John Jencks
@sanecinema.bsky.social
Producer: The Uncertain Kingdom, Odyssey, The Crow.
3rd film as director: Brighton Storeys is on its way.
Also custodian of The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
3rd film as director: Brighton Storeys is on its way.
Also custodian of The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
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John Jencks
@sanecinema.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Listen to your environment.
Speak to your horizon.
Love all the people.
Speak to your horizon.
Love all the people.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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For #DoctorWhoDay, I bring you the best dialogue in any episode 1963-now.
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
For #DoctorWhoDay, I bring you the best dialogue in any episode 1963-now.
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The real “Dolores”? I was recently commissioned to create a pencil sketch of Aquilops - a dinosaur which I’d never really paid proper attention to. In the l course of my research I became a bit obsessed and felt compelled to also create this more detailed illustration as a personal project.
#SciArt
#SciArt
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The real “Dolores”? I was recently commissioned to create a pencil sketch of Aquilops - a dinosaur which I’d never really paid proper attention to. In the l course of my research I became a bit obsessed and felt compelled to also create this more detailed illustration as a personal project.
#SciArt
#SciArt
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November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Thanks to all of YOU, we’ve almost got Q1 locked down for next year, but we’d love to make it “we’ve got 2026 locked down” so if you’re looking for something to support and/or find benefit in what BWDR provides, we’d love to have you join us as a subscriber!
I always thought my trouble with horror movies is that I don’t like to be scared. What I’ve realised is that I have a psychological defence mechanism to disengage from characters who do stupid things that put them in danger. To be scared for characters you maintain engagement with is a real treat.
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I always thought my trouble with horror movies is that I don’t like to be scared. What I’ve realised is that I have a psychological defence mechanism to disengage from characters who do stupid things that put them in danger. To be scared for characters you maintain engagement with is a real treat.
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Honey-edged Magic Hour is now the worst sort of light. It lost its lustre so quickly.
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Honey-edged Magic Hour is now the worst sort of light. It lost its lustre so quickly.
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Ok fine.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Ok fine.
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People really ought to be more embarrassed about putting shit like this up in public.
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
People really ought to be more embarrassed about putting shit like this up in public.
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The team were clearly hoping to make another Mr Bates vs The Post Office, but I’m not sure anyone expects politicians and the press and the police to behave well any more. Hard to convey quite what they did wrong these days. We don’t even *expect* privacy.
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The team were clearly hoping to make another Mr Bates vs The Post Office, but I’m not sure anyone expects politicians and the press and the police to behave well any more. Hard to convey quite what they did wrong these days. We don’t even *expect* privacy.
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I'm not positioned to be a black Friday Frances but if you do buy a drawing it will come with a hand written note including a unique bespoke improvisational tiger. Which is almost as good as a discount.
Hello, these pieces of interesting art are still available and I really want more people to know about them and be on board. Also buying them would help immensely and prove your bonafides #bonafides
www.chloecumming.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm not positioned to be a black Friday Frances but if you do buy a drawing it will come with a hand written note including a unique bespoke improvisational tiger. Which is almost as good as a discount.
A slam dunk review of our film Odyssey, which is in cinemas in the UK. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Odyssey review: Enemy of the estate agent
Gerard Johnson delivers another violent journey through a distinctly London brand of low life with a film about an estate agent in debt to gangsters.
www.bfi.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A slam dunk review of our film Odyssey, which is in cinemas in the UK. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
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Interview: Filmmaker Gerard Johnson and actor Polly Maberly on new crime thriller ‘Odyssey’ thehollywoodnews.com/2025/11/07/o... @IconFilm
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Interview: Filmmaker Gerard Johnson and actor Polly Maberly on new crime thriller ‘Odyssey’ thehollywoodnews.com/2025/11/07/o... @IconFilm
A little short I made ages ago, but I think still has a certain charm.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=aA4K...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=aA4K...
Go Away, Please!
YouTube video by saneanddiddly
m.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A little short I made ages ago, but I think still has a certain charm.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=aA4K...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=aA4K...
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We have chaos and Ed Miliband, they're just not evenly distributed.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We have chaos and Ed Miliband, they're just not evenly distributed.
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Polly Maberly & Gerard Johnson talk ODYSSEY at Edinburgh Film Festival
youtu.be/YaRh_v6LdO8
#EIFF25
#ODYSSEYFILM
#POLLYMABERLY
#GERARDJOHNSON
youtu.be/YaRh_v6LdO8
#EIFF25
#ODYSSEYFILM
#POLLYMABERLY
#GERARDJOHNSON
Polly Maberly & Gerard Johnson talk ODYSSEY at Edinburgh Film Festival
YouTube video by Scottish Geek Guy
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Polly Maberly & Gerard Johnson talk ODYSSEY at Edinburgh Film Festival
youtu.be/YaRh_v6LdO8
#EIFF25
#ODYSSEYFILM
#POLLYMABERLY
#GERARDJOHNSON
youtu.be/YaRh_v6LdO8
#EIFF25
#ODYSSEYFILM
#POLLYMABERLY
#GERARDJOHNSON
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A film series that switches to George Lazenby for one movie, switches BACK to Sean Connery for one movie before landing on Roger Moore is now worried about the character dying.
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A film series that switches to George Lazenby for one movie, switches BACK to Sean Connery for one movie before landing on Roger Moore is now worried about the character dying.
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence
Film universes are a blight, film canons are a curse, continuity is its harbinger, and we are all poorer for its presence
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The impossible dream some people on the British right are chasing is that you can have a BBC News operation that retreats from detail and expertise, that takes dictation from the government, but this will only create incompetence and failure when it suits you:
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The impossible dream some people on the British right are chasing is that you can have a BBC News operation that retreats from detail and expertise, that takes dictation from the government, but this will only create incompetence and failure when it suits you:
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Andor is basically watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but every so often a muppet shows up.
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Andor is basically watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but every so often a muppet shows up.
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"There's a definite palpable anger to it" - Polly Maberly and Gerard Johnson on Odyssey www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025... #filmsky 🎬
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"There's a definite palpable anger to it" - Polly Maberly and Gerard Johnson on Odyssey www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025... #filmsky 🎬
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all i have in this world is my balls and my word and i don’t brea- [my surgeon whispers in my ear]. oh. well i still have my word and that’s good i swear!
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
all i have in this world is my balls and my word and i don’t brea- [my surgeon whispers in my ear]. oh. well i still have my word and that’s good i swear!
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This is tough for me, I had thought clowning was an artform pretty well protected from AI.
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is tough for me, I had thought clowning was an artform pretty well protected from AI.
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David Lynch altar for the Día de Muertos celebration at Hollywood Forever.
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
David Lynch altar for the Día de Muertos celebration at Hollywood Forever.