Tim Pelan
@johnneyred.bsky.social
Have written a few film essays, including for BFI's Get Carter and Imprint's The Keep. Hendrix fan, husband and father, live in N.I My red scarf matches my eyes. https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tim-pela
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Tim Pelan
@johnneyred.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello film migration people! I have followed 60-odd of my favourite accounts from Twitter. Some have already followed me back. If you have liked my nonsense on the other place, please follow me back and maybe put the word about I'm a good chap. James Bond, movies, books, sci-fi, Star Wars, etc.
Slow Horse.
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Slow Horse.
Nolan made the same point Cameron says Bigelow's film built up to, but in a subtle, effective way with that final conversation between Oppenheimer and Einstein. And HOD wasn't all that.
James Cameron made waves when he called Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer a “moral cop-out” for not depicting the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
James Cameron Defends ‘A House of Dynamite’ Ending: “It’s the Only Possible Ending”
James Cameron made waves when he called Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer a “moral cop-out” for not depicting the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Nolan made the same point Cameron says Bigelow's film built up to, but in a subtle, effective way with that final conversation between Oppenheimer and Einstein. And HOD wasn't all that.
#NowWatching The Godfather PT.II. So timeless in its many qualities. Spectacularly detailed. I wish the TV edit of the two films would get a remastered release. What a pleasure that was to watch over several nights back in the day.
December 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#NowWatching The Godfather PT.II. So timeless in its many qualities. Spectacularly detailed. I wish the TV edit of the two films would get a remastered release. What a pleasure that was to watch over several nights back in the day.
I found a stray candy cane light so left it in front of the manger
December 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I found a stray candy cane light so left it in front of the manger
The Hunt For Red October is on ch.4 right now. Here is my essay:
cinephiliabeyond.org/hunt-for-red...
cinephiliabeyond.org/hunt-for-red...
‘And the Sea Will Grant Each Man New Hope, As Sleep Brings Dreams of Home’: John McTiernan’s ‘The Hunt for Red October’ at 35 • Cinephilia & Beyond
By Tim Pelan There is a long and noble history in Hollywood of submarine war films. The two most recent examples that spring to mind are the Cold war set The Hunt for Red October, based on Tom Clancy'...
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December 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Hunt For Red October is on ch.4 right now. Here is my essay:
cinephiliabeyond.org/hunt-for-red...
cinephiliabeyond.org/hunt-for-red...
@filmstories.bsky.social have a deep dive on Moon this latest issue. Very good it is too, @ryanlambie.bsky.social ! Here is my own with oodles of other details via @cinephiliabeyond.org :
cinephiliabeyond.org/moon/
cinephiliabeyond.org/moon/
Moonbase Alpha, Moonbase Beta: Sam Rockwell Is the Secret VFX at the Heart of Duncan Jones’ ‘Moon’ • Cinephilia & Beyond
By Tim Pelan Ten years ago Duncan Jones' Moon (2009) became the little science fiction film that could, an indie hit with a minuscule budget of five million dollars. After it premiered at that year's ...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
@filmstories.bsky.social have a deep dive on Moon this latest issue. Very good it is too, @ryanlambie.bsky.social ! Here is my own with oodles of other details via @cinephiliabeyond.org :
cinephiliabeyond.org/moon/
cinephiliabeyond.org/moon/
Good thread:
JW: Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Kubrick’s swan song is, like many of his films, chock full of details. A semi-autobiographical dream logic of coincidences trap a married couple in self doubt and sexual angst. A dark/light solstice of a film, as man and wife chase fatalistic hidden desire. #Filmsky 🧵
December 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Good thread:
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'...Odd Man Out is outstanding; literate, achingly beautiful, a haunting score, wonderfully acted and deftly directed. It is probably Carol Reed’s masterpiece...'
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December 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
'...Odd Man Out is outstanding; literate, achingly beautiful, a haunting score, wonderfully acted and deftly directed. It is probably Carol Reed’s masterpiece...'
boxd.it/8Wp0ot
boxd.it/8Wp0ot
With an essay by me, snap it up while the offer's good! Packed to the gills with extras.
Michael Mann's legendary cult horror THE KEEP (1983) Cross Replica Limited Edition is now available at 25% off as part of our Boxing Day Sale! ✞︎
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December 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
With an essay by me, snap it up while the offer's good! Packed to the gills with extras.
Reposted by Tim Pelan
Not since Balls of Fury has table-tennis featured on the big-screen as it is in Marty Supreme, a lively, quirky story of Runyon-esque America. Timothée Chalamet excels, and there's Peter Gabriel, Tears for Fears and New Order on the anachronistic soundtrack. 4/5
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Marty Supreme - film-authority.com
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film-authority.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Not since Balls of Fury has table-tennis featured on the big-screen as it is in Marty Supreme, a lively, quirky story of Runyon-esque America. Timothée Chalamet excels, and there's Peter Gabriel, Tears for Fears and New Order on the anachronistic soundtrack. 4/5
film-authority.com/2025/12/28/m...
film-authority.com/2025/12/28/m...
