Teddy Jamieson
@teddyjamieson.bsky.social
Writer for The Herald, The Sunday Post, Nutmeg & anyone else who will have me. Getting on a bit. Contact me @ [email protected]
November 26: Wake Up Dead Man. The latest Knives Out movie is a perfectly entertaining locked room mystery. But better than that, it's a genuinely great movie about faith (even if I am in agreement with Benoit Blanc on the subject)
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
November 26: Wake Up Dead Man. The latest Knives Out movie is a perfectly entertaining locked room mystery. But better than that, it's a genuinely great movie about faith (even if I am in agreement with Benoit Blanc on the subject)
November 23: Invasion of the Body-Snatchers (Don Siegel, 1956)
For that moment when Kevin McCarthy kisses Dana Wynter and suddenly knows she's no longer human. The paranoid sublime
For that moment when Kevin McCarthy kisses Dana Wynter and suddenly knows she's no longer human. The paranoid sublime
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
November 23: Invasion of the Body-Snatchers (Don Siegel, 1956)
For that moment when Kevin McCarthy kisses Dana Wynter and suddenly knows she's no longer human. The paranoid sublime
For that moment when Kevin McCarthy kisses Dana Wynter and suddenly knows she's no longer human. The paranoid sublime
November 21: Thunder Rock (Roy Boulting, 1942) Stagey, stolid, but a real sense of uncertainty about the future in the midst of a World War.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
November 21: Thunder Rock (Roy Boulting, 1942) Stagey, stolid, but a real sense of uncertainty about the future in the midst of a World War.
November 18: The Running Man (Edgar Wright, 2025)
Popcorn movie that never quite pops. Glasgow-spotting helps pass the time
Popcorn movie that never quite pops. Glasgow-spotting helps pass the time
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
November 18: The Running Man (Edgar Wright, 2025)
Popcorn movie that never quite pops. Glasgow-spotting helps pass the time
Popcorn movie that never quite pops. Glasgow-spotting helps pass the time
Still have my signed CD on show in the living room
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Still have my signed CD on show in the living room
When the Arcadia in Portrush was an amusement arcade the only tape they seemed to have was Dr Hook's greatest hits. Playing pool felt like a punishment as a result #TOTP
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
When the Arcadia in Portrush was an amusement arcade the only tape they seemed to have was Dr Hook's greatest hits. Playing pool felt like a punishment as a result #TOTP
Spent the afternoon with the new Bryan Talbot GN: Holmes if he was a trigger-happy eagle. Time well spent. An entertainment and a work of art
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Spent the afternoon with the new Bryan Talbot GN: Holmes if he was a trigger-happy eagle. Time well spent. An entertainment and a work of art
November 12: I, The Jury (Harry Essex, 1953) Ridiculous, brilliantly terrible performances, a star called Biff Elliot ... But it's shot by John Alton and was there anyone better at capturing shadows and neon?
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
November 12: I, The Jury (Harry Essex, 1953) Ridiculous, brilliantly terrible performances, a star called Biff Elliot ... But it's shot by John Alton and was there anyone better at capturing shadows and neon?
November 7: The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002) Prefer the Greengrass versions, but this is sleek, slick & appreciates the contribution of Franka Potente.
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
November 7: The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002) Prefer the Greengrass versions, but this is sleek, slick & appreciates the contribution of Franka Potente.
November 3: Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1983) No one warned me about the horrific giraffe sequence! A film about cities and cats and trains. Which should mean I like it more than I do.
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
November 3: Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1983) No one warned me about the horrific giraffe sequence! A film about cities and cats and trains. Which should mean I like it more than I do.
November 1: Relay (David Mackenzie, 2024) Solid, low-key 70s-flavoured paranoid thriller about corporate malfeasance, powered by Riz Ahmed's reined-in competence & the movie's New Yorkiness ... You could probably tell it was a David Mackenzie film from the needle drops.
Pity about the ending
Pity about the ending
November 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
November 1: Relay (David Mackenzie, 2024) Solid, low-key 70s-flavoured paranoid thriller about corporate malfeasance, powered by Riz Ahmed's reined-in competence & the movie's New Yorkiness ... You could probably tell it was a David Mackenzie film from the needle drops.
