Jack King
@jackarking.bsky.social
film & tv writer for gq. gay in spirit and sex
A lovely piece!
wrote about my long-standing love affair with the sims and having adhd for GQ! i've wanted to write this for ages so huge thanks to @jackarking.bsky.social for taking it on and providing canny edits. long live sims hive even if EA are slowly bankrupting us ❤️ www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-...
How The Sims helped me understand my ADHD
First released 25 years ago, the bestselling life sim has been a life-long timesuck for writer Hannah Strong. But her recent ADHD diagnosis has made her think about her fixation with the franchise dif...
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March 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A lovely piece!
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This by @jackarking.bsky.social speaks loud and clear. Great to see so many big names in the film industry (Paul Mescal! Christopher Nolan! Robert Eggers! and more) have such a passionate reaction to this very shitty news from earlier this week www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/prin...
“London will die a little death”: Paul Mescal, Christopher Nolan and Danny Boyle on why we need the Prince Charles Cinema
London’s movie mecca has been an indelible part of the capital’s cultural landscape since it opened in the ‘60s. Now under threat of closure, GQ spoke to actors, filmmakers and more about why losing i...
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January 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This by @jackarking.bsky.social speaks loud and clear. Great to see so many big names in the film industry (Paul Mescal! Christopher Nolan! Robert Eggers! and more) have such a passionate reaction to this very shitty news from earlier this week www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/prin...
“Film culture in Great Britain is unthinkable without the Prince Charles.” Emailed and voice-noted with Christopher Nolan, Paul Mescal, Danny Boyle, Robert Eggers and more about why we need the PCC: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/prin...
“London will die a little death”: Paul Mescal, Christopher Nolan and Danny Boyle on why we need the Prince Charles Cinema
London’s movie mecca has been an indelible part of the capital’s cultural landscape since it opened in the ‘60s. Now under threat of closure, GQ spoke to actors, filmmakers and more about why losing i...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“Film culture in Great Britain is unthinkable without the Prince Charles.” Emailed and voice-noted with Christopher Nolan, Paul Mescal, Danny Boyle, Robert Eggers and more about why we need the PCC: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/prin...
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The least likely piece of reporting from me: asking Severance creator Dan Erickson on the fan-theorized connection between SEVERANCE and Arsenal FC on behalf of British GQ. Confused? @jackarking.bsky.social explains...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/seve...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/seve...
Severance's eerie Arsenal FC myth, debunked
As far as creator Dan Erickson is aware, the recurrence of Arsenal player names on Apple's workplace drama is all one big coincidence
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January 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The least likely piece of reporting from me: asking Severance creator Dan Erickson on the fan-theorized connection between SEVERANCE and Arsenal FC on behalf of British GQ. Confused? @jackarking.bsky.social explains...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/seve...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/seve...
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“I’m just older and just, I care less.” I spoke to Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino about their magnificent QUEER: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/dani...
Daniel Craig on his post-Bond freaky era: “I'm older and I care less”
Their new film sees Craig play a drug-addicted American expat who pursues a younger man in '50s Mexico City. Here, the actor and director duo break down their unique collaboration
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December 16, 2024 at 2:56 PM
“I’m just older and just, I care less.” I spoke to Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino about their magnificent QUEER: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/dani...
“I’m just older and just, I care less.” I spoke to Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino about their magnificent QUEER: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/dani...
Daniel Craig on his post-Bond freaky era: “I'm older and I care less”
Their new film sees Craig play a drug-addicted American expat who pursues a younger man in '50s Mexico City. Here, the actor and director duo break down their unique collaboration
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 2:56 PM
“I’m just older and just, I care less.” I spoke to Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino about their magnificent QUEER: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/dani...
