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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All the big hitters will be in the conversation tomorrow, but let’s not forget that he directed an absolute knockout back in ‘97 and might never have been better than under his own direction… ‘Blow this pain out of me!’
youtu.be/q5v5DOEF45E?si…
youtu.be/q5v5DOEF45E?si…
February 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
All the big hitters will be in the conversation tomorrow, but let’s not forget that he directed an absolute knockout back in ‘97 and might never have been better than under his own direction… ‘Blow this pain out of me!’
youtu.be/q5v5DOEF45E?si…
youtu.be/q5v5DOEF45E?si…
#SmallProphets is the gentlest three hour comedy, an exploration of relationships, of quirky humans seeking answers to the simplest and most fundamental questions. It asks its audience - what would you ask? What would make you truly happy? What is your heart's desire?
Right now, another series...
Right now, another series...
February 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM
#SmallProphets is the gentlest three hour comedy, an exploration of relationships, of quirky humans seeking answers to the simplest and most fundamental questions. It asks its audience - what would you ask? What would make you truly happy? What is your heart's desire?
Right now, another series...
Right now, another series...
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Something I wrote last year, upon the big retro at @filmlinc.bsky.social, about this singular artist. RIP, king crookedmarquee.com/the-comfort-...
February 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Something I wrote last year, upon the big retro at @filmlinc.bsky.social, about this singular artist. RIP, king crookedmarquee.com/the-comfort-...
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Magnetic.
I love this scene. Duvall has to deliver a tongue-twisting amount of dialogue, but his body is doing more work than his mouth
youtu.be/Zxqkrmkhrjw?...
youtu.be/Zxqkrmkhrjw?...
Network - "I Got A Hit" - Holden, Duvall
YouTube video by No Small Plans
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Magnetic.
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Robert Duvall being pursued by police in, THX1138 (1971) Written and directed by George Lucas.
February 16, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Robert Duvall being pursued by police in, THX1138 (1971) Written and directed by George Lucas.
Public service announcement - get to the iPlayer...
Waiting for the Out is very good indeed, you should definitely watch Waiting for the Out
February 16, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Public service announcement - get to the iPlayer...
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Requiescat, Frederick Wiseman. My man had Foucault-levels of things to say about the role of institutions in our lives, but was also a hugely talented filmmaker on top of it.
If you have not seen Titicut Follies (1967), prioritise it: right out the gate, our guy was NOT here to fuck around
If you have not seen Titicut Follies (1967), prioritise it: right out the gate, our guy was NOT here to fuck around
Frederick Wiseman: TITICUT FOLLIES
YouTube video by Austin Film Society
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Requiescat, Frederick Wiseman. My man had Foucault-levels of things to say about the role of institutions in our lives, but was also a hugely talented filmmaker on top of it.
If you have not seen Titicut Follies (1967), prioritise it: right out the gate, our guy was NOT here to fuck around
If you have not seen Titicut Follies (1967), prioritise it: right out the gate, our guy was NOT here to fuck around
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I watched five Frederick Wiseman films in January - Titicut Follies, High School, Hospital, Juvenile Court and Welfare - and they are a remarkable body of work. Never mind that he made another 30 films.
For the little seen ones, I'd recommend Boxing Gym, which I find impossibly compelling. RIP.
For the little seen ones, I'd recommend Boxing Gym, which I find impossibly compelling. RIP.
RIP Frederick Wiseman <3 <3
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I watched five Frederick Wiseman films in January - Titicut Follies, High School, Hospital, Juvenile Court and Welfare - and they are a remarkable body of work. Never mind that he made another 30 films.
For the little seen ones, I'd recommend Boxing Gym, which I find impossibly compelling. RIP.
For the little seen ones, I'd recommend Boxing Gym, which I find impossibly compelling. RIP.
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R.I.P., Robert Duvall. So glad I got to talk to him for Decider a few years ago. It was truly an honor and a privilege, and he was a super nice guy. 
decider.com/2022/03/25/r...
decider.com/2022/03/25/r...
‘The Godfather’ at 50: Robert Duvall Talks Razzing Marlon Brando On-Set, His Distaste For Multiple Takes, And Why He Passed On ‘Godfather III’
“I said, 'If you want to pay somebody twice what you pay me, fine, but not three and four and five times as much.' So it didn't work out.”
decider.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
R.I.P., Robert Duvall. So glad I got to talk to him for Decider a few years ago. It was truly an honor and a privilege, and he was a super nice guy. 
decider.com/2022/03/25/r...
decider.com/2022/03/25/r...
