Neil Ramjee
@neilramjee.bsky.social
Freelance writer & broadcaster + film exhibition and audience development person.
I breathe the spectrum of film and music.
Mildly cretinous.
I breathe the spectrum of film and music.
Mildly cretinous.
My Top 12 films of 2025
All must have had UK cinema or streaming releases.
In no preferential order:
I’M STILL HERE
MARIA
LATE SHIFT
SINNERS
WEAPONS
EDDINGTON
DIE MY LOVE
BUGONIA
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
MICKEY 17
K-POP DEMON HUNTERS
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
All must have had UK cinema or streaming releases.
In no preferential order:
I’M STILL HERE
MARIA
LATE SHIFT
SINNERS
WEAPONS
EDDINGTON
DIE MY LOVE
BUGONIA
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
MICKEY 17
K-POP DEMON HUNTERS
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
December 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My Top 12 films of 2025
All must have had UK cinema or streaming releases.
In no preferential order:
I’M STILL HERE
MARIA
LATE SHIFT
SINNERS
WEAPONS
EDDINGTON
DIE MY LOVE
BUGONIA
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
MICKEY 17
K-POP DEMON HUNTERS
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
All must have had UK cinema or streaming releases.
In no preferential order:
I’M STILL HERE
MARIA
LATE SHIFT
SINNERS
WEAPONS
EDDINGTON
DIE MY LOVE
BUGONIA
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
MICKEY 17
K-POP DEMON HUNTERS
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
Ah.
Saturday night anxiety about using the word ‘pleurisy’ instead of ‘plurality’ in a conversation from last Monday, just cos I thought it would make me sound smart.
I live a proper Mark Corrigan life.
Saturday night anxiety about using the word ‘pleurisy’ instead of ‘plurality’ in a conversation from last Monday, just cos I thought it would make me sound smart.
I live a proper Mark Corrigan life.
December 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ah.
Saturday night anxiety about using the word ‘pleurisy’ instead of ‘plurality’ in a conversation from last Monday, just cos I thought it would make me sound smart.
I live a proper Mark Corrigan life.
Saturday night anxiety about using the word ‘pleurisy’ instead of ‘plurality’ in a conversation from last Monday, just cos I thought it would make me sound smart.
I live a proper Mark Corrigan life.
Just an average week.
December 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just an average week.
I’ve been trying to make it a thing - the official monicker for the netherworld period between Xmas Day and New Year’s Day is hereby named ‘The Christmas Gooch’.
You have to accompany this with the following hand gesture. 🤌
Then everyone gets it.
You have to accompany this with the following hand gesture. 🤌
Then everyone gets it.
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I’ve been trying to make it a thing - the official monicker for the netherworld period between Xmas Day and New Year’s Day is hereby named ‘The Christmas Gooch’.
You have to accompany this with the following hand gesture. 🤌
Then everyone gets it.
You have to accompany this with the following hand gesture. 🤌
Then everyone gets it.
Film pitch:
A remake of The Shawshank Redemption with Timothée Chalamet and Lakeith Stanfield.
Chalamet escapes his cell by tunnelling through a poster of Kylie Jenner.
Plot twist: The wall is load-bearing - the prison collapses like dominoes. Everyone dies.
Werner Herzog to direct and narrate.
A remake of The Shawshank Redemption with Timothée Chalamet and Lakeith Stanfield.
Chalamet escapes his cell by tunnelling through a poster of Kylie Jenner.
Plot twist: The wall is load-bearing - the prison collapses like dominoes. Everyone dies.
Werner Herzog to direct and narrate.
December 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Film pitch:
A remake of The Shawshank Redemption with Timothée Chalamet and Lakeith Stanfield.
Chalamet escapes his cell by tunnelling through a poster of Kylie Jenner.
Plot twist: The wall is load-bearing - the prison collapses like dominoes. Everyone dies.
Werner Herzog to direct and narrate.
A remake of The Shawshank Redemption with Timothée Chalamet and Lakeith Stanfield.
Chalamet escapes his cell by tunnelling through a poster of Kylie Jenner.
Plot twist: The wall is load-bearing - the prison collapses like dominoes. Everyone dies.
Werner Herzog to direct and narrate.
One of my most anticipated games is still being digested, but what’s not to love about the little details?
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One of my most anticipated games is still being digested, but what’s not to love about the little details?
Happy Terminator 2D day to all that are celebrating.
I’ve been looking forward to this game all year.
I’ve been looking forward to this game all year.
You can smash through Terminator 2D: No Fate's story mode in less that the runtime of the movie, but that doesn't stop this side-scrolling action platformer from being a perfectly presented tribute to 90s nostalgia.
Our review: www.eurogamer.net/terminator-2...
Our review: www.eurogamer.net/terminator-2...
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Happy Terminator 2D day to all that are celebrating.
I’ve been looking forward to this game all year.
I’ve been looking forward to this game all year.
