I love them too but they take up tiiiiiime better spent with jokes. But yes, montages are heart stopping

I ruined a whole dinner party once by playing this game with movie titles. And this is not new, see George Carlin

I like everyone they had on for the Oscars ITV but yes, something more sassy, someone who's seen the films on the big screen or at a festival, someone dedicated to this wonderful medium. Fresh, fast, pertinent.

Congratulations to Oscar winners Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales for Wicked production design hollywoodreporter.co... via @thr
photo Kevin Winter/GettyImages ** so pleased to be part of this team

Still losing it over that CinemaStream #oscars but I made a whole 25p betting on Zoe so yay - another historic win

I flew to interview David Lynch some years ago in Paris. We talked about film then flipped into a lot of talk about Transendental Meditation which I practice as did he and then we smoked a lot. He was a nice guy. He was very present #RIP

SAG Screen Actors Guild has done very well in the midst of tragedy, providing links to donating and cancelling their announcement for reasons of safety. But Lily Gladstone starring in Lily Gladstone throws me a little

A shot from the mysterious, hypnotic documentary Architecton released in the UK 10 January, a meditation on rocks and stone. Written and directed by Viktor Kossakovsky. Distributor BFI

HARD TRUTHS - Official Trailer - Directed by Mike Leigh and starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste From acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh, comes Hard Truths. Starring BAFTA award- winner Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin. Coming soon to cinemas. Visit our website for more: https://www.studiocanal.co.uk

Spritz o clock @labiennale Venice Film Festival is when you hear a lot about new films - word is @studiocanaluk Mike Leigh's Hard Truths is fantastic & here is its global trailer www.youtube.com/watc...

60y anniversary Goldfinger premiere 17 Sept 1964 @BritishPathe Archive footage - w actual gold finger www.britishpathe.com... my brothers painted the lawnmower & all their bicycles gold. Dad stopped them from gilding the family car

Winner of Un Certain Regard Youth Award at Cannes @festival_cannes is the lovely Vingt Dieux (Holy Cow!) by Louise Courvosier, joyous nailbiter of a first film all about cheese, love, youth and rural life. So glad I saw this.

A mid-20th century 'BBC World Service Bush House' wall mirror, 63cm x 46cm. A mid-20th century 'BBC World Service Bush House' wall mirror, 63cm x 46cm. #tooveys

World Service Bush House hall mirror for those of us who remember that gorgeous building as a broadcast centre - Toovey's Auction House www.tooveys.com/lots...

How is Beijing trying to woo foreign investment?, The Globalist 3299 - Radio China rolls out the red carpet for global chief executives at Beijing’s development forum. Plus: Narendra Modi’s government faces criticism following the…

The 10 year old screenwriter, Chinese food at TCL Theatre and Oppenheimer opening in Japan all with Georgina Godwin on Monocle Radio's The Globalist monocle.com/radio/sh...

#Ghostbusters - yes, I'll be seeing it again on the big screen because, well, who we gonna call? Also it's dedicated to Ivan

Jennifer Lame on the Hardest Scenes to Edit Into Oppenheimer The Best Editing winner talked to us last summer about what almost got cut from Christopher Nolan’s high-wire epic, and the obsessions that fueled it.

Referencing Twins when accepting her Oscar has to be one of the coolest Oscar moves in a long history of such. Here's Bilge Ebiri's essential interview with the Oppenheimer editor post-win www.vulture.com/arti... @Vulture @BilgeEbiri

Seen anything good? - CIVILIAN While studying for an MBA in film finance, we were told of a film investor who only wanted to fund hit films. That still makes me laugh. There is no recipe for a hit film. You can try your best … Continue reading →

Seen anything good? civilianglobal.com/a... @CivilianGlobal

Hasn't someone said end-to-end yet?

Oh man, which way? ALL WAYS???

It's exciting because it might be www.youtube.com/embe...

‘Dune: Part Two’ Review: Denis Villeneuve’s Spectacular Sequel Goes Heavy On The Mythos ‘Dune: Part Two’ review: Denis Villeneuve’s spectacular sequel goes heavy on the mythos

Want an sightful but not spoiler-y Dune 2 review? Try @yo_damo "offer[ing] an inadvertent reminder that this really is a tough story to crack on screen" deadline.com/2024/02...

Helen Mirren's most memorable film role - The Queen? Red? Excalibur? The Long Good Friday?

Opinions would be appreciated (but not the silly ones)

Australia-New Zealand regional security, The Globalist 3259 - Radio We start in Brussels to discuss the outcome of the EU Summit, before heading to Melbourne, where Australian and New Zealand defence and foreign ministers are…

Why we're paying for ads or not on streaming, Critics' Circle Film Awards @londoncritics this weekend with celebrities and Murder On The Dance Floor (not literally) for the BAFTAs - all on Monocle Radio The Globalist #filmnews https://bit.ly/3HJDOFC

and a great fake nose

With Nicole Kidman’s ‘Expats,’ Creator Lulu Wang Finally Has a Project Her Mother Likes Five years after breakout 'The Farewell,' the filmmaker moves from her personal tale about family to a massive Amazon series, where she didn't know there would be ad breaks (and she has some feelings about them).

"Because I don’t want to live in a world in which we can only tell the stories of our own experiences. That is way too limiting." Pithy and intelligent interview with Expats creator Lulu Wang www.hollywoodreporte... @THR by Lacey Rose

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, 24/01/2024 Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Oscar nominations are out – and many feel some key women have been left off the list 👀 No Best Director nomination for Greta Gerwig or Best Actor nomination for Margot Robbie for Barbie. And many were surprised. @Krizanovich joins @EmmaBarnett to discuss www.bbc.co.uk/progra...

Critics Circle Film awards are Feb 4 2024 & noms are looking good criticscircle.org.uk... news on @londoncritics on IG - this is me last year holding awards I didn't win. Look at the great ceiling vents. Nothing but the best.

What goes into the production design of a major motion picture? Have a look at the design assets of Napoleon at the Art Director Guild noms @ADG800 assets.adg.org/media...

Rupert Everett Straps Up His Boots To Play Napoleon’s Nemesis: “He’s A Tough, Salty Old Duke” Rupert Everett pulls up his boots to play the emperor's nemesis in Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon': 'He's a tough, salty old duke.'

If you've seen Napoleon you'll know its secret weapon: a brief but amazing turn by Rupert Everett as Wellington. Here is Damon Wise interviewing Everett for Deadline - a mighty piece of pure film journalism deadline.com/2024/01... doesn't sound as if there's an agent or manager nearby either

Total Film page 103 this month, I look at 10 instances of yoga in the movies. I'm particularly proud of the last line in 1) The Killer

Bradley to win by a nose pocketmags.com/total...