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RIP Robert Duvall...
February 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
RIP Robert Duvall...
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Boss Spearman on the meaning of life
Another great Duvall performance in Open Range.
youtu.be/Hbzs4hMCDxY?...
Another great Duvall performance in Open Range.
youtu.be/Hbzs4hMCDxY?...
OPEN RANGE - "Shame to go forever without takin' a taste of somethin'." - Robert Duvall
YouTube video by George Khoury
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Boss Spearman on the meaning of life
Another great Duvall performance in Open Range.
youtu.be/Hbzs4hMCDxY?...
Another great Duvall performance in Open Range.
youtu.be/Hbzs4hMCDxY?...
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Rest in Peace Robert Duvall, 1931-2026.
Amongst his numerous incredible performances over the past 65+ years, this is personally one of my very favorites. From OPEN RANGE (2003), with Kevin Costner and James Russo. Directed by Kevin Costner.
Amongst his numerous incredible performances over the past 65+ years, this is personally one of my very favorites. From OPEN RANGE (2003), with Kevin Costner and James Russo. Directed by Kevin Costner.
February 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Rest in Peace Robert Duvall, 1931-2026.
Amongst his numerous incredible performances over the past 65+ years, this is personally one of my very favorites. From OPEN RANGE (2003), with Kevin Costner and James Russo. Directed by Kevin Costner.
Amongst his numerous incredible performances over the past 65+ years, this is personally one of my very favorites. From OPEN RANGE (2003), with Kevin Costner and James Russo. Directed by Kevin Costner.
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Bonus Obscure YT of the day: Robert Duvall (R.I.P.) stars in Horton Foote's TOMORROW (1972), which he said was one of his personal favorites. It had a very limited release. It's based on a William Fauklner story.
youtu.be/Vh2hRX6dGmI?...
youtu.be/Vh2hRX6dGmI?...
February 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Bonus Obscure YT of the day: Robert Duvall (R.I.P.) stars in Horton Foote's TOMORROW (1972), which he said was one of his personal favorites. It had a very limited release. It's based on a William Fauklner story.
youtu.be/Vh2hRX6dGmI?...
youtu.be/Vh2hRX6dGmI?...
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... btw still available to stream free - Watch Enys Men | Stream free on Channel 4 share.google/WWBDdIam8Chx...
Enys Men
(2022) Mark Jenkin's eerie expressionist poem of a film set on a remote Cornish island
share.google
February 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
... btw still available to stream free - Watch Enys Men | Stream free on Channel 4 share.google/WWBDdIam8Chx...
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Crank up the Cat Stevens, because RIP Bud Cort Week is tipping off with Dan Ireland’s classic trailer commentary for the May-December Hal Ashby romance Harold and Maude!
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Harold And Maude | Trailers From Hell
Director Hal Ashby’s quirky comedy about the May-December romance of a death-obsessed young man and his 79-year-old inamorata was shunned by critics and crowds alike upon its 1971 release but has sinc...
trailersfromhell.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Crank up the Cat Stevens, because RIP Bud Cort Week is tipping off with Dan Ireland’s classic trailer commentary for the May-December Hal Ashby romance Harold and Maude!
trailersfromhell.com/harold-and-m...
trailersfromhell.com/harold-and-m...
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2/16/44: Passage to Marseille
D Michael Curtiz/DP Mr. James Wong Howe
w/Bogie, Rains, Greenstreet & Lorre... & the triple flashback!!!
More:
@johnfeath.bsky.social via @latereviewer.bsky.social: latereviewer.com/2021/10/05/s...
@trailersfromhell.bsky.social: trailersfromhell.com/passage-to-m...
D Michael Curtiz/DP Mr. James Wong Howe
w/Bogie, Rains, Greenstreet & Lorre... & the triple flashback!!!
More:
@johnfeath.bsky.social via @latereviewer.bsky.social: latereviewer.com/2021/10/05/s...
@trailersfromhell.bsky.social: trailersfromhell.com/passage-to-m...
