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...
Goodness me! What an utterly sensual delight and the best combination of high romance and haute cuisine since THE AGE OF INNOCENCE - to the iPlayer for Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel in THE TASTE OF THINGS... #FilmSky www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rlpp
The Taste of Things
French romance set in 1889, focusing on the enduring bond between gourmet chef Dodin and his cook of 20 years, Eugénie. Dodin resolves to woo Eugénie by cooking for her.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Goodness me! What an utterly sensual delight and the best combination of high romance and haute cuisine since THE AGE OF INNOCENCE - to the iPlayer for Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel in THE TASTE OF THINGS... #FilmSky www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rlpp
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Night! Xxx youtu.be/yFXX-7UaX_g?...
Roxy Music ~ Avalon (HQ Audio)
YouTube video by steelyman08
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February 14, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Night! Xxx youtu.be/yFXX-7UaX_g?...
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Small Prophets: How a Humble Garden shed Steals the Show
When you think "star of a BBC sitcom", you don't usually picture a slightly ramshackle garden shed (or maybe 1930's once a garage now defiantly a shed). Yet in Small Prophets, the new Mackenzie Crook comedy, Michael Sleep's shed quietly…
When you think "star of a BBC sitcom", you don't usually picture a slightly ramshackle garden shed (or maybe 1930's once a garage now defiantly a shed). Yet in Small Prophets, the new Mackenzie Crook comedy, Michael Sleep's shed quietly…
Small Prophets: How a Humble Garden shed Steals the Show
When you think "star of a BBC sitcom", you don't usually picture a slightly ramshackle garden shed (or maybe 1930's once a garage now defiantly a shed). Yet in Small Prophets, the new Mackenzie Crook comedy, Michael Sleep's shed quietly becomes the show's true leading location - part laboratory, part sanctuary, part shrine to bad decisions. A show built on grief, hope… and jars…
www.shedblog.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Small Prophets: How a Humble Garden shed Steals the Show
When you think "star of a BBC sitcom", you don't usually picture a slightly ramshackle garden shed (or maybe 1930's once a garage now defiantly a shed). Yet in Small Prophets, the new Mackenzie Crook comedy, Michael Sleep's shed quietly…
When you think "star of a BBC sitcom", you don't usually picture a slightly ramshackle garden shed (or maybe 1930's once a garage now defiantly a shed). Yet in Small Prophets, the new Mackenzie Crook comedy, Michael Sleep's shed quietly…
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Haunting and lyrical. Beautifully told. It has a musicality to the accents that replaces any score. A tape deck that plays an incongruous selection of music. And everything is washed out with bone-deep loneliness. It could chill you to your seat but Bill Forsyth has too much heart.
February 14, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Haunting and lyrical. Beautifully told. It has a musicality to the accents that replaces any score. A tape deck that plays an incongruous selection of music. And everything is washed out with bone-deep loneliness. It could chill you to your seat but Bill Forsyth has too much heart.
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Remembering the great Alan Parker on his birthday.
Evening viewing recommendation:
The Artistic Triumph of Sir Alan Parker’s Still Beating ‘Angel Heart’
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cinephiliabeyond.org/angel-heart/
Evening viewing recommendation:
The Artistic Triumph of Sir Alan Parker’s Still Beating ‘Angel Heart’
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cinephiliabeyond.org/angel-heart/
February 14, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Remembering the great Alan Parker on his birthday.
Evening viewing recommendation:
The Artistic Triumph of Sir Alan Parker’s Still Beating ‘Angel Heart’
⬇️⬇️⬇️
cinephiliabeyond.org/angel-heart/
Evening viewing recommendation:
The Artistic Triumph of Sir Alan Parker’s Still Beating ‘Angel Heart’
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cinephiliabeyond.org/angel-heart/
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Tonight on YouTube, A MURDER OF QUALITY (1991), starring Denholm Elliott as George Smiley.
youtu.be/ZRAGRawq-84
youtu.be/ZRAGRawq-84
A Murder of Quality
YouTube video by MOVIE NIGHT
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Tonight on YouTube, A MURDER OF QUALITY (1991), starring Denholm Elliott as George Smiley.
youtu.be/ZRAGRawq-84
youtu.be/ZRAGRawq-84
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A romantic movie for Valentines Day: Tremors boxd.it/d8025j
A ★★★ review of Tremors (1990)
Having never seen it before and this with no nostalgia to fall back on, other than for young Kevin Bacon, I am forced to note that while this film is a whole lot of fun, it is also pretty flimsy. Ther...
boxd.it
February 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM
A romantic movie for Valentines Day: Tremors boxd.it/d8025j
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My ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 review of GANGS OF NEW YORK boxd.it/d80OUf
Scorcese's massive epic impresses in visual grandiosity. Wow!
