John Hodson
@mgcroadster.bsky.social
Journalist since '73, now retired, film geek for longer. Rejoiner, lefty, love films of all eras. Recovering Man Utd. fan of six decades. Uses admiration of John Ford as a Rorschach test. No followers without a profile - sorry!
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John Hodson
@mgcroadster.bsky.social
· Dec 21
Done all your Christmas shopping but still have that one person left to buy for?
Gift a Bed! 🎁
For £32, you can provide a night of much needed rest for someone who would otherwise have nowhere safe to sleep.
Save the stress and gift a bed today.
www.gmmayorscharity.org.uk/gift/p/gift-...
Gift a Bed! 🎁
For £32, you can provide a night of much needed rest for someone who would otherwise have nowhere safe to sleep.
Save the stress and gift a bed today.
www.gmmayorscharity.org.uk/gift/p/gift-...
If you can, please support this; from his early teenage years, our late son James did what he could to support Manchester's homeless, whether it was a gift, food, or simply a kind word. It's a charity that means a lot to us & we give every year...
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“To watch Garbo is to understand what Hitchcock meant he called silent movies the purest form of cinema,” @willdigravio.bsky.social writes. “Each glance and movement seems to convey something about the complexities of Garbo’s character.”
crookedmarquee.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
“To watch Garbo is to understand what Hitchcock meant he called silent movies the purest form of cinema,” @willdigravio.bsky.social writes. “Each glance and movement seems to convey something about the complexities of Garbo’s character.”
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Had picked up on a Pinter influence in BLACK BAG (2025), so it was nice to see Soderbergh big up the Losey-Pinter adaptations in this interview by @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social, as “clinics in oblique storytelling and the power of the unspoken”
His reflections on Coens are also great…
1/3 #filmsky
His reflections on Coens are also great…
1/3 #filmsky
February 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Had picked up on a Pinter influence in BLACK BAG (2025), so it was nice to see Soderbergh big up the Losey-Pinter adaptations in this interview by @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social, as “clinics in oblique storytelling and the power of the unspoken”
His reflections on Coens are also great…
1/3 #filmsky
His reflections on Coens are also great…
1/3 #filmsky
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Started a film I wasn't liking very much, so when part of the score vaguely reminded me of Angelo Badalamenti's music for A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (2004) I took that as a sign I should stop watching & find that score on YT instead. Why isn't this film available on Blu-ray? WHY?
End Titles
YouTube video by Angelo Badalamenti - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Started a film I wasn't liking very much, so when part of the score vaguely reminded me of Angelo Badalamenti's music for A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (2004) I took that as a sign I should stop watching & find that score on YT instead. Why isn't this film available on Blu-ray? WHY?
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CineSavant’s Glenn Erickson writes that the pre-Code comedies of manners that comprise the new @criterion.bsky.social Blu-ray set Lubitsch Musicals were America’s talking-picture introduction to ‘the Lubitsch touch.’
trailersfromhell.com/lubitsch-mus...
trailersfromhell.com/lubitsch-mus...
Lubitsch Musicals Eclipse Series 8 - Trailers From Hell
These pre-Code comedies of manners were America’s talking-picture introduction to ‘the Lubitsch touch.’ They’re spirited bedroom farces, even though the innuendo and pliable sexuality all happens stan...
trailersfromhell.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:28 PM
CineSavant’s Glenn Erickson writes that the pre-Code comedies of manners that comprise the new @criterion.bsky.social Blu-ray set Lubitsch Musicals were America’s talking-picture introduction to ‘the Lubitsch touch.’
trailersfromhell.com/lubitsch-mus...
trailersfromhell.com/lubitsch-mus...
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Amazingly, all of these great Ennio Morricone soundtracks have been issued by Quartet Records in the last year. It is a stellar selection of some of his greatest works. I adore every single title here. All brilliant. It’s a powerhouse selection. Go buy!
#EnnioMorricone @quartetrecords.bsky.social
#EnnioMorricone @quartetrecords.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Amazingly, all of these great Ennio Morricone soundtracks have been issued by Quartet Records in the last year. It is a stellar selection of some of his greatest works. I adore every single title here. All brilliant. It’s a powerhouse selection. Go buy!
