Clarisse Loughrey
@clarisseloughrey.bsky.social
film critic @ Independent // TV critic @ Flicks UK // co-host Fade to Black podcast // she/her
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My first book, titled Wes Anderson: A Retrospective, will be out on 27 November with @geminibooks.bsky.social.
You can preorder here: www.amazon.co.uk/Wes-Anderson...
You can preorder here: www.amazon.co.uk/Wes-Anderson...
first watch of FRANKENSTEIN on netflix and i can’t believe i’d repeatedly missed this line… in the vocabulary you go, winky-dinky-doo
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
first watch of FRANKENSTEIN on netflix and i can’t believe i’d repeatedly missed this line… in the vocabulary you go, winky-dinky-doo
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Unfortunately, my children, there is no work to feed you and ease your hunger. I’m sorry that we have no home — we were forced into all of this, while the world remains silent, watching us die in Gaza
Link support 🙏🙏
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Link support 🙏🙏
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November 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Unfortunately, my children, there is no work to feed you and ease your hunger. I’m sorry that we have no home — we were forced into all of this, while the world remains silent, watching us die in Gaza
Link support 🙏🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/from-a-hom...
Link support 🙏🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/from-a-hom...
was invited to a sip and paint event for this week’s release of KEEPER, osgood perkins’s new horror. felt like jungian art therapy with nice cocktails. was then sent home with my new masterwork & a chocolate cake, which im sure does not play any kind of sinister role in the movie
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
was invited to a sip and paint event for this week’s release of KEEPER, osgood perkins’s new horror. felt like jungian art therapy with nice cocktails. was then sent home with my new masterwork & a chocolate cake, which im sure does not play any kind of sinister role in the movie
i am excited for this movie but ngl seeing an ancient greek in trousers gives me the ick… chris free those thighs
The journey begins…
Christopher Nolan’s #TheOdyssey is revealed on Empire’s world-exclusive cover – the first look and first word on an epic like no other. On sale Thursday 20th November.
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
Christopher Nolan’s #TheOdyssey is revealed on Empire’s world-exclusive cover – the first look and first word on an epic like no other. On sale Thursday 20th November.
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i am excited for this movie but ngl seeing an ancient greek in trousers gives me the ick… chris free those thighs
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fell into the trap of comparing this to GIRLS but i think it’s a fascinating look at how narcissism has mutated between generations
Youthful narcissism manifests in an impossible balance in #ILoveLA, observes @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social: "The need to play model, muse, health queen, businesswoman, queer icon, activist, and psychologist, all while never letting slip that any of it’s a conscious effort."
Rachel Sennott is happy to poke fun at herself (and her generation) in I Love LA
Superficiality feels almost part of the point in a show where every emotion is ironic and every word a read.
go.weareflicks.co
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
fell into the trap of comparing this to GIRLS but i think it’s a fascinating look at how narcissism has mutated between generations
fell into the trap of comparing this to GIRLS but i think it’s a fascinating look at how narcissism has mutated between generations
Youthful narcissism manifests in an impossible balance in #ILoveLA, observes @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social: "The need to play model, muse, health queen, businesswoman, queer icon, activist, and psychologist, all while never letting slip that any of it’s a conscious effort."
Rachel Sennott is happy to poke fun at herself (and her generation) in I Love LA
Superficiality feels almost part of the point in a show where every emotion is ironic and every word a read.
go.weareflicks.co
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
fell into the trap of comparing this to GIRLS but i think it’s a fascinating look at how narcissism has mutated between generations
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seems hard to imagine that THE RUNNING MAN *wouldn’t* feel achingly prescient and yet…
Edgar Wright’s The Running Man is a near-total failure – review
The eerie prescience of Stephen King’s dystopian source material – written in 1972 and set, of all years, in 2025 – has been wiped from this bland reboot, which also seems to know it’s miscast its lea...
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
seems hard to imagine that THE RUNNING MAN *wouldn’t* feel achingly prescient and yet…
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Reposting this now I've watched both @realgdt.bsky.social masterpiece and these interviews. @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social nails these interviews, and you can see how much fun everyone's having with this. Truly a master of the craft
the video version of my FRANKENSTEIN interviews is up if you want to watch the most charming people alive interact with the creature (me)
youtu.be/n0ty0HKFggU?...
youtu.be/n0ty0HKFggU?...
