A. J. Black
@ajblack.bsky.social
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Writing today on @filmstories.bsky.social about Zach Cregger’s BARBARIAN, which contains some dark truths about familial abuse under the horror theatrics.
filmstories.co.uk/features/bar...
filmstories.co.uk/features/bar...
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Writing today on @filmstories.bsky.social about Zach Cregger’s BARBARIAN, which contains some dark truths about familial abuse under the horror theatrics.
filmstories.co.uk/features/bar...
filmstories.co.uk/features/bar...
It’s not one I can bust episodes out of regularly, but I love doing this with @samwellpv.bsky.social.
We had a great chat about Charlie Chaplin. Genius artist, awful man are the cliff notes.
Hope you enjoy!
We had a great chat about Charlie Chaplin. Genius artist, awful man are the cliff notes.
Hope you enjoy!
NEW EPISODE!
@ajblack.bsky.social & Sam Stokes chat the career of #CharlieChaplin and his final film, A Countess from Hong Kong.
🎧 everywhere you get your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/6wrT...
@ajblack.bsky.social & Sam Stokes chat the career of #CharlieChaplin and his final film, A Countess from Hong Kong.
🎧 everywhere you get your podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/6wrT...
Charlie Chaplin's A Countess from Hong Kong
open.spotify.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It’s not one I can bust episodes out of regularly, but I love doing this with @samwellpv.bsky.social.
We had a great chat about Charlie Chaplin. Genius artist, awful man are the cliff notes.
Hope you enjoy!
We had a great chat about Charlie Chaplin. Genius artist, awful man are the cliff notes.
Hope you enjoy!
Writing today on @filmstories.bsky.social about Zach Cregger’s BARBARIAN, which contains some dark truths about familial abuse under the horror theatrics.
filmstories.co.uk/features/bar...
filmstories.co.uk/features/bar...
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Writing today on @filmstories.bsky.social about Zach Cregger’s BARBARIAN, which contains some dark truths about familial abuse under the horror theatrics.
filmstories.co.uk/features/bar...
filmstories.co.uk/features/bar...
Share a ‘90s movie that you think deserves more love.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Share a ‘90s movie that you think deserves more love.
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The whole of this looks great, but the first two minutes especially is an absolutely sublime piece of comedy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTM...
Bob Monkhouse Hilarious One-Liners! | Des O' Connor Show
YouTube video by Des O'Connor Tonight
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The whole of this looks great, but the first two minutes especially is an absolutely sublime piece of comedy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTM...
You know, I’d love to read this, but like EVERY SINGLE WEBSITE now, you can’t read it unless you pay this or take out that membership.
Bugger off. Find other ways to supplement yourself that doesn’t charge your readers every time we click on your stuff.
Bugger off. Find other ways to supplement yourself that doesn’t charge your readers every time we click on your stuff.
It’s no secret that the way we consume media these days is different than it was 10 years ago. Who doesn’t like to be on their phone while they’re watching TV? Well, Hollywood has noticed your attention is split.
Enter: the vertical micro-drama.
Enter: the vertical micro-drama.
How TikTok, micro-dramas, and distracted viewers are reshaping TV
Is TV getting worse, or are we just not paying attention?
voxdotcom.visitlink.me
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
You know, I’d love to read this, but like EVERY SINGLE WEBSITE now, you can’t read it unless you pay this or take out that membership.
Bugger off. Find other ways to supplement yourself that doesn’t charge your readers every time we click on your stuff.
Bugger off. Find other ways to supplement yourself that doesn’t charge your readers every time we click on your stuff.
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Thursday, 27th November. King's Place, London. Romesh Ranganathan and Simon Brew, together at last!
You won't want to miss this!
Tickets for Film Stories 500 live event available here: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...
You won't want to miss this!
Tickets for Film Stories 500 live event available here: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thursday, 27th November. King's Place, London. Romesh Ranganathan and Simon Brew, together at last!
You won't want to miss this!
Tickets for Film Stories 500 live event available here: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...
You won't want to miss this!
Tickets for Film Stories 500 live event available here: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...
Great, offbeat character actor. Felt like he was in everything.
Recently enjoyed watching him as a sinister cult priest guy in Arnie’s mad End of Days. He probably played a role like that 100 times.
Recently enjoyed watching him as a sinister cult priest guy in Arnie’s mad End of Days. He probably played a role like that 100 times.
Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Ventura, dies aged 81
Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Ventura, dies aged 81
Actor who appeared in My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Armageddon and Dogville, as well as Madonna music videos and video games, died on Sunday
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Great, offbeat character actor. Felt like he was in everything.
Recently enjoyed watching him as a sinister cult priest guy in Arnie’s mad End of Days. He probably played a role like that 100 times.
Recently enjoyed watching him as a sinister cult priest guy in Arnie’s mad End of Days. He probably played a role like that 100 times.
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Happy 62nd birthday #DoctorWho! A big part of my life and I suspect, if you're seeing this, of yours too.
A couple of years ago, I was asked to write a piece for the BBC's 'History of the BBC' site for the show's 60th anniversary. Here's what I came up with... #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho62
A couple of years ago, I was asked to write a piece for the BBC's 'History of the BBC' site for the show's 60th anniversary. Here's what I came up with... #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho62
60 years of our Doctor Who
Part of popular culture in the UK and beyond for 60 years, Doctor Who is a BBC programme through and through, says Paul Hayes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happy 62nd birthday #DoctorWho! A big part of my life and I suspect, if you're seeing this, of yours too.
A couple of years ago, I was asked to write a piece for the BBC's 'History of the BBC' site for the show's 60th anniversary. Here's what I came up with... #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho62
A couple of years ago, I was asked to write a piece for the BBC's 'History of the BBC' site for the show's 60th anniversary. Here's what I came up with... #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho62
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You'll miss the BBC when it's gone...
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You'll miss the BBC when it's gone...
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Genuinely GIDDY on the @atthe90smovies.bsky.social #podcast tonight.
Recording the #Christmas special was nothing but JOY 🎅🏻
Can't wait to share it with you all 💜
#FilmSky @ajblack.bsky.social
Recording the #Christmas special was nothing but JOY 🎅🏻
Can't wait to share it with you all 💜
#FilmSky @ajblack.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Genuinely GIDDY on the @atthe90smovies.bsky.social #podcast tonight.
Recording the #Christmas special was nothing but JOY 🎅🏻
Can't wait to share it with you all 💜
#FilmSky @ajblack.bsky.social
Recording the #Christmas special was nothing but JOY 🎅🏻
Can't wait to share it with you all 💜
#FilmSky @ajblack.bsky.social
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27th November 2025. Kings Place, London. 7.30pm.
Film Stories 500 celebration: a live recording.
And I've got a very special guest.
Tickets here: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...
Film Stories 500 celebration: a live recording.
And I've got a very special guest.
Tickets here: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
27th November 2025. Kings Place, London. 7.30pm.
Film Stories 500 celebration: a live recording.
And I've got a very special guest.
Tickets here: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...
Film Stories 500 celebration: a live recording.
And I've got a very special guest.
Tickets here: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...
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If you've seen Vince Gilligan's #Pluribus, why not have a look at some of these choice cuts from his writing back catalogue?
Vince Gilligan’s finest hours (before Pluribus)
If you've seen Vince Gilligan's #Pluribus, why not have a look at some of these choice cuts from his writing back catalogue?
ajblackwriter.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
If you've seen Vince Gilligan's #Pluribus, why not have a look at some of these choice cuts from his writing back catalogue?
If you've seen Vince Gilligan's #Pluribus, why not have a look at some of these choice cuts from his writing back catalogue?
Vince Gilligan’s finest hours (before Pluribus)
If you've seen Vince Gilligan's #Pluribus, why not have a look at some of these choice cuts from his writing back catalogue?
ajblackwriter.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
If you've seen Vince Gilligan's #Pluribus, why not have a look at some of these choice cuts from his writing back catalogue?
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#CineHistorians co-host @ckjsweeney.bsky.social discusses the universality of The Spirit of the Beehive (1973). #filmsky #victorerice
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#CineHistorians co-host @ckjsweeney.bsky.social discusses the universality of The Spirit of the Beehive (1973). #filmsky #victorerice
Why isn’t Pennywise in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society? It’s more complicated than you might think…
Why Isn’t Pennywise in The Running Man? It's more complicated than you might think... bit.ly/4a04Vvk
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Why isn’t Pennywise in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society? It’s more complicated than you might think…
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At one point Michael Flatley (playing retired spy Victor Blackley) takes off one jauntily angled hat only to be handed another. This to me is cinema.
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
At one point Michael Flatley (playing retired spy Victor Blackley) takes off one jauntily angled hat only to be handed another. This to me is cinema.
