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Josh Slater-Williams

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UK-based critic and culture journalist. Bylines: BFI, Sight and Sound, Total Film, Little White Lies, IndieWire and others. Member of the London Critics' Circle. https://linktr.ee/jslaterwilliams

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Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 10

Updated my list of Blu-ray releases for which I've contributed booklet and video essays! Recently filed something for a very exciting box set and I'm currently working on another [redacted] due soon.

These are fun and I would love to work with *you* in the future!

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My physical media contributions
In order of when the Blu-rays were released. Click 'Read notes' for details of the booklet or video essays.

Poster images for Typhoon Club (1985), Suzhou River (2000), Love Hotel (1985) and The Coffee Table (2022)

Photo of the following Blu-ray limited editions: Typhoon Club (1985) from Third Window Films, Suzhou River (2000) from Radiance Films), Love Hotel (1985) from Third Window Films, and The Coffee Table (2022) from Second Sight

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ceej @ceej.online · 6h

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 7h

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Michael Leader @michaeljleader.bsky.social · 21h

📚 Our new book is out today! 📚

The Animation Atlas, our round-the-world trip through the global history of animation, is now available from all good bookshops!

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Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams.bsky.social · 11h

But not for what matters

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Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams.bsky.social · 14h

The “doomsday” segment in Bi Gan’s RESURRECTION might be my favourite film of this decade.

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Scott Renshaw @scottrenshaw.bsky.social · 16h

The most obvious thing you can glean from the way non-writers talk to writers about AI is that everything they think they know about the creative process, they gleaned from misunderstanding Dorothy Parker’s quip about hating writing, and loving having written.

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chris @yrpalchris.bsky.social · 15h

oh it makes sense now

classic @FranziaMom tweets:
Pitchfork: the album is good, not great
Halsey: they should have another 9/11

9/11 2: Halsey's Revenge

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 18h

maybe he and GDT could stage an intervention for their friend george

Burger Snail @surlaw.bsky.social · 19h

I'm glad that Hideo Kojima has been making games about how ceding control of our lives and information to AI systems will have apocalyptic results since 2001. I'm glad it was a major theme of Death Stranding 2.

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Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams.bsky.social · 2d

PERFECT BLUE is newly remastered and back in cinemas, so I wrote a primer on the screen work of Satoshi Kon for the BFI!

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Where to begin with Satoshi Kon

As Perfect Blue returns to cinemas, we introduce the small but perfectly formed oeuvre of Satoshi Kon, a visionary of grown-up animation whose films blur the boundary between reality and fantasy, and ...

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 20h

The comic book juggernaut is playing the hero to artists because "human creativity matters," its president said.

DC Comics declares it will never use generative AI

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21h

Israel is now saying the ceasefire will take effect "within 24 hours" as opposed to 10am today as initially planned. So yeah, just announced a delay for no reason and started shooting people trying to go home who thought there was a ceasefire in effect. www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: Israeli tanks fired directly at civilians on Al-Rashid Street while the latter were trying to return to northern Gaza, shortly after the ceasefire agreement had supposedly taken effect.

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Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams.bsky.social · 23h

I had the pleasure of meeting Sophy Romvari a few days before her film BLUE HERON won the First Feature Award at Locarno. Ahead of the film's UK premiere at the London Film Festival, extracts from our chat are now live at the BFI site

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“If you can’t handle disorienting moments, maybe you shouldn’t be watching movies”: Sophy Romvari on Locarno prize-winner Blue Heron

Having already established an international fanbase for her short films, Sophy Romvari has now made her feature debut with the gut-punching family drama Blue Heron. Ahead of its LFF screenings, we spo...

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Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Overheard at a film festival press screening this week: “You still take notes?”

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 1d

screenshot from The Insider - Russell Crowe's Jeffrey Wigand seen from behind in a white collared shirt and gray wig, standing slightly off-center (on the right side of the frame) in his dark hotel room. caption for Pacino's Lowell Bergman (in voiceover) reads, "I'm running out of heroes, man"

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

Hot take: this is a bad idea, and I don’t want it. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

George Clooney Says ‘Ocean’s 14’ Budget ‘Just Got Approved’ and ‘We’ll Probably Start’ Filming Next Year; Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and More Likely to Return

George Clooney says 'Ocean's 14' is likely filming next year with Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts and Don Cheadle returning.

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T. J. Dobbin @tjamesdobbin.bsky.social · 1d

Saoirse Ronan is apparently playing Linda in the Beatles biopic thing. I have no interest in "Beatles biopics", but an early 70s based movie about the Wings period of Paul's life would have a lot more juice as a self contained movie (and it would give Saoirse a lot to work with).

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 1d

Was completely on purpose

Ghoulian Singleton 🎃 @juliansingleton.bsky.social · 1d

Threw on the new Criterion of NIGHTMARE ALLEY 2021 and forgot that the reappearance of Richard Jenkins and Mary Steenburgen makes this the Catalina Wine Mixer of Guillermo Del Toro's oeuvre.

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Lair Of The Gurt Sherm (Stoker 1911) @gurtsherm.bsky.social · 1d

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Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Praying I’m not going to get jump-scared by a gen-AI ad playing before films at a certain other festival this autumn… again.

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 1d

Jason Blum's take on AI sucks. an AI takeover isn't inevitable, and treating it as such (while also referring to filmmaking as "content creation," smdh) helps AI companies promote the lie that their deeply unprofitable, destructive tech is more powerful and useful than it actually is.

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Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 1d

A lot of """"creatives"""" have seemingly accepted generative AI as part of art and filmmaking and I'm hear to say you're all big stinky phonies and I hate you

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Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

London East Asia Film Festival devoting an entire programme strand to AI “Cinema”…

Screenshot of text from London East Asia Film Festival’s 2025 programme:

FUTURE FRAMES: AI

AI Cinema #1 - Opening Film - to be announced

AI Cinema #2

Sigumun | Dir. You Hyeong-jun, Rolen Yealin Jeon, Hong Jin-wook | Korea | 2025 | 15 mins

The Dream of Atlantis | Dir. Choi Young-min | Korea | 2025 | 14 mins

Fragment of Falling | Dir. Kim Woon-ha | Korea | 2025 | 10 mins

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Robert King @robertking.bsky.social · 1d

For what it’s worth:

Speaking as a showrunner with two writers rooms going on now, this article from Ankler is insane. I don’t know who the insider is, but the reporter should call bullshit. This is a GPT press release.

The Ankler @theankler.com · 2d

The “GPT-5 pass” has gone from curiosity to mandate. Scripts, trailers, pitch decks are all being filtered through an AI model that remembers every draft and forgets what originality looks like. @erikbarmack.bsky.social on Hollywood’s uneasy reset:
theankler.com/p/run-it-thr...

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

Not one government has told Israel to stop kidnapping their citizens in international waters and let them bring baby formula to starving babies. What a shameful time to be alive

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Israel intercepts another Gaza aid flotilla amid criticism over treatment of activists

Israeli foreign ministry confirms interception and says those on board will be deported A new Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by the Israeli army, days after the detention of activists on board vessels bound for the war-torn territory caused international outrage and widespread protests. The Israeli military was jamming signals with at least two boats being boarded, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Instagram. Continue reading...

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