Reposted by Neil Ramjee
Read my interview with co-director Heidi Ewing on @loudandclearrvs.bsky.social: loudandclearreviews.com/heidi-ewing-...
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Read my interview with co-director Heidi Ewing on @loudandclearrvs.bsky.social: loudandclearreviews.com/heidi-ewing-...
Usual Sight & Sound annual list of bullshit that you can’t actually watch.
26 of these films at the time of writing are not even available.
10 haven’t even got distributors.
“But they’re just films we liked”
Glad I stopped subscribing - gatekeeping and elitist little club.
26 of these films at the time of writing are not even available.
10 haven’t even got distributors.
“But they’re just films we liked”
Glad I stopped subscribing - gatekeeping and elitist little club.
And the winner is… ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Paul Thomas Anderson’s incendiary portrait of modern America has been voted best film of 2025 by our critics
Find out what Sight and Sound critics have voted as the 50 best films of the year
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Paul Thomas Anderson’s incendiary portrait of modern America has been voted best film of 2025 by our critics
Find out what Sight and Sound critics have voted as the 50 best films of the year
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The 50 best films of 2025
Our annual international critics’ poll of 2025's best movies shows cinema thriving in a year of troubles
www.bfi.org.uk
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Usual Sight & Sound annual list of bullshit that you can’t actually watch.
26 of these films at the time of writing are not even available.
10 haven’t even got distributors.
“But they’re just films we liked”
Glad I stopped subscribing - gatekeeping and elitist little club.
26 of these films at the time of writing are not even available.
10 haven’t even got distributors.
“But they’re just films we liked”
Glad I stopped subscribing - gatekeeping and elitist little club.
Wonder how Netflix will manage ‘new releases’ from Warner Bros. when it comes to theatrical screenings.
Hope it’s not like the recent Noah Baumbach’s JAY KELLY release - tiny two week window, decidedly hotchpotch distribution and almost zilch marketing for cinema screenings.
Hope it’s not like the recent Noah Baumbach’s JAY KELLY release - tiny two week window, decidedly hotchpotch distribution and almost zilch marketing for cinema screenings.
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Wonder how Netflix will manage ‘new releases’ from Warner Bros. when it comes to theatrical screenings.
Hope it’s not like the recent Noah Baumbach’s JAY KELLY release - tiny two week window, decidedly hotchpotch distribution and almost zilch marketing for cinema screenings.
Hope it’s not like the recent Noah Baumbach’s JAY KELLY release - tiny two week window, decidedly hotchpotch distribution and almost zilch marketing for cinema screenings.
Having worked previously in retail for over 15 years, I have nothing but utter respect for all shop workers at this time of year and the wankers they encounter.
Truly unsung heroes.
Truly unsung heroes.
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Having worked previously in retail for over 15 years, I have nothing but utter respect for all shop workers at this time of year and the wankers they encounter.
Truly unsung heroes.
Truly unsung heroes.
At least I don’t spend my free time shouting at hotels and painting roundabouts.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
At least I don’t spend my free time shouting at hotels and painting roundabouts.
Jimmy Cliff only had three film appearances.
This is the one to see - write the theme tune, sang the theme tune, took the lead role. Absolutely batshit fun from Perry Henzell’s Kafka-esque spiral.
(The other was the forgotten Harold Ramis film CLUB PARADISE with Robin Williams and Peter O’Toole!)
This is the one to see - write the theme tune, sang the theme tune, took the lead role. Absolutely batshit fun from Perry Henzell’s Kafka-esque spiral.
(The other was the forgotten Harold Ramis film CLUB PARADISE with Robin Williams and Peter O’Toole!)
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Jimmy Cliff only had three film appearances.
This is the one to see - write the theme tune, sang the theme tune, took the lead role. Absolutely batshit fun from Perry Henzell’s Kafka-esque spiral.
(The other was the forgotten Harold Ramis film CLUB PARADISE with Robin Williams and Peter O’Toole!)
This is the one to see - write the theme tune, sang the theme tune, took the lead role. Absolutely batshit fun from Perry Henzell’s Kafka-esque spiral.
(The other was the forgotten Harold Ramis film CLUB PARADISE with Robin Williams and Peter O’Toole!)
Sad to hear about Udo Kier’s passing.
Was only watching him in THE SECRET AGENT this weekend.
Always a great stoic presence in any film - a classically trained actor who wasn’t afraid to do genre film & had a knack to ground the surreal and bizarre.
I forget he was in many music vids, too.
Was only watching him in THE SECRET AGENT this weekend.
Always a great stoic presence in any film - a classically trained actor who wasn’t afraid to do genre film & had a knack to ground the surreal and bizarre.
I forget he was in many music vids, too.
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Sad to hear about Udo Kier’s passing.
Was only watching him in THE SECRET AGENT this weekend.
Always a great stoic presence in any film - a classically trained actor who wasn’t afraid to do genre film & had a knack to ground the surreal and bizarre.
I forget he was in many music vids, too.
