Alan Maxwell
@anthemsprinter.bsky.social
I'm a Fifer. I love the following:
FILMS! (Scottish, Irish, documentary, short films, horror, cult movies)
MUSIC! (Everything from traditional folk to electronic weirdness)
THEATRE! (Especially Scottish and Irish)
BOOKS!
HAGGIS!
Letterboxd: GhostOfTheRegal
FILMS! (Scottish, Irish, documentary, short films, horror, cult movies)
MUSIC! (Everything from traditional folk to electronic weirdness)
THEATRE! (Especially Scottish and Irish)
BOOKS!
HAGGIS!
Letterboxd: GhostOfTheRegal
That bit in The Thing where they interupt it before it's finished replicating the dog.
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 12:36 PM
That bit in The Thing where they interupt it before it's finished replicating the dog.
Only just discovered this book the other day entirely by accident in a bookshop and after skimming through it, I have to say that in a book covering over 400 films I am exceptionally proud of just how many of them I've seen.
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Only just discovered this book the other day entirely by accident in a bookshop and after skimming through it, I have to say that in a book covering over 400 films I am exceptionally proud of just how many of them I've seen.
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We don't need to "protect our borders"
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We don't need to "protect our borders"
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
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Important facts:
1. Mel Brooks was born on June 28, 1926. He is currently 99.
2. Mel Brooks does not look like a gormless wax AI muppet with crab claws.
1. Mel Brooks was born on June 28, 1926. He is currently 99.
2. Mel Brooks does not look like a gormless wax AI muppet with crab claws.
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Important facts:
1. Mel Brooks was born on June 28, 1926. He is currently 99.
2. Mel Brooks does not look like a gormless wax AI muppet with crab claws.
1. Mel Brooks was born on June 28, 1926. He is currently 99.
2. Mel Brooks does not look like a gormless wax AI muppet with crab claws.
Now entering day 2 of "has Victoria Easton-Riley been sacked yet"
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Now entering day 2 of "has Victoria Easton-Riley been sacked yet"
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Shabana Mahmood: immigration is tearing Britain apart.
Me: the constant politicisation of immigration to appeal to base racist instincts to cover up the constant failures and weakness of central government is tearing Britain apart.
Me: the constant politicisation of immigration to appeal to base racist instincts to cover up the constant failures and weakness of central government is tearing Britain apart.
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Shabana Mahmood: immigration is tearing Britain apart.
Me: the constant politicisation of immigration to appeal to base racist instincts to cover up the constant failures and weakness of central government is tearing Britain apart.
Me: the constant politicisation of immigration to appeal to base racist instincts to cover up the constant failures and weakness of central government is tearing Britain apart.
Hot on the heels of The Ban, there's another new Irish short dropped on the New Yorker's Youtube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mqa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mqa...
The Dream of Finishing One’s To-Do List | “Retirement Plan” | The New Yorker
YouTube video by The New Yorker
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Hot on the heels of The Ban, there's another new Irish short dropped on the New Yorker's Youtube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mqa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mqa...
No idea who this Victoria Easton-Riley is that's taken over the running of Radio Scotland but I hope she fucks off again really soon.
www.thenational.scot/news/2562189...
www.thenational.scot/news/2562189...
BBC Radio Scotland to axe four long-standing presenters in massive shake-up
BBC Radio Scotland is set to axe four long-standing presenters in a huge shake-up ...
www.thenational.scot
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
No idea who this Victoria Easton-Riley is that's taken over the running of Radio Scotland but I hope she fucks off again really soon.
www.thenational.scot/news/2562189...
www.thenational.scot/news/2562189...
Three new Irish shorts coming to iPlayer.
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Three new Irish shorts coming to iPlayer.
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
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excellent analogy there.
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
excellent analogy there.
Just getting in a bit of pre-gig Performative Reading (tm). I don't use Instagram so please let me know if I happen to pop up on the Hot Dudes Reading account, cheers.
