Martin
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For this inaugural edition of Silent Sundays, I am looking at the history of lost silent films and highlighting a handful of my favorite posters for films we’re probably never going to get watch ever again.
Favorite Posters From Lost Silent Films, Part One
It's All Forgotten Now: Silent Sundays
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January 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
For this inaugural edition of Silent Sundays, I am looking at the history of lost silent films and highlighting a handful of my favorite posters for films we’re probably never going to get watch ever again.
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For TIME I went long on the bumbling white men at the heart of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, EDDINGTON, and THE MASTERMIND.
How the White Savior Became This Year’s Cinematic Punchline
Several of this year's notable movies, including, One Battle After Another, Eddington, and The Mastermind humorously critique the political role of white men.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For TIME I went long on the bumbling white men at the heart of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, EDDINGTON, and THE MASTERMIND.
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This #Japanuary the #JapanFoundationLondon Touring Film Programme brings Japanese film and Japanese directors to 34 venues across the UK. Check out the list of venues at
www.jpf-film.org.uk and book soon!
www.jpf-film.org.uk and book soon!
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
This #Japanuary the #JapanFoundationLondon Touring Film Programme brings Japanese film and Japanese directors to 34 venues across the UK. Check out the list of venues at
www.jpf-film.org.uk and book soon!
www.jpf-film.org.uk and book soon!
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UK/US: Left at the altar and lost after a drunken bender, Michael is nursed back to health by grieving widow Sue in ROMANCING IN THIN AIR.
Although best known for action films, Johnnie To crafts a powerful meditation on grief and catharsis in this moving romantic melodrama.
Although best known for action films, Johnnie To crafts a powerful meditation on grief and catharsis in this moving romantic melodrama.
January 7, 2026 at 11:03 AM
UK/US: Left at the altar and lost after a drunken bender, Michael is nursed back to health by grieving widow Sue in ROMANCING IN THIN AIR.
Although best known for action films, Johnnie To crafts a powerful meditation on grief and catharsis in this moving romantic melodrama.
Although best known for action films, Johnnie To crafts a powerful meditation on grief and catharsis in this moving romantic melodrama.
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Ok so basically the main thing you need to understand about Gamera is that he’s a friend to all children
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Ok so basically the main thing you need to understand about Gamera is that he’s a friend to all children
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The book spam I'm getting has taken a strange turn
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The book spam I'm getting has taken a strange turn
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I talked about Frankenstein with the very wonderful @ellenejones.bsky.social for BBC's latest Screenshot podcast. Always a pleasure, not least because - as usual - they cleverly edited it so I sound more intelligent & articulate than I really am.
BBC Radio 4 - Screenshot, Frankenstein
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the enduring appeal of Frankenstein.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I talked about Frankenstein with the very wonderful @ellenejones.bsky.social for BBC's latest Screenshot podcast. Always a pleasure, not least because - as usual - they cleverly edited it so I sound more intelligent & articulate than I really am.
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As the colder weather is setting in I’m feeling the presence of Lilith once again and she’s asking to be drawn. My women of the wood, sister to her wolf siblings, Cassiopeia and Orion. I’m needing some witchy/etherial music to go along with my drawing process, recommendations??
November 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
As the colder weather is setting in I’m feeling the presence of Lilith once again and she’s asking to be drawn. My women of the wood, sister to her wolf siblings, Cassiopeia and Orion. I’m needing some witchy/etherial music to go along with my drawing process, recommendations??
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I hope everyone is celebrating Godzilla Day appropriately! 🏯🦖 #godzilladay
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I hope everyone is celebrating Godzilla Day appropriately! 🏯🦖 #godzilladay
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For Godzilla Day, I discussed 6 TV shows featuring the King of Monsters.
Read more at @bloody-disgusting.com
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Godzilla Day: Looking Back on 6 TV Shows Featuring the King of Monsters
Calling Godzilla the world’s biggest movie star would seem strange, but it’s also not a baseless statement. Almost everyone these days recognizes this pop culture icon. Why wouldn’t they? For over sev...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
For Godzilla Day, I discussed 6 TV shows featuring the King of Monsters.
Read more at @bloody-disgusting.com
Read more at @bloody-disgusting.com
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East Asian films at #BFI’s Too Much: Melodrama on Film season - At BFI Southbank and across the country, plenty of classics to be seen - including the 4K restoration of THE ARCH!
www.easternkicks.com/news/east-as...
www.easternkicks.com/news/east-as...