Pity about the ending
Pity about the ending
So Young at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. Fresh, funny & clear-eyed on grief. On til November 8. Worth your time
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
So Young at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. Fresh, funny & clear-eyed on grief. On til November 8. Worth your time
October 29: One Battle After Another. Wasn't sure of the superstructure, but the detail, oh man, the detail. The car chases, the rooftop sequence, Sean Penn's hair, Teyana Taylor's single lashes. Outstanding effort all round
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
October 29: One Battle After Another. Wasn't sure of the superstructure, but the detail, oh man, the detail. The car chases, the rooftop sequence, Sean Penn's hair, Teyana Taylor's single lashes. Outstanding effort all round
Still think del Toro peaked on The Devil's Backbone
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Still think del Toro peaked on The Devil's Backbone
Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025) Liked the prelude, Mia Goth, Mia Goth's dresses & the unexpected Wallace Monument visual. Less keen on Alexandre Desplat's score & the need to underline every point in red biro. Is Oscar Isaac the hottest Frankenstein?
October 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025) Liked the prelude, Mia Goth, Mia Goth's dresses & the unexpected Wallace Monument visual. Less keen on Alexandre Desplat's score & the need to underline every point in red biro. Is Oscar Isaac the hottest Frankenstein?
October 25: The Crime is Mine (Francois Ozon, 2023)
Sweet like chocolate. But one of those massive Toberlone ones. You'll sicken yourself on it. Reminded me a little of Clouzot's Quai Des Orfevres. I've got that somewhere
Sweet like chocolate. But one of those massive Toberlone ones. You'll sicken yourself on it. Reminded me a little of Clouzot's Quai Des Orfevres. I've got that somewhere
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
October 25: The Crime is Mine (Francois Ozon, 2023)
Sweet like chocolate. But one of those massive Toberlone ones. You'll sicken yourself on it. Reminded me a little of Clouzot's Quai Des Orfevres. I've got that somewhere
Sweet like chocolate. But one of those massive Toberlone ones. You'll sicken yourself on it. Reminded me a little of Clouzot's Quai Des Orfevres. I've got that somewhere
Roy Neary ... Roy Batty. The best Roys
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Roy Neary ... Roy Batty. The best Roys
Always reckoned someone should write a book on Spielberg & Scorsese in the 70s: so different yet both in love with cinema: Urban v suburban, camera as character, film history as inspiration, the inevitable centring of masculinity (but is Spielberg better at presenting women than Scorsese? Discuss)
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Always reckoned someone should write a book on Spielberg & Scorsese in the 70s: so different yet both in love with cinema: Urban v suburban, camera as character, film history as inspiration, the inevitable centring of masculinity (but is Spielberg better at presenting women than Scorsese? Discuss)
October 24: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977) No shade on later versions, but 1970s Spielberg was some film-maker. Trying to remember if it was Farber or Fassbinder who said Spielberg couldn't shoot working-class life. Always thought Encounters proved that false
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
October 24: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977) No shade on later versions, but 1970s Spielberg was some film-maker. Trying to remember if it was Farber or Fassbinder who said Spielberg couldn't shoot working-class life. Always thought Encounters proved that false
I hope Dave Ball knew how much Soft Cell meant to so many.
October 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I hope Dave Ball knew how much Soft Cell meant to so many.
October 21: Hell is a City (Val Guest, 1960)
Manchester, so much to answer for ...
That scene on the Moor feels like a terrible premonition.
Manchester, so much to answer for ...
That scene on the Moor feels like a terrible premonition.
October 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
October 21: Hell is a City (Val Guest, 1960)
Manchester, so much to answer for ...
That scene on the Moor feels like a terrible premonition.
Manchester, so much to answer for ...
That scene on the Moor feels like a terrible premonition.
October 20: L'Eclisse (Michangelo Antonini, 1962)
Monica Vitti in the city
Monica Vitti in the city
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
October 20: L'Eclisse (Michangelo Antonini, 1962)
Monica Vitti in the city
Monica Vitti in the city
October 17: Die My Love (Lynne Ramsay, 2025) With a feral Jennifer Lawrence. For most of its running time I suspected it was going to turn into a ghost story. Maybe it is
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
October 17: Die My Love (Lynne Ramsay, 2025) With a feral Jennifer Lawrence. For most of its running time I suspected it was going to turn into a ghost story. Maybe it is
Here's @claregrogan.bsky.social being a proper pop star at @thegladcafe.bsky.social for the wonderful @tinychanges.bsky.social charity tonight
October 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Here's @claregrogan.bsky.social being a proper pop star at @thegladcafe.bsky.social for the wonderful @tinychanges.bsky.social charity tonight
