John Bleasdale
@www.johnbleasdale.com
The Magic Hours: the Life of Terrence Malick
Darkness Visible: the Cinema of Jonathan Glazer
Variety/Sight&Sound/The New World/Cinema Italia&Writers On Film podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/7LMnm5Gfb42qUV5qLdymMp?si=CC_zOz5ERTWFm_iij8ImAg
Darkness Visible: the Cinema of Jonathan Glazer
Variety/Sight&Sound/The New World/Cinema Italia&Writers On Film podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/7LMnm5Gfb42qUV5qLdymMp?si=CC_zOz5ERTWFm_iij8ImAg
I think the poor woman earned every penny
They used to wiretap your phones to collect this kind of information from you but now you pay for a Bluecheck and post it yourself
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I think the poor woman earned every penny
And it won’t change a thing
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
And it won’t change a thing
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Mr Burton is on BBC1 lads- about the relationship between Richard Jenkins and Philip Burton.
Not sure it’s particularly good, and Toby bloody Jones is in it, but anything Burton and all that
@caiross.bsky.social @www.johnbleasdale.com @mrenglish.bsky.social
Not sure it’s particularly good, and Toby bloody Jones is in it, but anything Burton and all that
@caiross.bsky.social @www.johnbleasdale.com @mrenglish.bsky.social
a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is looking down
ALT: a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is looking down
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November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Mr Burton is on BBC1 lads- about the relationship between Richard Jenkins and Philip Burton.
Not sure it’s particularly good, and Toby bloody Jones is in it, but anything Burton and all that
@caiross.bsky.social @www.johnbleasdale.com @mrenglish.bsky.social
Not sure it’s particularly good, and Toby bloody Jones is in it, but anything Burton and all that
@caiross.bsky.social @www.johnbleasdale.com @mrenglish.bsky.social
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🚀 Mario Bava’s influential sci-fi horror PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES is our film this week, with new guest @www.johnbleasdale.com arriving via space-podcasket podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🚀 Mario Bava’s influential sci-fi horror PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES is our film this week, with new guest @www.johnbleasdale.com arriving via space-podcasket podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...
I had a superb time talking about Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires even though the vampire stuff might not be strictly speaking … true. www.vampirevideos.co.uk/126-planet-o...
126. Planet of the Vampires (1965) with John Bleasdale
[13x6] The second half of Season XIII gets underway with an away mission to outer space, for Mario Bava's seminal 1965 sci-fi horror Planet of the Vampires . In thi…
www.vampirevideos.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I had a superb time talking about Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires even though the vampire stuff might not be strictly speaking … true. www.vampirevideos.co.uk/126-planet-o...
126. Planet of the Vampires (1965) with John Bleasdale
[13x6] The second half of Season XIII gets underway with an away mission to outer space, for Mario Bava's seminal 1965 sci-fi horror Planet of the Vampires . In thi…
www.vampirevideos.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I had a superb time talking about Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires even though the vampire stuff might not be strictly speaking … true. www.vampirevideos.co.uk/126-planet-o...
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Highly recommend listening to @www.johnbleasdale.com’s excellent Writers on Film #Podcast especially the most recent episode on #NeoNoir Night Moves (1975) and Alan Sharp's novel with @davidhughesbluey.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Highly recommend listening to @www.johnbleasdale.com’s excellent Writers on Film #Podcast especially the most recent episode on #NeoNoir Night Moves (1975) and Alan Sharp's novel with @davidhughesbluey.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
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🪐 PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965)
We’re back! In space! Mario Bava’s cult classic is up for discussion, with new guest @www.johnbleasdale.com beaming up to talk about it…
www.vampirevideos.co.uk/126-planet-o...
We’re back! In space! Mario Bava’s cult classic is up for discussion, with new guest @www.johnbleasdale.com beaming up to talk about it…
www.vampirevideos.co.uk/126-planet-o...
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🪐 PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965)
We’re back! In space! Mario Bava’s cult classic is up for discussion, with new guest @www.johnbleasdale.com beaming up to talk about it…
www.vampirevideos.co.uk/126-planet-o...
We’re back! In space! Mario Bava’s cult classic is up for discussion, with new guest @www.johnbleasdale.com beaming up to talk about it…
www.vampirevideos.co.uk/126-planet-o...
