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Sarah Appleton
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Co-director of Shudder Original The Found Footage Phenomenon and Shudder Exclusive The J-Horror Virus! ♑️ - I make blu-ray extras too. www.caprisarproductions.com
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Cat’s out the bag, Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story is coming soon, directed by yours truly and produced by Chris Alexander. Poster art by Ilan Sheady. More soon…
Interesting double bill this evening of The Last Showgirl (2024) and The Wrestler (2008). Similar themes and ideas but very different execution. 10/10.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Just watched Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl (2024). Never saw Mainstream but love Palo Alto (2013). I thought Jamie Lee Curtis’ character was the perfect complement to Pamela Anderson’s, showing the tragic after effects of being hired because you’re “young and beautiful”.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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The full line-up for the V-Cinema focus program I curated for the International Film Festival Rotterdam is up now:
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Miike, Kurosawa, Aoyama, Takashi Ishii and lots of films that have never been shown in a theater before. Plus the full Crime Hunter trilogy!
Focus: V-cinema Archives - IFFR EN
Japan’s direct-to-video phenomenon V-Cinema emerged in the late 1980s and left a lasting mark in contemporary film culture. The V-Cinema production model responded to the rise of video rental, by prod...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Had some fun last night with these crazy goons to celebrate getting older.. 🖤 (polaroids)
December 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Next year I’m gonna buy some cats and write a book… so last chance to speak to me before I become a cave troll. 👋🏻
December 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We recently got Mubi so we could watch The Florida Project and was so pleasantly surprised about their offerings! Watched Good One (2024) last night; a really impactful everyday story for young women.
December 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Angel Guts is back, with commentaries on a couple of these by yours truly - revisiting the films I recorded my first ever commentaries for some 20 years ago!
***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Coming on February 23rd on Blu-ray in the UK @thirdwindowfilms.com: The #AngleGuts Collection (1979-1984)!

A collection of 5 films from 1979 to 1994 adapted from Takashi Ishii’s cult manga, all featuring new HD masters alongside a variety of bonus features in
December 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Had a lovely time yesterday at Kim’s ( @annodracula.bsky.social ) annual Christmas lunch. Here’s me, friends and lots of wine…
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Very sad to hear about the death of accomplished photographer and film producer Michele Reiner and her husband Rob. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner: A Love Story That Changed Movie History
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Still processing the tragic news of the loss of Rob Reiner. I'm of the age when he was a huge part of my film-viewing in the 80s, and about ten years ago wrote a piece for the BFI celebrating to my mind some of his finest work. www.bfi.org.uk/lists/rob-re...
Rob Reiner: 5 essential films
Revisit the astonishing run of films that Rob Reiner made in his early career.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Hey brexit peeps, why does my m&s sandwich say “not for eu”?
December 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
New Hammer 🙌🏻
December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Happy 29th Anniversary To Kenan & Kel's
Christmas Special Episode Merry Christmas, Kenan That First Premiered On Nickelodeon On This Date December 14th 1996 Merry Christmas, Kenan Season 1 Episode 11
Merry Christmas, Kenan Is The Eleventh Episode Of The First Season Of Kenan & Kel Which Was
December 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I’m starting to think they just make up these figures to make us feel inadequate. Whose wages are going up 4% annually ?
December 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Just watched The Florida Project (2017) for the first time and it was brilliant. How that kid didn’t even get nominated for an Oscar is beyond me…
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December 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Very sad to hear from Aaron Gerow of the passing of director Masato Harada, at the untimely age of 76. Masato directed many a monument of modern Japanese cinema - Bounce Kogals, Jubaku, Sekigahara….
@sarahappleton.bsky.social filmed him in 2024 for Inugami www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainmen...
原田真人さん死去 76歳 映画監督 「クライマーズ・ハイ」「燃えよ剣」「ヘルドッグス」 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能
「クライマーズ・ハイ」など社会派の作品で知られる映画監督の原田真人(はらだ・まさと)さんが8日死去した。76歳。静岡県出身。葬儀は近親者で行う。後日、お別れ…
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December 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Sad news to hear that the Japanese director Masato Harada has died age 76. @jaspersharp.bsky.social and I interviewed him last year, about his film Inugami (2001), at his house in Tokyo for the @arrowvideo.bsky.social J-Horror Rising box set. Lovely and generous man.
December 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Tom Waits in more movies Now.
December 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Attempting a basque cheesecake… will see if it’s worked after 13 hours of cooling!
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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The film once described as "the Citizen Kane of slime mould documentaries", The Creeping Garden, is now available on Blu-ray for just £9 as part of the @arrowvideo.bsky.social Winter Burn Sale - what better for a Xmas stocking filler?! #fungifriends #myxomycetes www.arrowfilms.com/p/the-creepi...
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I've been back in the graveyard today, squatting amongst the damp moss with a pair of forceps and my macro lens trying to get the best possible photo of Atheniella delectabilis. These are truly tiny. Here are the results. #fungi #fungifriends
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Satô box set 2 has arrived from @vinsyn.bsky.social 🙌🏻
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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My daughter is currently crowdfunding for her first short film as a writer-director, based on her experience of working as a waitress over the past few years, shooting on location in London with a talented, young, all-female crew.

Please share/donate if you can!

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Post-Shift Clarity
After a brutal Saturday shift, a burnt-out waitress and her coworker wait for close as exhaustion reveals what hustle really costs
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December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Part of the problem has always been older women thinking/saying “well that’s just how it was” and that women should “just deal with it”. Quite horrible really.
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM