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Sad news. www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin... @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
Lindsey Vickers obituary: onetime feature director behind rediscovered British horror The Appointment
The British director, who has died at 85, only got one shot at a feature film and it never had a cinema release, but The Appointment was rediscovered 40 years later and won fans in Martin Scorsese, Gu...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hey @filmnoiruk.bsky.social. I saw this new indie noir at Frightfest in the summer. “Cover” (2025) dir by Cameron Francis. It is superb. Just an idea. youtu.be/Z5dHBGdVpho?...
COVER TRAILER
YouTube video by Cameron Francis
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November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hey @filmnoiruk.bsky.social. I saw this new indie noir at Frightfest in the summer. “Cover” (2025) dir by Cameron Francis. It is superb. Just an idea. youtu.be/Z5dHBGdVpho?...
Just had a great weekend at Film Noir Fest in Weston-Super-Mare. New favourites - Rififi (I know), Woman In Hiding, Money Movers, Beware My Lovely, While The City Sleeps. I’ll be there next year. @filmnoiruk.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Just had a great weekend at Film Noir Fest in Weston-Super-Mare. New favourites - Rififi (I know), Woman In Hiding, Money Movers, Beware My Lovely, While The City Sleeps. I’ll be there next year. @filmnoiruk.bsky.social
Am having a cool UK cinematic weekend in Weston-Super-Mare! Film Noir Fest 2025! A few old favourites and some cool new discoveries. Definitely @purecinemapod.bsky.social friendly. @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.southwestsilents.com/copy-of-fest...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Am having a cool UK cinematic weekend in Weston-Super-Mare! Film Noir Fest 2025! A few old favourites and some cool new discoveries. Definitely @purecinemapod.bsky.social friendly. @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.southwestsilents.com/copy-of-fest...
Just watched The Holy Boy (2025) (orig:
La Valle dei Sorrisi - The Valley of Smiles) at the London Film Festival. Italian folk chiller from dir Paolo Strippoli. Recommended! @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...
La Valle dei Sorrisi - The Valley of Smiles) at the London Film Festival. Italian folk chiller from dir Paolo Strippoli. Recommended! @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...
The Holy Boy | BFI London Film Festival 2025
This gripping Italian chiller details a grief-stricken teacher’s discovery of dark secrets in a remote village community.
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October 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just watched The Holy Boy (2025) (orig:
La Valle dei Sorrisi - The Valley of Smiles) at the London Film Festival. Italian folk chiller from dir Paolo Strippoli. Recommended! @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...
La Valle dei Sorrisi - The Valley of Smiles) at the London Film Festival. Italian folk chiller from dir Paolo Strippoli. Recommended! @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...
A fine Sunday afternoon at the BFI with a first time watch of Piccadilly (1929) dir by EA Dupont as part of the current Anna May Wong season. Glamorous & gritty 1920s London & a groovy often jazzy soundtrack. A recommend. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A fine Sunday afternoon at the BFI with a first time watch of Piccadilly (1929) dir by EA Dupont as part of the current Anna May Wong season. Glamorous & gritty 1920s London & a groovy often jazzy soundtrack. A recommend. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
Interesting BFI list of German horror films… @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
10 great German horror films
As Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre arrives on Blu-ray and 4K UHD, we chart the history of the horror genre in Germany, from its uncanny beginnings in the silent era.
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September 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Interesting BFI list of German horror films… @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
Enjoyable day travelling from Catania in Sicily to Rome. On Frecciarossa 9658 (to Milan) from Villa San Giovanni to Roma Termini. The FR option isn’t listed on the site so thought it might be useful info. Ace journey along the coast! Thanks for all the useful info! @seatsixtyone.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Enjoyable day travelling from Catania in Sicily to Rome. On Frecciarossa 9658 (to Milan) from Villa San Giovanni to Roma Termini. The FR option isn’t listed on the site so thought it might be useful info. Ace journey along the coast! Thanks for all the useful info! @seatsixtyone.bsky.social
Hey. Have you seen “Cover” (2025) dir by Cameron Francis? I only attended Frightfest for a day this year and it the best film I saw.. a road trip thriller rather than a horror.. superb. @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social frightfest.co.uk/2025London/C...
COVER
Suffering from insomnia and a hard day at work, travelling stamp dealer Trevor Conroy stops at a diner where a mysterious woman pleads for his help.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hey. Have you seen “Cover” (2025) dir by Cameron Francis? I only attended Frightfest for a day this year and it the best film I saw.. a road trip thriller rather than a horror.. superb. @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social frightfest.co.uk/2025London/C...
Just spent a night in the 80s South Bronx: “Enemy Territory” (1987) dir by Peter Manoogian. A great cult tower block action thriller. The new Arrow Video UK blu looks superb. Recommended. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.arrowfilms.com/p/blu-ray/en...
Enemy Territory Limited Edition Blu-ray | Arrow Films
Shop Enemy Territory Limited Edition Blu-ray at Arrow Films. Free UK Delivery
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August 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Just spent a night in the 80s South Bronx: “Enemy Territory” (1987) dir by Peter Manoogian. A great cult tower block action thriller. The new Arrow Video UK blu looks superb. Recommended. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.arrowfilms.com/p/blu-ray/en...
Can I recommend “All The Marbles” (1981) dir by Robert Aldrich? I saw it on 35mm at the BFI - part of the Moviedrome season. A superb 80s set female wrestling road movie - surely a @purecinemapod.bsky.social and @newbeverly.bsky.social favourite? whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Buy cinema tickets for California Dolls (aka All the Marbles) | BFI Southbank
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August 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Can I recommend “All The Marbles” (1981) dir by Robert Aldrich? I saw it on 35mm at the BFI - part of the Moviedrome season. A superb 80s set female wrestling road movie - surely a @purecinemapod.bsky.social and @newbeverly.bsky.social favourite? whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
I’m in Paris for the weekend and this rather cool poster is all over the metro! @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I’m in Paris for the weekend and this rather cool poster is all over the metro! @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
@elrickane.bsky.social Just in case, “The Dead Thing” was recommended by Kim Newman in this month’s UK Empire magazine (Issue 442 - July ‘25).
