Chris
@staggerlee42.bsky.social
Love cinema, literature, music and art. Write occasionally about cinema. Married with two kids. Originally from Greater Manchester/Cheshire. Now based in Northern Ireland. Teacher of History and Politics. Degree, PGCE and MA Ed from University of Durham.
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Share a 90s movie that you believe needs more love…
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Share a 90s movie that you believe needs more love…
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Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love ...
(Brendan Gleeson and Jon Voight in John Boorman‘s The General, 1998)
(Brendan Gleeson and Jon Voight in John Boorman‘s The General, 1998)
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love ...
(Brendan Gleeson and Jon Voight in John Boorman‘s The General, 1998)
(Brendan Gleeson and Jon Voight in John Boorman‘s The General, 1998)
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RIP Jack Shepherd, seen here in a TV adaptation of Robert Aickman's delightful story "The Hospice"
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
RIP Jack Shepherd, seen here in a TV adaptation of Robert Aickman's delightful story "The Hospice"
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RIP, Jack Shepherd.
He attended Newcastle University Fine Art Dept, before going to drama school
He was a subtle and compelling actor who graced an extraordinary period of TV drama, as well as being a fine stage actor
He attended Newcastle University Fine Art Dept, before going to drama school
He was a subtle and compelling actor who graced an extraordinary period of TV drama, as well as being a fine stage actor
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
RIP, Jack Shepherd.
He attended Newcastle University Fine Art Dept, before going to drama school
He was a subtle and compelling actor who graced an extraordinary period of TV drama, as well as being a fine stage actor
He attended Newcastle University Fine Art Dept, before going to drama school
He was a subtle and compelling actor who graced an extraordinary period of TV drama, as well as being a fine stage actor
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Though it was never my intention to stay so long..
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Though it was never my intention to stay so long..
This a MUST NOT MISS programme guys. A brilliant example of British horror from the 70s and well worth watching.
This week! Friday 28th November at 10:10pm THE STONE TAPE (1972) with #MichaelBryant #JaneAsher #IanCuthbertson sci-fi-horror #TPTVsubtitles Part of #TheCellarClub hosted by #CarolineMunro
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This a MUST NOT MISS programme guys. A brilliant example of British horror from the 70s and well worth watching.
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Nigel Kneale klaxon! Legendary TV horror THE STONE TAPE (1972) is on @TalkingPicsTV on Friday! 'Kneale returned to the ghost story on several occasions in his career, but The Stone Tape stands as perhaps his finest single work in the genre' BFI www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/898626...
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nigel Kneale klaxon! Legendary TV horror THE STONE TAPE (1972) is on @TalkingPicsTV on Friday! 'Kneale returned to the ghost story on several occasions in his career, but The Stone Tape stands as perhaps his finest single work in the genre' BFI www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/898626...
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
‘In the end, you sprinkle the couple with black spots - underlying evil, the fragility of the flesh, inevitable decay. You’re always leaving your bad thoughts on the canvas, turning your horrors into paint - you just can’t help it.’
#BookSky💙📚
#BookSky💙📚
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
‘In the end, you sprinkle the couple with black spots - underlying evil, the fragility of the flesh, inevitable decay. You’re always leaving your bad thoughts on the canvas, turning your horrors into paint - you just can’t help it.’
#BookSky💙📚
#BookSky💙📚
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Flights
by Olga Tokarczuk
by Olga Tokarczuk
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Flights
by Olga Tokarczuk
by Olga Tokarczuk
Just received one of my most anticipated releases from @filmsradiance.bsky.social today…
The sheer quality and diversity of their output is rapidly making them my go-to Blu-ray label…
👏👏👏👏👏 #FilmSky
The sheer quality and diversity of their output is rapidly making them my go-to Blu-ray label…
👏👏👏👏👏 #FilmSky
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just received one of my most anticipated releases from @filmsradiance.bsky.social today…
The sheer quality and diversity of their output is rapidly making them my go-to Blu-ray label…
👏👏👏👏👏 #FilmSky
The sheer quality and diversity of their output is rapidly making them my go-to Blu-ray label…
👏👏👏👏👏 #FilmSky
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So a while back I was commissioned to do short bios of various rock stars, and they were just about universally total psychopaths, with the huge exception of Freddie Mercury. A lovely man who did good by his wife, his lovers, and his cats.
Today (24 November) marks the passing of Freddie Mercury, lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. He remains regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
So a while back I was commissioned to do short bios of various rock stars, and they were just about universally total psychopaths, with the huge exception of Freddie Mercury. A lovely man who did good by his wife, his lovers, and his cats.
Too many films to number off the top of my head but I have particular affection for his work with Guy Maddin. Pick any great weird movie and more often than not, Udo was in it. So charismatic as a screen presence and wonderfully off-kilter. RIP
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Too many films to number off the top of my head but I have particular affection for his work with Guy Maddin. Pick any great weird movie and more often than not, Udo was in it. So charismatic as a screen presence and wonderfully off-kilter. RIP
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My earliest memory of Dharmendra was seeing him in Sholay (1975) with my parents in Manchester in the late 70s. A very sad loss.
#DesiWatch
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#DesiWatch
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Friendship Special - Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge | Dharmendra | Amitabh | Sholay -HD Video | Hit Song
YouTube video by Shemaroo Filmi Gaane
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November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My earliest memory of Dharmendra was seeing him in Sholay (1975) with my parents in Manchester in the late 70s. A very sad loss.
#DesiWatch
youtu.be/qfCt1UZAXMQ?...
#DesiWatch
youtu.be/qfCt1UZAXMQ?...
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Of the last twelve authors who have won the Booker Prize, only two (Marlon James and Douglas Stuart) have published another novel since their win. Obviously very recent winners skew the stat, but still a surprising figure to me.
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
That difficult second Booker: the long-term impact of a win
In the week since its victory, 2025’s Booker winner David Szalay’s Flesh experienced a boost of 1,441% in week-on-week sales, according to NielsenIQ BookData.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Of the last twelve authors who have won the Booker Prize, only two (Marlon James and Douglas Stuart) have published another novel since their win. Obviously very recent winners skew the stat, but still a surprising figure to me.
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
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Andrei Tarkovsky with his father, the poet Arseny Tarkovsky, 1934.
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Andrei Tarkovsky with his father, the poet Arseny Tarkovsky, 1934.
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Train Dreams director Clint Bentley and star Joel Edgerton speak with Mitchell Beaupre about their film’s balance of the mythic and the intimate, Edgerton’s draw towards stoic, sensitive characters, and the people whose impact echoes within us. boxd.it/2Po
The New World: Clint Bentley and Joel Edgerton on balancing the mythic and the intimate in Train Dreams • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
Train Dreams director Clint Bentley and star Joel Edgerton speak with Mitchell Beaupre about their film’s balance of the mythic and the intimate, Edgerton’s draw towards stoic, sensitive characters, a...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Train Dreams director Clint Bentley and star Joel Edgerton speak with Mitchell Beaupre about their film’s balance of the mythic and the intimate, Edgerton’s draw towards stoic, sensitive characters, and the people whose impact echoes within us. boxd.it/2Po
Christmas gift planning when your mates have probably already bought everything good from the year just passed… 🤣😬😭
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Christmas gift planning when your mates have probably already bought everything good from the year just passed… 🤣😬😭
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Four Christmas movies to know me by...
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Shop Around the Corner
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Scrooge
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Shop Around the Corner
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Scrooge
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Four Christmas movies to know me by...
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Shop Around the Corner
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Scrooge
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Shop Around the Corner
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Scrooge