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Mark Cousins

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Filmmaker/writer. The Story of Film/Dear Orson Welles/A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things/Women Make Film/I am Belfast/My Name is Alfred Hitchcock/The Story of Looking/Atomic/Stockholm My Love/Life May Be/Bigger than The Shining http://www.markcousins.org

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 18h

oh what's this

@jencalleja.bsky.social @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social @francescawade.bsky.social

Draught @draughtjournal.bsky.social · 20h

Draught is now live!
www.draughtjournal.com
Issue 1.1.1 with contributions by Glenn Adamson, Jen Calleja, Don Mee Choi, Mark Cousins, Daisy Lafarge, Mark Manders, Rosalind Nashashibi, Lisa Robertson, Christina Tudor-Sideri and Francesca Wade

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 3d

Am at the Portobello book festival today, talking - with others more eminent - about the great Scottish painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and her epic series of galcier pictures.
1.30pm, library downstairs.
She's so inspiring
portobellobookfestival.com/2025/09/05/t...

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Dogwoof @dogwoofdocs.bsky.social · 7d

To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re offering 25% off our Black History Month collection of DVDs/Blu-Rays on the Dogwoof Shop 💿 🛒

Use code BHM25 at checkout (valid until 31 Oct).
→ bit.ly/BHMDogwoofShop

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 6d

Great article
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0

If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 7d

So Jane Fonda relaunches The Committee for the First Ammendment, formed in 1947 to defend American against the House UnAmerican Activities Committee.
At 87 she's still a leading light.

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 7d

Bye bye Amsterdam

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 7d

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.
𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 your #NoKings protest gear 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗰𝘁.𝟱𝘁𝗵 to have it delivered on time.

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 8d

Today, Delft, the streets of Vermeer

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 9d

Today

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 12d

Amsterdam tomorrow, to the great Eye cinema museum.
Part of their big Tilda Swinton exhibition

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 14d

Each time I met Cardinale, I wore a kilt. She liked men in kilts.

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 14d

I loved Claudia Cardinale. She was dazzling, vivacious

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 16d

A day in Toho heaven

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 18d

Sheffield walk

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 18d

Morning pre-dawn Sheffield. Just a few lights in hotel opposite me.
Wish one was blinking, like in a film noir

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 19d

Heading to Sheffield. Delighted to be asked to speak at the Cinema For All 100 years celebration!
cinemaforall.org.uk

Cinema For All - Supporting Community Cinemas

cinemaforall.org.uk

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 20d

Behold the free speecher, who sacks anyone who dissents.
Bravo UK's Channel 4 TV which exposed hours of his lies last night.
This is not democracy; the media need to boldly show why

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 23d

So much to protest against at the moment, so many people polticised for perhaps the first time.
So I'll recommend a book by my friend Dr Lynne Jones, child psychiatrist, WHO and UNICEF consultant.
It's about her decades of non-violent activism.
I met her during the siege of Sarajevo.
Inspiring.

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 23d

The Cinematheque Francaise' beautiful new book on Orson Welles (in french only).
I've contributed a visual essay on his designs for Shakespeare films and plays - Chimes at Midnight, Macbeth, Othello etc
Honoured

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 24d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Robinson and Farage’s ‘civil war’ narrative is warping voters’ minds. How is any government supposed to counter it? | John Harris

Whatever the reality of Britain today, our social media feeds are full of anger, violence and disorder – and that’s the reality politicians must confront, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 26d

Packed, young audience at midday today in my local cinema for Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle.
One of most kinetic movies I've ever seen.
People who think cinema is dead or dying are often looking in the wrong places.
www.thehindu.com/entertainmen...

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 27d

Berlin today

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 27d

Bye bye Berlin

Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · Sep 6

Working in Berlin next week, a city I've loved since 1989, when the wall was still up, when Potsdamer Platz was still empty.
The city has changed faster than I have. I'm always chasing it.

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · Sep 1

Delighted Hetan

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 1

Proud to present our @britishacademy.bsky.social autumn season of public events on the theme of Living with the Planet.
From the future of food to a screening of @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social’s A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, it’s a great programme
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/seasons/livi...

Living with the planet season

Delve into some of today's most urgent challenges and explore the latest research around biodiversity loss, nature recovery, the future of food and environmental justice. Living with the Planet will e...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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