Passage to Marseille - Trailers From Hell
Michael Curtiz’s wartime tale of Devil’s Island convict Humphrey Bogart fighting to get back and defend France has a still-controversial scene of violence. The convoluted storyline nests enough flashb...
trailersfromhell.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM
2/16/44: Passage to Marseille
D Michael Curtiz/DP Mr. James Wong Howe
w/Bogie, Rains, Greenstreet & Lorre... & the triple flashback!!!
More:
@johnfeath.bsky.social via @latereviewer.bsky.social: latereviewer.com/2021/10/05/s...
@trailersfromhell.bsky.social: trailersfromhell.com/passage-to-m...
D Michael Curtiz/DP Mr. James Wong Howe
w/Bogie, Rains, Greenstreet & Lorre... & the triple flashback!!!
More:
@johnfeath.bsky.social via @latereviewer.bsky.social: latereviewer.com/2021/10/05/s...
@trailersfromhell.bsky.social: trailersfromhell.com/passage-to-m...
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All the President's Men comes out on 4K tomorrow. No doubt the Post breaking the Watergate story led to generations of oligarchs thinking, "Well, we can't have THAT happen again." #filmsky 📽️
All the President's Men (Steelbook) Steelbook, Limited Edition, 4K Mastering, Digital Copy on DeepDiscount
All the President's Men (Steelbook)
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February 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
All the President's Men comes out on 4K tomorrow. No doubt the Post breaking the Watergate story led to generations of oligarchs thinking, "Well, we can't have THAT happen again." #filmsky 📽️
And he was the best to ever do it; a thief, who stole many a film right from under the nose of the lead...
“Somebody once said that the best life in the world is the life of a second leading man,” Mr. Duvall told The Times. “You travel, you get a per diem, and you’ve probably got a better part anyway.”
(gift article)
(gift article)
Robert Duvall, Chameleonlike Actor of Film, Stage and TV, Dies at 95
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
And he was the best to ever do it; a thief, who stole many a film right from under the nose of the lead...
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"It's a big fat, big-titted hit!"
One of the funniest Robert Duvall performances is playing the familiar network hatchet man in NETWORK. His reaction when William Holden says, "Fuck you" to him is hilarious.
One of the funniest Robert Duvall performances is playing the familiar network hatchet man in NETWORK. His reaction when William Holden says, "Fuck you" to him is hilarious.
Network - "I Got A Hit" - Holden, Duvall
YouTube video by No Small Plans
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"It's a big fat, big-titted hit!"
One of the funniest Robert Duvall performances is playing the familiar network hatchet man in NETWORK. His reaction when William Holden says, "Fuck you" to him is hilarious.
One of the funniest Robert Duvall performances is playing the familiar network hatchet man in NETWORK. His reaction when William Holden says, "Fuck you" to him is hilarious.
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Here's the full look at Alan J. Pakula's (and William Goldman's!) adaptation of ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, now in 4K from Warner Bros., and it's looking mighty pretty indeed:
Bits #4K Review – @sbjork.bsky.social dives into Alan J. Pakula's seminal 1976 #thriller ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, available as a #4K #UltraHD #steelbook release from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...
February 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Here's the full look at Alan J. Pakula's (and William Goldman's!) adaptation of ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, now in 4K from Warner Bros., and it's looking mighty pretty indeed:
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RIP Robert Duvall
I can’t tell you how much I loved his perfect portrayal of Captain Augustus ‘Gus’ McCrae in Lonesome Dove. That look he gives at 1.14 just kills me every time.
One of the greatest that ever did it.
youtu.be/qBhDeUzlGPA?...
I can’t tell you how much I loved his perfect portrayal of Captain Augustus ‘Gus’ McCrae in Lonesome Dove. That look he gives at 1.14 just kills me every time.
One of the greatest that ever did it.
youtu.be/qBhDeUzlGPA?...
LONESOME DOVE Clip - Don't Underestimate Gus (1989) Augustus 'Gus' Mccrae
YouTube video by Western Movie Clips
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
RIP Robert Duvall
I can’t tell you how much I loved his perfect portrayal of Captain Augustus ‘Gus’ McCrae in Lonesome Dove. That look he gives at 1.14 just kills me every time.
One of the greatest that ever did it.
youtu.be/qBhDeUzlGPA?...
I can’t tell you how much I loved his perfect portrayal of Captain Augustus ‘Gus’ McCrae in Lonesome Dove. That look he gives at 1.14 just kills me every time.
One of the greatest that ever did it.
youtu.be/qBhDeUzlGPA?...
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