Mike McCahill
@mikemccahill.bsky.social
Film and TV journalist for the Guardian, Telegraph and Little White Lies. A child of Richard Marx and Rola Cola.
Pinned
Faith, love and war. On WAKE UP DEAD MAN [below], NUREMBERG, KEEPER, DIL SE... and RAVANAPRABHU, plus an Udo Kier obit and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2j8jvurk
On Ronan Day-Lewis's ANEMONE, now showing: tinyurl.com/54a3tdm8
Into the weeds: "Anemone"
The headline story with Anemone is that Daniel Day-Lewis has been coaxed back into the limelight, albeit by someone close to home: his own ...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
On Ronan Day-Lewis's ANEMONE, now showing: tinyurl.com/54a3tdm8
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Faith, love and war. On WAKE UP DEAD MAN [below], NUREMBERG, KEEPER, DIL SE... and RAVANAPRABHU, plus an Udo Kier obit and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2j8jvurk
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Faith, love and war. On WAKE UP DEAD MAN [below], NUREMBERG, KEEPER, DIL SE... and RAVANAPRABHU, plus an Udo Kier obit and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2j8jvurk
Defying gravily.
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Defying gravily.
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
Faith, love and war. On WAKE UP DEAD MAN [below], NUREMBERG, KEEPER, DIL SE... and RAVANAPRABHU, plus an Udo Kier obit and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2j8jvurk
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Faith, love and war. On WAKE UP DEAD MAN [below], NUREMBERG, KEEPER, DIL SE... and RAVANAPRABHU, plus an Udo Kier obit and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2j8jvurk
Re: last night's #TOTP debate about the lyrics of Alanis Morissette's "Thank U". They get a lot more fun if you replace "how 'bout" with "why not" and imagine them as a New Age-ification of this old FIST OF FUN riff.
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Re: last night's #TOTP debate about the lyrics of Alanis Morissette's "Thank U". They get a lot more fun if you replace "how 'bout" with "why not" and imagine them as a New Age-ification of this old FIST OF FUN riff.
Last night I learnt we have the first fully original Sam Raimi film in seventeen years to look forward to in 2026 - *and* it looks pretty good, too: youtu.be/R4wiXj9NmEE?...
Send Help | Official Trailer | In Theaters Jan 30
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November 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Last night I learnt we have the first fully original Sam Raimi film in seventeen years to look forward to in 2026 - *and* it looks pretty good, too: youtu.be/R4wiXj9NmEE?...
My Telegraph obit of Udo Kier, who died earlier this week:
www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
Udo Kier, cult actor who brought bug-eyed madness to B-movies and arthouse hits
His breakthrough came in Andy Warhol’s 3D-enhanced Flesh for Frankenstein and as a prissy vampire in Blood for Dracula
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November 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My Telegraph obit of Udo Kier, who died earlier this week:
www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
On this week's UK chart - new tracks from Charli XCX, Lewis Capaldi and Tyla. Plus Keith David's first Top 30 hit: open.substack.com/pub/theeartr...
Week 47: November 21-27, 2025
Sitting in pop's waiting room. Thank heavens for Macca
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November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
On this week's UK chart - new tracks from Charli XCX, Lewis Capaldi and Tyla. Plus Keith David's first Top 30 hit: open.substack.com/pub/theeartr...
On James Vanderbilt's NUREMBERG, now showing: tinyurl.com/5ddx4hay
Germany in autumn: "Nuremberg"
As far as this awards season goes - and in as much as Nuremberg can be considered an awards-season contender - this is as trad as it gets. ...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
On James Vanderbilt's NUREMBERG, now showing: tinyurl.com/5ddx4hay
All those (admittedly lovely) articles about Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen appearing together on MAN ON THE INSIDE S2 (Netflix) are burying the lede: David Strathairn's in it, too. (*And* Schmidt from NEW GIRL.)
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
All those (admittedly lovely) articles about Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen appearing together on MAN ON THE INSIDE S2 (Netflix) are burying the lede: David Strathairn's in it, too. (*And* Schmidt from NEW GIRL.)
More AIR BUD news: youtu.be/dm5IwjiGT80?...
Air Bud Pt. III: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
More AIR BUD news: youtu.be/dm5IwjiGT80?...
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100% hit rate RIP king
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
100% hit rate RIP king
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War stories. On SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE [below] and THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS, plus obituaries for Tatsuya Nakadai and Henry Jaglom, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
War stories. On SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE [below] and THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS, plus obituaries for Tatsuya Nakadai and Henry Jaglom, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
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Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
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Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 21.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
A prostitute in Rome hunts for love, but struggles to find it. Oscar winner from Federico Fellini. Italian with subtitles.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 21.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 21.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
New on last week's UK chart - tracks from Rosalía, Katy Perry and Florence + The Machine. Plus: the strange tale of the song kicked out of the charts like a ruffian from a club.
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Week 46: November 14-20, 2025
Pearls, troublemakers, Bandaids and protest songs
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November 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New on last week's UK chart - tracks from Rosalía, Katy Perry and Florence + The Machine. Plus: the strange tale of the song kicked out of the charts like a ruffian from a club.
theeartrumpet.substack.com/p/week-46-no...
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War stories. On SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE [below] and THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS, plus obituaries for Tatsuya Nakadai and Henry Jaglom, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
War stories. On SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE [below] and THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS, plus obituaries for Tatsuya Nakadai and Henry Jaglom, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
For those of us who semi-enjoyed 2000's leaden Ashley Judd thriller DOUBLE JEOPARDY because the villain went by the name "Nicholas Parsons", the new Netflix series THE BEAST IN ME offers similar rewards.
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For those of us who semi-enjoyed 2000's leaden Ashley Judd thriller DOUBLE JEOPARDY because the villain went by the name "Nicholas Parsons", the new Netflix series THE BEAST IN ME offers similar rewards.
New to Netflix, and - given today's news - I'll merely add it's also one of very few recent films that have tried to articulate, process and wrestle with the myriad everyday tragedies of the Covid era.
On this week's other must-see, Neeraj Ghaywan's HOMEBOUND (which could itself have been called ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER): tinyurl.com/3h39js4f
The expendables: "Homebound"
India's submission for Academy Award consideration this year, Homebound , is an unusual one: inspired by a New York Times article and exec...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
New to Netflix, and - given today's news - I'll merely add it's also one of very few recent films that have tried to articulate, process and wrestle with the myriad everyday tragedies of the Covid era.
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For my fellow @ofcs.bsky.social members (and anyone else who wants to watch a great movie), India's Oscar submission HOMEBOUND is now on Netflix: www.netflix.com/title/82109253
Watch Homebound | Netflix
Chandan and Shoaib leave home to apply for police jobs seeking stability and status, but over time, their future and friendship grow uncertain.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
For my fellow @ofcs.bsky.social members (and anyone else who wants to watch a great movie), India's Oscar submission HOMEBOUND is now on Netflix: www.netflix.com/title/82109253
My Telegraph obit of the director Henry Jaglom, who died in September: www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
Henry Jaglom, maverick director best known for the Dennis Hopper Vietnam-vet film Tracks
Tracks was shot without permits on the Amtrak network, a process that saw director and star being sporadically ejected mid-shoot
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November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My Telegraph obit of the director Henry Jaglom, who died in September: www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...