Late to the party but had a tremendous time with LOVE LIES BLEEDING, which reminded me a ton of TITANE in its gnarly attention to dysmorphia and the violence we enact on our bodies. Plus DRIVE for clearer reasons of style and genre. So gross and romantic
December 10, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Late to the party but had a tremendous time with LOVE LIES BLEEDING, which reminded me a ton of TITANE in its gnarly attention to dysmorphia and the violence we enact on our bodies. Plus DRIVE for clearer reasons of style and genre. So gross and romantic
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I spoke to Ben Whishaw about why he wanted to play an overtly gay assassin in BLACK DOVES: “I liked, basically, that it was this queer guy who shot people for a living.” www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/ben-...
Ben Whishaw breaks down Black Doves: “I liked that this was a queer guy who shot people for a living”
Plus, the actor weighs in on whether or not hitman-for-hire Sam is a good person, shooting his “incredibly romantic” action sequence, and what he wants to see in season two
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December 6, 2024 at 4:03 PM
I spoke to Ben Whishaw about why he wanted to play an overtly gay assassin in BLACK DOVES: “I liked, basically, that it was this queer guy who shot people for a living.” www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/ben-...
I spoke to Ben Whishaw about why he wanted to play an overtly gay assassin in BLACK DOVES: “I liked, basically, that it was this queer guy who shot people for a living.” www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/ben-...
Ben Whishaw breaks down Black Doves: “I liked that this was a queer guy who shot people for a living”
Plus, the actor weighs in on whether or not hitman-for-hire Sam is a good person, shooting his “incredibly romantic” action sequence, and what he wants to see in season two
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 4:03 PM
I spoke to Ben Whishaw about why he wanted to play an overtly gay assassin in BLACK DOVES: “I liked, basically, that it was this queer guy who shot people for a living.” www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/ben-...
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One of my favourite shows of the year is spy thriller BLACK DOVES, in which Ben Whishaw plays a gay assassin and Keira Knightley is his glam partner-in-espionage. And it’s Christmas. What a present: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/blac...
Black Doves is a gritty gay spy thriller that's going to take over Christmas
The queer overtones of Netflix's Christmas espionage caper, starring Ben Whishaw and Keira Knightley, elevate it beyond familiar crime-thriller fare
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 4:13 PM
One of my favourite shows of the year is spy thriller BLACK DOVES, in which Ben Whishaw plays a gay assassin and Keira Knightley is his glam partner-in-espionage. And it’s Christmas. What a present: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/blac...
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Trans people warned us it wouldn’t stop with transphobia which is why the likes of the LGB Alli*nce can absolutely go fuck themselves
Rainbow Laces does feel an empty gesture whilst clubs continue to do business with places with appalling LGBTQ+ rights.
Fact is though, there’s more opposition to it now than I can ever recall. Heading in a very dangerous direction when simple campaigns like this are now being seen as radical.
Fact is though, there’s more opposition to it now than I can ever recall. Heading in a very dangerous direction when simple campaigns like this are now being seen as radical.
December 4, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Trans people warned us it wouldn’t stop with transphobia which is why the likes of the LGB Alli*nce can absolutely go fuck themselves
My number one artist on Spotify Wrapped is The Smiths
December 4, 2024 at 1:38 PM
My number one artist on Spotify Wrapped is The Smiths
Fine it’s weird etc but QUEER is a huge W for the Michel Franco’s SUNDOWN heads in the room and there are dozens of us, I promise (kind of loved it)
December 3, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Fine it’s weird etc but QUEER is a huge W for the Michel Franco’s SUNDOWN heads in the room and there are dozens of us, I promise (kind of loved it)
One of my favourite shows of the year is spy thriller BLACK DOVES, in which Ben Whishaw plays a gay assassin and Keira Knightley is his glam partner-in-espionage. And it’s Christmas. What a present: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/blac...
Black Doves is a gritty gay spy thriller that's going to take over Christmas
The queer overtones of Netflix's Christmas espionage caper, starring Ben Whishaw and Keira Knightley, elevate it beyond familiar crime-thriller fare
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 4:13 PM
One of my favourite shows of the year is spy thriller BLACK DOVES, in which Ben Whishaw plays a gay assassin and Keira Knightley is his glam partner-in-espionage. And it’s Christmas. What a present: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/blac...