DiCaprio's ascent to influence lacks veracity, plot gets bogged down in exposition, & screenplay tries to cover too many topics. But Day-Lewis chews the expensive scenery!
#filmsky 📽
Scorcese's massive epic impresses in visual grandiosity. Wow!
DiCaprio's ascent to influence lacks veracity, plot gets bogged down in exposition, & screenplay tries to cover too many topics. But Day-Lewis chews the expensive scenery!
#filmsky 📽
February 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
My ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 review of GANGS OF NEW YORK boxd.it/d80OUf
Scorcese's massive epic impresses in visual grandiosity. Wow!
DiCaprio's ascent to influence lacks veracity, plot gets bogged down in exposition, & screenplay tries to cover too many topics. But Day-Lewis chews the expensive scenery!
#filmsky 📽
Scorcese's massive epic impresses in visual grandiosity. Wow!
DiCaprio's ascent to influence lacks veracity, plot gets bogged down in exposition, & screenplay tries to cover too many topics. But Day-Lewis chews the expensive scenery!
#filmsky 📽
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youtu.be/jQiYc3_WgJ8?... Jen Handorf's guide to Arrow Video movies *not* to watch on date night... Tho I suspect that a lot of my friends would choose these as ideal date night movies, because sometimes we're sickos :-)
JEN HANDORF | ARROW VIDEO STORE
YouTube video by Arrow Video
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February 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
youtu.be/jQiYc3_WgJ8?... Jen Handorf's guide to Arrow Video movies *not* to watch on date night... Tho I suspect that a lot of my friends would choose these as ideal date night movies, because sometimes we're sickos :-)
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A tiny handful of actors create roles so indelibly that it’s impossible to imagine anyone else ever having got near being cast. Thelma Ritter did it time and again. She’s glorious as Doris Day’s hard-drinking housekeeper in Pillow Talk but at her best here.
Happy Birthday!
youtu.be/GZdJ-DOn2ss?...
Happy Birthday!
youtu.be/GZdJ-DOn2ss?...
Rear Window (1954) - “An Intelligent Way To Approach Marriage…” - Film Scene
YouTube video by Connor Nathan Hough
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February 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
A tiny handful of actors create roles so indelibly that it’s impossible to imagine anyone else ever having got near being cast. Thelma Ritter did it time and again. She’s glorious as Doris Day’s hard-drinking housekeeper in Pillow Talk but at her best here.
Happy Birthday!
youtu.be/GZdJ-DOn2ss?...
Happy Birthday!
youtu.be/GZdJ-DOn2ss?...
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My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social
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Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of HIS BEAUTIFUL HANDS being published. This was by far the most difficult project I've ever worked on and it's sunk straight into relative obscurity (only eleven ratings and one review on Goodreads) - but it's the book I'm most proud to have worked on.
February 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of HIS BEAUTIFUL HANDS being published. This was by far the most difficult project I've ever worked on and it's sunk straight into relative obscurity (only eleven ratings and one review on Goodreads) - but it's the book I'm most proud to have worked on.
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Even in 1995, The Quatermass Experiment was still a relevant cultural reference!
Though as Margaret is talking about bubbling vats of suspicious liquid I think you’ll find she meant to say Quatermass II
Though as Margaret is talking about bubbling vats of suspicious liquid I think you’ll find she meant to say Quatermass II
February 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Even in 1995, The Quatermass Experiment was still a relevant cultural reference!
Though as Margaret is talking about bubbling vats of suspicious liquid I think you’ll find she meant to say Quatermass II
Though as Margaret is talking about bubbling vats of suspicious liquid I think you’ll find she meant to say Quatermass II
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The lovely Simon Pegg was born on this day in 1970, so here's that time I was lucky enough to interview him and Nick Frost:
Archival Interview: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on ‘The World’s End,’ Spoilers, and How They’re Like the Avengers
Originally published on Flavorwire, 8/21/13 It began as a throwaway joke during the promotional tour for Hot Fuzz , the second film directe...
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February 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
The lovely Simon Pegg was born on this day in 1970, so here's that time I was lucky enough to interview him and Nick Frost:
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Bob Fosse’s made his feature directorial debut adapting his hit stage musical “Sweet Charity” into an unconventional musical comedy. It was released on this day in 1969: crookedmarquee.com/crooked-marq...
Crooked Marquee’s Bad Romances: Sweet Charity — Crooked Marquee
Our round-up of anti-Valentine's fare continues with Bob Fosse's feature directorial debut, adapting his hit stage musical into an unconventional musical comedy.
crookedmarquee.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Bob Fosse’s made his feature directorial debut adapting his hit stage musical “Sweet Charity” into an unconventional musical comedy. It was released on this day in 1969: crookedmarquee.com/crooked-marq...
