Dan Berlinka
@danberlinka.bsky.social
Writer / director / coverer of waterfronts
A friend just told me they saw LOLA on Ch 4, so as a public service I'm now telling you, because this is one of the best time travel movies (of sorts) that I've ever seen. An inventive low-budget marvel:
www.channel4.com/programmes/l...
www.channel4.com/programmes/l...
Lola (2022)
(2022) Sci-fi. Two sisters accidentally create a timeline in which the Nazis win the war.
www.channel4.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A friend just told me they saw LOLA on Ch 4, so as a public service I'm now telling you, because this is one of the best time travel movies (of sorts) that I've ever seen. An inventive low-budget marvel:
www.channel4.com/programmes/l...
www.channel4.com/programmes/l...
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Armchair critics and door knockers
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Armchair critics and door knockers
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Can't seem to get backing for my film project "Noah: The Early Years". They all say the narrative lacks an ark.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Can't seem to get backing for my film project "Noah: The Early Years". They all say the narrative lacks an ark.
RIP Udo Kier who made every film 1 better. My favourite memory of him though is from a TV series, when he is born fully grown in The Kingdom. One of the most perfect character entrances of all time.
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
RIP Udo Kier who made every film 1 better. My favourite memory of him though is from a TV series, when he is born fully grown in The Kingdom. One of the most perfect character entrances of all time.
Last night I watched After The Hunt. There are intriguing puzzle pieces (not least of which is the use of the "Woody Allen font") but there's a fine line between ambiguity and pulled punches. I was impressed though by how much loathsomeness Andrew Garfield expressed with an unbuttoned shirt.
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Last night I watched After The Hunt. There are intriguing puzzle pieces (not least of which is the use of the "Woody Allen font") but there's a fine line between ambiguity and pulled punches. I was impressed though by how much loathsomeness Andrew Garfield expressed with an unbuttoned shirt.
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Warning: you can't unsee the linked photo of a naked Harpo Marx. Maybe you don't even want to unsee it. Up to you.
[Harpo Marx was born Adolf (later Arthur) Marx on this day in 1888. Circa HORSE FEATHERS he was handing out nude photographs of himself as a gag; one was auctioned recently for $5,760. You can see it here, but I've warned you. (Thanks Teakagee!)]
bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/...
bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/...
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Warning: you can't unsee the linked photo of a naked Harpo Marx. Maybe you don't even want to unsee it. Up to you.
Last night I watched Darren Aronofsky's mother! I'm not great with allegories (I had to read up after), but Michelle Pfeiffer is outstanding and it captures the sheer horror of unwanted guests. (Reminded me of We Have Always Lived In The Castle.) I can see why audiences were put off, but I liked it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Last night I watched Darren Aronofsky's mother! I'm not great with allegories (I had to read up after), but Michelle Pfeiffer is outstanding and it captures the sheer horror of unwanted guests. (Reminded me of We Have Always Lived In The Castle.) I can see why audiences were put off, but I liked it.
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Thrilled that my British Fantasy Award-nominated short story, 'The Girl on the Suicide Bridge' (2014) is being used by Mark Morris in his TotW debut THE NEW FLESH.
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thrilled that my British Fantasy Award-nominated short story, 'The Girl on the Suicide Bridge' (2014) is being used by Mark Morris in his TotW debut THE NEW FLESH.
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
"Featuring popular authors from Mary Shelley and Arthur Conan Doyle through to Roald Dahl, Angela Carter and Johnny Mains" 😲😲🫠
Last night I saw John C. Reilly's Mr. Romantic, a likeable mix of crooning and clowning, which fits beautifully into the restored music hall that is now the Soho Theatre Walthamstow. But honestly the most striking thing was seeing a movie star doing such a small intimate show... in *Walthamstow*.
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Last night I saw John C. Reilly's Mr. Romantic, a likeable mix of crooning and clowning, which fits beautifully into the restored music hall that is now the Soho Theatre Walthamstow. But honestly the most striking thing was seeing a movie star doing such a small intimate show... in *Walthamstow*.
Last night I watched Doctor Sleep (in a Dick Hallorann bookend double bill with an episode of It: Welcome to Derry.) Mike Flanagan delights in playing in Stanley's sandbox, but it's thematically very much his film, and much closer to King than to Kubrick. It's long and messy but I liked it.
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Last night I watched Doctor Sleep (in a Dick Hallorann bookend double bill with an episode of It: Welcome to Derry.) Mike Flanagan delights in playing in Stanley's sandbox, but it's thematically very much his film, and much closer to King than to Kubrick. It's long and messy but I liked it.
I finished High Potential S1, an American remake of a French show I've not seen. There's no shortage of quirky detectives, but this is an old-school US network procedural with a likeable cast, fun mysteries and frequent twists. (Half the dialogue is exposition.) It's an easy watch and I love it.
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I finished High Potential S1, an American remake of a French show I've not seen. There's no shortage of quirky detectives, but this is an old-school US network procedural with a likeable cast, fun mysteries and frequent twists. (Half the dialogue is exposition.) It's an easy watch and I love it.
Martin Scorsese birthday favourites lists are starting to look like:
1. Boxcar Bertha
2. Italianamerican
3. Bad music video
4.That American Express commercial.
