Jonathan Wroot
@jlwroot.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Greenwich. Researcher of Zatoichi movies, Japanese films and horror cinema. Part-time film critic (open to writing offers). All views and opinions shared are my own.
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Film peeps, anyone know of an English subbed version of Deewar (1975)?
January 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Film peeps, anyone know of an English subbed version of Deewar (1975)?
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To muster up the regular hate required to be a Daily Mail headline writer must be so exhausting.
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 AM
To muster up the regular hate required to be a Daily Mail headline writer must be so exhausting.
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i'm always saying this
January 28, 2026 at 6:28 AM
i'm always saying this
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Truth
January 28, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Truth
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The level of cognitive dissonance - we're going to China to secure British prosperity, but we can't take any government tech because they'll steal all our info. FFS. And will they push Xi on his support for Putin? Will they hell.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Keir Starmer and his team ‘to take burner phones to China to prevent spying’
The prime minister’s trip to Beijing has prompted concerns over security risks
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:07 AM
The level of cognitive dissonance - we're going to China to secure British prosperity, but we can't take any government tech because they'll steal all our info. FFS. And will they push Xi on his support for Putin? Will they hell.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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they simply cannot and will not accept the public's casual refusal to embrace the descent into the sludge factory, they can only see it as a failure on our part that must be rectified at whatever expense
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 AM
they simply cannot and will not accept the public's casual refusal to embrace the descent into the sludge factory, they can only see it as a failure on our part that must be rectified at whatever expense
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drunk history darmok and jalad at tanagra
January 27, 2026 at 5:58 PM
drunk history darmok and jalad at tanagra
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This is how the BBC is reporting Matt Goodwin's selection as Reform's candidate in Gorton and Denton.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
January 27, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This is how the BBC is reporting Matt Goodwin's selection as Reform's candidate in Gorton and Denton.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
He's not an academic. He holds no academic position and hasn't done for quite some time.
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For @indiewire.com’s Sundance coverage, I reviewed EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET, a thrilling, witty doc about ordinary, unrelated Glaswegians spontaneously organising to fight an immigration raid… and winning
www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
‘Everybody to Kenmure Street’ Review: A Vital and Inspiring Portrait of Spontaneous Collective Action
Felipe Bustos Sierra’s energizing documentary tells the story of ordinary Scots resisting a hostile immigration raid.
www.indiewire.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:18 PM
For @indiewire.com’s Sundance coverage, I reviewed EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET, a thrilling, witty doc about ordinary, unrelated Glaswegians spontaneously organising to fight an immigration raid… and winning
www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
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BAFTA members said "Arco fuck yourself" re: Animated Film
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
BAFTA members said "Arco fuck yourself" re: Animated Film
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Lovely hatchet job on the monstrosity that is Suella Braverman. Crace covers it all;
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Suella makes the ultimate sacrifice as she ditches Tories for Reform | John Crace
Most of those at Monday’s event had to remind themselves that Braverman hadn’t defected long ago
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Lovely hatchet job on the monstrosity that is Suella Braverman. Crace covers it all;
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Quinton Aaron, who starred as Michael Oher in The Blind Side, is on life support after being hospitalized following a collapse at his home.
‘The Blind Side’ Actor Quinton Aaron on Life Support Following Hospitalization
Quinton Aaron, who starred as Michael Oher in The Blind Side, is on life support after being hospitalized following a collapse at his home.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Quinton Aaron, who starred as Michael Oher in The Blind Side, is on life support after being hospitalized following a collapse at his home.
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My local Odeon is dropping H IS FOR HAWK and THE HISTORY OF SOUND after one week to show this twice a day.
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 AM
My local Odeon is dropping H IS FOR HAWK and THE HISTORY OF SOUND after one week to show this twice a day.
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If that's what they're willing to do in public, while being filmed, what do they do behind closed doors?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Video shows moments around fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Bystander footage has captured the seconds before the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
If that's what they're willing to do in public, while being filmed, what do they do behind closed doors?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
@uniofgreenwich.bsky.social has doubled for Paris! Film is always transnational, in terms of industry, content and audiences. Come and find out more as part of the Film Studies programme. Admissions criteria and Open Days:
www.gre.ac.uk/undergraduat...
www.gre.ac.uk/undergraduat...
January 26, 2026 at 9:43 AM
@uniofgreenwich.bsky.social has doubled for Paris! Film is always transnational, in terms of industry, content and audiences. Come and find out more as part of the Film Studies programme. Admissions criteria and Open Days:
www.gre.ac.uk/undergraduat...
www.gre.ac.uk/undergraduat...
