Anne Billson
@annebillson.bsky.social
Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
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Oh dear. What have I done now?
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Oh dear. What have I done now?
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@mrholness.bsky.social if there is any way that we could convince you to read this as Garth Marenghi the people of BlueSky would be grateful
It needs to be emphasized that this paragraph is about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
@mrholness.bsky.social if there is any way that we could convince you to read this as Garth Marenghi the people of BlueSky would be grateful
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Cat's been picked up by a foster uh... person, who works for animal control, and is going to keep it until it's a bit older. NOT THAT ANY OF YOU CARE
This fucker's why I have to go to Patient First.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Cat's been picked up by a foster uh... person, who works for animal control, and is going to keep it until it's a bit older. NOT THAT ANY OF YOU CARE
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One of the great cinematic horror images, and it's from a TV miniseries.
Salem’s Lot aired on CBS 46 years ago this date, and this is still a genuinely scary scene
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
One of the great cinematic horror images, and it's from a TV miniseries.
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I think if I was a customer service agent at a call center, one of my absolute worst case scenarios would be "There's a man on the phone who is very mad about a huge fuckup we made involving a child and also that man is David Simon."
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I think if I was a customer service agent at a call center, one of my absolute worst case scenarios would be "There's a man on the phone who is very mad about a huge fuckup we made involving a child and also that man is David Simon."
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Eleanora of Toledo in a glorious dress, with her son Giovanni de’ Medici. Painted in 1544, by Agnolo Bronzino. He was born OTD in 1503, in Florence.
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Eleanora of Toledo in a glorious dress, with her son Giovanni de’ Medici. Painted in 1544, by Agnolo Bronzino. He was born OTD in 1503, in Florence.
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Young Florentine gentleman keeps his cool even as the stone face on his table sags in despair. And perhaps his hat ornaments suggest a lively mind? By Agnolo Bronzino, who was born on this day in 1503.
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Young Florentine gentleman keeps his cool even as the stone face on his table sags in despair. And perhaps his hat ornaments suggest a lively mind? By Agnolo Bronzino, who was born on this day in 1503.
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I love this Akira-ass bike
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I love this Akira-ass bike
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Meanwhile, I think it was worth sacrificing book space for this:
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Meanwhile, I think it was worth sacrificing book space for this:
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My grandad and uncle (being regular schleppers at Ardmore) worked on this. Claims there was nude footage shot, but I think my uncle is mixing it up with Rawhead Rex (the actress he claims shot nudie footage is in Rawhead nude)
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My grandad and uncle (being regular schleppers at Ardmore) worked on this. Claims there was nude footage shot, but I think my uncle is mixing it up with Rawhead Rex (the actress he claims shot nudie footage is in Rawhead nude)
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The sound you hear is of cricketers all over the world laughing forever.
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The sound you hear is of cricketers all over the world laughing forever.
No one told me FRANKENSTEIN was a Great Glove Movie. Very much enjoyed Victor's red leather (a nice twist on the usual giallo black and/or Le samouraï/traditional film editor's fingerprint-effacing white cotton) and Elizabeth's green tulle.
Parent-creature conference: I loved Guillermo del Toro's personal, romantic take on FRANKENSTEIN.
Frankenstein (the 2025 Guillermo del Toro one) | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA
I don’t say this lightly, but I think Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN might be up there pretty high among the top Frankensteins? Or at least it hits hard
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November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
No one told me FRANKENSTEIN was a Great Glove Movie. Very much enjoyed Victor's red leather (a nice twist on the usual giallo black and/or Le samouraï/traditional film editor's fingerprint-effacing white cotton) and Elizabeth's green tulle.
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How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
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Highlight was seeing AXEL ZWINGENBERGER.
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Highlight was seeing AXEL ZWINGENBERGER.
“I keep thinking of Wiley Coyote at the edge of a cliff in the roadrunner cartoons, and he doesn’t fall until he looks down. The question is, when are people going to look down? The finances don’t make any sense, and I think they’re starting to look down.”
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“I keep thinking of Wiley Coyote at the edge of a cliff in the roadrunner cartoons, and he doesn’t fall until he looks down. The question is, when are people going to look down? The finances don’t make any sense, and I think they’re starting to look down.”
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Give this very good bunny some snacks immediately!
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Give this very good bunny some snacks immediately!
email exchange with someone who sent me an invitation, but when I open attached file there's nothing but a photo, no info. Tried opening via online gmail, 3 different browsers + zip extractor & still just a photo. They've lost patience with me & am now worried I'm in the early stages of dementia.
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
email exchange with someone who sent me an invitation, but when I open attached file there's nothing but a photo, no info. Tried opening via online gmail, 3 different browsers + zip extractor & still just a photo. They've lost patience with me & am now worried I'm in the early stages of dementia.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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From the many lovely cards that @mariephillips.bsky.social and I received on our wedding day it was difficult to pick a fav… oh, what am I saying?! Look at this marvel!
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
From the many lovely cards that @mariephillips.bsky.social and I received on our wedding day it was difficult to pick a fav… oh, what am I saying?! Look at this marvel!
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Sequinned cushion in the Kino bar (2025) photograph by Anne Billson
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Sequinned cushion in the Kino bar (2025) photograph by Anne Billson
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We spent our honeymoon there 10 years ago.
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We spent our honeymoon there 10 years ago.
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She was always THE woman. Looking right at you from 1590: Infanta Catalina Micaela (almost surely), painted by Sofonisba Anguissola (probably). Surely one of the greatest renaissance portraits.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
She was always THE woman. Looking right at you from 1590: Infanta Catalina Micaela (almost surely), painted by Sofonisba Anguissola (probably). Surely one of the greatest renaissance portraits.
Really like the Rotterdam arthouse cinema KINO, not least because the bar is roomy and comfy, it has Nicolas Cage sequinned cushions, and there are plenty of toilets. Pictured here: green tea, though currently drinking Duvel 6.66% as preparation for Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Really like the Rotterdam arthouse cinema KINO, not least because the bar is roomy and comfy, it has Nicolas Cage sequinned cushions, and there are plenty of toilets. Pictured here: green tea, though currently drinking Duvel 6.66% as preparation for Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND.