Stephen Morgan
@drsmorgan.com
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De/anti-colonialism, Indigenous Cinemas, Settler National Cinemas (CANZUS). Settler kid, raised on Peramangk country. Programming: londonaustfilm.com Teaching: @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social
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Bloody excited to be introducing both classics and hidden gems at @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social's The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under, a two day extravaganza celebrating all things Ozploitation on the 'humungus' Bristol Megascreen.

Come witness the sickness on Oct 24-25, ya flamin' galahs!
fwfilmfestival.bsky.social
Forbidden Worlds Film Festival returns with The Big Scream (24-25 Oct at Bristol Megascreen) to celebrate cult horror, with two nights of grindhouse and exploitation movies from Australia.

Get ready for SIX FEET DOWN UNDER!

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk
Artwork by Andy Janes showing a rock robot head surrounded by bloodied Australian licence plates and road signs.
drsmorgan.com
Now we just need a UK tour, kthnxbai.
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In news that should not surprise anybody already into them, I can confirm that the new Black Eyes EP/mini-album/whatever is very, very, very good. @dischord.com blackeyes.bandcamp.com/album/hostil...
Hostile Design, by Black Eyes
6 track album
blackeyes.bandcamp.com
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fwfilmfestival.bsky.social
What actually is Ozploitation? And does it have anything to do with Wicked?

Writing for Forbidden Worlds, film journalist Sean Wilson dives into the pulse-pounding, rough-as-guts world of Ozploitation, the theme of this year's The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under.

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Ozploitation and why you should watch it at The Big Scream: Six Feet Down Under
A story on Letterboxd.
letterboxd.com
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diplomatofnight.com
it is wild how much people just lie lol
saulstaniforth.bsky.social
Jonathan Ashworth: "I've wanted to see a ceasefire for 2 years"

The collective position of the Labour shadow cabinet (which you were part of) for months after October 7th was to reject a ceasefire & Labour instructed its MPs not to vote for a ceasefire in Nov 2023.
drsmorgan.com
FAO London indie/power pop heads: Anybody want free tix for Allo Darlin' at EARTH tonight? M & I can't make it anymore. They're on Dice, so easy to transfer.
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Unwound cancelling their UK/EU tour has definitely harshed my Wednesday vibes. 😭
Screenshot of an email from Dice.FM reading: "Postponement: Band Statement
A message from the event organiser

The band is disappointed to announce that we must postpone our scheduled UK/EURO tour dates. The decision hasn’t come easy, and we’ll make it up to you come 2026.

For now we appreciate your well wishes and respect for our privacy. Take care of yourself and each other while we’re gone.

The new date for 2026 will be announced as soon as possible."
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yairwallach.bsky.social
Like many scholars, Trump (2025) argues that the dynamics in Palestine are one of a violent settler-colonial project, and rejects the idea of a symmetrical "conflict"
yairwallach.bsky.social
Damn it looks Iike I'll be out of a job soon
Trump on Truth Social

There have been very positive discussions with Hamas, and Countries from all over the World (Arab, Muslim, and everyone else) this weekend, to release the Hostages, end the War in Gaza but, more importantly, finally have long sought PEACE in the Middle East. These talks have been very successful, and proceeding rapidly. The technical teams will again meet Monday, in Egypt, to work through and clarify the final details. I am told that the first phase should be completed this week, and I am asking everyone to MOVE FAST. I will continue to monitor this Centuries old “conflict.” TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE OR, MASSIVE BLOODSHED WILL FOLLOW — SOMETHING THAT NOBODY WANTS TO SEE!

(TS: 05 Oct 17:56 ET)​​​‍​​‌‍
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hleehurley.com
So those people outside hotels will be moved, too, right?
paulbrand.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Home Office is giving police new powers to restrict repeat protests like pro-Palestine marches.

Police can consider the ‘cumulative impact’ of protests on an area and could ban the protest / force it to move elsewhere.
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😂😭😵
nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Hamas, who I do not support, should accept the progressive peace plan put forward by Donald Trump, who I also do not support.

by Glenn Greenwald
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benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social
It really is striking how much they want us to see images of their own brutality. The pretense of being anything but a exercise in violence has all but disappeared.
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Gestapo posting about their work.
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shelleystamp.bsky.social
Thinking about this film today for absolutely no reason.
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It's a stupid game, anyway.
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alanlester.bsky.social
Reactions to this horror fall into two categories. Those, including the terrorist himself, who frame opposition to the Israeli government’s genocide as hating Jews. And those, including many Jews, who insist on marking the difference.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Kemi Badenoch: Dial down rhetoric on Israel after synagogue attack
The Tory leader said Jews faced a ‘climate of fear and aggression’ as senior figures from the community lined up to criticise the government over antisemitism
www.thetimes.com
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I saw Dennis fronting The (International) Nose Conspiracy a few times, but this was my first (and last) time seeing the legendary Refused. Don't think I've been at Brixton Academy since the kinda average ATDI reunion many moons ago, but this was rather less lacklustre. 😂 #TerriblePhotosOfGreatBands
A fairly average photo of a great band. Refused, on stage at the Brixton Academy.
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An update: on the 6 Music news just now, they added "or BOUQUET' as she preferred it". Sanity prevails.
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Deeply disrespectful of the BBC radio news announcers to keep referring to Patricia Routledge's character as Hyacinth BUCKET instead of using her preferred pronounciation of 'Bouquet'. Put some respect on her (best known character's) name, you monsters. 😆
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filmnoiruk.bsky.social
Caught up with the Plaza Cinema team in Weston-super-Mare yesterday, in ref to #FilmNoirFest. Very excited to say that we have been upgraded!

This year the festival will take place in Cinema 4 (like last year) and (new for 2025) Cinema 1. #FilmNoir Passes available here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
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decolonialconf.bsky.social
Submissions to our call for proposals are due October 3, 2025!

On April 6-7 2026, we will have the in-person conference and on April 8 it will be entirely online. Online attendees will have access to some in-person sessions, pending presenters' consent to being recorded.

#decolonialconference
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markharris.bsky.social
This is one thing giant movie studios can still do--the crazy big swing that costs a lot of money and is not tied to an algorithm or concern about "viewer retention rate at minute three"--that no other entity can. It is one reason the film ecosystem still needs them.
coreyatad.com
if you're a person who doesn't see the unalloyed good in Warner Bros spending $150 million on a loose Pynchon adaptation by Paul Thomas Anderson, we simply do not occupy the same reality
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insurgentthought.bsky.social
Give the Decolonial Conference a follow!
decolonialconf.bsky.social
The Decolonial Conference is about confronting complicity and building coalitions.

It’s about organizing and fighting against domination, imagining new worlds, and putting radical thought into action.

Los Angeles, CA, April 6-8, 2026

#decolonialconference