5. Hugo
1. Boxcar Bertha
2. Italianamerican
3. Bad music video
4.That American Express commercial.
5. Hugo
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Martin Scorsese birthday favourites lists are starting to look like:
1. Boxcar Bertha
2. Italianamerican
3. Bad music video
4.That American Express commercial.
5. Hugo
1. Boxcar Bertha
2. Italianamerican
3. Bad music video
4.That American Express commercial.
5. Hugo
Audience review:
Bad Shabbos. Curzon Mayfair. November 16th. (Jewish Film Festival)
This screening attracted a fairly narrow demographic who knew exactly what they'd come for.
No talking, no rustling, no fidgeting, just uproarious laughter.
*****/5 - a shayne audience
Bad Shabbos. Curzon Mayfair. November 16th. (Jewish Film Festival)
This screening attracted a fairly narrow demographic who knew exactly what they'd come for.
No talking, no rustling, no fidgeting, just uproarious laughter.
*****/5 - a shayne audience
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Audience review:
Bad Shabbos. Curzon Mayfair. November 16th. (Jewish Film Festival)
This screening attracted a fairly narrow demographic who knew exactly what they'd come for.
No talking, no rustling, no fidgeting, just uproarious laughter.
*****/5 - a shayne audience
Bad Shabbos. Curzon Mayfair. November 16th. (Jewish Film Festival)
This screening attracted a fairly narrow demographic who knew exactly what they'd come for.
No talking, no rustling, no fidgeting, just uproarious laughter.
*****/5 - a shayne audience
Last night at the Jewish Film Festival I saw Bad Shabbos. There are familiar tropes (Long Story Short starts the same way), but they're done really well. Excellent performances, with Method Man bringing the most surprises (and I'd like to think, a touch of The Angel Levine). I laughed a *lot*.
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Last night at the Jewish Film Festival I saw Bad Shabbos. There are familiar tropes (Long Story Short starts the same way), but they're done really well. Excellent performances, with Method Man bringing the most surprises (and I'd like to think, a touch of The Angel Levine). I laughed a *lot*.
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The bloody neighbours have gone out and left John Cage’s 4’33 on full blast again.
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The bloody neighbours have gone out and left John Cage’s 4’33 on full blast again.
Last night I watched The Ruins. I have a soft spot for "killer vine" movies because despite there being relatively few of them, it's still a recognisable subgenre. This one is also a "tourists go where they shouldn't" film, and it wrings a lot of tension out of a simple premise.
November 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Last night I watched The Ruins. I have a soft spot for "killer vine" movies because despite there being relatively few of them, it's still a recognisable subgenre. This one is also a "tourists go where they shouldn't" film, and it wrings a lot of tension out of a simple premise.
Yes!!!
Lovely film! Do see it, especially if you need cheering up.
"a rebel yell of positivism – with exclamation mark – that brings a fuzzy warmth to all the wintry Stockholm locations": Lukas Moodysson's pre-adolescent punk picture WE ARE THE BEST! (2013) is back screening in @curzon.com today projectedfigures.com/2014/04/18/w...
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Yes!!!
Last night I watched Angst, a 1983 Austrian horror /thriller that regularly shows up on "disturbing movies" lists. Think Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer made by Herzog and you're in the right area. It's not a fun watch but the cinematography, lead performance and general bleakness are compelling.
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Last night I watched Angst, a 1983 Austrian horror /thriller that regularly shows up on "disturbing movies" lists. Think Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer made by Herzog and you're in the right area. It's not a fun watch but the cinematography, lead performance and general bleakness are compelling.
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'Train Going Over A Bridge At Night' - Eric Ravilious, 1935.
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
'Train Going Over A Bridge At Night' - Eric Ravilious, 1935.
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I was looking through the various Frankenstein books I have on my shelves and rediscovered this 1970s Corgi illustrated and abridged edition, which ends with the delightful vision of the Monster in a hooded snow jacket and mittens cavorting in the snow.
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I was looking through the various Frankenstein books I have on my shelves and rediscovered this 1970s Corgi illustrated and abridged edition, which ends with the delightful vision of the Monster in a hooded snow jacket and mittens cavorting in the snow.
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I played this again last night on my phone. Can't believe:
a) I made this
b) how long the damn thing took
a) I made this
b) how long the damn thing took
The Escapement by Candy Arcade Games
A surrealist side-scrollin' shoot-em-up!
candyarcade.itch.io
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I played this again last night on my phone. Can't believe:
a) I made this
b) how long the damn thing took
a) I made this
b) how long the damn thing took
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Who cares about James Bond? Why not go for a spy who is also a serial killer? Meet Russel Stickles...
Link to buy book below
Link to buy book below
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Who cares about James Bond? Why not go for a spy who is also a serial killer? Meet Russel Stickles...
Link to buy book below
Link to buy book below
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Love this story. The Louvre heist is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
Who is ‘fedora man’? Dapper French teenager in viral Louvre heist photo unmasked
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was captured looking suave in a picture outside the Paris museum on the day of a crown jewels heist
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love this story. The Louvre heist is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
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*Carpenter writes Thing$ on a whiteboard, execs cheer*
John Carpenter says he's working on a sequel to 'The Thing'
"We'll see"
"We'll see"
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
*Carpenter writes Thing$ on a whiteboard, execs cheer*