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Reposting this now I've watched both @realgdt.bsky.social masterpiece and these interviews. @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social nails these interviews, and you can see how much fun everyone's having with this. Truly a master of the craft
seems hard to imagine that THE RUNNING MAN *wouldn’t* feel achingly prescient and yet…
Edgar Wright’s The Running Man is a near-total failure – review
The eerie prescience of Stephen King’s dystopian source material – written in 1972 and set, of all years, in 2025 – has been wiped from this bland reboot, which also seems to know it’s miscast its lea...
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
seems hard to imagine that THE RUNNING MAN *wouldn’t* feel achingly prescient and yet…
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Today I stood with peace activists outside Westminster Magistrates Court, in solidarity with those who have been arrested for protesting against genocide.
The proscription of Palestine Action is truly shameful. We must defend the right to demonstrate!
The proscription of Palestine Action is truly shameful. We must defend the right to demonstrate!
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Today I stood with peace activists outside Westminster Magistrates Court, in solidarity with those who have been arrested for protesting against genocide.
The proscription of Palestine Action is truly shameful. We must defend the right to demonstrate!
The proscription of Palestine Action is truly shameful. We must defend the right to demonstrate!
in this month’s @sfxmagazine.bsky.social, i speak to the cast & crew of THE WITCHER about the past, present, and future of the series and how it all comes back to one thing - why do we tell the stories we tell
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
in this month’s @sfxmagazine.bsky.social, i speak to the cast & crew of THE WITCHER about the past, present, and future of the series and how it all comes back to one thing - why do we tell the stories we tell
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wrote about guillermo del toro’s changes to the end of FRANKENSTEIN as a beautiful culmination of everything his film explores, drawn from deep within shelley’s novel, life, and in the ideals of the romantics
Why Frankenstein's powerful ending change from the classic novel was the right decision to make
"My father gave me that name..."
www.digitalspy.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
wrote about guillermo del toro’s changes to the end of FRANKENSTEIN as a beautiful culmination of everything his film explores, drawn from deep within shelley’s novel, life, and in the ideals of the romantics
wrote about guillermo del toro’s changes to the end of FRANKENSTEIN as a beautiful culmination of everything his film explores, drawn from deep within shelley’s novel, life, and in the ideals of the romantics
Why Frankenstein's powerful ending change from the classic novel was the right decision to make
"My father gave me that name..."
www.digitalspy.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
wrote about guillermo del toro’s changes to the end of FRANKENSTEIN as a beautiful culmination of everything his film explores, drawn from deep within shelley’s novel, life, and in the ideals of the romantics
Reposted by Clarisse Loughrey
The bigots at Sex Matters have launched a letter-writing campaign to demand that trans segregation is mandated.
They’ve sent 2000 letters to MPs.
We’ve sent 7000 arguing segregation must be stopped.
It’s more important than ever to keep up the pressure. Please write!
Template here:
They’ve sent 2000 letters to MPs.
We’ve sent 7000 arguing segregation must be stopped.
It’s more important than ever to keep up the pressure. Please write!
Template here:
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The bigots at Sex Matters have launched a letter-writing campaign to demand that trans segregation is mandated.
They’ve sent 2000 letters to MPs.
We’ve sent 7000 arguing segregation must be stopped.
It’s more important than ever to keep up the pressure. Please write!
Template here:
They’ve sent 2000 letters to MPs.
We’ve sent 7000 arguing segregation must be stopped.
It’s more important than ever to keep up the pressure. Please write!