Was only watching him in THE SECRET AGENT this weekend.
Always a great stoic presence in any film - a classically trained actor who wasn’t afraid to do genre film & had a knack to ground the surreal and bizarre.
I forget he was in many music vids, too.
The genre-driven thriller I did not anticipate.
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The genre-driven thriller I did not anticipate.
Reposted by Neil Ramjee
The actual real explanation always turns out to be way more dumb and insulting than you imagined it was.
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The actual real explanation always turns out to be way more dumb and insulting than you imagined it was.
I’ve got little over a month left of the year to cram a few more titles in, but even I’m surprised that K-POP DEMON HUNTERS is one of my best films of the 2025.
Ban this sacrilegious filth!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ban this sacrilegious filth!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Singing of KPop Demon Hunters songs banned at school in Poole
The head teacher tells parents references to demons can feel
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I’ve got little over a month left of the year to cram a few more titles in, but even I’m surprised that K-POP DEMON HUNTERS is one of my best films of the 2025.
Ban this sacrilegious filth!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ban this sacrilegious filth!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Neil Ramjee
First event of 2026 - The fantastic @slapstickfest.bsky.social 4-8th Feb! The theme 'Laughter is a form of resistance'.
Shinchirō Ueda's One Cut of The Dead (2017) @bristolbeacon.bsky.social Sat 7th of Feb 21:00 🧟♀️🧟📽️
Link🔻
www.slapstick.org.uk/events/slapstick-after-dark-one-cut-of-the-dead-2017/
Shinchirō Ueda's One Cut of The Dead (2017) @bristolbeacon.bsky.social Sat 7th of Feb 21:00 🧟♀️🧟📽️
Link🔻
www.slapstick.org.uk/events/slapstick-after-dark-one-cut-of-the-dead-2017/
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
First event of 2026 - The fantastic @slapstickfest.bsky.social 4-8th Feb! The theme 'Laughter is a form of resistance'.
Shinchirō Ueda's One Cut of The Dead (2017) @bristolbeacon.bsky.social Sat 7th of Feb 21:00 🧟♀️🧟📽️
Link🔻
www.slapstick.org.uk/events/slapstick-after-dark-one-cut-of-the-dead-2017/
Shinchirō Ueda's One Cut of The Dead (2017) @bristolbeacon.bsky.social Sat 7th of Feb 21:00 🧟♀️🧟📽️
Link🔻
www.slapstick.org.uk/events/slapstick-after-dark-one-cut-of-the-dead-2017/
Tonight I’m venturing into THE TEN, a sort of Kentucky Fried Movie that hasn’t been made since MOVIE 43. I’m fascinated by what compels a big name to publicly defenestrate themselves for such bad outre comedy.
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Tonight I’m venturing into THE TEN, a sort of Kentucky Fried Movie that hasn’t been made since MOVIE 43. I’m fascinated by what compels a big name to publicly defenestrate themselves for such bad outre comedy.
Ploughing through Duran Duran’s singles, and their 90s discography is unfairly maligned.
‘Ordinary World’ and ‘Come Undone’ are pop masterpieces.
(And music nerds, do look at the wiki entry for Tessa Niles, who sings the backing vox on Come Undone. What an incredible body of work.)
‘Ordinary World’ and ‘Come Undone’ are pop masterpieces.
(And music nerds, do look at the wiki entry for Tessa Niles, who sings the backing vox on Come Undone. What an incredible body of work.)
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Ploughing through Duran Duran’s singles, and their 90s discography is unfairly maligned.
‘Ordinary World’ and ‘Come Undone’ are pop masterpieces.
(And music nerds, do look at the wiki entry for Tessa Niles, who sings the backing vox on Come Undone. What an incredible body of work.)
‘Ordinary World’ and ‘Come Undone’ are pop masterpieces.
(And music nerds, do look at the wiki entry for Tessa Niles, who sings the backing vox on Come Undone. What an incredible body of work.)
@simonmayo.bsky.social just thought you should be aware.
November 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
@simonmayo.bsky.social just thought you should be aware.
Reposted by Neil Ramjee
It’s a #FilmNoir Joan Crawford day for us. See you all at #Bristol Megascreen from 12pm for a special double bill of Mildred Pierce (1945) + Johnny Guitar (1964) (both the recent 4K restorations). Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social #Melodrama tickets: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It’s a #FilmNoir Joan Crawford day for us. See you all at #Bristol Megascreen from 12pm for a special double bill of Mildred Pierce (1945) + Johnny Guitar (1964) (both the recent 4K restorations). Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social #Melodrama tickets: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
First film of the morning.
New Petzold. Paula Beer.
Should be a win?
New Petzold. Paula Beer.
Should be a win?
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
First film of the morning.
New Petzold. Paula Beer.
Should be a win?
New Petzold. Paula Beer.
Should be a win?
Being such a basic at the moment and it’s liberating.
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Being such a basic at the moment and it’s liberating.