#EnnioMorricone @quartetrecords.bsky.social
#EnnioMorricone @quartetrecords.bsky.social
As Len Deighton is #BOTD here's my review of THE IPCRESS FILE on Letterboxd... #FilmSky
boxd.it/bSIyHF
boxd.it/bSIyHF
A ★★★★★ review of The Ipcress File (1965)
“Look! The IPCRESS File is on TV.” “How many times have you seen this?" “Oh, I’ll just give it five minutes…" We all know how this scenario plays out; could not resist... Sidney J. Furie’s spy thrille...
boxd.it
February 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
As Len Deighton is #BOTD here's my review of THE IPCRESS FILE on Letterboxd... #FilmSky
boxd.it/bSIyHF
boxd.it/bSIyHF
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"If you mourn the absence of Palmer-like attributes & find the narrative incomprehensible, still read this novel for the way it brings to life the early 1960s, the pre-Beatles era of steam trains, soot & the death penalty"
On Len Deighton, 97 today👇
thelionandunicorn.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/r...
On Len Deighton, 97 today👇
thelionandunicorn.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/r...
Rear-view review: The Ipcress File
DAN ATKINSON revisits Len Deighton’s first novel from 1962.
thelionandunicorn.wordpress.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
"If you mourn the absence of Palmer-like attributes & find the narrative incomprehensible, still read this novel for the way it brings to life the early 1960s, the pre-Beatles era of steam trains, soot & the death penalty"
On Len Deighton, 97 today👇
thelionandunicorn.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/r...
On Len Deighton, 97 today👇
thelionandunicorn.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/r...
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This evening’s film: the simple, beautiful Paterson boxd.it/dcj4jL
A ★★★★★ review of Paterson (2016)
There’s a similar quietness and beauty in this film as Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days: the making of art from life, and turning life itself into art, through close attention and a love of the everyday. Mor...
boxd.it
February 18, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This evening’s film: the simple, beautiful Paterson boxd.it/dcj4jL
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Seven Veils is certainly Atom Egoyan's best film since Where the Truth Lies, and more likely since The Sweet Hereafter. It is another attempt at a grand artistic statement fraught with memories and abuse. Art within art, metaphors strained for and sprinted past.
February 18, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Seven Veils is certainly Atom Egoyan's best film since Where the Truth Lies, and more likely since The Sweet Hereafter. It is another attempt at a grand artistic statement fraught with memories and abuse. Art within art, metaphors strained for and sprinted past.
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For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke with Shawn Edwards about his efforts to open the Black Movie Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Missouri.
Celebrating Black Cinema: Shawn Edwards on the Black Movie Hall of Fame | Black Writers Week | Roger Ebert
An interview with Shawn Edwards on the creation of the Black Movie Hall of Fame.
www.rogerebert.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke with Shawn Edwards about his efforts to open the Black Movie Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Steven Soderbergh sat down to discuss his favorite films—from DO THE RIGHT THING to FARGO and LOST IN TRANSLATION—for @letterboxd.social and shared his theory we reached peak cinema at the end of New Hollywood, as well as his stance that Spike Lee should've won the Palme d'Or that year at Cannes.
Steven’s Selects: indie champion Steven Soderbergh on his favorite films across nine decades • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
To celebrate his Nitehawk Cinema season, Steven Soderbergh tells Isaac Feldberg how he selected nine films to program, why Spike Lee should have beaten him for the Palme d’Or, how Ernst Lubitsch inspi...
boxd.it
February 18, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Steven Soderbergh sat down to discuss his favorite films—from DO THE RIGHT THING to FARGO and LOST IN TRANSLATION—for @letterboxd.social and shared his theory we reached peak cinema at the end of New Hollywood, as well as his stance that Spike Lee should've won the Palme d'Or that year at Cannes.
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So excited about being invited onto Imprint's latest TV Movie of the Week Collection to talk Killdozer. And, even better, I'm joined by my podcast partners, Dan and Nate! Killdozer is being released along with Madame Sin and The UFO Incident. You can pre-order here:
viavision.com.au/shop/tv-movi...
viavision.com.au/shop/tv-movi...
