A P Clarke
@apclarke.bsky.social
London. I make The Lost Cat Podcast, I make music, I make movies, I post a lot of nerdy shit about these sorts of things.
All typos are to prove I am not AI. thank you.
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All typos are to prove I am not AI. thank you.
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I had never seen 'It's A Wonderful Life'. I watched 'It's A Wonderful Life' on Christmas Day. O no! I didn't really like it!
Warning: Grinchiness:
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Warning: Grinchiness:
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A review of It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Spoilers, contains some Grinching over this Christmas classic, so do please avoid if you still contain joy. Oh? You're on Letterboxd? Right: continue! Unfortunately, at the end, when he's running thro...
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December 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I had never seen 'It's A Wonderful Life'. I watched 'It's A Wonderful Life' on Christmas Day. O no! I didn't really like it!
Warning: Grinchiness:
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Warning: Grinchiness:
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Watching Frieren and deeply enjoying it for the humane melancholy beneath the cozy exterior, then the theme song changes and it is BUTTS AND BOOBS (and humane melancholy beneath a cozy exterior).
I'm not complaining, but the change is hilarious.
I'm not complaining, but the change is hilarious.
December 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Watching Frieren and deeply enjoying it for the humane melancholy beneath the cozy exterior, then the theme song changes and it is BUTTS AND BOOBS (and humane melancholy beneath a cozy exterior).
I'm not complaining, but the change is hilarious.
I'm not complaining, but the change is hilarious.
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The next day, my friend @apclarke.bsky.social sends me a link to a song he’s recorded about my Florida experience.
I’ve laughed and cried at the same time before, but never both quite as hard as when I listened to the Tom Waits Christmas song Andrew made for me. soundcloud.com/a-p-clarke/c...
I’ve laughed and cried at the same time before, but never both quite as hard as when I listened to the Tom Waits Christmas song Andrew made for me. soundcloud.com/a-p-clarke/c...
Christmas In Florida
This is a song based on what really happened to a friend this Christmas Eve.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The next day, my friend @apclarke.bsky.social sends me a link to a song he’s recorded about my Florida experience.
I’ve laughed and cried at the same time before, but never both quite as hard as when I listened to the Tom Waits Christmas song Andrew made for me. soundcloud.com/a-p-clarke/c...
I’ve laughed and cried at the same time before, but never both quite as hard as when I listened to the Tom Waits Christmas song Andrew made for me. soundcloud.com/a-p-clarke/c...
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A Christmas story for you. It's sad, and funny, and it ends with a song. I’ve told it before but maybe it’s new to you.
December 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A Christmas story for you. It's sad, and funny, and it ends with a song. I’ve told it before but maybe it’s new to you.
I have strong opinions that all the different salads are all the same salad but just slightly different things at slightly different sizes and saying they are different is somehow racist.
There are maybe 3 salads - green salads, creamy salads and what's in the fridge.
I offer no justification.
There are maybe 3 salads - green salads, creamy salads and what's in the fridge.
I offer no justification.
December 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I have strong opinions that all the different salads are all the same salad but just slightly different things at slightly different sizes and saying they are different is somehow racist.
There are maybe 3 salads - green salads, creamy salads and what's in the fridge.
I offer no justification.
There are maybe 3 salads - green salads, creamy salads and what's in the fridge.
I offer no justification.
'The Middle Bit' is such a bast. I do not know what is in this book, but it clearly zeroes in on the most important part. 'The Middle Bit' is the bane of joy!
Released to the world January 2026, the latest from my friends and former #screenwriting colleagues at Regent's University, Phil Hughes and Ted Wilkes. Highly recommended @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
'The Middle Bit' is such a bast. I do not know what is in this book, but it clearly zeroes in on the most important part. 'The Middle Bit' is the bane of joy!
Funny, I do not remember a 60s Bond girl called Ellany.
She must be in the second half of Thunderball.
She must be in the second half of Thunderball.
If you’re new here:
Friday: Sincerity
Saturday: Hating
Sunday: Bond miscellany
Friday: Sincerity
Saturday: Hating
Sunday: Bond miscellany
A bonus to me writing something sincere/earnest that resonates w folks is it makes the people who hate me extra mad
December 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Funny, I do not remember a 60s Bond girl called Ellany.
She must be in the second half of Thunderball.
She must be in the second half of Thunderball.
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One of the biggest mistakes of my generation was putting indie cinema, comedians, and funnybooks on pedestals in general, so that d-tier hackwork felt entitled to the same reverence that the rare transcendent works deserved.
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
One of the biggest mistakes of my generation was putting indie cinema, comedians, and funnybooks on pedestals in general, so that d-tier hackwork felt entitled to the same reverence that the rare transcendent works deserved.
Go back to the business model of buying a cinema ticket for a whole day, and getting a rolling program of shorts, newsreels, b-movies and features. Stay or leave how you like.
Cut the price in half.
Cut the price in half.
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Go back to the business model of buying a cinema ticket for a whole day, and getting a rolling program of shorts, newsreels, b-movies and features. Stay or leave how you like.
Cut the price in half.
Cut the price in half.
This is a great thread but just to say: if it was my call, this film would end with Bond finally bedding Moneypenny, but with him ironically having trouble 'keeping up performance', and her saying 'Oh James, this is no time to die!'. Credits.
If I had my call.
If I had my call.
The property has been having a conversation with mortality since the beginning, and if it were my call, this would have been a huge talking point in the press for NO TIME TO DIE.