June 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
@elrickane.bsky.social Just in case, “The Dead Thing” was recommended by Kim Newman in this month’s UK Empire magazine (Issue 442 - July ‘25).
I think found a new discovery at the BFI today. “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (1962) dir. Vincente Minnelli. A fabulous WW2 drama starring Glenn Ford. Superb. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Buy cinema tickets for Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse + intro with season programmer Karina Longworth | BFI Southbank
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April 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I think found a new discovery at the BFI today. “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (1962) dir. Vincente Minnelli. A fabulous WW2 drama starring Glenn Ford. Superb. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Interesting BFI article on an obscure British 70s thriller. Eclipse (1977) directed by Simon Perry and starring Tom Conti. Release on blu-ray later this month. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/features/ecl...
Eclipse: how a little-seen 1970s psychological thriller emerged from obscurity
Set in a lonely house on a Scottish clifftop, the windswept Tom Conti thriller Eclipse has returned from 50 years of obscurity. It now looks like a forerunner of Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men.
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April 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Interesting BFI article on an obscure British 70s thriller. Eclipse (1977) directed by Simon Perry and starring Tom Conti. Release on blu-ray later this month. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/features/ecl...
Can I recommend “The Saragossa Manuscript” (1965)? Part of the current BFI season “The Long Strange Trips of Wojciech Jerzy Has”. This intertwining tale is long, strange, trippy and superb! @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Can I recommend “The Saragossa Manuscript” (1965)? Part of the current BFI season “The Long Strange Trips of Wojciech Jerzy Has”. This intertwining tale is long, strange, trippy and superb! @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
A cool film night at the fab Rio Cinema in Dalston. The first all-British disco film (!) “The Music Machine”. London looks 70s gritty! Ace soundtrack. Coming from Severin! Alan Jones’ new book Discomania is great too! @elrickane.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @purecinemapod.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A cool film night at the fab Rio Cinema in Dalston. The first all-British disco film (!) “The Music Machine”. London looks 70s gritty! Ace soundtrack. Coming from Severin! Alan Jones’ new book Discomania is great too! @elrickane.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @purecinemapod.bsky.social
Interesting “Forgotten Oscar Nominees” article from the BFI. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/best-p...
10 best picture Oscar nominees that time forgot
A nomination for the Oscar for best picture guarantees a film immortality, right? Wrong... Here are 10 best picture pretenders that are rarely spoken about anymore.
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March 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Interesting “Forgotten Oscar Nominees” article from the BFI. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/best-p...
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SDE would like to make more friends on Bluesky 😀, so with that in mind, we're giving away one of these fantastic #NikKershaw box sets! 10CDs and a DVD! Please like and share and we'll pick a random winner in a week's time, on 28 Feb. Open to everyone! Good luck...
February 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
SDE would like to make more friends on Bluesky 😀, so with that in mind, we're giving away one of these fantastic #NikKershaw box sets! 10CDs and a DVD! Please like and share and we'll pick a random winner in a week's time, on 28 Feb. Open to everyone! Good luck...
This is an interesting read… @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social faroutmagazine.co.uk/akira-kurosa...
A list of Akira Kurosawa's 100 favourite films of all time
With the likes of Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Federico Fellini and more, the greater Akira Kurosawa named his 100 favourite films of all time.
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February 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is an interesting read… @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social faroutmagazine.co.uk/akira-kurosa...
Just really enjoyed the Westploitation “Take A Hard Ride” (1975) dir by Anthony Dawson in the BFI Black Rodeo season. Stars Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly. Superb. A @newbeverly.bsky.social fav? @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Just really enjoyed the Westploitation “Take A Hard Ride” (1975) dir by Anthony Dawson in the BFI Black Rodeo season. Stars Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly. Superb. A @newbeverly.bsky.social fav? @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
Just had a first viewing of John Singleton’s “Rosewood” (1997) as part of the “Black Rodeo” season at the BFI. I wasn’t aware of the story. A powerful shocking film. Recommended. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Just had a first viewing of John Singleton’s “Rosewood” (1997) as part of the “Black Rodeo” season at the BFI. I wasn’t aware of the story. A powerful shocking film. Recommended. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
Interesting BFI article on early Japanese colour films. A few I didn’t know… @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
10 great early Japanese colour films
With Japan’s first full-colour film, Carmen Comes Home, screening around the UK, we dive into the luminous world of Japanese colour filmmaking in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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February 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Interesting BFI article on early Japanese colour films. A few I didn’t know… @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
Just watched John Ford’s “Sergeant Rutledge” in 35mm - part of the BFI’s “Black Rodeo” season. Ace socially conscious Western with great acting by Woody Strode & Jeffrey Hunter. Superb. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Buy cinema tickets for Sergeant Rutledge | BFI Southbank
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February 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Just watched John Ford’s “Sergeant Rutledge” in 35mm - part of the BFI’s “Black Rodeo” season. Ace socially conscious Western with great acting by Woody Strode & Jeffrey Hunter. Superb. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Might be of interest? New BBC show “Video Nasty”. @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Video Nasty - Series 1: 1. Tape 72
Billy and Con have to find a way to get the final tape in a banned cult video collection before word gets out that they’ve stolen money from the school graduation fund.
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January 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Might be of interest? New BBC show “Video Nasty”. @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...