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
Gotta say. I kinda like my trauma.
December 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Gotta say. I kinda like my trauma.
I love reading Paul Schrader’s comments but he’s made a lot of shit so he’s hardly the voice from the Mount.
December 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I love reading Paul Schrader’s comments but he’s made a lot of shit so he’s hardly the voice from the Mount.
Make a Bond film casual
Dr. M’eh
Dr. M’eh
Make a Bond film casual
A View to a Chill
A View to a Chill
Make a Bond film casual
The Spy Who Swiped Right On Me
The Spy Who Swiped Right On Me
December 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Make a Bond film casual
Dr. M’eh
Dr. M’eh
There are two kinds of Netflix (or any streamer) movie. One is a TV movie you don’t mind eating in front of when you can’t be arsed looking for anything else. (Jay Kelly) And the other is a genuinely great piece of work that should have been on the big screen. (Train Dreams)
December 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There are two kinds of Netflix (or any streamer) movie. One is a TV movie you don’t mind eating in front of when you can’t be arsed looking for anything else. (Jay Kelly) And the other is a genuinely great piece of work that should have been on the big screen. (Train Dreams)
Reading one of the best books on cinema The Parade’s Gone By by Kevin Brownlow and come across this little nugget
December 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reading one of the best books on cinema The Parade’s Gone By by Kevin Brownlow and come across this little nugget
So according to my know it all daughter Scary Spice isn’t the best rapper in the world
December 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
So according to my know it all daughter Scary Spice isn’t the best rapper in the world
Reposted by John Bleasdale
Jordan Peterson watches Muppet Christmas Carol
December 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Jordan Peterson watches Muppet Christmas Carol
I love the way everyone complains that there’s no party confronting climate change and the Greens have just been there all along.
December 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I love the way everyone complains that there’s no party confronting climate change and the Greens have just been there all along.
My interview is up with Renate Reinsve, the star of the beautiful Norwegian film Sentimental Value which is released in the UK today
www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasda...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasda...
Renate Reinsve’s impossible journey
The star who began in children's theatre in a Norwegian forest is Oscar-bound with Sentimental Value
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
My interview is up with Renate Reinsve, the star of the beautiful Norwegian film Sentimental Value which is released in the UK today
www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasda...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasda...
Reposted by John Bleasdale
Traditional Christmas Movie
December 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Traditional Christmas Movie
Like quicksand belly dancers used to show up everywhere in the 60s but are there any films where belly dancers get caught in quicksand.
December 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Like quicksand belly dancers used to show up everywhere in the 60s but are there any films where belly dancers get caught in quicksand.
I’d give Dev Patel a shot as the next James Bond. He can do humor. Action. Sexy. Suave.
December 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I’d give Dev Patel a shot as the next James Bond. He can do humor. Action. Sexy. Suave.
Traditional Christmas Movie
December 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Traditional Christmas Movie
New substack from me open.substack.com/pub/jbleasda...
My top five of top tens
A seasonal malady diagnosed
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
New substack from me open.substack.com/pub/jbleasda...
Is it as white Christmas if I can see snow?
December 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Is it as white Christmas if I can see snow?
Merry Xmas BlueSky buddies
December 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Merry Xmas BlueSky buddies
Reposted by John Bleasdale
Relatives Gather From Across The Country To Stare Into Screens Together https://theonion.com/relatives-gather-from-across-the-country-to-stare-into-1819575960/
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Relatives Gather From Across The Country To Stare Into Screens Together https://theonion.com/relatives-gather-from-across-the-country-to-stare-into-1819575960/
Reposted by John Bleasdale
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Reposted by John Bleasdale
“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
Reposted by John Bleasdale
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU "is a film that is at times viscerally uncomfortable to watch, the ultimate filmic embodiment of walking a mile in someone else’s deeply stressed-out shoes."
I wrote the film's cinematography for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
Read: www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
I wrote the film's cinematography for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
Read: www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
December 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU "is a film that is at times viscerally uncomfortable to watch, the ultimate filmic embodiment of walking a mile in someone else’s deeply stressed-out shoes."
I wrote the film's cinematography for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
Read: www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
I wrote the film's cinematography for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
Read: www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
Reposted by John Bleasdale
Time to put up the tree
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Time to put up the tree