An excellent production btw, with a local Belfast Victorian setting take to it.
December 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
An excellent production btw, with a local Belfast Victorian setting take to it.
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If famous people spend a larger percentage of their lives being awful than doing the thing they became famous for, that kinda tells us how to talk about them when they die
This is from Bardot's memoir "Un cri dans le silence" btw. I've seen a lot of people mentioning her "right wing politics" with a hand wave, so they can talk about her beauty or animal activism, but not actually sitting with the ugliness of her legacy.
December 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If famous people spend a larger percentage of their lives being awful than doing the thing they became famous for, that kinda tells us how to talk about them when they die
Saw a trailer for Crime 101 earlier, looks promising.
December 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Saw a trailer for Crime 101 earlier, looks promising.
#NowWatching (rewatching) Wrath Of Man
December 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
#NowWatching (rewatching) Wrath Of Man
Saw Avatar Fire And Ash. It was fine. Getting really quite repetitive now though. The Return Of The Jedi of the series. A second Death Star? Hold my beer (whips out several dragon gunships and an even bigger ship).
December 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Saw Avatar Fire And Ash. It was fine. Getting really quite repetitive now though. The Return Of The Jedi of the series. A second Death Star? Hold my beer (whips out several dragon gunships and an even bigger ship).
Reposted by Tim Pelan
Fantastically thorough appreciation of one of the great US movies of the 90s
12 Monkeys turns 30!
Dive into the brilliant chaos of Gilliam’s time-bending masterpiece on its anniversary—from its La Jetée roots to its dystopian genius
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cinephiliabeyond.org/12monkeys/
Dive into the brilliant chaos of Gilliam’s time-bending masterpiece on its anniversary—from its La Jetée roots to its dystopian genius
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cinephiliabeyond.org/12monkeys/
‘I Am Insane, and You Are My Insanity’: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Terry Gilliam’s Captivating World of ‘12 Monkeys’ • Cinephilia & Beyond
12 Monkeys poster art by Yvan Quinet By Sven Mikulec By the time they got to me, they had tried proper directors and nobody wanted to do it. Nobody seemed to understand what it was, what it was about,...
cinephiliabeyond.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Fantastically thorough appreciation of one of the great US movies of the 90s
At The Lyric Theatre for A Christmas Carol
December 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
At The Lyric Theatre for A Christmas Carol
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I'm the From Director Steven Spielberg guy. It's still knocking about, down the side of the Internet's sofa. Hi if you recognise me. (And also if you don't!)
fromdirectorstevenspielberguk.wordpress.com
fromdirectorstevenspielberguk.wordpress.com
a group of stuffed animals including a lion and monkey
ALT: a group of stuffed animals including a lion and monkey
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'm the From Director Steven Spielberg guy. It's still knocking about, down the side of the Internet's sofa. Hi if you recognise me. (And also if you don't!)
fromdirectorstevenspielberguk.wordpress.com
fromdirectorstevenspielberguk.wordpress.com
Paul is an excellent writer on Spielberg.
I never promoted this properly back on Twitter, but a few years ago I wrote a little monograph about Jurassic Park. Goes into depth on how the film explores fantasy, masculinity and nature.
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Only £4.99 for the paperback on Amazon: amzn.eu/d/4chbIpm
Jurassic Park (Constellations)
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December 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Paul is an excellent writer on Spielberg.
This looks like Eddie Marsan
December 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This looks like Eddie Marsan
Kubrick directing the orgy in Eyes Wide Shut
Tinto Brass "Hold my beer"
Tinto Brass "Hold my beer"
December 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Kubrick directing the orgy in Eyes Wide Shut
Tinto Brass "Hold my beer"
Tinto Brass "Hold my beer"
Tom Cruise I think got a hard time over Eyes Wide Shut, but he's clearly giving a Kubrick-ian performance.
December 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Tom Cruise I think got a hard time over Eyes Wide Shut, but he's clearly giving a Kubrick-ian performance.
#NowWatching Eyes Wide Shut
a man in a black coat is standing in front of a store with a sign that says ' open '
ALT: a man in a black coat is standing in front of a store with a sign that says ' open '
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
#NowWatching Eyes Wide Shut
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“Once, I thought it would be hilarious to give a nazi salute on a family Christmas game show.”
December 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Once, I thought it would be hilarious to give a nazi salute on a family Christmas game show.”