John Bleasdale
@www.johnbleasdale.com
The Magic Hours: the Life of Terrence Malick
Darkness Visible: the Cinema of Jonathan Glazer
Variety/Sight&Sound/The New World/Cinema Italia&Writers On Film podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/7LMnm5Gfb42qUV5qLdymMp?si=CC_zOz5ERTWFm_iij8ImAg
Darkness Visible: the Cinema of Jonathan Glazer
Variety/Sight&Sound/The New World/Cinema Italia&Writers On Film podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/7LMnm5Gfb42qUV5qLdymMp?si=CC_zOz5ERTWFm_iij8ImAg
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CONNERY – A Novel by John Bleasdale (PRE-ORDER – OUT 23 FEB 2026)
CONNERY – A Novel by John Bleasdale "The strangest thing about killing someone was how easy it was to forget I had done it. Of course, once I recalled it, I could relive it in intense granular detail....
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January 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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I know it’s not the most important thing but where the fuck did he get this “thank you for your attention to this matter” from. It sounds like a hissy snitty sign off from an office round robin about someone taking milk from the fridge and not putting it back.
January 23, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I know it’s not the most important thing but where the fuck did he get this “thank you for your attention to this matter” from. It sounds like a hissy snitty sign off from an office round robin about someone taking milk from the fridge and not putting it back.
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“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”
So, same as Canadians.
So, same as Canadians.
January 23, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”
So, same as Canadians.
So, same as Canadians.
You notice how no one ever says it’s bigotry gone mad!
January 23, 2026 at 3:58 PM
You notice how no one ever says it’s bigotry gone mad!
I love bubbles. Bubbles full of great people who don’t spew hate.
January 23, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I love bubbles. Bubbles full of great people who don’t spew hate.
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Absolutely spot on.
January 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Absolutely spot on.
Jimmy Chalk is a cop who plays by the book. Marina Cheese never met a rule she didn’t break. Together they are Jimmy & Marina!
What do you think?
What do you think?
a man in a white shirt is meditating in a lotus position with two other men .
ALT: a man in a white shirt is meditating in a lotus position with two other men .
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Jimmy Chalk is a cop who plays by the book. Marina Cheese never met a rule she didn’t break. Together they are Jimmy & Marina!
What do you think?
What do you think?
This is sick and it’s only the beginning.
White House comms teams digitally alters image of civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong to make it look like she was crying while arrested when in fact she was calm and composed (they also darkened her skin). She was arrested for 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:35 AM
This is sick and it’s only the beginning.
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🔥Hot off the press🔥
A new Condensed Histories #podcast about #Nuremburg and how the trials shaped the world right up to today.
Please subscribe, listen 🎧 and share 👍🏻
A new Condensed Histories #podcast about #Nuremburg and how the trials shaped the world right up to today.
Please subscribe, listen 🎧 and share 👍🏻
a black and white photo of two men sitting next to each other . one of the men is reading a book .
ALT: a black and white photo of two men sitting next to each other . one of the men is reading a book .
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:13 AM
🔥Hot off the press🔥
A new Condensed Histories #podcast about #Nuremburg and how the trials shaped the world right up to today.
Please subscribe, listen 🎧 and share 👍🏻
A new Condensed Histories #podcast about #Nuremburg and how the trials shaped the world right up to today.
Please subscribe, listen 🎧 and share 👍🏻
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I can’t believe Sinners has been snubbed by the Academy snub snub snubbity snub
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I can’t believe Sinners has been snubbed by the Academy snub snub snubbity snub
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I don't know why this didn't lock into place in my mind much earlier. Trump's goons are going to disrupt the 2026 elections.
ICE is going to help Trump try to steal the midterms and the 2028 election.
If Democrats fund ICE, they're contributing to the end of free and fair elections in America.
If a Democrat votes for ICE, they're pretty literally complicit with fascism.
If Democrats fund ICE, they're contributing to the end of free and fair elections in America.
If a Democrat votes for ICE, they're pretty literally complicit with fascism.
January 22, 2026 at 6:31 AM
I don't know why this didn't lock into place in my mind much earlier. Trump's goons are going to disrupt the 2026 elections.
I’m worried the old pendulum will swing back model of history forgets that if you’re dead or your life’s been ruined or you e been traumatized it kinda doesn’t ever swing back. If you’re a Native American or a European Jew in the 40s or a Gazan today likewise.
January 22, 2026 at 9:05 AM
I’m worried the old pendulum will swing back model of history forgets that if you’re dead or your life’s been ruined or you e been traumatized it kinda doesn’t ever swing back. If you’re a Native American or a European Jew in the 40s or a Gazan today likewise.
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New episode of Writers on Film
Laura Venning talks Greta Gerwig and her book for the Icons of cinema series #GretaGerwig #movies #cinema #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...
Laura Venning talks Greta Gerwig and her book for the Icons of cinema series #GretaGerwig #movies #cinema #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...
January 21, 2026 at 6:25 AM
New episode of Writers on Film
Laura Venning talks Greta Gerwig and her book for the Icons of cinema series #GretaGerwig #movies #cinema #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...
Laura Venning talks Greta Gerwig and her book for the Icons of cinema series #GretaGerwig #movies #cinema #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...
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“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
Simone Weil
Simone Weil
January 21, 2026 at 6:33 PM
“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
Simone Weil
Simone Weil
“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
Simone Weil
Simone Weil
January 21, 2026 at 6:33 PM
“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
Simone Weil
Simone Weil
The thing about Donald Trump is that he’s a rapist. That’s it. That’s everything.
January 21, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The thing about Donald Trump is that he’s a rapist. That’s it. That’s everything.
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10 years ago a studio exec after reading I script I had spent a year working on told me that my script was awful and I didn’t have a chance of making it in the film industry. Well, ten years later today I realized he was probably right. Shit I thought this story was going to be more inspiring.
January 21, 2026 at 7:45 AM
10 years ago a studio exec after reading I script I had spent a year working on told me that my script was awful and I didn’t have a chance of making it in the film industry. Well, ten years later today I realized he was probably right. Shit I thought this story was going to be more inspiring.
10 years ago a studio exec after reading I script I had spent a year working on told me that my script was awful and I didn’t have a chance of making it in the film industry. Well, ten years later today I realized he was probably right. Shit I thought this story was going to be more inspiring.
January 21, 2026 at 7:45 AM
10 years ago a studio exec after reading I script I had spent a year working on told me that my script was awful and I didn’t have a chance of making it in the film industry. Well, ten years later today I realized he was probably right. Shit I thought this story was going to be more inspiring.
New episode of Writers on Film
Laura Venning talks Greta Gerwig and her book for the Icons of cinema series #GretaGerwig #movies #cinema #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...
Laura Venning talks Greta Gerwig and her book for the Icons of cinema series #GretaGerwig #movies #cinema #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...
January 21, 2026 at 6:25 AM
New episode of Writers on Film
Laura Venning talks Greta Gerwig and her book for the Icons of cinema series #GretaGerwig #movies #cinema #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...
Laura Venning talks Greta Gerwig and her book for the Icons of cinema series #GretaGerwig #movies #cinema #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...