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Just getting in a bit of pre-gig Performative Reading (tm). I don't use Instagram so please let me know if I happen to pop up on the Hot Dudes Reading account, cheers.
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Another banger for the Michael Shannon file: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Another banger for the Michael Shannon file: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
I swear this is the cover art to at least five different ambient albums in my collection.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I swear this is the cover art to at least five different ambient albums in my collection.
Struggling to see how Bond being apparently dead is an issue for any new film but him being in action for about 60 years and in several different bodies was just normal stuff.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Struggling to see how Bond being apparently dead is an issue for any new film but him being in action for about 60 years and in several different bodies was just normal stuff.
This just popped into my head for some reason. Man, I don't think I've thought about this show in at least 20 years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHrp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHrp...
Wild Palms Trailer
YouTube video by Josh Hadley
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This just popped into my head for some reason. Man, I don't think I've thought about this show in at least 20 years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHrp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHrp...
Quite a few cinemas showing the re-release of Back to the Future for the 40th anniversary. If you're going, why not enhance your experience by watching Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting" video first (starring Donald Sutherland!), which supported BTTF in UK cinemas in 1985.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllR...
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting - Official Music Video
YouTube video by KateBushMusic
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Quite a few cinemas showing the re-release of Back to the Future for the 40th anniversary. If you're going, why not enhance your experience by watching Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting" video first (starring Donald Sutherland!), which supported BTTF in UK cinemas in 1985.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllR...
It's finally coming to UK cinemas! Excellent news, I was on the verge of resorting to "other means". Can't wait!
youtube.com/watch?v=od7B...
youtube.com/watch?v=od7B...
Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros | UK trailer | In cinemas 2 January 2026
YouTube video by BFI
youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's finally coming to UK cinemas! Excellent news, I was on the verge of resorting to "other means". Can't wait!
youtube.com/watch?v=od7B...
youtube.com/watch?v=od7B...
As someone who reads in public a LOT, I'm now concerned that I'm doing it wrong, can someone please furnish me with the appropriate guidance on how to read non-performatively, thanks
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
As someone who reads in public a LOT, I'm now concerned that I'm doing it wrong, can someone please furnish me with the appropriate guidance on how to read non-performatively, thanks
Watched a retrospective of Czech animated shorts, may have completely lost my grip on reality
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Watched a retrospective of Czech animated shorts, may have completely lost my grip on reality
Double bill of double bills at the cinema today. #Noirvember double (The Hole & Rififi) followed by shorts (Czech animation and Edinburgh Short Film Festival). Perfect weather for spending all day in Filmhouse.
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Double bill of double bills at the cinema today. #Noirvember double (The Hole & Rififi) followed by shorts (Czech animation and Edinburgh Short Film Festival). Perfect weather for spending all day in Filmhouse.
I'm a big fan of the 1980s "youngsters band together to save their hangout from rivals/evil property developers by using their special interest" genre. Having already seen it involving breakdancing, rapping and rollerskating, I think it's now time to see what aerobics has to offer. Tonight's film:
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I'm a big fan of the 1980s "youngsters band together to save their hangout from rivals/evil property developers by using their special interest" genre. Having already seen it involving breakdancing, rapping and rollerskating, I think it's now time to see what aerobics has to offer. Tonight's film:
The casting of O'Brien and Scott alone already puts you halfway towards a noir classic.
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The casting of O'Brien and Scott alone already puts you halfway towards a noir classic.
It's the Turksploitation/spaghetti western crossover I never knew I needed.
#NowWatching Django vs Kilink
#NowWatching Django vs Kilink
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It's the Turksploitation/spaghetti western crossover I never knew I needed.
#NowWatching Django vs Kilink
#NowWatching Django vs Kilink
So many different sensations in every mouthful. 5/5, a masterpiece.
Appropriately since the big Netflix movie everyone's talking about involves a guy putting stuff together that doesn't belong and creating a monster... I just made nachos with haggis, chorizo, sundried tomato and chipotle sauce
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
So many different sensations in every mouthful. 5/5, a masterpiece.