Andrew Pope
@andrewpope.bsky.social
I just like movies. Especially horror movies.
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The 30 best horror* films of 2025
2025 was a banner year for horror. From lo-fi nightmares and brutal folk tales to muscular studio spectacles, these 30 horror and horror-adjacent films map a genre that’s angrier, stranger and more…
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2025 was a brutal year. Horror knew it.
From Southern Gothic vampires to folk nightmares, teenage body horror, and post-civilisation survival, these are the 30 horror films that defined the year for us. 💀
From Southern Gothic vampires to folk nightmares, teenage body horror, and post-civilisation survival, these are the 30 horror films that defined the year for us. 💀
RIP Béla Tarr (1955-2026)
If you want to know where to begin, I strongly recommend Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), a cosmic nightmare that’s nominally about a travelling stuffed whale exhibit, but also about civilisation eating itself, the death drive & the dark forces unleashed by authoritarianism.
If you want to know where to begin, I strongly recommend Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), a cosmic nightmare that’s nominally about a travelling stuffed whale exhibit, but also about civilisation eating itself, the death drive & the dark forces unleashed by authoritarianism.
January 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
RIP Béla Tarr (1955-2026)
If you want to know where to begin, I strongly recommend Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), a cosmic nightmare that’s nominally about a travelling stuffed whale exhibit, but also about civilisation eating itself, the death drive & the dark forces unleashed by authoritarianism.
If you want to know where to begin, I strongly recommend Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), a cosmic nightmare that’s nominally about a travelling stuffed whale exhibit, but also about civilisation eating itself, the death drive & the dark forces unleashed by authoritarianism.
Ah, my twenties. Happy memories of Toyama-ken. 😄
@andrewpope.bsky.social here is a picture of you in a Pikachu suit on your birthday getting body slammed to the ground by two women. It is one of my favorite pictures.
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Ah, my twenties. Happy memories of Toyama-ken. 😄
@sharai.bsky.social and I had a great time sharing our thoughts on the most frustrating horror film of 2025, FRANKENSTEIN. Beautiful gowns!
It’s Monday and we’re wondering if you know where your monster is?
We won’t help you find it but you should listen to me and @andrewpope.bsky.social discuss Frankenstein (2025) while you look for it.
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We won’t help you find it but you should listen to me and @andrewpope.bsky.social discuss Frankenstein (2025) while you look for it.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
@sharai.bsky.social and I had a great time sharing our thoughts on the most frustrating horror film of 2025, FRANKENSTEIN. Beautiful gowns!
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It’s Monday and we’re wondering if you know where your monster is?
We won’t help you find it but you should listen to me and @andrewpope.bsky.social discuss Frankenstein (2025) while you look for it.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
We won’t help you find it but you should listen to me and @andrewpope.bsky.social discuss Frankenstein (2025) while you look for it.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
a close up of a man 's face in a dark forest with trees in the background
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January 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
It’s Monday and we’re wondering if you know where your monster is?
We won’t help you find it but you should listen to me and @andrewpope.bsky.social discuss Frankenstein (2025) while you look for it.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
We won’t help you find it but you should listen to me and @andrewpope.bsky.social discuss Frankenstein (2025) while you look for it.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
"How do I get to Greenwich?"
“Take this train. Three stops."
That lady was clearly in league with the Dark Elves.
“Take this train. Three stops."
That lady was clearly in league with the Dark Elves.
January 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
"How do I get to Greenwich?"
“Take this train. Three stops."
That lady was clearly in league with the Dark Elves.
“Take this train. Three stops."
That lady was clearly in league with the Dark Elves.
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I had family members who liked doing this for both movies and games and I find it distracting more than anything. I hate it because at its worse it actively worsens the color in the scene and at it's best it's just an annoying halo around the TV.
Half the people on here will bang on about buying 4K discs, or turning off motion smoothing, to get the filmmaker’s intended viewing experience; but whenever they post a picture of their TV it’s blasting some horrible neon colour all over the wall behind it. And they’re super proud! They paid extra!
January 4, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I had family members who liked doing this for both movies and games and I find it distracting more than anything. I hate it because at its worse it actively worsens the color in the scene and at it's best it's just an annoying halo around the TV.
Half the people on here will bang on about buying 4K discs, or turning off motion smoothing, to get the filmmaker’s intended viewing experience; but whenever they post a picture of their TV it’s blasting some horrible neon colour all over the wall behind it. And they’re super proud! They paid extra!