Charity shop acquisitions
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Charity shop acquisitions
A quick trip home
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A quick trip home
A trillion dollars and one sad little boy
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A trillion dollars and one sad little boy
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Publicity photo for NO WAY OUT (1987), available on Blu-ray from PlumeriaPics.co.uk (Region B, ships worldwide). Kevin Costner, Sean Young, Gene Hackman (not pictured). @filmstories.bsky.social Special Edition with commentary by director Roger Donaldson, and a new interview by @simonbrew.bsky.social
February 13, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Publicity photo for NO WAY OUT (1987), available on Blu-ray from PlumeriaPics.co.uk (Region B, ships worldwide). Kevin Costner, Sean Young, Gene Hackman (not pictured). @filmstories.bsky.social Special Edition with commentary by director Roger Donaldson, and a new interview by @simonbrew.bsky.social
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There’s some scuttlebutt on “the socials” that boutique label Plumeria has a bias towards anything related to Scotland, or “Scottish” (their words, not ours) – or even ‘Scottish-ish.”
We would like to confirm these rumours as being absolutely and categorically true.
We would like to confirm these rumours as being absolutely and categorically true.
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
There’s some scuttlebutt on “the socials” that boutique label Plumeria has a bias towards anything related to Scotland, or “Scottish” (their words, not ours) – or even ‘Scottish-ish.”
We would like to confirm these rumours as being absolutely and categorically true.
We would like to confirm these rumours as being absolutely and categorically true.
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New Hollywood blacklist just dropped www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/11...
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New Hollywood blacklist just dropped www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/11...
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Hot off the Royal Mail van. Thanks for the recommendation @www.johnbleasdale.com
I’m going to sit with this very comfortable seven inches in hand while I take a break from the easel and realign my back. Super fast delivery by the fabulous
@plumeriapics.bsky.social
Lovely stuff.
I’m going to sit with this very comfortable seven inches in hand while I take a break from the easel and realign my back. Super fast delivery by the fabulous
@plumeriapics.bsky.social
Lovely stuff.
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hot off the Royal Mail van. Thanks for the recommendation @www.johnbleasdale.com
I’m going to sit with this very comfortable seven inches in hand while I take a break from the easel and realign my back. Super fast delivery by the fabulous
@plumeriapics.bsky.social
Lovely stuff.
I’m going to sit with this very comfortable seven inches in hand while I take a break from the easel and realign my back. Super fast delivery by the fabulous
@plumeriapics.bsky.social
Lovely stuff.
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Starting with Jennifer Lawrence’s Die My Love, a new wave of women-led films is showing what it really means to come undone
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Are the movies finally getting mental illness right?
Starting with Jennifer Lawrence’s Die My Love, a new wave of women-led films is showing what it really means to come undone
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Starting with Jennifer Lawrence’s Die My Love, a new wave of women-led films is showing what it really means to come undone
✏️ @www.johnbleasdale.com
✏️ @www.johnbleasdale.com
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Y’all. This photograph was taken by Andy Harnik of Getty Images. Include his name and Getty so the that people know this is real.
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Y’all. This photograph was taken by Andy Harnik of Getty Images. Include his name and Getty so the that people know this is real.
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I always enjoyed John Gardner’s Bond novels.
The James Bond Book Club this week features Brian Baker in the ejector seat of our SAAB turbo 900 for John Gardner’s Licence Renewed podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/t...
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I always enjoyed John Gardner’s Bond novels.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if we just decided not to be shit anymore
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Wouldn’t it be amazing if we just decided not to be shit anymore
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‘Shut Up, Mother! Shut Up!’ Pleads George W. Bush To Dick Cheney Skeleton Dressed In Suit https://theonion.com/shut-up-mother-shut-up-pleads-george-w-bush-to-dick-cheney-skeleton-dressed-in-suit/
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
‘Shut Up, Mother! Shut Up!’ Pleads George W. Bush To Dick Cheney Skeleton Dressed In Suit https://theonion.com/shut-up-mother-shut-up-pleads-george-w-bush-to-dick-cheney-skeleton-dressed-in-suit/
I hate this world
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I hate this world