Anne Billson
@annebillson.bsky.social
Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
Reposted by Anne Billson
Two housewives chatting through the window in 1655. One is about to lose her salmon steaks to a very fortunate dog! By Nicolaes Maes, whose day is today.
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Two housewives chatting through the window in 1655. One is about to lose her salmon steaks to a very fortunate dog! By Nicolaes Maes, whose day is today.
Reposted by Anne Billson
22. Favorite Musical Performance in a Film Noir
Everything about this is GOLD, from the set-up, to the direction, to the energy that you can feel resonate from the celluloid, to Elisha Cook Jr.'s expression which is frankly, unsettling.
#NoirvemberChallenge #Noirvember #FilmNoir
Phantom Lady (1944)
Everything about this is GOLD, from the set-up, to the direction, to the energy that you can feel resonate from the celluloid, to Elisha Cook Jr.'s expression which is frankly, unsettling.
#NoirvemberChallenge #Noirvember #FilmNoir
Phantom Lady (1944)
You Like Jive? 1944 Phantom Lady Jazz Drum Solo Robert Siodmak Ella Raines Elisha Cook Jr. Film Noir
YouTube video by BS
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
22. Favorite Musical Performance in a Film Noir
Everything about this is GOLD, from the set-up, to the direction, to the energy that you can feel resonate from the celluloid, to Elisha Cook Jr.'s expression which is frankly, unsettling.
#NoirvemberChallenge #Noirvember #FilmNoir
Phantom Lady (1944)
Everything about this is GOLD, from the set-up, to the direction, to the energy that you can feel resonate from the celluloid, to Elisha Cook Jr.'s expression which is frankly, unsettling.
#NoirvemberChallenge #Noirvember #FilmNoir
Phantom Lady (1944)
Reposted by Anne Billson
Reposted by Anne Billson
Reposted by Anne Billson
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz350bs
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz350bs
Reposted by Anne Billson
reply to me with eight hashtags and that's a blocking
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
reply to me with eight hashtags and that's a blocking
Reposted by Anne Billson
I am going to enjoy reading the book and using the handkerchiefs.
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I am going to enjoy reading the book and using the handkerchiefs.
Reposted by Anne Billson
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz350bs
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz350bs
Dan O’Bannon said: '“Fuck ’em. If I can’t make them laugh, I’ll scare the shit out of them.” And that was the seed for his screenplay for Alien.'
‘We used a beachball as an alien!’ John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci-fi comedy Dark Star
‘The control room buttons were upside-down ice-cube trays, one space suit had a dish-drying rack on it – and the special effects guy wrote the theme tune lyrics’
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Dan O’Bannon said: '“Fuck ’em. If I can’t make them laugh, I’ll scare the shit out of them.” And that was the seed for his screenplay for Alien.'
Reposted by Anne Billson
2013 seems like another world now, that's when I met Udo Kier at some fancy Hollywood thing in Palm Springs, we chatted about Fassbinder & he said he was making a movie in Ireland & would look me up. It didn't happen but it was a privilege to meet him. Rest in peace, Udo, you maniac, you sweet man.
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
2013 seems like another world now, that's when I met Udo Kier at some fancy Hollywood thing in Palm Springs, we chatted about Fassbinder & he said he was making a movie in Ireland & would look me up. It didn't happen but it was a privilege to meet him. Rest in peace, Udo, you maniac, you sweet man.
Reposted by Anne Billson
My favourite Udo Kier role was a voice performance of his, Professor Pericles from Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated. I'd issue a spoiler warning, but he's a talking parrot voiced by Udo Kier so of course he's going to have sinister intentions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uWQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uWQ...
Scooby-Doo Pericles tells the gang why he haunted the mayor
YouTube video by Scooby Doo Mystery Inc
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My favourite Udo Kier role was a voice performance of his, Professor Pericles from Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated. I'd issue a spoiler warning, but he's a talking parrot voiced by Udo Kier so of course he's going to have sinister intentions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uWQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uWQ...
Reposted by Anne Billson
God what an amazing career Udo Kier had.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
God what an amazing career Udo Kier had.
Reposted by Anne Billson
Jimmy Cliff, Guns of Brixton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck1Z...
Jimmy Cliff - Guns of Brixton
YouTube video by ReggaeNeration
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Jimmy Cliff, Guns of Brixton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck1Z...
Reposted by Anne Billson
Never forget the time Udo starred in a Sparks music video about compulsive spanking, directed by Guy Maddin:
youtu.be/8YQw6KLJGf8?...
youtu.be/8YQw6KLJGf8?...
Sparks - The Final Derriere (Official Video)
YouTube video by S P A R K S
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Never forget the time Udo starred in a Sparks music video about compulsive spanking, directed by Guy Maddin:
youtu.be/8YQw6KLJGf8?...
youtu.be/8YQw6KLJGf8?...
Reposted by Anne Billson
Reposted by Anne Billson
We featured this place in s4 of Bravo Two Charlies
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We featured this place in s4 of Bravo Two Charlies
One of the all-time great soundtracks. RIP Jimmy Cliff.
You Can Get It If You Really Want
YouTube video by Jimmy Cliff - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
One of the all-time great soundtracks. RIP Jimmy Cliff.
Reposted by Anne Billson
Just another Jewish suburban kid who didn't know how much he needed reggae until Jimmy Cliff and the Harder soundtrack showed up and smacked some stupid from him.
Very sad to see this man pass. Very grateful for his full life, clear voice and true artistry.
Very sad to see this man pass. Very grateful for his full life, clear voice and true artistry.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Just another Jewish suburban kid who didn't know how much he needed reggae until Jimmy Cliff and the Harder soundtrack showed up and smacked some stupid from him.
Very sad to see this man pass. Very grateful for his full life, clear voice and true artistry.
Very sad to see this man pass. Very grateful for his full life, clear voice and true artistry.
Reposted by Anne Billson
Egyptian Goose arrives on the foreshore this afternoon to check
our mudlarking permits.
our mudlarking permits.
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Egyptian Goose arrives on the foreshore this afternoon to check
our mudlarking permits.
our mudlarking permits.
Reposted by Anne Billson
if this headline doesn't pique your interest, then the byline should do it! another fab piece by the always insightful @pamhutch.bsky.social on the legendary animal lover & celluloid chaos-maker, Michel Simon. 🎞️🐒
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Monkey soulmates and extraordinary talent: the man Charlie Chaplin called ‘the greatest actor in the world’
Michel Simon, who steals the show in Jean Vigo’s 1934 masterpiece L’Atalante, was a soft-faced, gravelly voiced clown capable of tremendous pathos – and total chaos
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
if this headline doesn't pique your interest, then the byline should do it! another fab piece by the always insightful @pamhutch.bsky.social on the legendary animal lover & celluloid chaos-maker, Michel Simon. 🎞️🐒
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Reposted by Anne Billson
Maid flirts with her fellow, cat steals the dinner, housewife escapes boring party upstairs to enjoy the disorder of her own household. Great scene from 1657 by Nicolas Maes, whose day is today.
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Maid flirts with her fellow, cat steals the dinner, housewife escapes boring party upstairs to enjoy the disorder of her own household. Great scene from 1657 by Nicolas Maes, whose day is today.
Reposted by Anne Billson
Don't know if you'd be interested in a bit of work on Saturday 1st July, they're booking people to roam around in wild animal costumes uptown.
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Don't know if you'd be interested in a bit of work on Saturday 1st July, they're booking people to roam around in wild animal costumes uptown.
Reposted by Anne Billson
I cannot recommend this movie enough if you're looking to honor the passing of Udo Kier. Trust me - you do not know where this movie is going until you get there. Such a great flick...
If you're looking for an Udo Kier film to watch, may I recommend BACURAU (2019), starts off like a worthy slice of sociopolitical realism and ends up as demented Brazilian neo-western exploitation. Don't read anything else, just see it. Contains one of my favourite film moments of the 21st century.
Bacurau – Official U.S. Trailer
YouTube video by Kino Lorber
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I cannot recommend this movie enough if you're looking to honor the passing of Udo Kier. Trust me - you do not know where this movie is going until you get there. Such a great flick...
Reposted by Anne Billson
Seconded. I thought this was terrific. Udo is great as always but it's Sônia Braga's film and she is magnificent.
If you're looking for an Udo Kier film to watch, may I recommend BACURAU (2019), starts off like a worthy slice of sociopolitical realism and ends up as demented Brazilian neo-western exploitation. Don't read anything else, just see it. Contains one of my favourite film moments of the 21st century.
Bacurau – Official U.S. Trailer
YouTube video by Kino Lorber
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Seconded. I thought this was terrific. Udo is great as always but it's Sônia Braga's film and she is magnificent.
Reposted by Anne Billson
My favorite film of 2020, everyone should watch Bacurau. (And the director’s new film, The Secret Agent, is fantastic as well!)
If you're looking for an Udo Kier film to watch, may I recommend BACURAU (2019), starts off like a worthy slice of sociopolitical realism and ends up as demented Brazilian neo-western exploitation. Don't read anything else, just see it. Contains one of my favourite film moments of the 21st century.
Bacurau – Official U.S. Trailer
YouTube video by Kino Lorber
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My favorite film of 2020, everyone should watch Bacurau. (And the director’s new film, The Secret Agent, is fantastic as well!)