We tried the first episode yesterday, but we all felt a bit meh. I think I’m going to put on Over the Garden Wall tonight. I don’t think it’s necessarily scarier than GF or Mystery Inc.

They’re both adorable. That’s a shame, but you can take it as an excuse to rewatch it at home!

The Triumph of Whimsy On the 4th of July 1862, Lewis Carroll first told the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on a boat trip that departed from near the aptly named Folly Bridge in Oxford. Over a century later, the heroines of Jacques Rivette's Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) embark on a journey that culminates with another boat trip.

Tomorrow at London’s Cinema Museum! Cinema Year Zero and Arta Barzanji bring you a screening of the whimsical CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Jacques Rivette, 1974), with programme notes by me. Get your tickets here:

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This is an extremely erudite and lively publication, beautifully produced. If you haven't seen it its well worth ordering.....

His King Zel moment. Sadly the pit isn’t big enough to cover his head.

You can read my piece exploring the mythic and folkloric roots of Peter Pan in the new issue of Hellebore!

Thank you so much! No other film can give you British middle-class zombie bikers riding through the mist in a stone circle and practising toad magic.

🖤🖤🖤

Looks good! I will report back.

Apparently Hirsch tried to impersonate his raspy voice when he voiced Bill, since he couldn’t have the real thing.

I love Ghosts, but my son isn’t really into live action stuff yet. I’ve heard of Eerie Indiana. Maybe one for the future!

He’s living his best life in California 💖

Perfect storytelling!

Thank you, I’ll look these up!

Just read that they wanted Lynch to voice Bill Cipher, which would have been flawless.

What do we watch now, though? 😭

Gravity Falls poster- like X Files for kids

We’ve just finished the last episode and I’m really going to miss them. Phenomenal, just pure, unadulterated joy.

Thanks for all your suggestions! In the end I’m making mango and lime frozen yogurt. Minimal prep and fits in well.

Thanks! I like the idea of adding pomegranate molasses.

I need to make a light pudding for an informal dinner party I’m hosting tomorrow (I’m cooking orzo in a tomato and roasted pepper sauce with halloumi, pomegranate seeds and mint + baba ganoush, hummus and garlic and coriander flatbreads). Any recommendations?

Folklore Horror Short Stories by Flame Tree publishing

⚡️Coming soon!⚡️ I wrote the preface for the new volume in the Gothic Fantasy series by Flame Tree Publishing. FOLKLORE HORROR features classic and new tales about ancient rituals, folkloric monsters and primeval mysteries.

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Had a nice day out at High Wycombe, then met my beloved @kjsoar.bsky.social. We forgot to take pictures, but here’s a moving selfie of me at the Hellfire Caves, my natural habitat.

I know of it, but have never seen it (I’ve always avoided Catholic horror, convent school girl issues)

Not yet!

Funnily enough, I wrote about Malpertuis a few months back. There are more similarities—I mentioned Malpertuis in my original draft, but had to cut it out because of word limit.

(My film writing niche continues to be “obscure European movies with occult or esoteric themes produced in the 1970s”)

Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) Presented by: Not By Lynch . Jacques Rivette’s Céline and Julie Go Boating begins as a whimsical story of friendship between librarian Julie and magician Céline, who embark on a game of swapped identities an...

I wrote about Jacques Rivette’s Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) for the NOT BY LYNCH season at London’s Cinema Museum. Wednesday 22nd April at 6:30pm—I won’t be there, but the programme notes will!

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“Best-selling author Gemma Amor”. Congratulations, lovely! 🥂

Also my ultimate comfort movie.

Christopher Lee in The Devil Rides Out

Richleau NECA figure when? 😭