first act of Arcadia, Thomasina asks her tutor, Septimus: “If there is an equation for a curve like a bell, there must be an equation for one like a bluebell, and if a bluebell, why not a rose?” With that Stoppard explains chaos theory, which better explains the behaviour of breast cancer. At the point of diagnosis, the cancer must have already scattered cancer cells into the circulation that nest latent in distant organs. The consequence of that hypothesis was the birth of “adjuvant systemic chemotherapy”, and rapidly we saw a striking fall of the curve that illustrated patients’ survival. Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia. Michael Baum Professor emeritus of surgery; visiting professor of medical humanities, UCL

An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.

RIP Diane Ladd

Reversal Of Fortune (1990)

The Mission (1990)

Margin Call (2011)

Munich : The Edge Of War (2021)

#FilmSky #MovieSky
𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙮 𝙄𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭:

But what if she comes back from the other side and gets me?

Wow Starmer finally drawing a line!

"If you say or imply that people cannot be English or British because of the colour of their skin, that mixed-heritage families owe you an explanation... If you say that they should now be deported, then mark my words - we will fight you with everything we have".

Blanche de Namur, on draft in t'Loosje in Amsterdam, was one of my greatest ever beer moments. Super duper.

Mort Subite Lambicus Blanche at their bar in Brussels was also a highpoint.

Having said that: Hoegaarden made me.

This deserves *way* more attention than it’s getting

Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.

The Night of the Hunter (1955) 🎥
Directed by Charles Laughton

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two children who know the whereabouts of a stash of stolen money.

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Despite Bronson's revenge subplot, the whole of Once Upon a Time in the West is her story and she handles it perfectly.

Claudia Cardinale (1938-2025) #filmsky

R.I.P. Claudia Cardinale, one of world cinema's most beautiful women. The renowned Italian-Tunisian actress -- who starred in more than 130 feature films -- died today, September 23, 2025, age 87. Her agent confirmed that she passed away in Nemours, near Paris, surrounded by her children. Cardinale was a prominent figure of Italian cinema in the 1960s, known for her roles in masterpieces such as Federico Fellini's 8½, Luchino Visconti's The Leopard, and Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West. Over her long career, she starred in more than 130 feature films. She received an honorary Golden Lion award from the Venice Film Festival in 1993 in recognition of her contributions to cinema.

R.I.P. Claudia Cardinale, one of world cinema's most beautiful women.

The renowned Italian-Tunisian actress -- who starred in more than 130 feature films -- died today, September 23, 2025, age 87.

She passed away in Nemours, near Paris, surrounded by her children.

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Here is the Sun's pitifully small apology for its lie about benefits tourism - a lie that was accepted as truth by millions and helped deliver Brexit.

These lies are perverting our democracy. At a minimum, apologies should be published in the same location and size as the lie.

Sorry to hear your news. Take care of yourself.

Sheffield.

Good tips, ta. He's definitely already hit Higgins, but somehow seems to have missed Spaten there. Will pass Zum Durnbrau on to him.

@finnovski.bsky.social Hello. Do you know where my mate could find draft Spaten in the centre of Munich? I don't think they have their own bar anymore, do they?

“Inside, we are ageless... and when we talk to ourselves, it's the same age of the person we were talking to when we were little. It's the body that is changing around that ageless center.” #Booksky #Filmsky
- David Lynch

Symphony No. 3 (Górecki) - Wikipedia

Hilariously I've managed to injure myself on the way to the train station, so I can no longer attend the Proms tonight. If anyone can use two free tickets please let me know (£free).

It's a great piece of music

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphon...

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That's a relief ta

@bonsvoeux1.bsky.social Can I wear trainers to the proms?