John Leman Riley
@lemanriley.bsky.social
Literature, cinema, classical music, art, Slavonic stuff, Shostakovich, Canadiana
Would that include being the CEO of Nvidia?
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Would that include being the CEO of Nvidia?
You’re both always welcome to drop by …
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
You’re both always welcome to drop by …
I should thank @kierlajanisse.bsky.social for the commission and @sarahappleton.bsky.social for making the filming go so smoothly.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I should thank @kierlajanisse.bsky.social for the commission and @sarahappleton.bsky.social for making the filming go so smoothly.
It’s not even symmetrical.
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It’s not even symmetrical.
Didn’t they also trim them for content?
I feel like there are a few Bonds I’ve never really seen, because I’ve only seen them on ITV.
I feel like there are a few Bonds I’ve never really seen, because I’ve only seen them on ITV.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Didn’t they also trim them for content?
I feel like there are a few Bonds I’ve never really seen, because I’ve only seen them on ITV.
I feel like there are a few Bonds I’ve never really seen, because I’ve only seen them on ITV.
My interest in this is liminal.
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My interest in this is liminal.
The combination of the filmmakers’ terror of silence and inability to find a composer able to do more than melancholy synth string chords and plinky piano.
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The combination of the filmmakers’ terror of silence and inability to find a composer able to do more than melancholy synth string chords and plinky piano.
It’s always difficult, but sometimes you do have to disown your offspring.
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It’s always difficult, but sometimes you do have to disown your offspring.
Etymologically it would probably be analex. But don’t try googling it.
October 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Etymologically it would probably be analex. But don’t try googling it.
I had a meal in the revolving restaurant. Very good.
I bought the souvenir vodka. Very bad.
I bought the souvenir vodka. Very bad.
October 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I had a meal in the revolving restaurant. Very good.
I bought the souvenir vodka. Very bad.
I bought the souvenir vodka. Very bad.
You don’t understand. Either everything is terrible or it’s perfect. I think we can see which side you’re on…
October 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
You don’t understand. Either everything is terrible or it’s perfect. I think we can see which side you’re on…
Is the blockworthiness part of a pattern of behaviour, perhaps once slightly annoying but now intolerable or a sudden, maybe singular, explosive event?
The latter may be explicable (and forgivable?); the former has simply reached a point where it needs to be addressed.
The latter may be explicable (and forgivable?); the former has simply reached a point where it needs to be addressed.
October 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Is the blockworthiness part of a pattern of behaviour, perhaps once slightly annoying but now intolerable or a sudden, maybe singular, explosive event?
The latter may be explicable (and forgivable?); the former has simply reached a point where it needs to be addressed.
The latter may be explicable (and forgivable?); the former has simply reached a point where it needs to be addressed.
I was teaching film studies and casually said, "So what about the allusion to 'Star Wars'?"
Blank faces.
"You know - using the fluorescent tube like a light saber."
"I've never seen Star Wars."
"You don't recognise light sabers?"
Blank faces.
"You know - using the fluorescent tube like a light saber."
"I've never seen Star Wars."
"You don't recognise light sabers?"
October 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I was teaching film studies and casually said, "So what about the allusion to 'Star Wars'?"
Blank faces.
"You know - using the fluorescent tube like a light saber."
"I've never seen Star Wars."
"You don't recognise light sabers?"
Blank faces.
"You know - using the fluorescent tube like a light saber."
"I've never seen Star Wars."
"You don't recognise light sabers?"
They didn’t even bother subtitling the Italian in “All the Money in the World” - which is a good chunk of the film and actually explains plot points.
September 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
They didn’t even bother subtitling the Italian in “All the Money in the World” - which is a good chunk of the film and actually explains plot points.
The Corner Electric just round the corner from Warren St on TCR (1910-29) was in a basement, but is now a pharmacy. I’ve always wondered if they were getting mangled with the Scala on Charlotte St, though that was only briefly a TV studio.
September 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Corner Electric just round the corner from Warren St on TCR (1910-29) was in a basement, but is now a pharmacy. I’ve always wondered if they were getting mangled with the Scala on Charlotte St, though that was only briefly a TV studio.
Even “The First Train” (maybe the least of their collaborations) has some great sequences. Well worth looking into Urusevsky in his own right.
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Even “The First Train” (maybe the least of their collaborations) has some great sequences. Well worth looking into Urusevsky in his own right.
I saw it at the NFT (25?) years ago. At the end the cinema was filled with the sound of sniffling.
September 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I saw it at the NFT (25?) years ago. At the end the cinema was filled with the sound of sniffling.