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in our last piece for watercooler week, i spoke to industry’s mickey down, konrad kay, sagar radia and ken leung about the series’ refreshingly nuanced take on race and class in the workplace www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/indu...
Is Industry the most insightful TV show about race and class in the workplace?
As GQ's week celebrating the workplace on TV comes to a close, we speak to Mickey Down, Konrad Kay, Sagar Radia and Ken Leung about the refreshing diversity of HBO's hit banking drama
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 10:39 AM
in our last piece for watercooler week, i spoke to industry’s mickey down, konrad kay, sagar radia and ken leung about the series’ refreshingly nuanced take on race and class in the workplace www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/indu...
in our last piece for watercooler week, i spoke to industry’s mickey down, konrad kay, sagar radia and ken leung about the series’ refreshingly nuanced take on race and class in the workplace www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/indu...
Is Industry the most insightful TV show about race and class in the workplace?
As GQ's week celebrating the workplace on TV comes to a close, we speak to Mickey Down, Konrad Kay, Sagar Radia and Ken Leung about the refreshing diversity of HBO's hit banking drama
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 10:39 AM
in our last piece for watercooler week, i spoke to industry’s mickey down, konrad kay, sagar radia and ken leung about the series’ refreshingly nuanced take on race and class in the workplace www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/indu...
it is watercooler week at gq — a celebration of the workplace on tv. for which i spoke to charlie brooker about “uss callister” and black mirror’s baddest bosses: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/blac...
Charlie Brooker on “USS Callister” and the horrors of the workplace in Black Mirror
As GQ's workplace week continues, we speak to Brooker about the critically acclaimed Mirror episode in which the boss of a video game company tortures his digitalised colleagues — and the series' othe...
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November 27, 2024 at 9:25 AM
it is watercooler week at gq — a celebration of the workplace on tv. for which i spoke to charlie brooker about “uss callister” and black mirror’s baddest bosses: www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/blac...
not to log on as the “hot frosty” defender but why are people writing it off as hammily written schlock. this is the entire point of “hot frosty.” every rote little gag is delivered with a knowing smirk. i mean, it’s a film about a hunky snowman. you don’t get more parodic. it’s called “hot frosty.”
November 26, 2024 at 2:32 PM
not to log on as the “hot frosty” defender but why are people writing it off as hammily written schlock. this is the entire point of “hot frosty.” every rote little gag is delivered with a knowing smirk. i mean, it’s a film about a hunky snowman. you don’t get more parodic. it’s called “hot frosty.”
a second porn bot has followed me on bluesky
November 25, 2024 at 2:29 PM
a second porn bot has followed me on bluesky
“defying gravity,” a wildly underrated pre-sunday league pump-yourself-up anthem
November 24, 2024 at 11:32 AM
“defying gravity,” a wildly underrated pre-sunday league pump-yourself-up anthem
pep guardiola died on the way back to his home planet
November 23, 2024 at 7:43 PM
pep guardiola died on the way back to his home planet
going out on a limb here by saying that people *will* indeed exchange money for tickets to see Wicked over the weekend
November 22, 2024 at 11:00 AM
going out on a limb here by saying that people *will* indeed exchange money for tickets to see Wicked over the weekend
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“Sometimes I find it very laughable, the idea of maleness.”
I profiled Daniel Craig. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/m...
I profiled Daniel Craig. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/m...
November 20, 2024 at 3:46 PM
“Sometimes I find it very laughable, the idea of maleness.”
I profiled Daniel Craig. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/m...
I profiled Daniel Craig. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/m...
friends fear he’s wearing a vest to a gq party … again
November 19, 2024 at 5:17 PM
friends fear he’s wearing a vest to a gq party … again