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Richard Luck
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Writer/editor. Substack: As Luck Would Have It (https://richardluck.substack.com/publish/home)
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nother Premium Substack post - chatting to Louis Theroux about his wrestling Weird Weekend... richardluck.substack.com/p/louis-ther...
Louis Theroux's Weird Wrestling Weekend
In 1999, documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux spent a few days with the ailing WCW. Here the award-winning presenter explains what it was being put through his paces at the Power Plant...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:19 PM
nother Premium Substack post - chatting to Louis Theroux about his wrestling Weird Weekend... richardluck.substack.com/p/louis-ther...
Louis Theroux's Weird Wrestling Weekend
In 1999, documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux spent a few days with the ailing WCW. Here the award-winning presenter explains what it was being put through his paces at the Power Plant...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Delroy Lindo returns for the second, Premium Substack part of our infamous interview... #delroylindo #Sinners richardluck.substack.com/p/delroy-lin...
Delroy Lindo - The Interview, Part Two
The up-beat end to the interview that all but capsized...
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January 30, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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With Christophe Gans' Return To Silent Hill out shortly, here's the piece I wrote for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about the French filmmaker's masterpiece, The Brotherhood Of The Wolf... thenewworld.co.uk/the-best-hal... #ReturnToSilentHill
The best Halloween film you’ve never seen
It's a period film. It's a monster movie. It's a martial arts picture. It's Brotherhood Of The Wolf and its improbable global cult status is long overdue
thenewworld.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 4:56 PM
With Christophe Gans' Return To Silent Hill out shortly, here's the piece I wrote for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about the French filmmaker's masterpiece, The Brotherhood Of The Wolf... thenewworld.co.uk/the-best-hal... #ReturnToSilentHill
The best Halloween film you’ve never seen
It's a period film. It's a monster movie. It's a martial arts picture. It's Brotherhood Of The Wolf and its improbable global cult status is long overdue
thenewworld.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Another FREE Subsack post, this time featuring some of the book I reviewed during my time with Empire (Australia)... richardluck.substack.com/p/movie-book...
Movie Books - Under Review
Three of the tomes I had to run the ruler over while working for Empire...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
For anyone interested in finding out more about the making of The Lady From Shanghai, here's a FREE Substack post concerning the origins and creation of Orson Welles' eccentric film noir... richardluck.substack.com/p/shanghaied...
January 27, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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Orson Welles, The Lady From Shanghai, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, 4.55pm.
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Orson Welles, The Lady From Shanghai, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, 4.55pm.
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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The film we're talking about in the February episode of Soho Bites is "Noose" (1948) - known as "The Silk Noose" in the US. This scene is just brilliant... sohobitespodcast.com #soho #filmnoir #carolelandis #stanleyholloway #ClassicFilm #tptv #TCM #VintageCinema #FilmPodcast #HollywoodHistory
Noose (1948) - Annie's last scene
YouTube video by Soho Bites Podcast
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January 27, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Remembering Andre The Giant who died #onthisday in 1993. richardluck.substack.com/p/the-unself...
Andre, The Unselfish Giant
All hail the "Eighth Wonder Of The World"!
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January 27, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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Delighted to see that The Man Who Would Be King is airing on BBC Two on Saturday at 3.20pm, in part because it always me to trot out this FREE Substack post... richardluck.substack.com/p/when-me-an...
When Me And Billy Fish Watched The Man Who Would Be King
There's nothing like seeing a favourite film in the company of one of the stars.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Delighted to see that The Man Who Would Be King is airing on BBC Two on Saturday at 3.20pm, in part because it always me to trot out this FREE Substack post... richardluck.substack.com/p/when-me-an...
When Me And Billy Fish Watched The Man Who Would Be King
There's nothing like seeing a favourite film in the company of one of the stars.
richardluck.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Many happy returns, Scott Glenn.
January 26, 2026 at 4:41 PM
It's the furthest thing from easy viewing but it's quite something to find that Titicut Follies has been added to the
BFI's @primevideouk.bsky.social add-on channel. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...
Watch Titicut Follies | Prime Video
Frederick Wiseman's landmark debut film takes us inside a Massachusetts institution for the criminally insane, unflinchingly documenting the treatment and mistreatment of inmates. Often blurring the d...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The File Under 'Excess' series draws to a close with sportsman who 'excelled' off the field of play... richardluck.substack.com/p/file-under...
File Under 'Excess', Part Six
Good and bad at games.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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Next month's film is also a noir
Noose (1948) - the entrance of Bar Gorman
YouTube video by Paul Thompson
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January 25, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Remembering Steve Prefontaine who was born #onthisday in 1951.
January 25, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Today's Premium Substack post - here be hell-raisers! richardluck.substack.com/p/file-under...
File Under 'Excess', Part Five
Here be hell-raisers!
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January 25, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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New Premium Substack post - File Under 'Excess' has reached the sex 'n' drugs 'n' rock 'n' roll stage... richardluck.substack.com/p/file-under...
File Under 'Excess', Part Four
Sex 'n' drugs 'n' rock 'n' roll
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January 24, 2026 at 1:46 PM
New Premium Substack post - File Under 'Excess' has reached the sex 'n' drugs 'n' rock 'n' roll stage... richardluck.substack.com/p/file-under...
File Under 'Excess', Part Four
Sex 'n' drugs 'n' rock 'n' roll
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January 24, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The Magnificent Seven, BBC Two, 6.30pm.
January 24, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Some more FREE Delroy Lindo-related Substack material - part one of the interview that took a turn for the worst before mention of a mutual friend brought it back from the brink... #delroylindo #sinners #Oscars richardluck.substack.com/p/delroy-lin...
Delroy Lindo - The Interview, Part One
The star of Clockers, Get Shorty and Sinners on coming back to Blighty, learning to love cricket and refusing to be intimidated by Gene Hackman.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Some more FREE Delroy Lindo-related Substack material - part one of the interview that took a turn for the worst before mention of a mutual friend brought it back from the brink... #delroylindo #sinners #Oscars richardluck.substack.com/p/delroy-lin...
Delroy Lindo - The Interview, Part One
The star of Clockers, Get Shorty and Sinners on coming back to Blighty, learning to love cricket and refusing to be intimidated by Gene Hackman.
richardluck.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:53 PM