News: East Asian films at BFI’s Too Much: Melodrama on Film season | easternkicks.com
At BFI Southbank and across the country, plenty of classics to be seen… Through November and December, the BFI embarks on a celebration of melodrama with classics from the silent era right up to date....
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October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
East Asian films at #BFI’s Too Much: Melodrama on Film season - At BFI Southbank and across the country, plenty of classics to be seen - including the 4K restoration of THE ARCH!
www.easternkicks.com/news/east-as...
www.easternkicks.com/news/east-as...
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If you're a bit of an aspect ratio geek, or if you simply want to see your classic films in the AR they were originally seen in, this site by Bob Furmanek is essential. The section on British film is particularly myth busting: 3dfilmarchive - Widescreen Documentation share.google/VX5obQHBml1h...
3dfilmarchive - Widescreen Documentation
"I’m appreciative as it’s a great help in solving the mysteries in our vault."
Ned Price/Warner Bros. - Vice President of Mastering - June 6, 2013
"What Theakston and Furmanek have done is separate tr...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
If you're a bit of an aspect ratio geek, or if you simply want to see your classic films in the AR they were originally seen in, this site by Bob Furmanek is essential. The section on British film is particularly myth busting: 3dfilmarchive - Widescreen Documentation share.google/VX5obQHBml1h...
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The London Korean Film Festival is coming, 5-18 November, opening with Kim Jong-kwan's extraordinary FROSTED WINDOW, and including seven films that I programmed for the Cinema Now strand. www.koreanfilm.co.uk/london-korea...
London Korean Film Festival 2025 - London Korean Film Festival
The 20th London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) returns from 5–18 November 2025, featuring Cinema Now, Women’s Voices, a Special Screening, and Dramas of Resistance: The 80th Anniversary of Liberation, a ...
www.koreanfilm.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The London Korean Film Festival is coming, 5-18 November, opening with Kim Jong-kwan's extraordinary FROSTED WINDOW, and including seven films that I programmed for the Cinema Now strand. www.koreanfilm.co.uk/london-korea...
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for the late night crowd
For @letterboxd.social I wrote a starter pack of films directed by women to watch this #Noirvember!
Films Fatale: a starter pack of twenty noir features directed by women • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
Noirvember founder Marya E. Gates rings in the month of moral ambiguities and mysteries with a starter pack of twenty women-directed noir features—cigarettes and stilettos not included.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
for the late night crowd
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PSA for #FilmSky people!
The BFI has made some of its #LFF ‘in conversation’ events available to view for free.
Here’s a link to the discussion with Lynne Ramsay:
player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
The BFI has made some of its #LFF ‘in conversation’ events available to view for free.
Here’s a link to the discussion with Lynne Ramsay:
player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
Watch Lynne Ramsay Screen Talk | BFI London Film Festival 2025 - BFI Player
Lynne Ramsay discusses her singular career populated by visually intoxicating, ground-breaking and provocative films.
player.bfi.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
PSA for #FilmSky people!
The BFI has made some of its #LFF ‘in conversation’ events available to view for free.
Here’s a link to the discussion with Lynne Ramsay:
player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
The BFI has made some of its #LFF ‘in conversation’ events available to view for free.
Here’s a link to the discussion with Lynne Ramsay:
player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
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i hate how people and even literature sometimes reduces the concept of an unreliable narrator to 'the book lying to you', not 'you are viewing the world through the eyes of someone who does not see an absolute truth'
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
i hate how people and even literature sometimes reduces the concept of an unreliable narrator to 'the book lying to you', not 'you are viewing the world through the eyes of someone who does not see an absolute truth'
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Eat or be eaten- 2025
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Eat or be eaten- 2025
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RIP Benz Hui Shiu-hung =(
October 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
RIP Benz Hui Shiu-hung =(
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Hard times spreading just like the flu / Watch out homeboy don’t let it catch you
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hard times spreading just like the flu / Watch out homeboy don’t let it catch you
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We’ve updated the Best Korean Movies list over at Time Out. Just in time for the new Park Chan-wook and a host of great Korean movies at London Korean Film Festival! www.timeout.com/film/the-gre...
The 42 greatest Korean movies of all time
Loved Parasite and Squid Game? Dig deeper into Hallyuwood’s awesome back catalogue
www.timeout.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We’ve updated the Best Korean Movies list over at Time Out. Just in time for the new Park Chan-wook and a host of great Korean movies at London Korean Film Festival! www.timeout.com/film/the-gre...
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