Matt Lyon
@mattlyon.bsky.social
⟢ illustrator/doodler ⟡ he/him ⟣
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The way all these chocolate bars fit perfectly together in the box is so satisfying 🍫
January 25, 2026 at 10:19 PM
The way all these chocolate bars fit perfectly together in the box is so satisfying 🍫
I hope Smiths Horror Bags are included
U.K. CRISP PACKETS BOOK
From Salt ’n’ Shake to Space Raiders, this nostalgic little book peels back the foil on three decades of U.K. crisp packets. The incomplete crisp packet collection by Chris Packet 1970 - 2000.
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January 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I hope Smiths Horror Bags are included
Letterboxd stats time 🍿📽
January 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Letterboxd stats time 🍿📽
In no particular order, my ten favourite first-watch films of 2025. As always, so many discoveries and long-overdue treats. Alt text for further details and honourable mentions
December 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In no particular order, my ten favourite first-watch films of 2025. As always, so many discoveries and long-overdue treats. Alt text for further details and honourable mentions
✨🎄 Christmas Star Rise 🎄✨
☆ Seasonal Yuletide greetings! Enjoy the festivities ☆
☆ Seasonal Yuletide greetings! Enjoy the festivities ☆
December 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
✨🎄 Christmas Star Rise 🎄✨
☆ Seasonal Yuletide greetings! Enjoy the festivities ☆
☆ Seasonal Yuletide greetings! Enjoy the festivities ☆
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‘Remember shoegaze? If you’re under forty you won’t,’ Stephanie Burt (@notquitehydepark.bsky.social) writes.
It’s back: ‘There’s a shoegaze revival underway, and it’s youth-led, and characteristically trans.’
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
It’s back: ‘There’s a shoegaze revival underway, and it’s youth-led, and characteristically trans.’
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Stephanie Burt | Shoegazing
Remember shoegaze? If you’re under forty you won’t, though you might have come across it later. It’s the rock...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
‘Remember shoegaze? If you’re under forty you won’t,’ Stephanie Burt (@notquitehydepark.bsky.social) writes.
It’s back: ‘There’s a shoegaze revival underway, and it’s youth-led, and characteristically trans.’
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
It’s back: ‘There’s a shoegaze revival underway, and it’s youth-led, and characteristically trans.’
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Season's greetings
Object of the week: Mid-century Christmas card designs by Ealing Studios
As an annual tradition throughout the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Ealing Studios’ advertising director S. John Woods designed a special Christmas card. The results were typical of the studio’s graphic design ...
www.bfi.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Season's greetings
One of my favourites, incredible work ❤
THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHARLES KEEPING
YouTube video by pete beard
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December 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
One of my favourites, incredible work ❤
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives, 1971
RIP Rosa von Praunheim
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
RIP Rosa von Praunheim
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
December 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives, 1971
RIP Rosa von Praunheim
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
RIP Rosa von Praunheim
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
Palestine Film Index
Currently 700+ films, along with additional texts and resources
Currently 700+ films, along with additional texts and resources
Palestine Film Index
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December 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Palestine Film Index
Currently 700+ films, along with additional texts and resources
Currently 700+ films, along with additional texts and resources
Big fan of this Jacob Epstein sculpture from the Festival of Britain: Youth Advances, 1951
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Big fan of this Jacob Epstein sculpture from the Festival of Britain: Youth Advances, 1951
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Hey why not buy a copy of one of my books as a Christmas gift for someone! Here’s a review for The Bookshop from one of the middle-aged men who have surprised themselves by enjoying it. Available from all the usual places.
December 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Hey why not buy a copy of one of my books as a Christmas gift for someone! Here’s a review for The Bookshop from one of the middle-aged men who have surprised themselves by enjoying it. Available from all the usual places.
Wonderful ♡ bsky.app/profile/luke...
A favourite shot of Mrs Wilberforce’s house, sadly long gone
December 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Wonderful ♡ bsky.app/profile/luke...
Rewatch long overdue
Faith, desire and defiance: revisiting Antonia Bird’s controversial drama Priest
Antonia Bird’s film about faith and sexuality caused an outrage upon release in 1994, but now looks like the nuanced human drama about tolerance that it always was.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Rewatch long overdue
A favourite shot of Mrs Wilberforce’s house, sadly long gone
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A favourite shot of Mrs Wilberforce’s house, sadly long gone
Great film, and always a delight to be reminded of the soot-blackened buildings of 1950s London
70 years of The Ladykillers: how the locations look today
As the classic Ealing comedy turns 70, we went walking around King’s Cross to see whether Alec Guinness and his motley band of robbers would recognise it today.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Great film, and always a delight to be reminded of the soot-blackened buildings of 1950s London
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More pictures of the individual folk horror themed bunting.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
More pictures of the individual folk horror themed bunting.
Reposted by Matt Lyon
John Waters’s annual list of the best of cinema is finally here. ‘My favorite movie of the year is a disagreeable but highly entertaining tale as exhausting as today’s politics with characters nobody could possibly root for.’
The Best Movies of 2025, According to John Waters
John Waters’s annual list of the best of cinema is finally here. ‘My favorite movie of the year is a disagreeable but highly entertaining tale as exhausting as today’s politics with characters nobody could possibly root for.’
www.vulture.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
John Waters’s annual list of the best of cinema is finally here. ‘My favorite movie of the year is a disagreeable but highly entertaining tale as exhausting as today’s politics with characters nobody could possibly root for.’
New (old) AFX, c. 1992 / 93
AFX - 36 bath beats q
YouTube video by toffo (sbd // xthl)
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December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New (old) AFX, c. 1992 / 93
Not so secretly
The Outsiders: why Francis Ford Coppola’s coming-of-age drama is secretly gay
It’s about rival gangs of straight boys in 60s Oklahoma fighting it out – but the abundance of male beauty in this 1983 adaptation of the SE Hinton novel tells another story
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Not so secretly
David Wojnarowicz at ACT UP’s FDA Action protest, 11 October 1988. Photograph by Bill Dobbs #WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
David Wojnarowicz at ACT UP’s FDA Action protest, 11 October 1988. Photograph by Bill Dobbs #WorldAIDSDay