January 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Half the people on here will bang on about buying 4K discs, or turning off motion smoothing, to get the filmmaker’s intended viewing experience; but whenever they post a picture of their TV it’s blasting some horrible neon colour all over the wall behind it. And they’re super proud! They paid extra!
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
I hereby designate this the Dick Cheney Memorial Airstrike. Never forget. 🫡
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
I hereby designate this the Dick Cheney Memorial Airstrike. Never forget. 🫡
Good news: a new horror film shooting this year from an acclaimed auteur director!
Bad news: it’s Xavier Dolan.
Bad news: it’s Xavier Dolan.
January 3, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Good news: a new horror film shooting this year from an acclaimed auteur director!
Bad news: it’s Xavier Dolan.
Bad news: it’s Xavier Dolan.
The sad thing is this really devalues the FIFA Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM
The sad thing is this really devalues the FIFA Peace Prize.
Got any more of that… scritch scritch… isolationism?
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Got any more of that… scritch scritch… isolationism?
2020. Lovers Rock
2021. Titane
2022. Tár
2023. The Zone of Interest*
2024. The Brutalist
2025. Sinners**
*It’s very, very close with La Chimera.
**It’s very, very close with OBAA.
2021. Titane
2022. Tár
2023. The Zone of Interest*
2024. The Brutalist
2025. Sinners**
*It’s very, very close with La Chimera.
**It’s very, very close with OBAA.
2020: The Kid Detective
2021: The Power of the Dog, The Matrix Resurrections
2022: Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman King
2023: Perfect Days, Godzilla Minus One, Oppenheimer
2024: Queer
2025: 28 Years Later
2021: The Power of the Dog, The Matrix Resurrections
2022: Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman King
2023: Perfect Days, Godzilla Minus One, Oppenheimer
2024: Queer
2025: 28 Years Later
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far?
2020: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
2021: Memoria
2022: Pacifiction
2023: Eureka
2024: Queer
2025: The Ice Tower
2020: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
2021: Memoria
2022: Pacifiction
2023: Eureka
2024: Queer
2025: The Ice Tower
January 2, 2026 at 9:23 AM
2020. Lovers Rock
2021. Titane
2022. Tár
2023. The Zone of Interest*
2024. The Brutalist
2025. Sinners**
*It’s very, very close with La Chimera.
**It’s very, very close with OBAA.
2021. Titane
2022. Tár
2023. The Zone of Interest*
2024. The Brutalist
2025. Sinners**
*It’s very, very close with La Chimera.
**It’s very, very close with OBAA.
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Going into 2026 building the perfect man, running from monsters of my own making, and taking apart Frankenstein (2026) with @andrewpope.bsky.social on Monday.
Watch the movie and get prepared to listen next week.
Watch the movie and get prepared to listen next week.
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January 1, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Going into 2026 building the perfect man, running from monsters of my own making, and taking apart Frankenstein (2026) with @andrewpope.bsky.social on Monday.
Watch the movie and get prepared to listen next week.
Watch the movie and get prepared to listen next week.
I don’t know what to do with this information.
January 1, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I don’t know what to do with this information.
New Year, new Best Of The Year List.
(Actual review coming 9pm, 13 Jan.)
(Actual review coming 9pm, 13 Jan.)
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
New Year, new Best Of The Year List.
(Actual review coming 9pm, 13 Jan.)
(Actual review coming 9pm, 13 Jan.)
Lots of people have a top ten - we went deeper. The 52 BEST FILMS OF 2025, from Fucktoys, Alpha, Marty Supreme and Rose of Nevada to Weapons, The Mastermind, Sinners, and One Battle After Another.
The 52 Best Films of 2025
The 52 best films of 2025. Why 52 best films? Isn’t that a lot? Well, yes, but there were simply a lot of great films this year. Plus there’s 52 weeks in a year, so why not one great fi…
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December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Lots of people have a top ten - we went deeper. The 52 BEST FILMS OF 2025, from Fucktoys, Alpha, Marty Supreme and Rose of Nevada to Weapons, The Mastermind, Sinners, and One Battle After Another.
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Terrible, always a total magnet. His story about getting cast in Goodfellas, basically his first movie, is so charming www.avclub.com/isiah-whitlo...