I find this utterly baffling and probably smell horseshit over this entire piece.
James Bond has never had a consistent narrative. Each Bond is basically a new bloke. It doesn’t matter if he died. That was just one version. You start again fresh.
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
James Bond has never had a consistent narrative. Each Bond is basically a new bloke. It doesn’t matter if he died. That was just one version. You start again fresh.
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
EXCLUSIVE: James Bond Writers Reveal Twist That Has Left New Creators With 'Huge Headache' When It Comes to Resurrecting the Super-Spy for Amazon
Bond writers are now racking their brain, trying to move forward with the franchise after the last film's wild twist.
radaronline.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I find this utterly baffling and probably smell horseshit over this entire piece.
James Bond has never had a consistent narrative. Each Bond is basically a new bloke. It doesn’t matter if he died. That was just one version. You start again fresh.
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
James Bond has never had a consistent narrative. Each Bond is basically a new bloke. It doesn’t matter if he died. That was just one version. You start again fresh.
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
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"It’s tempting to read The Traitors as symbolic of the state of modern Britain: a place where everyone suspects that everyone else might be against them; which seems diverse but where those who seem in some way different are the first to face suspicion when the going gets rough..."
The happy psychopathy of The Traitors
Contestants on the BBC show are suspicious, paranoid and prone to herd mentality. But they're also surprisingly nice
www.newstatesman.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"It’s tempting to read The Traitors as symbolic of the state of modern Britain: a place where everyone suspects that everyone else might be against them; which seems diverse but where those who seem in some way different are the first to face suspicion when the going gets rough..."
A thrill seeing #InsideNo9 on stage last night with #StageFright at New Theatre in Oxford.
Won’t give any secrets away but it was as you’d imagine - hilarious, melancholy, creepy, clever and a bit meta. The proper curtain down after the show ended.
Still on tour so see it if you can.
Won’t give any secrets away but it was as you’d imagine - hilarious, melancholy, creepy, clever and a bit meta. The proper curtain down after the show ended.
Still on tour so see it if you can.
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A thrill seeing #InsideNo9 on stage last night with #StageFright at New Theatre in Oxford.
Won’t give any secrets away but it was as you’d imagine - hilarious, melancholy, creepy, clever and a bit meta. The proper curtain down after the show ended.
Still on tour so see it if you can.
Won’t give any secrets away but it was as you’d imagine - hilarious, melancholy, creepy, clever and a bit meta. The proper curtain down after the show ended.
Still on tour so see it if you can.
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The latest episode of The #CineHistorians Podcast is now on YouTube!
We discuss Vittorio De Sica's neorealist classic Bicycle Thieves (1948) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JYk...
We discuss Vittorio De Sica's neorealist classic Bicycle Thieves (1948) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JYk...
S2E3: Bicycle Thieves (1948) and Vittorio De Sica
YouTube video by The CineHistorians Podcast
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The latest episode of The #CineHistorians Podcast is now on YouTube!
We discuss Vittorio De Sica's neorealist classic Bicycle Thieves (1948) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JYk...
We discuss Vittorio De Sica's neorealist classic Bicycle Thieves (1948) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JYk...
Love chatting with Hugh, obviously, but having John on too is a particular pleasure.
He recorded this while driving through Italian roads at night, befitting this weird but tremendous film.
Hope you enjoy us getting into it.
He recorded this while driving through Italian roads at night, befitting this weird but tremendous film.
Hope you enjoy us getting into it.
NEW EPISODE!
@ajblack.bsky.social & @angryscotsman81.bsky.social are joined by @www.johnbleasdale.com to chat Jonathan Glazer’s haunting 2013 film UNDER THE SKIN.
🎧 wherever you get your pods. open.spotify.com/episode/3UWS...
@ajblack.bsky.social & @angryscotsman81.bsky.social are joined by @www.johnbleasdale.com to chat Jonathan Glazer’s haunting 2013 film UNDER THE SKIN.
🎧 wherever you get your pods. open.spotify.com/episode/3UWS...
Under the Skin with John Bleasdale
open.spotify.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Love chatting with Hugh, obviously, but having John on too is a particular pleasure.
He recorded this while driving through Italian roads at night, befitting this weird but tremendous film.
Hope you enjoy us getting into it.
He recorded this while driving through Italian roads at night, befitting this weird but tremendous film.
Hope you enjoy us getting into it.
