Melanie Williams

@britfilmmelanie.bsky.social

1.3K followers 1.2K following 240 posts

Norwich based film and media prof - for the time being.
Books on A Taste of Honey, 1960s, stardom, David Lean, Ealing, J. Lee Thompson, etc. Currently working on ace director Muriel Box. Opinions very much my own.

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Economics 25%

Political science 17%

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4d

Not every idea is worth airing. Not every point of view is worth hearing. Not everything that "a lot of people believe" should be credentialed by homepage space. Would the NYT editorial board run "Did Homosexuals Ruin Culture?" or "Did Black People Get Too Big for Their Britches?" I guess we'll see.

Headline: Interesting Times with Ross Douthat: Did Women Ruin the Workplace?

Reposted by Melanie Williams, Élisabeth Vallet

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8d

Reports of ICE ads on #Spotify were noted in early October. People began calling for boycotts immediately.

Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.

And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏

#BoycottSpotify

A screenshot of the month for Spotify stock is shown with text above that reads: The boycotts are working!
Spotify Technology SA
As of October 31, 2025 • 4:10 PM EDT
NYQ: SPOT
655.32 USD -50.175 (711%)

Mkt Cap
At Prev Close
All
Oct 31
1.53 M
785.00
376.04
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James Kettle @jameskettle.bsky.social · 10d

Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 12d

Yeah, I think you're right - it just can't be made to catch fire and feel modern, no matter what trendy trappings they try to hang on it. True of young Alfred as well as young Winston.

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, there's a lot of that. To create contrast, Michael York really ups the roister-doistering Viking quotient too!

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 13d

Askwith getting his end away and baby Ian McKellen getting his first go at an epic feels like a potted history of the next 5 decades of British film production.

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you, I'm glad to be a recruiting party for people to watch it 😊 You can only get it on Spanish DVD, rather weirdly.

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Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 13d

I’m fascinated with how films fail and after reading this I really want to watch Alfred the Great.

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 13d

This article just published, open access - come for the David Hemmings personality coat-hangers, stay for my searingly insightful film promotion analysis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘A Difficult Film to Sell and a Difficult Film to Appreciate’: MGM’s Alfred the Great (1969) and the Challenges of Promoting Historical Epic in the Late-1960s

MGM’s 1969 epic royal biopic Alfred the Great presents an illuminating case study for investigating film promotion, especially how to promote historical film, during the intense industrial and cult...

www.tandfonline.com

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 13d

Wow, the actual Letraset set! I'm impressed

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 13d

#RIP Prunella Scales. Photo by John Deakin, 1964.

A lot of people on social media like to point out that when people die the tributes are often accompanied by photos of them when they were young and beautiful (as opposed to old and beautiful). So let me just say that I’m posting this because it’s one of my favourite portraits full stop by one of the greatest ever British portrait photographers. And fuck off.

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 13d

and a few from me too! (including the William Castle cover story)

Alan Stafford @staffordquips.bsky.social · 14d

Take advantage of this special offer and you get TWO articles written by me.

Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 14d

A special limited offer! Take a look at the magazine they're all talking about! The #TPTV 'proper' mag, perfect for all supporters of film and TV history, INTERMISSION Magazine. Take issues 16, 17 & 18 for just £15! Every issue packed with nostalgia! buff.ly/GUhXihQ

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Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 13d

This article just published, open access - come for the David Hemmings personality coat-hangers, stay for my searingly insightful film promotion analysis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘A Difficult Film to Sell and a Difficult Film to Appreciate’: MGM’s Alfred the Great (1969) and the Challenges of Promoting Historical Epic in the Late-1960s

www.tandfonline.com

Reposted by Gary D. Rawnsley, Melanie Williams

Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social · 13d

Hallowe'en special up now. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, with guests Andrew Male and Laura Varnam in conversation with Una McCormack and Andy Miller. 🌬️🎃🧟 @andrewmale.bsky.social @drlauravarnam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0Zde...

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

open.spotify.com

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Alan Stafford @staffordquips.bsky.social · 14d

Take advantage of this special offer and you get TWO articles written by me.

Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 14d

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 14d

Wow!

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 14d

They made a date... 🗡️ with murder!

📽️ COVER GIRL KILLER (1959) 3:15pm stars #HarryHCorbett #FelicityYoung #SpencerTeakle crime drama #TPTVsubtitles

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Sheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 15d

Humanities and social sciences are being systematically gutted while STEM disciplines rediscover their half a century-old research insights and pass them off as their own

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 17d

FUCK YEAH! cstonline.net/defending-th...

DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED

I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…

cstonline.net

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 17d

I am thrilled beyond compare! ❤️

Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 17d

More melodrama. I am so honoured to be on a panel with @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social talking about class in melodrama at the BFI Southbank study day on 15 November. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 17d

More melodrama. I am so honoured to be on a panel with @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social talking about class in melodrama at the BFI Southbank study day on 15 November. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 19d

1908 in cinema

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 21d

Legendary!

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 21d

Whose mind could know the secret?

Premiere: OBSESSION (1949) 10:05pm #RobertNewton #SallyGray #NauntonWayne noir thriller #TPTVsubtitles

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24d

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

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Gary Delaney Comedian @garydelaney.bsky.social · 25d

A story in three parts

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · Oct 8

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Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · Oct 8

Every now and then, a gif comes along that really speaks to you... www.tiktok.com/@tcm/video/7...

Monday anthem just dropped 🎶 #oldhollywood #harrybelafonte #filmtok

TikTok video by Turner Classic Movies

www.tiktok.com

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Dr Heidi Colthup @heidi-colthup.bsky.social · Oct 8

we're surrounded by media all the time.
How many hours do you spend looking at a screen each day?
Why? What is it that draws you in and keeps you there?
Don't you think it might be important for someone to research that stuff?

Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · Oct 8

Still are massively hostile, I'd say - it hasn't shifted, just expanded. We are the OG Mickey Mousers

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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · Oct 8

This stuff is so tiresome. In a world where hard skills like coding are getting replaced faster than they can be taught, it’s the soft skills that arts degrees teach you that remain valuable.

Me for the i Paper when Sunak tried this very same nonsense last year: inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

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