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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Meanwhile over on Facebook...
February 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Meanwhile over on Facebook...
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Just watched Chabrol's Les Biches on the Arte Youtube channel (check it out!), thinking all the way through 'This is the most 70s-looking movie I've seen for a long time'. It came out in '68.
February 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Just watched Chabrol's Les Biches on the Arte Youtube channel (check it out!), thinking all the way through 'This is the most 70s-looking movie I've seen for a long time'. It came out in '68.
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This has tickled me immensely
February 12, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This has tickled me immensely
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This is your regular reminder that in the year 2000, Paul Rudd, with frosted tips, appeared in the Hong Kong film GEN-Y COPS as a bad guy (kinda). In the movie, he does martial arts, fights a robot, and, most shocking of all, does an entire scene in Cantonese.
February 12, 2026 at 10:47 PM
This is your regular reminder that in the year 2000, Paul Rudd, with frosted tips, appeared in the Hong Kong film GEN-Y COPS as a bad guy (kinda). In the movie, he does martial arts, fights a robot, and, most shocking of all, does an entire scene in Cantonese.
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this may be the most English man ever to exist.
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
this may be the most English man ever to exist.
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We now know how the rich live.
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
We now know how the rich live.
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We might be going to the Sound of Music, we got our anoraks at British Home Stores.
February 12, 2026 at 10:33 PM
We might be going to the Sound of Music, we got our anoraks at British Home Stores.
Béla Bartók's DUKE BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE, as adapted and directed by Leslie Megahey (SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER) for the BBC, 1988. Probably my favourite opera, and it was stumbling across the ending of this film that first turned me on to it.
Bela Bartok Herzog Blaubarts Burg Duke Bluebeard's Castle
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February 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Béla Bartók's DUKE BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE, as adapted and directed by Leslie Megahey (SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER) for the BBC, 1988. Probably my favourite opera, and it was stumbling across the ending of this film that first turned me on to it.
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1/2 I’ll be making giclee prints of this & others from The Signalman & The Woman in Black. Prints are a great way to make art affordable. I know my originals are expensive but I just can’t imagine letting an illustration like this go for less than say £450.
It’s difficult to price work up, I wish
It’s difficult to price work up, I wish
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
1/2 I’ll be making giclee prints of this & others from The Signalman & The Woman in Black. Prints are a great way to make art affordable. I know my originals are expensive but I just can’t imagine letting an illustration like this go for less than say £450.
It’s difficult to price work up, I wish
It’s difficult to price work up, I wish
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ENUF FONE
STOP KAMERA
STOP KAMERA
February 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
ENUF FONE
STOP KAMERA
STOP KAMERA
Another film from Amazon, this time in a cinema. CRIME 101: thankfully better than THE WRECKING CREW, tho doesn't come close to its obvious role model, HEAT. Starring Mark Ruffalo as Pacino, Chrs Hemsworth as De Niro, Nick Nolte as Voight, Barry Keoghan as Waingro, Monia Barbaro as Amy Brenneman.
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Another film from Amazon, this time in a cinema. CRIME 101: thankfully better than THE WRECKING CREW, tho doesn't come close to its obvious role model, HEAT. Starring Mark Ruffalo as Pacino, Chrs Hemsworth as De Niro, Nick Nolte as Voight, Barry Keoghan as Waingro, Monia Barbaro as Amy Brenneman.
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Meanwhile, Daphne is bored and wants to sit on my lap
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Meanwhile, Daphne is bored and wants to sit on my lap
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
Sad news. Jeff's post are some of the very few US-based political comments I can bring myself to read nowadays, not only because they express all the fury and outrage many of us feel, but also because they also frequently make me laugh.
thank you to the thousands of people who have posted, commented, private messaged, texted, and phoned to offer condolences over yesterday morning’s passing of my wife Claudia Long. I deeply regret that I can only reply to the smallest fraction of you, but I want you to know that ... [1/2]
Claudia Long, R.I.P.
February 7, 1950 – February 11, 2026
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February 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Sad news. Jeff's post are some of the very few US-based political comments I can bring myself to read nowadays, not only because they express all the fury and outrage many of us feel, but also because they also frequently make me laugh.
Increasingly fed up with amazon incompetence (having to wade through "sponsored" posts before you get to the author you were searching for; awful customer service that can't tell me how to update my billing address on kindle invoices; physical delivery failed b/s deliverer couldn't find my address).
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Increasingly fed up with amazon incompetence (having to wade through "sponsored" posts before you get to the author you were searching for; awful customer service that can't tell me how to update my billing address on kindle invoices; physical delivery failed b/s deliverer couldn't find my address).
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There's no patriot like a Monaco-based patriot.
February 12, 2026 at 9:23 AM
There's no patriot like a Monaco-based patriot.
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The discos are a great laugh. I've got glandular fever.
February 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
The discos are a great laugh. I've got glandular fever.
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50% of my usual walk is currently a swim
February 12, 2026 at 1:48 PM
50% of my usual walk is currently a swim
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honestly judge i’m as surprised as you are, never in a million years could i predict my pack of 10 fucking insane mutant cunt dogs might turn violent
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
honestly judge i’m as surprised as you are, never in a million years could i predict my pack of 10 fucking insane mutant cunt dogs might turn violent
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My PA taking her duties seriously. Lap warmed? Yes, siree!
February 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
My PA taking her duties seriously. Lap warmed? Yes, siree!
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Sorry, sorry, sorry.
February 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Sorry, sorry, sorry.