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James Clarke
@jamesclarkewriter.bsky.social
Writer: visual effects journalism, screenplay / screenwriting tutor. Member of Society of Authors. Books include: Bond Photographed by Terry O’Neill, The Virgin Film Guide: Coppola. Read more about my work here: https://societyofauthors.org/soa-member/jame
Here’s my latest animation-themed piece for @creativebloq: www.creativebloq.com/art/2d-anima... Thanks!
These cartoons of the 1960s are more than nostalgia bait, they're still amazing today
Why Chuck Jones and The Beatles are still relevant today.
www.creativebloq.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Trip the lightsaber fantastic! Here’s a new piece that I’ve written for @creativebloq.com.web.brid.gy about the work of vfx studio dneg for the #StarWars tv serial, #StarWarsSkeletonCrew: www.creativebloq.com/entertainmen... Thanks!
March 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Here’s the first of a series of pieces that I am writing for CreativeBloq: www.creativebloq.com/art/2d-anima... With thanks to animators and directors Shaun Magher, Drew Roper, Miguel Ortega and art historian/writer @ruthmillington.bsky.social for their insights. 👍✏️🎥
I asked leading directors for their favourite 1950s cartoons, and this is the nostalgia that's inspired them
Is your favourite on the list?
www.creativebloq.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Reposted by James Clarke
For @birminghamlive.bsky.social I spoke to comedy legend Stewart Lee about Birmingham's overlooked Surrealist Emmy Bridgwater (whose house was on his paper round). I agree with him - we all need to shout a little louder about our city's culture: birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/art...
Surrealism has arrived on the streets of Solihull
Surreal Solihull will take place until May 31, 2025 on Solihull High Street and in a pop-up gallery inside Touchwood
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March 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Very much looking forward to having a conversation with @lucindahawksley.bsky.social at The Munnings Art Museum in Essex on May 6th. More details here:
www.munningsmuseum.org.uk/events-and-w... Thanks! #arthistory #CharlesDickens #AlfredMunnings ✏️🎨📚🖼️
Events and Workshops – The Munnings Art Museum
www.munningsmuseum.org.uk
March 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Here’s an incisive, thoughtful and good natured movie podcast to check out: Eavesdropping at the Movies.👍🎥💬
February 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Head for the western sky with my new article for Creative Bloq to read about the work of @ilmvfx.bsky.social on the movie #Wicked:https://www.creativebloq.com/entertainment/vfx/how-the-magical-vfx-of-wicked-was-made-and-why-a-single-scene-was-make-or-break Thankyiu! 🧙🎥
February 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In this new conversation with Drew Barrymore about ET (www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...) Steven Spielberg refers to the only ET sequel to have been realised. In 2015, I spoke with William Kotzwinkle - the writer of that sequel - for SciFi Now magazine. Thanks! Watch the skies. 🌌
January 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Paul Newman was born on this day in 1925. If you’re interested in how still-images of movie stars play their part in shaping that stardom please do check out my book pictured here. Thanks! #paulnewman
January 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Federico Fellini wrote a synopsis for a film that never reached the screen in his lifetime. The film has now been made as ‘Naples-New York’. I’ve written a piece for @beforesmag.bsky.social about it: beforesandafters.com/2024/12/04/t... Thanks!
January 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I didn’t know until today that Walter Murch has a new book due for publication this May. 👍 Do check out his earlier books, ‘In the Blink of an Eye’ and ‘The Conversations’ if you enjoy reading and thinking about how movies work.
January 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Late last year I wrote a piece about the visual heritage of @dndbeyond.com on the occasion of the game’s 50th anniversary. You can read it here: www.creativebloq.com/art/50-years... Thankyou! #dungeons&dragons
January 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Starting this spring, please do keep a look out online for a series of new animation-themed articles that are currently in the works here. Thanks!
January 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Very intrigued to read about the in-development Robert Eggers-sequel to the Jim Henson movie, Labyrinth. In 2016, I had a conversation for Sci Fi Now magazine with Brian Henson about his memories of working with his father on Labyrinth. Here’s a glimpse at the article. Thanks!
January 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Jeanne Moreau was born on this day in 1928. A couple of years ago I wrote the book pictured here, and it includes a number of photos taken by Douglas Kirkland of Moreau and Bardot together for the movie, Viva Maria! (1965). Thankyou! ✏️🎥 #JeanneMoreau
January 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reposted by James Clarke
Attention 🔊Please write to your MP ahead of the House of Commons General Debate on the Creative Industries on Monday 27 January -
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Safeguard Creative Rights in AI
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January 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is splendid to see.👍
January 28 is the official street date, but we have already sent out a lot of these:
My book on Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City is coming out Jan. 28. If you preorder the signed (by me!) edition, MZS.press will ship it to you! Images below! mzs.press/PRE-ORDER-SI...
January 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A note of thanks from me to readers of my book pictured here from ACC Art Books and Iconic Images (London). I found out today that it has just been published in its fifth edition. It was originally published in March 2020. Thankyou.😊👍#JamesBond #filmwriting
January 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Q: Who ya gonna call?
A: Prospero.
January 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I thought that the new movie Nosferatu was tremendous. What I perhaps enjoyed most was its use and presentation of firelight and candlelight. There is a scene in a woodland tavern early on in the movie that looked like Rembrandt had been the DP.
January 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The latest issue of SFX magazine is currently available (in print and digital editions). For this issue, I was hugely grateful to have a conversation with @thehorrormaster.bsky.social about his wonderful movie, Starman (1984). Thanks!
January 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Several years ago, I wrote a piece for @lwlies.com about a very beautiful movie called The Straight Story. It was directed by #DavidLynch. You can read my appreciative piece here: lwlies.com/articles/the... Thankyou.
Why The Straight Story remains one of the great American road movies
In praise of David Lynch’s contemplative humanist drama from 1999, a film about moving slowly and gently in a hard and fast world.
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January 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Thanks to the @societyofauthors.bsky.social for inviting me to serve on their Screenwriting Group Committee. I look forward to being a part of it all. 👍✏️
January 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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January 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM