Neil Snowdon
@neilsnowdon.bsky.social
Daydreamer. Writer. Producer. Editor. Magpie. ADHD & Autistic. Producer of discs at Arrow Video. Friend to some, oddball to others.
Last weekend I foolishly *didn't* buy the copies of William Golding's THE INHERITORS and THE SPIRE when I saw them in the Amnesty Bookshop. Now anxiously awaiting a response to the email I sent them late last night asking if they're still there and can be held until I'm back in town this Sunday.
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Last weekend I foolishly *didn't* buy the copies of William Golding's THE INHERITORS and THE SPIRE when I saw them in the Amnesty Bookshop. Now anxiously awaiting a response to the email I sent them late last night asking if they're still there and can be held until I'm back in town this Sunday.
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timeline cleaning
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
timeline cleaning
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I posted this between Christmas and New Year's Eve but frankly Phantom Thread is a great Thanksgiving movie, too
always start itching to watch Phantom Thread around this time of year
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November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I posted this between Christmas and New Year's Eve but frankly Phantom Thread is a great Thanksgiving movie, too
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"The incredible Arrow edition is one of their best of the year"
So great to see @ebertvoices.bsky.social spotlighting
@thehorrormaster.bsky.social IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS 4K @arrowvideo.bsky.social release with my double covers, booklet, disc and poster art. www.rogerebert.com/dvd-blu-ray/...
So great to see @ebertvoices.bsky.social spotlighting
@thehorrormaster.bsky.social IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS 4K @arrowvideo.bsky.social release with my double covers, booklet, disc and poster art. www.rogerebert.com/dvd-blu-ray/...
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"The incredible Arrow edition is one of their best of the year"
So great to see @ebertvoices.bsky.social spotlighting
@thehorrormaster.bsky.social IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS 4K @arrowvideo.bsky.social release with my double covers, booklet, disc and poster art. www.rogerebert.com/dvd-blu-ray/...
So great to see @ebertvoices.bsky.social spotlighting
@thehorrormaster.bsky.social IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS 4K @arrowvideo.bsky.social release with my double covers, booklet, disc and poster art. www.rogerebert.com/dvd-blu-ray/...
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A little riff on Chekhov's Gun that I wrote for my Under Siege project.
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A little riff on Chekhov's Gun that I wrote for my Under Siege project.
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The wait is over! Our ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Sets have arrived!!
Wonderful to see them in the real world. Website discount price of £37.99 until release date - 8 Dec!
www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...
Also at Amazon UK tinyurl.com/4bckyaa2
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bzhjmvcx
and usual outlets
Wonderful to see them in the real world. Website discount price of £37.99 until release date - 8 Dec!
www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...
Also at Amazon UK tinyurl.com/4bckyaa2
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bzhjmvcx
and usual outlets
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The wait is over! Our ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Sets have arrived!!
Wonderful to see them in the real world. Website discount price of £37.99 until release date - 8 Dec!
www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...
Also at Amazon UK tinyurl.com/4bckyaa2
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bzhjmvcx
and usual outlets
Wonderful to see them in the real world. Website discount price of £37.99 until release date - 8 Dec!
www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...
Also at Amazon UK tinyurl.com/4bckyaa2
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bzhjmvcx
and usual outlets
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Celebrating 78 years of noir perfection: Out of the Past.
Revisit the classic: cinephiliabeyond.org/past-quintes...
Revisit the classic: cinephiliabeyond.org/past-quintes...
‘Out of the Past’ at 78: The Quintessential Film Noir that Launched Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas’ Careers • Cinephilia & Beyond
By Sven Mikulec Seventy years since its release, Out of the Past has long enjoyed an established place in film historians’ lectures on the best examples of film noir. Produced by RKO, a company that m...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Celebrating 78 years of noir perfection: Out of the Past.
Revisit the classic: cinephiliabeyond.org/past-quintes...
Revisit the classic: cinephiliabeyond.org/past-quintes...
Point blank is on Prime (in the UK at least) for anyone who hasn't seen it. It's essential viewing.
#Noirvember podcast - Talked with Mike White and Andrew Nette about John Boorman, Richard Stark/Donald Westlake and Lee Marvin for this @projectionbooth.bsky.social episode on POINT BLANK www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2021/11/epis...
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Episode 546: Point Blank (1967)
Noirvember 2021 continues with a look at John Boorman’s POINT BLANK. Released in 1967, the film was based on the 1962 novel by Donald Westlake.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Point blank is on Prime (in the UK at least) for anyone who hasn't seen it. It's essential viewing.
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Reach for the stars... New @backlisted.bsky.social, LAST AND FIRST MEN by Olaf Stapledon, with @mdeabaitua.bsky.social!
New episode up now. Last and First Men (1930) by Olaf Stapledon, with guest Matthew De Abaitua in conversation with Andy Miller and Una McCormack. @mdeabaitua.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/253...
253. Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon — Backlisted
Writer and critic Matthew De Abaitua joins Andy, Una and Nicky to discuss Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future (1930), the astounding first novel by Olaf Stapledon. The...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Reach for the stars... New @backlisted.bsky.social, LAST AND FIRST MEN by Olaf Stapledon, with @mdeabaitua.bsky.social!
#FilmSky John Boorman's LEO THE LAST is on Prime in the UK. It's not a great print, and it's pan and scan, but given that it's not an easy film to see otherwise it's a big deal. Even like this it's an extraordinary looking film. Arguably Boorman's most outre and experimental movie.
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
#FilmSky John Boorman's LEO THE LAST is on Prime in the UK. It's not a great print, and it's pan and scan, but given that it's not an easy film to see otherwise it's a big deal. Even like this it's an extraordinary looking film. Arguably Boorman's most outre and experimental movie.
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"Kindness is a language animals never forget."
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Kindness is a language animals never forget."
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Anyway, in the wake of the job loss news, I just wanted to share my site because I’d love to get up to 365 subscribers for the year (free & paid) & if you dig what I do, maybe you’ll want to upgrade your subscription someday: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
Shares appreciated- thx!
Shares appreciated- thx!
From the Desk of The Horror Chick
Heather Wixson explores horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Anyway, in the wake of the job loss news, I just wanted to share my site because I’d love to get up to 365 subscribers for the year (free & paid) & if you dig what I do, maybe you’ll want to upgrade your subscription someday: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
Shares appreciated- thx!
Shares appreciated- thx!
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 13:
Publishing is too often risk-averse and anxious. But the very best writing takes *all* the risks, and carries the readers along with it...
Publishing is too often risk-averse and anxious. But the very best writing takes *all* the risks, and carries the readers along with it...
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 13:
Publishing is too often risk-averse and anxious. But the very best writing takes *all* the risks, and carries the readers along with it...
Publishing is too often risk-averse and anxious. But the very best writing takes *all* the risks, and carries the readers along with it...
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Hoar Frost
Forms when the air is still and cold, usually on clear winter nights. Water vapour in the air condenses on solid surfaces, and as the surface temperature drops below 0°C, ice crystals form.
Origin is old English for old grey hair
Forms when the air is still and cold, usually on clear winter nights. Water vapour in the air condenses on solid surfaces, and as the surface temperature drops below 0°C, ice crystals form.
Origin is old English for old grey hair
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Hoar Frost
Forms when the air is still and cold, usually on clear winter nights. Water vapour in the air condenses on solid surfaces, and as the surface temperature drops below 0°C, ice crystals form.
Origin is old English for old grey hair
Forms when the air is still and cold, usually on clear winter nights. Water vapour in the air condenses on solid surfaces, and as the surface temperature drops below 0°C, ice crystals form.
Origin is old English for old grey hair
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Brian Simpson.
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Brian Simpson.
People posting about Spielberg's "Untitled UFO movie" and I keep thinking he's making something about that Chubby Brown film ... Which would be quite the career move.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
People posting about Spielberg's "Untitled UFO movie" and I keep thinking he's making something about that Chubby Brown film ... Which would be quite the career move.
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Keep going like this, Leo, and I’ll end up converting.
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Keep going like this, Leo, and I’ll end up converting.
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When you realise that means testing a benefit often costs more than giving the benefit to everyone, you realise we'll happily pay extra to force poor people to prove they're "worthy".
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
When you realise that means testing a benefit often costs more than giving the benefit to everyone, you realise we'll happily pay extra to force poor people to prove they're "worthy".
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Christmas miracles have come early, ghoulfriends! You can grab some of my books on cult, horror, exploitation cinema + women's filmmaking from @mcfarland.bsky.social until 1 December at a staggering 35% off with the powerfully effective checkout code HOLIDAY25 ❤️
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November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Christmas miracles have come early, ghoulfriends! You can grab some of my books on cult, horror, exploitation cinema + women's filmmaking from @mcfarland.bsky.social until 1 December at a staggering 35% off with the powerfully effective checkout code HOLIDAY25 ❤️
mcfarlandbooks.com?s=Heller-nic...
mcfarlandbooks.com?s=Heller-nic...
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Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
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November 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
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Was that so difficult?
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Was that so difficult?
Bookish friends! My wife set up a folksy shop for her crochet. Just starting to stock it, testing the water with these lovely rose bookmarks (I've suggested some gothy black ones as well). Treat yourself or someone you love! #booksky #crochet #https://beta-ep.folksy.com/shops/totallyhookedbylili
Totally Hooked by Lili on Folksy
Totally Hooked by Lili - I’m totally hooked on making beautiful things with yarn
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November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Bookish friends! My wife set up a folksy shop for her crochet. Just starting to stock it, testing the water with these lovely rose bookmarks (I've suggested some gothy black ones as well). Treat yourself or someone you love! #booksky #crochet #https://beta-ep.folksy.com/shops/totallyhookedbylili