Saw this and thought of @kermodemovie.bsky.social

@simonmayo.bsky.social In terms of the most unbelievable true facts (as you were discussing on Wittertainment), I saw this on X back in February and immediately saved it because I knew it was the most beautiful thing I would ever learn. Especially relevant in these current science-doubting times

@simonmayo.bsky.social Courtesy tvrdb.com, can confirm Onibaba was indeed first shown in 1970, on ITV on 20 July

Crystal Palace really does have the most beautiful station

If I can be genuine for a moment, this week has seen my 4th proper column for @theipaper.com and the joy I’m getting from writing for them is hard to express. I hope that you’re enjoying reading and I hope there will be much more to come

That’s no way to talk about Lance Stroll

And in today’s paper, the cutdown

A little samplette

Click on the link and the programme for the 2004 Atlanta SCMS pops up. With Linda Ruth Williams confirmed as a panellist, talking at Session H on Saturday 6 March 2004.

This is extremely helpful - we now know the conference in Atlanta was for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS).

Fincher also said he met Gene Hackman and discussed it with him, but Hackman would not work nights. “I said, ‘it’s been lovely meeting you, I’m a huge fan, but half the movie takes place at night – there’s no changing that.”

And finally this is the page in which a quote from Tony Benn appears in the James Roberts-penned Transformers comic - the series which would have such an influence on Transformers One

There was a debate about how bad the hobbling scene is in Misery in the book versus the film. It’s much worse in the book, where Annie cuts Paul’s foot off with an axe - Misery’s screenwriter William Goldman detailed how he fought for the scene to stay that way in the film (he conceded he was wrong)

Mark suspected that Midnight Run remained an 18 for home viewing because it has not been re-released for reclassification since the BBFC guidelines changed - this is exactly right

Specifically Woolley contrasted the treatment of his film with that of The King’s Speech

But on the soundtrack it’s Rufus Wainwright. This is because Wainwright was signed to DreamWorks records, so they could promote him.