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Chris

@staggerlee42.bsky.social

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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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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 4d

My top 6 horrors (VERY loosely defined in my list as macabre and existential 🤣) that you might not have seen for Halloween:

A Page of Madness (26)
Wisconsin Death Trip (99)
The Turin Horse (2011)
Images (72)
The Cremator (69)
Knife + Heart (2018) #FilmSky

Rob T @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 4d

My top 6 horrors that you might not have seen for Halloween:

Variola Vera (82): Yugoslav pandemic nightmare
The Ear (69): Czech paranoia banger
Blood & Roses (60): Riff on Carmilla
Sauna (08): Finnish medievalism
Dark Waters (93): Italy, Lovecraftian nuns
Sole Survivor (83): Proto Final Destination

LesSmarberry @lessmarberry.bsky.social · 4d

My top 6 (shut up, it's my list) horrors that you might not have seen for Halloween:

Eye Of The Devil (1966)
I Saw The TV Glow (2024)
House of Mortal Sin (1976)
All You Need Is Death (2023)
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Taste Of Fear (1961)

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1m

Yeah, they sell out soooooo quick! Trish gets a newsletter and has a subscription 🤣😍

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2m

#stonecoldclassic

J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 3h

Amitabh Bachchan in "Sholay" - BOTD

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 11m

Quirky flavours, juicy prices (sadly) but they are good. Love to support small indies when I can

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 12m

They are a class act Sal! Pride of Northeast chocolatiers!!

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 24m

Great choice!!!!

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David Wheatley @nemoloris.bsky.social · 3h

Stills from Andrei Rublev on the bus.

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

Indeed!!

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

I like your style Sean. You should be a Life Coach to the stars… 🤣👍

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

Oh, definitely 🤣😍

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

I have Hamnet and The Mastermind booked. Look forward to your posts! Belfast Film Festival at the end of the month too 😍

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

Have you got any #LFF stuff booked?

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

I would be surprised if we weren’t 😍

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

Really? Film critics seem to worship it!!!

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

🤣🤣Who knows? Sometimes, it’s time and place and mood and (usually for me) tiredness! Another time, I might love L’Avventura! I am more full-throated in my love of Visconti/Pasolini/Rohrwacher and some Bellochio/Bertolucci/Fellini/Rossellini/Taviani Bros/Olmi.

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Louise @louiseann.bsky.social · 3h

I can only apologise for my shitness with abruptly ending the penultimate track. I'll take that to my death! Anyway, thank you all for listening. Tracklist for those nerds that want it #TSH

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

Ha! I am in the minority but I felt underwhelmed by both Blow Up and L’Avventura. Red Desert worked for me though. I must dive deeper…

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

Bought it but still to watch 🙏🙏

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brah @monolithbrah.bsky.social · 3h

um awesome Guy alert,

benicio wearing a montana hat and the cure disintegration tee

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

Totally - completely febrile, off-kilter and always looking like she is on the verge of something…

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

She did! It looks like the shackles were off in the late 60s/early to mid 70s.

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3h

Truthfully, I am not as keen as Jacqui but I do like Red Desert. I will continue to try though because so many of my pals on here and elsewhere adore his work

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 4h

It’s a contender alright!!!
Right alongside Big Thief, Joshua Burnside, Melin Melyn, Marie Davidson, Divorce, Nadia Reid, Self Esteem and Dilettante.
Probably more that I have forgotten! It has been a grand year imo 😍👍

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 4h

Highly recommended Lisa!

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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 5h

Christopher Tayler on Olga Tokarczuk

In the Fourth Person | Christopher Tayler

In 1896 the French writer Alfred Jarry gave a speech introducing his play Ubu Roi, a pioneering work of avant-garde provocation, at the Théâtre de l’Œuvre

buff.ly

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Kedwondo @kedwondo.bsky.social · 5h

Whatever you make of the politics it’s hard to ignore the craftsmanship & attention to detail of these bellends.

Definitely not racist zebra crossing graffiti

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