Jamie Graham
@jamie-graham.bsky.social
Film journalist. Empire, Sunday Times Culture, Saturday Review, SFX.
Anemone is out today. Establishes Ronan Day-Lewis as a director to watch, while his dad makes a monumental return to the screen (those monologues!). A stripped-down drama of knotted anger and calcified pain, yet alive with raw beauty. One of my favourites of the year
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Anemone is out today. Establishes Ronan Day-Lewis as a director to watch, while his dad makes a monumental return to the screen (those monologues!). A stripped-down drama of knotted anger and calcified pain, yet alive with raw beauty. One of my favourites of the year
Always loved Friedkin’s Sorcerer, an eye-saucering, mind-boggling remake of Clouzot’s The Wages of Fear (or, if you prefer, as Friedkin did, a fresh adaptation of Georges Arnaud’s novel). This 4k Criterion Edition does full justice to its otherworldly images
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Always loved Friedkin’s Sorcerer, an eye-saucering, mind-boggling remake of Clouzot’s The Wages of Fear (or, if you prefer, as Friedkin did, a fresh adaptation of Georges Arnaud’s novel). This 4k Criterion Edition does full justice to its otherworldly images
This beauty has just arrived. @SecondSightFilm doing a typically stunning job. All three films in the Pusher trilogy will leave you bruised and blistered. Must-see cinema. I loved writing about them. Available from Sept 15
September 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This beauty has just arrived. @SecondSightFilm doing a typically stunning job. All three films in the Pusher trilogy will leave you bruised and blistered. Must-see cinema. I loved writing about them. Available from Sept 15
Not long until The Long Walk strides into cinemas. A top-tier Stephen King adaptation and one of the films of 2025
August 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Not long until The Long Walk strides into cinemas. A top-tier Stephen King adaptation and one of the films of 2025
My Top 10 of this year’s @frightfest.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My Top 10 of this year’s @frightfest.bsky.social
Day of doing intros and Q&As at FrightFest today. And, naturally, watching movies
August 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Day of doing intros and Q&As at FrightFest today. And, naturally, watching movies
Sally Hawkins is one of my favourite people. Not bad at this acting lark, either. Spoke to her for today’s Times
August 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Sally Hawkins is one of my favourite people. Not bad at this acting lark, either. Spoke to her for today’s Times
New pic hanging at the top of the stairs. Makes me smile every time I pass it
August 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New pic hanging at the top of the stairs. Makes me smile every time I pass it
40 years old today. It’s fun to be scared
August 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
40 years old today. It’s fun to be scared
Always moved by this lone gravestone in my local park, and faintly tickled by how the pets’ names get progressively less pet-like
July 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Always moved by this lone gravestone in my local park, and faintly tickled by how the pets’ names get progressively less pet-like
I’ve read a couple of Yates’ novels but never any of his short fiction until now. Can’t recommend this book enough. As poetic as it is forensic in its study of neuroses, anxiety and day-to-day humiliations, yet quickens the blood with its fierce sense of dignity
July 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I’ve read a couple of Yates’ novels but never any of his short fiction until now. Can’t recommend this book enough. As poetic as it is forensic in its study of neuroses, anxiety and day-to-day humiliations, yet quickens the blood with its fierce sense of dignity
Superb line-up of Technicolor classics at Phoenix Picturehouse, in Oxford. Programming like this does indeed make the world a brighter place
July 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Superb line-up of Technicolor classics at Phoenix Picturehouse, in Oxford. Programming like this does indeed make the world a brighter place
Rewatched Rocky. I wonder if Gen Z would find him quite such a lovable lummox: always poking and tapping at poor creatures in their cages and tanks; stalks Adrian and pressures her into a date; insists she goes into his house and physically stops her from leaving; punches dead pigs
July 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Rewatched Rocky. I wonder if Gen Z would find him quite such a lovable lummox: always poking and tapping at poor creatures in their cages and tanks; stalks Adrian and pressures her into a date; insists she goes into his house and physically stops her from leaving; punches dead pigs
Every time I see anything on Troll 2 I get momentarily excited that it’s a rerelease of the magnificently awful (and awfully magnificent) Claudio Fragasso movie from 1990
June 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Every time I see anything on Troll 2 I get momentarily excited that it’s a rerelease of the magnificently awful (and awfully magnificent) Claudio Fragasso movie from 1990
My 10 of the 21st Century for the New York Times poll.
June 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My 10 of the 21st Century for the New York Times poll.
Gareth Edwards has brought the wonderment and the scares back to the Jurassic franchise with #JurassicWorldRebirth. Three or four set-pieces here that go claw-to-claw with any in the series
June 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Gareth Edwards has brought the wonderment and the scares back to the Jurassic franchise with #JurassicWorldRebirth. Three or four set-pieces here that go claw-to-claw with any in the series
Just caught up with The Ballad of Wallis Island. Lovely. Like the swash and backwash of waves on a beach, it’s a constant push and pull between heart and humour as it explores love, loss and loneliness. Put me in mind of Bill Forsyth, Hal Ashby and Withnail & I, but it’s no mere imitator
June 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Just caught up with The Ballad of Wallis Island. Lovely. Like the swash and backwash of waves on a beach, it’s a constant push and pull between heart and humour as it explores love, loss and loneliness. Put me in mind of Bill Forsyth, Hal Ashby and Withnail & I, but it’s no mere imitator
Tom Noonan’s directorial debut won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance ‘94. Should be talked about a lot more than it is. Dark romantic comedy with dramatic heft and tinges of horror. Big influence on Charlie Kaufman. Well worth seeking out
June 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Tom Noonan’s directorial debut won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance ‘94. Should be talked about a lot more than it is. Dark romantic comedy with dramatic heft and tinges of horror. Big influence on Charlie Kaufman. Well worth seeking out
This is like someone looked into my brain and saw that Jaws and Martyrs are two of the films that most scarred me
June 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is like someone looked into my brain and saw that Jaws and Martyrs are two of the films that most scarred me
“For me, they’ll always be glorious birds.”
June 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“For me, they’ll always be glorious birds.”
Was a lovely sunny bank holiday afternoon so I of course closed the curtains and watched Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
May 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Was a lovely sunny bank holiday afternoon so I of course closed the curtains and watched Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Couldn’t resist a pic. Quite possibly the most catastrophic punctuation I’ve ever seen
May 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Couldn’t resist a pic. Quite possibly the most catastrophic punctuation I’ve ever seen
My favourite film is showing at my local tomorrow. Seen it 119x but not for five years
April 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
My favourite film is showing at my local tomorrow. Seen it 119x but not for five years
Gary Busey’s great in The Buddy Holly Story. His only Oscar nomination. I can only think the Academy missed Point Break
April 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Gary Busey’s great in The Buddy Holly Story. His only Oscar nomination. I can only think the Academy missed Point Break