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John Hodson
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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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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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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.

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BOTD John Frankenheimer!!
MCCT5: 5)Walk the Line 4)Gypsy Moths 3)7 Days in May 2)Seconds 1)Manchurian Candidate
Drove Bobby to the Ambassador Hotel
More:
@filminquiry.bsky.social: www.filminquiry.com/film-inquiry...
@jamellebouie.net: www.nytimes.com/2023/05/13/o...
Opinion | John Frankenheimer Pointed His Camera Toward the Things We Cannot Escape (Published 2023)
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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*screams with joy!*
National Theatre to stream The Importance of Being Earnest for free
Max Webster’s production was first seen in 2024
www.whatsonstage.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Here's the full look at Jean-Jacques Beineix's classic shot across the cinema du look bows, DIVA, now in a new Blu-ray edition from Kino Lorber (4K review forthcoming):
Bits #BD Review – @sbjork.bsky.social takes in Jean-Jacques Beineix's DIVA, available on #Bluray from @kinolorber.com (#4K #UltraHD forthcoming). @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...
February 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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a few thoughts on rewatching Platoon for the first time in decades:
letterboxd.com/jamesewand/f...
A ★★★★ review of Platoon (1986)
Oliver Stone is not a name that rings out in film discourse these days but he was a formative filmmaker for me, his movies ubiquitous as I entered my teens and started to take an interest in cinema. A...
letterboxd.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Took the grandchildren to the Machu Pichu experience in Manchester & while everyone was 'oohing' and 'ahhhing' over the whole virtual reality thing, I was thinking about KINGS OF THE SUN & Q; THE WINGED SERPENT...
February 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Coming soon on #4K #Steelbook and standard in the UK from #BBC (and likely shortly after in the US): #DoctorWho: The Movie (1996)!

To celebrate its 30th Anniversary, for the first time, Doctor Who: The Movie has been newly restored from the original 35mm film elements,
February 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Bits #BD Review – @sbjork.bsky.social takes in Jean-Jacques Beineix's DIVA, available on #Bluray from @kinolorber.com (#4K #UltraHD forthcoming). @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...
February 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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You can now stream MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA on the Eye Player, with a score by Leo Geyer and Richard Bossons derived from the original music for the film organised by Vertov. player.eyefilm.nl/en/films/man...
player.eyefilm.nl
February 19, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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#MilestoneMonday
#UKCanals
A milestone on the derelict Manchester Bury and Bolton Canal, which still has lots of its quarter mile markers.
February 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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On that topic, formally announced now!
February 19, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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Over on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social this afternoon, 4:30PM, #FilmNoir from Hammer Studios, A Stranger Came Home (1954). #BritNoir

Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Paulette Goddard, William Sylvester and Patrick Holt.
February 19, 2026 at 11:09 AM
#BOTD Jeff Daniels - THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO...
February 19, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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I couldn't recommend this one more, if you haven't seen it.

letterboxd.com/dancedanceda...
A ★★★★ review of The Adjuster (1991)
The Adjuster is Atom Egoyan's most atonal and awkward film. It feels like a bunch of short stories hung together on a thematic string, that derives its cumulative power through tone, rather than by pl...
letterboxd.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:07 AM
#BOTD Lee Marvin - CAT BALLOU
February 19, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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Liberal England Gold...

The Spencer Davis Group: Every Little Bit Hurts
Spencer Davis Group: Every Little Bit Hurts
Recorded at the Marquee Club in February 1965, so Steve Winwood (on vocals and piano) is 16 here.
liberalengland.blogspot.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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United States of Horror Movies
(sorry, did a search, but couldn't find who to credit - lots of variations doing the rounds, but I think this might be the original)
February 18, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Was sad to hear of the passing of the great Tom Noonan who always made a huge impression on the movies he starred in, even when the role was small. RIP 🎬
#filmsky #moviesky #cinema
February 19, 2026 at 12:09 AM
February 19, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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Remembering Milos Forman on his birthday 🎂
📷 David Hurn, 1968

"Friends came to me before I started Cuckoo's Nest & said, 'You'll kill your career because it's such an American subject, you can't do it well." And I said, 'What are you talking about? It's a Czech movie'."
February 18, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture (Official Video)
YouTube video by {TheNew}
youtu.be
February 19, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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Recent viewing round-up, exhibit A: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), directed Stephen Hopkins and starring Geoffry Rush in the tituler role. This rather sets itself up for failure from the start, and not only for trying to condense Roger Lewis' 900-page biography into a two hour film. 1/5
February 19, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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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
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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
February 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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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