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This chilly January morning OH and I are heading to Hastings on the wild and windy Channel coast for my Seed Talk on Studio Ghibli this evening. Better wrap up well!
January 26, 2026 at 9:25 AM
This chilly January morning OH and I are heading to Hastings on the wild and windy Channel coast for my Seed Talk on Studio Ghibli this evening. Better wrap up well!
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It's #Japanuary so why not explore the UK's own sake brewing industry? Japanese-owned Dojima Sake Brewery at Fordham Abbey offers tours, Kanpai Sake Brewery and Bar is just ten minutes' walk from London Bridge station, and the Sparkling Sake Brewery is bubbling up in rural Cambridgeshire.
January 26, 2026 at 9:24 AM
It's #Japanuary so why not explore the UK's own sake brewing industry? Japanese-owned Dojima Sake Brewery at Fordham Abbey offers tours, Kanpai Sake Brewery and Bar is just ten minutes' walk from London Bridge station, and the Sparkling Sake Brewery is bubbling up in rural Cambridgeshire.
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It’s mad that we’re all living in parallel realities now when it comes to current events and that Fake News has come to pass under the far right as media companies avoid, suppress or spin the truth. If people didn’t have phones on them, we’d never know what’s going on. We’re in a dangerous time.
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 AM
It’s mad that we’re all living in parallel realities now when it comes to current events and that Fake News has come to pass under the far right as media companies avoid, suppress or spin the truth. If people didn’t have phones on them, we’d never know what’s going on. We’re in a dangerous time.
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The videos of that bear shitting in the woods are grainy and inconclusive. And even if it did shit in the woods, we need to examine the events leading up to it. Was the bear provoked? Why aren’t local authorities supporting the bear? Bears do a tough job so give them some slack before accusing them.
January 25, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The videos of that bear shitting in the woods are grainy and inconclusive. And even if it did shit in the woods, we need to examine the events leading up to it. Was the bear provoked? Why aren’t local authorities supporting the bear? Bears do a tough job so give them some slack before accusing them.
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Sweet Vengeance reportedly be the next film from director Brian De Palma, with the thriller set to begin production this year.
filmstories.co.uk/news/brian-d...
filmstories.co.uk/news/brian-d...
Brian De Palma making a new movie, Sweet Vengeance, this summer
Sweet Vengeance reportedly be the next film from director Brian De Palma, with the thriller set to begin production this year.
filmstories.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Sweet Vengeance reportedly be the next film from director Brian De Palma, with the thriller set to begin production this year.
filmstories.co.uk/news/brian-d...
filmstories.co.uk/news/brian-d...
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1778
January 26, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1778
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Back in stock on the #terracottastore Nagisa Oshima boxset RADICAL JAPAN.
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#nagisaoshima #blurayboxset #japanesefilm #japanesecinema #cinephile #cinema #classicfilm
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#nagisaoshima #blurayboxset #japanesefilm #japanesecinema #cinephile #cinema #classicfilm
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Back in stock on the #terracottastore Nagisa Oshima boxset RADICAL JAPAN.
shop.terracottadistribution.com/products/rad...
#nagisaoshima #blurayboxset #japanesefilm #japanesecinema #cinephile #cinema #classicfilm
shop.terracottadistribution.com/products/rad...
#nagisaoshima #blurayboxset #japanesefilm #japanesecinema #cinephile #cinema #classicfilm
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ELECTRIC DRAGON 80000V
Sogo Ishii brings you the ultimate battle between legends Tadanobu Asano and Masatoshi Nagase!
Out in glorious high definition on bluray from Third Window Films!
thirdwindowfilms.com/films/electr...
Sogo Ishii brings you the ultimate battle between legends Tadanobu Asano and Masatoshi Nagase!
Out in glorious high definition on bluray from Third Window Films!
thirdwindowfilms.com/films/electr...
January 25, 2026 at 8:37 PM
ELECTRIC DRAGON 80000V
Sogo Ishii brings you the ultimate battle between legends Tadanobu Asano and Masatoshi Nagase!
Out in glorious high definition on bluray from Third Window Films!
thirdwindowfilms.com/films/electr...
Sogo Ishii brings you the ultimate battle between legends Tadanobu Asano and Masatoshi Nagase!
Out in glorious high definition on bluray from Third Window Films!
thirdwindowfilms.com/films/electr...
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UK people: Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson's film music book Surround Sound is currently 99p on Kindle. Presuming this is a very limited offer.
amzn.to/4qFV9nW
amzn.to/4qFV9nW
January 25, 2026 at 8:45 AM
UK people: Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson's film music book Surround Sound is currently 99p on Kindle. Presuming this is a very limited offer.
amzn.to/4qFV9nW
amzn.to/4qFV9nW