FILM RECOMMENDATION: Happy Death Day (2017), basically a slasher movie version of Groundhog Day. Both this and its 2019 not-quite-as-good-but-still-fun sequel Happy Death Day 2 U are currently available on Netflix. #FilmRecs25
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The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005). Currently available on Amazon Prime. #FilmRecs25
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Jerzy Skolimowski’s Moonlighting (1982), starring Jeremy Irons. It’s available on Amazon Prime, as of today. #FilmRecs25
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Roger Corman’s The Intruder (1962), aka The Stranger, aka Shame, aka I Hate Your Guts, starring William Shatner. It’s currently available to stream for free on www.tptvencore.co.uk/product/the-.... Don’t miss it. #FilmRecs25
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Call Jane (2022), starring Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver. Currently available on @channel4tv.bsky.social for 24 days. #FilmRecs25
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The Man With the Golden Arm (1955). It’s currently available on @ITVX.com. Worth seeing for the fantastic score alone. #FilmRecs25
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The Novice (2021). Available on @channel4tv.bsky.social for just two more days. #FilmRecs25
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Party Girl (1995), which is an absolute joy for anybody who loves a) Parker Posey and b) librarians. It’s currently available on Amazon Prime. #FilmRecs25
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Grandma (2015), starring Lily Tomlin and Julia Garner. It’s available on Amazon Prime, as of today. #FilmRecs25
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Robert Altman’s The Player (1992). Available on Amazon Prime, as of today. #FilmRecs25
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The Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land (2024). It’s available on @channel4tv.bsky.social for 28 days. #FilmRecs25
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Pretty Red Dress (2022). If there was any justice, Natey Jones would have won a BAFTA for his performance in this. It’s available on @bbciplayer.bsky.social for 11 months, as of today. #FilmRecs25
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Polite Society (2023), which deserves to be much more widely seen. It’s just been added to @netflixuk.bsky.social #FilmRecs25
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Roman Holiday (1953), starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. It’s currently streaming on @channel4tv.bsky.social for 29 days. #FilmRecs25
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Nicole Holofcener’s debut feature, Walking and Talking (1996). It’s available on @channel4tv.bsky.social for 16 days. #FilmRecs25
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Starter For 10 (2006), one of the best British romcoms and Rebecca Hall’s feature debut. It’s available on @bbciplayer.bsky.social for 11 months. #FilmRecs25
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Blue Jean (2022). Available on @bbciplayer.bsky.social for 11 months. #FilmRecs25
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David Lynch’s The Elephant Man (1980). Available on @bbciplayer.bsky.social for 28 days. #FilmRecs25
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Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade, my joint favourite film (with Wild Rose) of 2019. It’s available on @bbciplayer.bsky.social for 29 days, as of today. #FilmRecs25
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Sweat, one of the best films of 2020, from Magnus Van Horn, the director of The Girl With The Needle. It’s currently streaming on @Channel4 for 28 days. #FilmRecs25
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Deerskin (2019), Quentin Dupieux’s enjoyably silly French comedy horror about a man obsessed with his deerskin jacket. It’s available to stream on @channel4tv.bsky.social. #FilmRecs25
FILM RECOMMENDATION: Cheap Thrills, one of the best films of 2013. It’s available on Amazon Prime (again), as of today. #FilmRecs25
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Igby Goes Down (2002), starring a baby-faced Kieran Culkin. Currently available on Amazon Prime. #FilmRecs25
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The Night House (2020), starring Rebecca Hall. Currently available on Disney Plus, and also on Channel 4 for six more days. #FilmRecs25
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Arthur Penn’s The Miracle Worker (1962), starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. Now available on Amazon Prime. #FilmRecs25
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The World’s Fastest Indian (2005). One of Anthony Hopkins’ best performances. Available on @ITVX.com. #FilmRecs25
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The Kid With a Bike (2011), directed by the Dardenne Brothers. My second favourite film of 2012 (UK release). Available on @itvx.com #FilmRecs25
FILM RECOMMENDATION: Jaume Collet-Serra’s The Shallows (2016). If liking a movie about Blake Lively fighting a shark is wrong, then I don’t want to be right 😃. Available on @BBCiPlayer for ten more days. #FilmRecs25 ____/\___
FILM RECOMMENDATION: Tár, my favourite film of 2022 (UK release 2023). It’s currently available on Netflix. #FilmRecs25
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Playground, one of the best films of 2021 (2022 in the UK - it was my second favourite film of that year). It’s currently available to stream on @channel4tv.bsky.social #FilmRecs25