Rick Boo-rin
@rickburin.bsky.social
I write stuff (i Paper, Empire, Sight & Sound, Guardian, Line of Best Fit, Indicator Blu-ray). I like old movies, old books, old buildings and new music. Rep’d by The North Lit Agency.
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Rick Boo-rin
@rickburin.bsky.social
· Aug 11
Big Thief: ‘We want to take the shame out of sex. It’s been trashed in our culture’
The alt-folk band say their latest album is 'a record about everything': birth and death, grief, love and longing – and reclaiming the gentler side of lovemaking
inews.co.uk
I sat down with my favourite writer, and her band. We talked about love and language and healing and sex. inews.co.uk/culture/musi...
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The second half of this podcast dropped last night.
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
Pleasure to speak to Mark Steel on his podcast 'What the F*** is Going On?'
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
EP 169 with Andrew Fisher (Part 1)
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The second half of this podcast dropped last night.
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
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A thread on the visual authenticity of Shane (1953) & cowboy/artist Joe De Yong, the film's technical advisor:
November 14, 2024 at 4:33 PM
A thread on the visual authenticity of Shane (1953) & cowboy/artist Joe De Yong, the film's technical advisor:
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My girlfriend just said I was rubbish at describing her. She's got a cheek.
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My girlfriend just said I was rubbish at describing her. She's got a cheek.
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Me and B-Dubs rockin with the glue man www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Tom Huddleston | BFI
Voter page for Tom Huddleston
www.bfi.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Me and B-Dubs rockin with the glue man www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Had a week off so went to see my dad for a bit. Really good, go visit him if you get a chance
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Had a week off so went to see my dad for a bit. Really good, go visit him if you get a chance
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A Canterbury Tale as the P&P pick is the sign of A Real One
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A Canterbury Tale as the P&P pick is the sign of A Real One
Love this man so much i will even forgive a top knot
need a wellness check on @msclairebiddles.bsky.social
Ben Whishaw’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Love this man so much i will even forgive a top knot
Saw Rachel Getting Married (2008) last night. Will try to formulate more coherent thoughts than “this is the best film I have seen in a long while” but it is certainly that
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Saw Rachel Getting Married (2008) last night. Will try to formulate more coherent thoughts than “this is the best film I have seen in a long while” but it is certainly that
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One of the things I appreciate most about living in Norfolk is the fact that it induces a near-constant state of bewilderment. 1/3
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
One of the things I appreciate most about living in Norfolk is the fact that it induces a near-constant state of bewilderment. 1/3
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Great movie alert: Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value, opening in theaters this weekend, follows a family in Oslo through multiple generations, w/ a never-better Stellan Skårsgard as the narcissistic patriarch & the luminous Reinate Reinsve as his depressed elder daughter. slate.com/culture/2025...
His Previous Movie Was One of the Best of 2021. Now He’s Done It Again.
The glorious Norwegian movie that’s set to storm the (American) Oscars.
slate.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Great movie alert: Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value, opening in theaters this weekend, follows a family in Oslo through multiple generations, w/ a never-better Stellan Skårsgard as the narcissistic patriarch & the luminous Reinate Reinsve as his depressed elder daughter. slate.com/culture/2025...
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
A source familiar with lunch
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A source familiar with lunch
Revisiting the comparative text this evening (Anthony Mann’s greatest film)
Last saw them at the Astoria, 2006. Lux fell off the back of the stage holding a bottle of red wine aloft. He looked like Lee J. Cobb after being shot by Gary Cooper in Man of The West. 2/2
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Revisiting the comparative text this evening (Anthony Mann’s greatest film)
Just fyi
One of my mates wrote to Steve Backley, telling him that Steve Backley was my hero and I used to throw javelins until I lost the use of both my arms, and so Steve Backley sent me signed copies of two of his self-help books for my 40th birthday.
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Just fyi
Watched some Father Ted with my old man last night. Good times
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Watched some Father Ted with my old man last night. Good times
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Have said this before, but once when I had surgery the ICU nurse had learned English as a second language & kept using "perv" to mean "look" eg "my colleagues and I will need a quick perv under those bandages" "let's have a perv how you're healing" etc
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Have said this before, but once when I had surgery the ICU nurse had learned English as a second language & kept using "perv" to mean "look" eg "my colleagues and I will need a quick perv under those bandages" "let's have a perv how you're healing" etc
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His performance was absolutely incredible. It's stayed with me all these years later.
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
His performance was absolutely incredible. It's stayed with me all these years later.
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I'm obviously rewatching it tonight. It's such a performance, especially that first episode. That coiled anger, horror, sadness, hatred. Feels like he barely says a dozen lines of dialogue and yet you still end up feeling like you know every thought he's had since he was born. A masterclass.
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I'm obviously rewatching it tonight. It's such a performance, especially that first episode. That coiled anger, horror, sadness, hatred. Feels like he barely says a dozen lines of dialogue and yet you still end up feeling like you know every thought he's had since he was born. A masterclass.
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Inspired by The Jase's video, I realised that the Mr Blobby song also works quite well with the John Lewis advert. But then it took a dark turn...
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Inspired by The Jase's video, I realised that the Mr Blobby song also works quite well with the John Lewis advert. But then it took a dark turn...
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There’s a sign inside saying ‘Gin O’clock’
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
There’s a sign inside saying ‘Gin O’clock’
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Hovis advert going hard
(Illustrated London News, 1896)
(Illustrated London News, 1896)
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Hovis advert going hard
(Illustrated London News, 1896)
(Illustrated London News, 1896)
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So much of the centrist approach to politics has devolved into "How do we trick people into supporting us like the right has done?" where talking sincerely about policies that might help ordinary people's lives is for naïve schmucks who don't understand the glorious theatre of it all
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
So much of the centrist approach to politics has devolved into "How do we trick people into supporting us like the right has done?" where talking sincerely about policies that might help ordinary people's lives is for naïve schmucks who don't understand the glorious theatre of it all
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sorry I've added a "Controversy" section to your wikipedia article while you were asleep
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
sorry I've added a "Controversy" section to your wikipedia article while you were asleep
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These are all really good ideas and I think he should do them all.
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
These are all really good ideas and I think he should do them all.
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Never thought I’d live to see a winning candidate in a major election open their victory speech with a shout out to this guy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Never thought I’d live to see a winning candidate in a major election open their victory speech with a shout out to this guy.