Ben Haley 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
@benhaley.bsky.social
Certified Sleep Addict. Enjoyer of Motion Pictures. Cat lover. Fuck the EBU. https://letterboxd.com/BenHaley/
just been iron lung 'd
January 30, 2026 at 11:34 PM
just been iron lung 'd
here it is, for all the marbles: final Oscar nominee predictions (1/2)
January 21, 2026 at 5:51 PM
here it is, for all the marbles: final Oscar nominee predictions (1/2)
current top 10 of the year, still got lots to catchup on but here it is for now.
December 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
current top 10 of the year, still got lots to catchup on but here it is for now.
FUCKTOYS: Instantly iconic, fun, sexy, chaotic, a killer soundtrack, some of the hottest people you've ever seen on celluoid, and a really cute baby goat. What more could you want! A perfect Prince Charles Cinema film. #LFF
October 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
FUCKTOYS: Instantly iconic, fun, sexy, chaotic, a killer soundtrack, some of the hottest people you've ever seen on celluoid, and a really cute baby goat. What more could you want! A perfect Prince Charles Cinema film. #LFF
LURKER: Starts off fine but gets better as its layers slowly get peeled off. Théodore Pellerin and Archie Madekwe are excellent, in fact everyone is so well cast and play their roles so well. Still wish it dug a little deeper into it's theme. The score is very overbearing. #LFF
October 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
LURKER: Starts off fine but gets better as its layers slowly get peeled off. Théodore Pellerin and Archie Madekwe are excellent, in fact everyone is so well cast and play their roles so well. Still wish it dug a little deeper into it's theme. The score is very overbearing. #LFF
BUGONIA: Holy shit that was so much dark than I was expecting. A great satire made even greater by Plemons and Stone's performances. They are on fucking fire here! 🔥🔥🔥 Jerskin Fendrix's bombastic score was another highlight. #LFF
October 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
BUGONIA: Holy shit that was so much dark than I was expecting. A great satire made even greater by Plemons and Stone's performances. They are on fucking fire here! 🔥🔥🔥 Jerskin Fendrix's bombastic score was another highlight. #LFF
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS: Palmason's love for his family, animals, nature, the Earth, machines, art, clearly shine through every frame here - like it is truly a beautiful and sincere film in every sense of the word. The magical surrealist elements are really awesome and playful. (1/2) #LFF
October 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS: Palmason's love for his family, animals, nature, the Earth, machines, art, clearly shine through every frame here - like it is truly a beautiful and sincere film in every sense of the word. The magical surrealist elements are really awesome and playful. (1/2) #LFF
BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER: Surprising, the first dud of the fest. Aside from it’s colourful cinematography, the film is just a boring "white man in asian" film, that admittedly does get better in it’s last act. (1/3) #LFF
October 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER: Surprising, the first dud of the fest. Aside from it’s colourful cinematography, the film is just a boring "white man in asian" film, that admittedly does get better in it’s last act. (1/3) #LFF
DJ AHMET: Really charming and occasionally funny coming-of-age film. You've seen this type of story before, but it does it splendidly. My audience loved it. Wished there was more music. The non-verbal kid was fucking awesome. Sheep! #LFF
October 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
DJ AHMET: Really charming and occasionally funny coming-of-age film. You've seen this type of story before, but it does it splendidly. My audience loved it. Wished there was more music. The non-verbal kid was fucking awesome. Sheep! #LFF
RESURRECTION: I mean what the fuck do you even say to that? Spellbinding, Capital-C Cinema. Make all your dreams into movies no matter what. #LFF
October 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
RESURRECTION: I mean what the fuck do you even say to that? Spellbinding, Capital-C Cinema. Make all your dreams into movies no matter what. #LFF
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: They just keep getting better! The same incredible twisty sharp script with a dash of horror, religion and politics. Steve Yedlin’s cinematography continues to be the beckon of how to shoot a film digitally. Glenn Close Oscar unironically. #LFF
October 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: They just keep getting better! The same incredible twisty sharp script with a dash of horror, religion and politics. Steve Yedlin’s cinematography continues to be the beckon of how to shoot a film digitally. Glenn Close Oscar unironically. #LFF
HUMAN RESOURCE: And to the surprise of absolutely no-one, Nawapol has done it again. He's defiantly cemented himself as one of my favourite filmmakers. #LFF
October 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
HUMAN RESOURCE: And to the surprise of absolutely no-one, Nawapol has done it again. He's defiantly cemented himself as one of my favourite filmmakers. #LFF
EXIT 8: Exceeded all of my expectations. A great example of a good adaptation; expanding the games premise, world, and doing something new with it, becoming a touching story of fatherhood. Claustrophobic, suffocating, engaging, scary and never repetitive. #LFF
October 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
EXIT 8: Exceeded all of my expectations. A great example of a good adaptation; expanding the games premise, world, and doing something new with it, becoming a touching story of fatherhood. Claustrophobic, suffocating, engaging, scary and never repetitive. #LFF
Loved the new fantastic four btw
September 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Loved the new fantastic four btw
Water Lilies
Perfect Blue
Songs from the Second Floor
Strangers on a Train
Perfect Blue
Songs from the Second Floor
Strangers on a Train
August 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Water Lilies
Perfect Blue
Songs from the Second Floor
Strangers on a Train
Perfect Blue
Songs from the Second Floor
Strangers on a Train
feel like I've reached the ghost rider 2 part of cinephilia
July 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
feel like I've reached the ghost rider 2 part of cinephilia
you guys ready for another shockingly bad Ben Haley hot take? Ballerina is the best John Wick, and the most fun I've had watching a movie in a minute.
July 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
you guys ready for another shockingly bad Ben Haley hot take? Ballerina is the best John Wick, and the most fun I've had watching a movie in a minute.
Superman! It's fun! Let's leave it at that!
July 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Superman! It's fun! Let's leave it at that!