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a great thread but just to say: if it was my call, this film would end with Bond finally bedding Moneypenny, but with him ironically having trouble 'keeping up performance', and her saying 'Oh James, this is no time to die!'. Credits.
If I had my call.
If I had my call.
I think the Pluribus lady is a bad person who doesn’t realise she is.
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I think the Pluribus lady is a bad person who doesn’t realise she is.
I keep looking for the people using AI as a tool for expression - as this is the actual path to the future of art - after the hype and the bubbles and the righteous indignation have gone.
This is closest so far:
artreview.com/what-is-post...
This is closest so far:
artreview.com/what-is-post...
What Is Post-AI Art?
Avery Singer, Simon Denny, Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst and Jon Rafman discuss – with the help of a generated AI – what the future holds
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November 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I keep looking for the people using AI as a tool for expression - as this is the actual path to the future of art - after the hype and the bubbles and the righteous indignation have gone.
This is closest so far:
artreview.com/what-is-post...
This is closest so far:
artreview.com/what-is-post...
Wow, Jimmy is boooorrreeeeeddd of Avatar :)
Pop sensation Billy Eilish has revealed that Avatar and Piranha 2 director James Cameron is co-directing her concert movie.
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James Cameron has taken a break from Avatar to co-direct a Billie Eilish concert film
Pop sensation Billy Eilish has revealed that Avatar and Piranha 2 director James Cameron is co-directing her concert movie.
filmstories.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Wow, Jimmy is boooorrreeeeeddd of Avatar :)
"God is dead, and no one cares
If there is a hell, I'll see you there"
If there is a hell, I'll see you there"
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"God is dead, and no one cares
If there is a hell, I'll see you there"
If there is a hell, I'll see you there"
The very absolutely best bit of Star Wars is when ESB cuts back to the Falcon as it is desperately flying through the asteroid belt to avoid the Imperials.
There's no plan, no complexity, no strategic goal, no macguffin, just deep, in media res, ADVENTURE. All the plates spinning, at once. Yeah!
There's no plan, no complexity, no strategic goal, no macguffin, just deep, in media res, ADVENTURE. All the plates spinning, at once. Yeah!
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The very absolutely best bit of Star Wars is when ESB cuts back to the Falcon as it is desperately flying through the asteroid belt to avoid the Imperials.
There's no plan, no complexity, no strategic goal, no macguffin, just deep, in media res, ADVENTURE. All the plates spinning, at once. Yeah!
There's no plan, no complexity, no strategic goal, no macguffin, just deep, in media res, ADVENTURE. All the plates spinning, at once. Yeah!
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IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU (2025) | D: Mary Bronstein #OnePerfectShot
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU (2025) | D: Mary Bronstein #OnePerfectShot
After nearly 30 years of happily not thinking about The Ben Folds Five, I have had The Battle Of Who Could Care Less in my head for a full week now.
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Ben Folds Five - Battle Of Who Could Care Less (Official Video)
YouTube video by BenFoldsFiveVEVO
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November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
After nearly 30 years of happily not thinking about The Ben Folds Five, I have had The Battle Of Who Could Care Less in my head for a full week now.
youtu.be/0Y1wm7CFRCQ?...
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Letterboxd etiquette is getting me this morning: the balance between only liking reviews that specifically give me something new, liking all the ones by yer mates just coz, and just generally liking any review that's kinda nice.
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Letterboxd etiquette is getting me this morning: the balance between only liking reviews that specifically give me something new, liking all the ones by yer mates just coz, and just generally liking any review that's kinda nice.
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People getting rabid over movies & filmmakers failing their purity tests and I dunno man. It’s movies, not global politics. If Eric Trump decided he wanted to direct action movies I bet I would watch that shit religiously. Movie stars are knuckleheads. Studios are evil. Find your heroes elsewhere.
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
People getting rabid over movies & filmmakers failing their purity tests and I dunno man. It’s movies, not global politics. If Eric Trump decided he wanted to direct action movies I bet I would watch that shit religiously. Movie stars are knuckleheads. Studios are evil. Find your heroes elsewhere.
I went long on STARFISH, a movie I did not like, but contains many valuable lessons:
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A review of Starfish (2018)
So: no. Absolutely not. But still... It is extremely easy to rag on all the Please-God-Never-Do-This film making going on and, as I watched the whole damn thing, holy hell I am totally going to do thi...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I went long on STARFISH, a movie I did not like, but contains many valuable lessons:
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On the anniversary of his passing, here's a song I wrote in the month before his death:
'Learning Leonard Cohen Songs':
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'Learning Leonard Cohen Songs':
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Learning Leonard Cohen Songs
I was learning Leonard Cohen songs, just in case. Then I got distracted and wrote a song called 'Learning Leonard Cohen Songs'. Here it is.
Every horror comes true, and no-one will be spared
I'm prag
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November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
On the anniversary of his passing, here's a song I wrote in the month before his death:
'Learning Leonard Cohen Songs':
soundcloud.com/a-p-clarke/l...
'Learning Leonard Cohen Songs':
soundcloud.com/a-p-clarke/l...
I am increasingly against the feature-length movie - a stubborn hangover from a cinema culture of 100 years ago - with its looping programme of shorts, newsreels, B Movies and Featured Movies. Let it go.
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I am increasingly against the feature-length movie - a stubborn hangover from a cinema culture of 100 years ago - with its looping programme of shorts, newsreels, B Movies and Featured Movies. Let it go.