James Harvey
@orharveyworking.bsky.social
Writer? Contributing Editor for Film Stories Magazine. Words in/on The Guardian, Total Film, BBC5Live, Great Big Story, WhyNow, GameRant. NCTJ Gold Standard. Scripts in a drawer. He/him.
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Good to see Netflix shoving The Holdovers down my throat any chance it gets. This is the only media I will consume between now and Christmas, how could you tell?
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Good to see Netflix shoving The Holdovers down my throat any chance it gets. This is the only media I will consume between now and Christmas, how could you tell?
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It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Breaking news - November 1963
BBC History recalls one of the first truly global news stories of the modern multi-media age
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November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Great and surprisingly un-depressing stuff here on why the internet’s gone tits-up, and how we can undo it.
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open.spotify.com/episode/5RuU...
Digital Futures and Information Crises
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November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Great and surprisingly un-depressing stuff here on why the internet’s gone tits-up, and how we can undo it.
open.spotify.com/episode/5RuU...
open.spotify.com/episode/5RuU...
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
Wicked For Good is a faithful adaptation of act 2 of Wicked (derogatory).
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Wicked For Good is a faithful adaptation of act 2 of Wicked (derogatory).
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Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
The story of hot tea and unconsummated love hails from a very different era – and was far from easy to make. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivory to Greta Gerwig
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November 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
For The Guardian (!) I wrote about Brief Encounter ahead of its 80th anniversary. I am chuffed. This has chuffed me.
Huge thanks to Catherine Shoard for the commission!
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Huge thanks to Catherine Shoard for the commission!
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance
The story of hot tea and unconsummated love hails from a very different era – and was far from easy to make. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivo...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
For The Guardian (!) I wrote about Brief Encounter ahead of its 80th anniversary. I am chuffed. This has chuffed me.
Huge thanks to Catherine Shoard for the commission!
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Huge thanks to Catherine Shoard for the commission!
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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Happy Halloween! Film Quiz Friday has risen from the grave for a one-off helping of spooky horror-themed questions. Who will survive? What will be left of them? Not questions you'll get here, but send us your scores out of 31 when you're done! (laughs in Vincent Price...)
Film Quiz Friday's Revenge | 31 horror movie quiz questions for Halloween
Like some sort of Friday Krueger, the film quiz is back for one more scare – here are 31 spooky movie-related questions for Halloween…
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October 31, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Happy Halloween! Film Quiz Friday has risen from the grave for a one-off helping of spooky horror-themed questions. Who will survive? What will be left of them? Not questions you'll get here, but send us your scores out of 31 when you're done! (laughs in Vincent Price...)
I suspect this is the first podcast on In Which We Serve to bring up Russell Crowe, Master and Commander and The Wager, but I’m happy to be proven wrong. I’m nothing if not predictable (available wherever you get your podcasts!)
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In Which We Serve: Coward's Second World War
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October 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I suspect this is the first podcast on In Which We Serve to bring up Russell Crowe, Master and Commander and The Wager, but I’m happy to be proven wrong. I’m nothing if not predictable (available wherever you get your podcasts!)
spotify.link/hINMKR1JIXb
spotify.link/hINMKR1JIXb
Derek Cianfrance's Roofman is the family Christmas hit you didn't know October needed. Review for Film Stories:
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Roofman review | You'll believe a man can hide (in a Toys "R" US)
Channing Tatum goes on a McDonalds robbing spree and hides in a Toys “R” Us in Derek Cianfrance’s sweet holiday crime comedy. Here’s our Roofman review.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Derek Cianfrance's Roofman is the family Christmas hit you didn't know October needed. Review for Film Stories:
filmstories.co.uk/reviews/roof...
filmstories.co.uk/reviews/roof...
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A bit by me on AI 'actor' Tilly Norwood: we can still fight back against this creepy nonsense.
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Tilly Norwood | We can still fight back against the rise of creepy AI actors
AI 'actor' Tilly Norwood is said to already have a talent agent. The public response suggests audiences aren’t yet ready to embrace the tech.
filmstories.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A bit by me on AI 'actor' Tilly Norwood: we can still fight back against this creepy nonsense.
filmstories.co.uk/news/tilly-n...
filmstories.co.uk/news/tilly-n...
Why does the new Mandalorian and Grogu trailer have the energy of a noughties sponsored McDonald’s advert?
September 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Why does the new Mandalorian and Grogu trailer have the energy of a noughties sponsored McDonald’s advert?
Really sweaty now, realising Chicken Run wasn’t in the Sight and Sound top 100. Yes I know I’m late. I’m also right to be concerned.
September 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Really sweaty now, realising Chicken Run wasn’t in the Sight and Sound top 100. Yes I know I’m late. I’m also right to be concerned.
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#TheLongWalk is the biggest surprise of the year. This was so much more intense and emotional than I was expecting and I am DYING to watch it again.
More thoughts 👇
More thoughts 👇
Director Francis Lawrence brings us the year’s third Stephen King adaptation, and it's a good 'un. Here’s our #TheLongWalk review:
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The Long Walk review | Now here's a surprise
Francis Lawrence brings us the year’s third Stephen King adaptation, and it's a good 'un. Here’s our The Long Walk review.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#TheLongWalk is the biggest surprise of the year. This was so much more intense and emotional than I was expecting and I am DYING to watch it again.
More thoughts 👇
More thoughts 👇
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
For Friday’s Film Stories newsletter, I wondered if the post-pandemic “eat the rich” trend has run its course:
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Have we passed peak 'eat the rich'?
Knives Out, Triangle Of Sadness, The White Lotus – has the ‘eat the rich’ genre burnt out too soon?
filmstories.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
For Friday’s Film Stories newsletter, I wondered if the post-pandemic “eat the rich” trend has run its course:
filmstories.co.uk/newsletters/...
filmstories.co.uk/newsletters/...
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Me and @orharveyworking.bsky.social chatted all about #WeaponsMovie and apparently also about breastfeeding and getting killed by Pennywise 🤔
Anyways, go watch it! youtu.be/DpIFOMifhD0?...
Anyways, go watch it! youtu.be/DpIFOMifhD0?...
WEAPONS (2025) - huge spoiler chat, including THAT ending...!
YouTube video by Film Stories
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August 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Me and @orharveyworking.bsky.social chatted all about #WeaponsMovie and apparently also about breastfeeding and getting killed by Pennywise 🤔
Anyways, go watch it! youtu.be/DpIFOMifhD0?...
Anyways, go watch it! youtu.be/DpIFOMifhD0?...
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Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
August 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
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Every word of this, from @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
In Defense of the Traditional Review
Far from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future.
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July 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Every word of this, from @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Once again, we've handed our front cover over to lots of indie movies. Indies HAVE to support indies in the current climate. We're an indie, and we're proud to do our bit.
Please help spread the word. Issues for sale here > store.filmstories.co.uk/products/fil...
Please help spread the word. Issues for sale here > store.filmstories.co.uk/products/fil...
July 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Once again, we've handed our front cover over to lots of indie movies. Indies HAVE to support indies in the current climate. We're an indie, and we're proud to do our bit.
Please help spread the word. Issues for sale here > store.filmstories.co.uk/products/fil...
Please help spread the word. Issues for sale here > store.filmstories.co.uk/products/fil...
The first ep of my hip new podcast is out now, combining my great loves: history, theatre, and 20th century newspapers going absolutely insane. Available on Spotify!
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The Vortex: Cocaine and Controversy
Home Chat: The Noël Coward Podcast · Episode
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June 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The first ep of my hip new podcast is out now, combining my great loves: history, theatre, and 20th century newspapers going absolutely insane. Available on Spotify!
open.spotify.com/episode/2yfJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/2yfJ...
On the weird obsession with taking TV-shows-based-on-films back into cinemas...
@filmstories.bsky.social
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@filmstories.bsky.social
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The film-TV-film pipeline isn't working
With Karate Kid: Legends struggling at the box office and a Jack Ryan flick on the way, can the film-to-TV pipeline ever reverse course?
filmstories.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
On the weird obsession with taking TV-shows-based-on-films back into cinemas...
@filmstories.bsky.social
filmstories.co.uk/features/the...
@filmstories.bsky.social
filmstories.co.uk/features/the...
Oh Oscar, someone’s been listening to the Dan Stevens Frankenstein audiobook.
The teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ has been released.
Coming to Netflix this November.
Coming to Netflix this November.
June 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Oh Oscar, someone’s been listening to the Dan Stevens Frankenstein audiobook.
The Ballad of Wallis Island is so much my jam* I might start selling it at a farmer's market. Review for @filmstories.bsky.social
*This ref doesn't really work, but "so much my chutney" feels obtuse.
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*This ref doesn't really work, but "so much my chutney" feels obtuse.
filmstories.co.uk/reviews/the-...
The Ballad Of Wallis Island review | Acoustic comedy with charm to spare
An estranged folk duo reunite for a private gig in a thoroughly charming almost-rom-com. Here's our The Ballad Of Wallis Island review.
filmstories.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The Ballad of Wallis Island is so much my jam* I might start selling it at a farmer's market. Review for @filmstories.bsky.social
*This ref doesn't really work, but "so much my chutney" feels obtuse.
filmstories.co.uk/reviews/the-...
*This ref doesn't really work, but "so much my chutney" feels obtuse.
filmstories.co.uk/reviews/the-...
Lilo & Stitch deserves to be exiled into space and obliterated with a plasma cannon before it can learn the meaning of ‘ohana’. Review for @filmstories.bsky.social
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Lilo & Stitch review | Has Disney grown too big for its ideas?
A small blue alien makes a half-hearted attempt at destruction as the soul comes out of a beloved film. Here's our Lilo & Stitch review.
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May 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Lilo & Stitch deserves to be exiled into space and obliterated with a plasma cannon before it can learn the meaning of ‘ohana’. Review for @filmstories.bsky.social
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filmstories.co.uk/reviews/lilo...