Craig Wallwork
@craigwallwork.bsky.social
British author of the Tom Nolan horror thriller series, as well as Human Tenderloin, The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In, and The Instruction Manual to Being a Vampire (2026). Horror lover and movie geek. https://boxd.it/49GAl
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Craig Wallwork
@craigwallwork.bsky.social
· Jul 22
THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL TO BEING A VAMPIRE. It’s got teeth.
Spring 2026. @nwreader.bsky.social #booksky
Spring 2026. @nwreader.bsky.social #booksky
That was fun! BUNNY. #FilmSky
A ★★★★ review of Bunny (2025)
Bunny is the Bear. Damn that was fun. It was like watching an episode of The Bear, except switch the kitchen, the cooking, and Carny looking pensive, for two dead guys, Thor and Eminem, and a Chinese...
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February 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
That was fun! BUNNY. #FilmSky
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Intrigued! Is it possible to join @nwreader.bsky.social's ARC/reviewer list? Happy to help support! 😊
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Intrigued! Is it possible to join @nwreader.bsky.social's ARC/reviewer list? Happy to help support! 😊
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Looking forward to this 👇
February 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Looking forward to this 👇
Damn. #FilmSky
A ★★★★ review of Titicut Follies (1967)
What draws us to peer through the window of a psychiatric hospital? In many ways doing so is no different to paying a penny to watch “freaks” in a sideshow back in the day, or those that stood and gas...
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February 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Damn. #FilmSky
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Always excited for a new @craigwallwork.bsky.social novel.
February 14, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Always excited for a new @craigwallwork.bsky.social novel.
Coming soon from @nwreader.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Coming soon from @nwreader.bsky.social
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This week in film teaching I covered French film noir with specific focus on Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Louis Malle, 1958) and how the film was in Nouvelle Vague modality with a protagonist whose downfall is not facilitated by a femme fatale but through the technological obstacle of an elevator.
February 13, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This week in film teaching I covered French film noir with specific focus on Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Louis Malle, 1958) and how the film was in Nouvelle Vague modality with a protagonist whose downfall is not facilitated by a femme fatale but through the technological obstacle of an elevator.
My review of Marty Supreme. #FilmSky
A ★★★ review of Marty Supreme (2025)
Safdie dropped the ball by offering us all a simple and lazy last match. There was very little tension, no dramatic framing. It was just a ping pong seen from the benches. Considering Marty’s tenacity...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:43 PM
My review of Marty Supreme. #FilmSky
My review of The Chronology of Water. #FilmSky
A ★★★½ review of The Chronology of Water (2025)
Stewart’s debut feels almost like a dream of trauma. It’s told in fragments, each part random and disjointed, but collectively form a memory of a woman who experienced a troubled childhood driven by a...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM
My review of The Chronology of Water. #FilmSky
February 13, 2026 at 7:21 AM
My review of Seven Samurai. #FilmSky
A ★★★★½ review of Seven Samurai (1954)
A sprawling action epic that, as we all know, was influenced by Ford’s Westerns, but later influenced a space opera and a western that had seven magnificent cowboys in it. I felt the middle did slow a...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
My review of Seven Samurai. #FilmSky
My review of Man with a Movie Camera. #FilmSky
A ★★★★ review of Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Take your seat and settle down for a documentary/film about life - from birth to death, Industrial Revolution to sports, to marriage and divorce, from poor to the rich, from sunbathing to the mines, y...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
My review of Man with a Movie Camera. #FilmSky
My review of Dust Bunny. #FilmSky
A ★★★ review of Dust Bunny (2025)
Cute. Kinda Jean-Pierre Jeunet does Leon (that sounds wrong). Shame the monster is real though. Really wanted it to remain ambiguous.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
My review of Dust Bunny. #FilmSky
My review of Tokyo Story. #FilmSky
A ★★★★ review of Tokyo Story (1953)
Please tell me Noriko found a new husband. Damn.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
My review of Tokyo Story. #FilmSky
My review of My Neighbor Totoro. #FilmSky
A ★★★ review of My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Sweet. But yeah, Mei’s constant shouting did grind me down a bit.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
My review of My Neighbor Totoro. #FilmSky
My review of Before Midnight. #FilmSky
A ★★★½ review of Before Midnight (2013)
The first: the expectation of love. The second: the second chance at love. The third: the reality of love. Linklater does something truly wonderful with this trilogy: he offers us a candid glimpse ...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
My review of Before Midnight. #FilmSky
My review of Before Sunset. #FilmSky
A ★★★★ review of Before Sunset (2004)
He’s mellowed! Got to say, I enjoyed this more than Before Sunrise.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
My review of Before Sunset. #FilmSky
My review of The Mastermind. #FilmSky
A ★★★ review of The Mastermind (2025)
Remember The Samurai? Remember how slow it was, but was probably accurate in its depiction of a hired killer? The planning. How boring it is? Well, The Mastermind is similar. But exchange killer for t...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
My review of The Mastermind. #FilmSky
My review of Mysterious Skin. #FilmSky
A ★★★★ review of Mysterious Skin (2004)
Holy shit.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
My review of Mysterious Skin. #FilmSky
My review of Before Sunrise. #FilmSky
A ★★★½ review of Before Sunrise (1995)
There’s nothing I can add here that hasn’t been said better than my daughter. She loves this film, and I get why. I’m too far down the road to truly recall those moments when a relationship is in its ...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
My review of Before Sunrise. #FilmSky
My review of Limbo. #FilmSky
A ★★★½ review of Limbo (2020)
Any comparisons to Wes Anderson’s framing and quirkiness is deserved, but whereas we rarely get under the skin of most characters in Anderson’s work, Sharrock’s direction successfully peeled back the ...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
My review of Limbo. #FilmSky
My review of Hamnet. #FilmSky
A ★★★ review of Hamnet (2025)
If not for Jessie Buckley and the scene in which this whole story revolves, and if not for feeling helpless and scared as you watch life fade, and if not for Noah Jupe’s words and each tear in each of...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
My review of Hamnet. #FilmSky
My review of The Friends. #FilmSky
A ★★★★ review of The Friends (1994)
One summer. Three friends. And what feels like a homage to Boo Radley. Friends is a sweet nostalgic look into the lives of two generations, of dispelling assumption, and how love transcends time.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
My review of The Friends. #FilmSky
My review of A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn. #FilmSky
A ★★ review of A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn (2003)
There’s a story in there, one of heartache, loss, aging. But sadly it’s wrapped around too much Pinko so loses a lot of its gravitas. Shame because it’s a great take on grief.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
My review of A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn. #FilmSky
My review of Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer. #FilmSky
A ★★★ review of Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
It’s Herzog. Period.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
My review of Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer. #FilmSky