February 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM
So excited about being invited onto Imprint's latest TV Movie of the Week Collection to talk Killdozer. And, even better, I'm joined by my podcast partners, Dan and Nate! Killdozer is being released along with Madame Sin and The UFO Incident. You can pre-order here:
viavision.com.au/shop/tv-movi...
viavision.com.au/shop/tv-movi...
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Many of you probably know this, but in 1862 - while Manchester millworkers were starving because the Union army had blockaded the Southern states and almost no cotton was being exported - the working people of Manchester wrote to Abraham Lincoln, to support the blockade that was taking their jobs. >
February 18, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Many of you probably know this, but in 1862 - while Manchester millworkers were starving because the Union army had blockaded the Southern states and almost no cotton was being exported - the working people of Manchester wrote to Abraham Lincoln, to support the blockade that was taking their jobs. >
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🚨We're hiring!🚨
The Bell is hiring another full-time staff reporter to join our team. We're looking for someone ambitious & tenacious, who is willing to knock lots of doors. Our journalism is in-person & on-the-ground.
Click the link below for more details.
The Bell is hiring another full-time staff reporter to join our team. We're looking for someone ambitious & tenacious, who is willing to knock lots of doors. Our journalism is in-person & on-the-ground.
Click the link below for more details.
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Come and work with a team that’s changing journalism Role details Location: Glasgow (we need someone who lives full-time in the area, or is willing to relocate) Salary: Dependent on experienc…
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February 18, 2026 at 12:15 PM
🚨We're hiring!🚨
The Bell is hiring another full-time staff reporter to join our team. We're looking for someone ambitious & tenacious, who is willing to knock lots of doors. Our journalism is in-person & on-the-ground.
Click the link below for more details.
The Bell is hiring another full-time staff reporter to join our team. We're looking for someone ambitious & tenacious, who is willing to knock lots of doors. Our journalism is in-person & on-the-ground.
Click the link below for more details.
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Watched this BBC Nigel Kneale classic tonight. As riveting for its techy supernatural freak out script as it was for the seminal electronic Desmond Briscoe BBC radiophonic workshop soundtrack…
February 18, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Watched this BBC Nigel Kneale classic tonight. As riveting for its techy supernatural freak out script as it was for the seminal electronic Desmond Briscoe BBC radiophonic workshop soundtrack…
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Btw, pop over to ITVX for The Spy in Black, The Thief of Bagdad, 49th Parallel, Black Narcissus and Ill Met By Moonlight for more by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger.
February 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Btw, pop over to ITVX for The Spy in Black, The Thief of Bagdad, 49th Parallel, Black Narcissus and Ill Met By Moonlight for more by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger.
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...but just the standard 29 days for A Matter of Life and Death: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0002fc4 via @bbciplayer
A Matter of Life and Death
A British pilot survives a plane crash, meets a US servicewoman and falls in love. In heaven, however, a mistake is discovered.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 3:52 PM
...but just the standard 29 days for A Matter of Life and Death: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0002fc4 via @bbciplayer
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And there it is, available for two months... I Know Where I'm Going!: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074rq7 via @bbciplayer
I Know Where I'm Going!
Romantic drama. An ambitious middle-class woman is marooned on the Isle of Mull en route to her wedding, and falls in love with the Laird of Kiloran.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 1:10 PM
And there it is, available for two months... I Know Where I'm Going!: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074rq7 via @bbciplayer
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No idea what this will be called but I always thought Joshua Hobson's 'Voice of the West Riding' and Baines' 'Leeds Mercury' were great newspaper names.
At long last, we’re launching in Leeds! Ever since I started The Mill, people have asked us to create a publication across the Pennines.
If 500 people pledge to become members, we’re going to hire two journalists and do it. Please share with Leeds friends.
leeds.ghost.io
If 500 people pledge to become members, we’re going to hire two journalists and do it. Please share with Leeds friends.
leeds.ghost.io
February 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
No idea what this will be called but I always thought Joshua Hobson's 'Voice of the West Riding' and Baines' 'Leeds Mercury' were great newspaper names.