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For Valentine’s Day, why not watch Marty’s romance about wanting the wrong thing at the right time in the wrong society. Nothing says true love like choosing duty while your heart quietly sets itself on fire. boxd.it/d7Pnkd
A ★★★★★ review of The Age of Innocence (1993)
Watching The Age of Innocence to kick off Valentine’s Day felt almost mischievous. This is not a movie about grand gestures or reckless abandon. It is about the kind of love that tightens your throat ...
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February 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
For Valentine’s Day, why not watch Marty’s romance about wanting the wrong thing at the right time in the wrong society. Nothing says true love like choosing duty while your heart quietly sets itself on fire. boxd.it/d7Pnkd
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Film-wise: at 6.55pm, One Day on Film4. At 7.50, Dirty Dancing on ITV2. At 9pm, Sleepless in Seattle on Film4, Blades Of Glory on TLC, Mask Of Zorro on Legend Xtra or The Matrix on Sky Showcase. At 9.35, The Taste of Things on BBC4. At 10pm, Bullet Train on C4. At 12.30am, The Predator on C4 #telly
February 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Film-wise: at 6.55pm, One Day on Film4. At 7.50, Dirty Dancing on ITV2. At 9pm, Sleepless in Seattle on Film4, Blades Of Glory on TLC, Mask Of Zorro on Legend Xtra or The Matrix on Sky Showcase. At 9.35, The Taste of Things on BBC4. At 10pm, Bullet Train on C4. At 12.30am, The Predator on C4 #telly
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"The Silence of the Lambs" was released 35 years ago today (Happy Valentine's Day!). Here's something I wrote for Flavorwire about its most fascinating stylistic flourish:
Celebrating the Least Influential Element of the Very Influential ‘Silence of the Lambs’
Originally published on Flavorwire, 2/11/2016 The Silence of the Lambs , which hit theaters 25 years ago Sunday, was one of the most influen...
jasondashbailey.blogspot.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM
"The Silence of the Lambs" was released 35 years ago today (Happy Valentine's Day!). Here's something I wrote for Flavorwire about its most fascinating stylistic flourish:
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Since there is a new Dracula that is apparently pursuing the "tragic lost love" backstory, I want to talk about my favorite Drac, which is Louis Jourdan in the 1977 BBC miniseries COUNT DRACULA.
February 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Since there is a new Dracula that is apparently pursuing the "tragic lost love" backstory, I want to talk about my favorite Drac, which is Louis Jourdan in the 1977 BBC miniseries COUNT DRACULA.
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Yes, I loved it too. Very funny. Surprisingly funny. Elegiac but in a lowkey way. A film where you’re punched in the face by your brother and you buy him a beer in response. Ida Lupino, wonderful.
February 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Yes, I loved it too. Very funny. Surprisingly funny. Elegiac but in a lowkey way. A film where you’re punched in the face by your brother and you buy him a beer in response. Ida Lupino, wonderful.
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Scorsese and Schrader's examination of cultural crisis and its inadvertent side effects in Taxi Driver (1976). A long read for its 50th Anniversary. medium.com/cathode-ray-... #Filmsky
TAXI DRIVER (1976)
The legacy of Scorsese’s odyssey through New York’s underbelly and the masculine existential crisis of the 1970s.
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February 14, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Scorsese and Schrader's examination of cultural crisis and its inadvertent side effects in Taxi Driver (1976). A long read for its 50th Anniversary. medium.com/cathode-ray-... #Filmsky
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Kim Novak is 93 today.
She's great in everything, but especially so in MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (1959) opposite Fredric March.
Delbert Mann's achingly bittersweet May-December romance written by Paddy Chayefsky is on YouTube and you should watch it.
youtu.be/YOoQBjewyms?... #FilmSky #BOTD
She's great in everything, but especially so in MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (1959) opposite Fredric March.
Delbert Mann's achingly bittersweet May-December romance written by Paddy Chayefsky is on YouTube and you should watch it.
youtu.be/YOoQBjewyms?... #FilmSky #BOTD
February 14, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Kim Novak is 93 today.
She's great in everything, but especially so in MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (1959) opposite Fredric March.
Delbert Mann's achingly bittersweet May-December romance written by Paddy Chayefsky is on YouTube and you should watch it.
youtu.be/YOoQBjewyms?... #FilmSky #BOTD
She's great in everything, but especially so in MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (1959) opposite Fredric March.
Delbert Mann's achingly bittersweet May-December romance written by Paddy Chayefsky is on YouTube and you should watch it.
youtu.be/YOoQBjewyms?... #FilmSky #BOTD
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Keep thinking about the pub in Small Prophets being called the "Open as Usual". It's a tiny gag, but it made me smile.
February 14, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Keep thinking about the pub in Small Prophets being called the "Open as Usual". It's a tiny gag, but it made me smile.
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