Template here:
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found ANEMONE as muddled as people have been saying, but also a quite manipulative take on irish history
Daniel Day-Lewis’s comeback movie Anemone is a confusing mess – review
Eight years after his quasi-retirement from filmmaking, one of the world’s greatest actors returns… in a film directed by his son, Ronan. It’s debatable whether it was worth it
www.independent.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
found ANEMONE as muddled as people have been saying, but also a quite manipulative take on irish history
found ANEMONE as muddled as people have been saying, but also a quite manipulative take on irish history
Daniel Day-Lewis’s comeback movie Anemone is a confusing mess – review
Eight years after his quasi-retirement from filmmaking, one of the world’s greatest actors returns… in a film directed by his son, Ronan. It’s debatable whether it was worth it
www.independent.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
found ANEMONE as muddled as people have been saying, but also a quite manipulative take on irish history
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RIP Lee Tamahori
I taught the viscerally upsetting but gripping Once Were Warriors for many years as it was on the exam syllabus.
A heartbreaking film about a Maori family dealing with domestic abuse, alcoholism & racism. It’s on ITVX & Prime.
www.itv.com/watch/once-w...
I taught the viscerally upsetting but gripping Once Were Warriors for many years as it was on the exam syllabus.
A heartbreaking film about a Maori family dealing with domestic abuse, alcoholism & racism. It’s on ITVX & Prime.
www.itv.com/watch/once-w...
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
RIP Lee Tamahori
I taught the viscerally upsetting but gripping Once Were Warriors for many years as it was on the exam syllabus.
A heartbreaking film about a Maori family dealing with domestic abuse, alcoholism & racism. It’s on ITVX & Prime.
www.itv.com/watch/once-w...
I taught the viscerally upsetting but gripping Once Were Warriors for many years as it was on the exam syllabus.
A heartbreaking film about a Maori family dealing with domestic abuse, alcoholism & racism. It’s on ITVX & Prime.
www.itv.com/watch/once-w...
this is what ive always said
I guess I need to apologize to the writers of Alien: Prometheus. it turns out scientists really do touch everything like that
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
this is what ive always said
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Saving this for after I've seen the film, but knowing Clarisse's level of detail and interviewing style, these will be must watches!
the video version of my FRANKENSTEIN interviews is up if you want to watch the most charming people alive interact with the creature (me)
youtu.be/n0ty0HKFggU?...
youtu.be/n0ty0HKFggU?...
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Saving this for after I've seen the film, but knowing Clarisse's level of detail and interviewing style, these will be must watches!
sorry that this is now a FRANKENSTEIN fact check account but if you see anyone claiming mary shelley would have been “offended” by the byron quote at the end of the movie i need you to nip that misinformation in the bud, she had a great affection for him & their work is absolutely intertwined
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
sorry that this is now a FRANKENSTEIN fact check account but if you see anyone claiming mary shelley would have been “offended” by the byron quote at the end of the movie i need you to nip that misinformation in the bud, she had a great affection for him & their work is absolutely intertwined
the video version of my FRANKENSTEIN interviews is up if you want to watch the most charming people alive interact with the creature (me)
youtu.be/n0ty0HKFggU?...
youtu.be/n0ty0HKFggU?...
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
the video version of my FRANKENSTEIN interviews is up if you want to watch the most charming people alive interact with the creature (me)
youtu.be/n0ty0HKFggU?...
youtu.be/n0ty0HKFggU?...
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Not a want, a need.
cannot recommend the making of book more. i have a few of the del toro ones and this is a step beyond - a beautiful level of detail and lots of fun inserts.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not a want, a need.
was very kindly sent the press drop for the netflix release of FRANKENSTEIN so pls enjoy my best discount mia goth look.
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
was very kindly sent the press drop for the netflix release of FRANKENSTEIN so pls enjoy my best discount mia goth look.
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DIE MY LOVE is extraordinary. but its the kind of movie i warn people to be careful when they watch it bc this one sticks around
Jennifer Lawrence delivers career-best work in the spellbinding Die My Love – review
Lynne Ramsay’s all-consuming psychodrama captures the feeling of spiralling mental distress, while boasting brilliant supporting performances from Robert Pattinson and Sissy Spacek
www.independent.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
DIE MY LOVE is extraordinary. but its the kind of movie i warn people to be careful when they watch it bc this one sticks around
i’ve seen multiple criticisms of del toro “adding” freudian elements to FRANKENSTEIN that seem to forget this is the dream victor has immediately after making the creature
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
i’ve seen multiple criticisms of del toro “adding” freudian elements to FRANKENSTEIN that seem to forget this is the dream victor has immediately after making the creature