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DILLINGER is back on Blu-ray! I can't fully recommend the new bare-bones edition when Arrow's version (now OOP) had some cool extras, but if you just want to own the movie, it's once again available. cinapse.co/2026/02/back...
Back on Blu: DILLINGER, the Directorial Debut of John Milius - Cinapse
Warren Oates stars as the famed criminal in AIP's 1973 period crime classic Note: The screenshots in this article are not sourced from this MGM Blu-ray and only included for illustrative purposes. I'v...
cinapse.co
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
DILLINGER is back on Blu-ray! I can't fully recommend the new bare-bones edition when Arrow's version (now OOP) had some cool extras, but if you just want to own the movie, it's once again available. cinapse.co/2026/02/back...
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If I’d seen AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL before writing this list it would have 100% been on it. What a movie. CINÉMA.
There was some nonsense recently about how films need to be “shorter.” So I wrote this, about my 10 favourite absolute units.
Long movies: go big or go home!
Long movies: go big or go home!
Long movies
Explore epic-length cinema with our curated list of must-see long films, from Kurosawa's Seven Samurai to Napoleon, celebrating movies that defy the 90-minute norm.
thefilmlist.beehiiv.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
If I’d seen AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL before writing this list it would have 100% been on it. What a movie. CINÉMA.
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TCM’s #31DaysofOscar >
Gold Diggers of 1933
This pre-code film featured the Depression era song "Remember My Forgotten Man," performed by Etta Moten & Blondell. Moten was also the 1st woc to perform as a ghost singer in filmmaking.
#Oscar #BlackHistoryMonth #precode
Gold Diggers of 1933
This pre-code film featured the Depression era song "Remember My Forgotten Man," performed by Etta Moten & Blondell. Moten was also the 1st woc to perform as a ghost singer in filmmaking.
#Oscar #BlackHistoryMonth #precode
February 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
TCM’s #31DaysofOscar >
Gold Diggers of 1933
This pre-code film featured the Depression era song "Remember My Forgotten Man," performed by Etta Moten & Blondell. Moten was also the 1st woc to perform as a ghost singer in filmmaking.
#Oscar #BlackHistoryMonth #precode
Gold Diggers of 1933
This pre-code film featured the Depression era song "Remember My Forgotten Man," performed by Etta Moten & Blondell. Moten was also the 1st woc to perform as a ghost singer in filmmaking.
#Oscar #BlackHistoryMonth #precode
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The Seventh Seal premiered #OTD 1957
Ingmar Bergman’s dark journey into existential angst, starring Max von Sydow and Bibi Andersson.
#TCMParty #classicmovies #filmsky #filmnoir
Ingmar Bergman’s dark journey into existential angst, starring Max von Sydow and Bibi Andersson.
#TCMParty #classicmovies #filmsky #filmnoir
February 18, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The Seventh Seal premiered #OTD 1957
Ingmar Bergman’s dark journey into existential angst, starring Max von Sydow and Bibi Andersson.
#TCMParty #classicmovies #filmsky #filmnoir
Ingmar Bergman’s dark journey into existential angst, starring Max von Sydow and Bibi Andersson.
#TCMParty #classicmovies #filmsky #filmnoir
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder's riff on "Sunset Boulevard" depicted the decline of a movie-star in post-war Germany with stunning cinematography and a total sense of hopelessness. “Veronika Voss” premiered in Germany on this day in 1982: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
Classic Corner: Veronika Voss — Crooked Marquee
Fassbinder's riff on "Sunset Boulevard" depicted the decline of a movie-star in post-war Germany with stunning cinematography and a total sense of hopelessness.
crookedmarquee.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's riff on "Sunset Boulevard" depicted the decline of a movie-star in post-war Germany with stunning cinematography and a total sense of hopelessness. “Veronika Voss” premiered in Germany on this day in 1982: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
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My Letterboxd ‘review’: boxd.it/dbvfgD
A review of California (1947)
Milland just does not have the raw charisma needed to command a Western of this magnitude, sorry. He’s great at so many things, but not this. Nonetheless, the holy Stanwyck validates his presence and ...
boxd.it
February 18, 2026 at 8:22 PM
My Letterboxd ‘review’: boxd.it/dbvfgD