![Well, fast forward to Goodfellas. That was sort of like a feeding frenzy in New York City, and I got an audition for it. I went in and I auditioned for the guy who gets who owns the nightclub—he gets hit over the head with a bottle by Joe Pesci. And I thought, “Well, look, they’re not going to cast me as this guy.” I mean, it didn’t make sense, you know? But I got a callback! So I went back and I go into the room, and Martin Scorsese says, “What do I know you from? I know you from somewhere.” I said, “Well, I did those readings at Paul Newman’s for you, for The Color Of Money. He said, “Oh, that’s right, that’s right! Look, that part you auditioned for—obviously, you can’t do that part of. It just wouldn’t work. But I have this character!” He’s a doctor and it’s in the part of the movie where he’s like the only person that that Henry Hill trusts while he’s all coked out and everything like that. He said, “Do you think you could do that for me? I know it’s not much, but if you could do it for me, I would really appreciate it.” And I’m sitting there thinking, “Okay, act like you’ve been there before.” [Laughs.] I said, “Yeah, sure, Marty. I mean, you know, it’s not about the size of the part. It’s what we do!” So he says thanks, and that’s how I got cast! [Laughs.] I didn’t say, “Well, gee, Marty, I have never done a movie before hardly.” But I got cast in Goodfellas—that’s how all of that happened.
I do remember I went to my day job—I was a waiter at a place on 10th Avenue—and I said, “I just got a part in Goodfellas!” And they said, “No way! Get out!” I said, “No, I met with Martin Scorsese, and they’re going to cast me as this doctor.” And one of the guys said, “Oh, I’m going down there tomorrow, and I’m taking my stuff, because if you got a part, I know I’m going to get a part.” [Laughs.] He was like, “They must just be handing out parts—they must need tons of people if they cast you—you just got here!” So he went down there and he didn’t get a part. And here I a…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bck7uabvjt4xu5uzn3exzhqj/bafkreihprpksbsipsbrgqrbrjh2t7moeap457yglhouhssilvkmowqc654@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Terrible, always a total magnet. His story about getting cast in Goodfellas, basically his first movie, is so charming www.avclub.com/isiah-whitlo...
In the dark netherweek ‘twixt Christmas and Year’s End, there’s ghost stories to be heard! Tune in to their snowy, ethereal frequency… below, at the link ❄️ 👻
2025's Ghosts of Yuletide can be found here at 6 pm EST!
It’s quieter, more modest than the past year, but made with care & love. We hope these readings will keep you company. While you’re there, you can also revisit 2024's GHOSTS! 👻📚❄️
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It’s quieter, more modest than the past year, but made with care & love. We hope these readings will keep you company. While you’re there, you can also revisit 2024's GHOSTS! 👻📚❄️
youtube.com/@mourningman...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In the dark netherweek ‘twixt Christmas and Year’s End, there’s ghost stories to be heard! Tune in to their snowy, ethereal frequency… below, at the link ❄️ 👻
American politics right now seems predicated on 3 things: the imminent death of the President, the imminent bursting of a tech bubble, and the desire to defend/protest murderous land grabs, depending on who’s doing the grabbing. The tension between these factors leads to fairly psychotic behaviours.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
American politics right now seems predicated on 3 things: the imminent death of the President, the imminent bursting of a tech bubble, and the desire to defend/protest murderous land grabs, depending on who’s doing the grabbing. The tension between these factors leads to fairly psychotic behaviours.
American politics right now seems predicated on 3 things: the imminent death of the President, the imminent bursting of a tech bubble, and the desire to defend/protest murderous land grabs, depending on who’s doing the grabbing. The tension between these factors leads to fairly psychotic behaviours.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
American politics right now seems predicated on 3 things: the imminent death of the President, the imminent bursting of a tech bubble, and the desire to defend/protest murderous land grabs, depending on who’s doing the grabbing. The tension between these factors leads to fairly psychotic behaviours.
More like Pesky Media. 😒
December 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
More like Pesky Media. 😒
My favourite low-stakes (heh) conspiracy theory: Jordan Peele delayed & repurposed his fourth horror film, which was to be a vampire movie, in part because it was too similar to SINNERS but also because Marvel offered him the chance to oversee the supernatural strand of the MCU starting with BLADE.
December 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
My favourite low-stakes (heh) conspiracy theory: Jordan Peele delayed & repurposed his fourth horror film, which was to be a vampire movie, in part because it was too similar to SINNERS but also because Marvel offered him the chance to oversee the supernatural strand of the MCU starting with BLADE.
The four movies I think might win the best picture Oscar are Sinners, OBAA, Hamnet and Marty Supreme - and it’s only the first two of those that we’ll still be talking about a decade later.
December 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The four movies I think might win the best picture Oscar are Sinners, OBAA, Hamnet and Marty Supreme - and it’s only the first two of those that we’ll still be talking about a decade later.