Lindsay Hallam
@lindsayhallam.bsky.social
Film Lecturer, Horror Scholar, Freelance Writer, Filmmaker, Twin Peaks fanatic, Childless Cat Lady. Co-host of SciFrights podcast https://rss.com/podcasts/scifrights
Thanks to everyone who came to see Jaws at Genesis Cinema and listened to my intro. I talked about Spielberg's origins in New Hollywood of the 70s, how Jaws led to the rise of the blockbuster and other ways it impacted pop culture. The film on the big screen still plays like gangbusters.
September 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to see Jaws at Genesis Cinema and listened to my intro. I talked about Spielberg's origins in New Hollywood of the 70s, how Jaws led to the rise of the blockbuster and other ways it impacted pop culture. The film on the big screen still plays like gangbusters.
Watched Sinners at the BFI IMAX with intro from Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goranson and it's awesome! Kinda like if the first half of From Dusk til Dawn had been O Brother, Where Art Thou. There is a musical sequence in this that almost made me cry it was that good. A must-see in IMAX if you can.
April 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Watched Sinners at the BFI IMAX with intro from Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goranson and it's awesome! Kinda like if the first half of From Dusk til Dawn had been O Brother, Where Art Thou. There is a musical sequence in this that almost made me cry it was that good. A must-see in IMAX if you can.
An amazing day celebrating the collaboration of David Cronenberg and Howard Shore, starting at 10am with a screening of Crash,then Dead Ringers, then a career retrospective talk. It's been a long day but now all I want to do is rewatch all the other films.
March 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
An amazing day celebrating the collaboration of David Cronenberg and Howard Shore, starting at 10am with a screening of Crash,then Dead Ringers, then a career retrospective talk. It's been a long day but now all I want to do is rewatch all the other films.
Honoured to be a part of this book and write about the work of amazing Indigenous Australian filmmakers working in horror, in films such as Kaytetye director Warwick Thornton's The Darkside, anthology film Dark Place, and the short film The Moogai, directed by Jon Bell (Wiradjuri/Bundjalung/Yaegl)
March 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Honoured to be a part of this book and write about the work of amazing Indigenous Australian filmmakers working in horror, in films such as Kaytetye director Warwick Thornton's The Darkside, anthology film Dark Place, and the short film The Moogai, directed by Jon Bell (Wiradjuri/Bundjalung/Yaegl)
Always grateful to be involved with @filmsradiance.bsky.social and their zine Dirty Arthouse. I'm in the next issue discussing Nagisa Oshima's exquisite In the Realm of the Senses and obsessive love. Thanks to Kat Ellinger for inviting me to contribute! Its stacked with heaps of my favourite writers
February 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Always grateful to be involved with @filmsradiance.bsky.social and their zine Dirty Arthouse. I'm in the next issue discussing Nagisa Oshima's exquisite In the Realm of the Senses and obsessive love. Thanks to Kat Ellinger for inviting me to contribute! Its stacked with heaps of my favourite writers
After waiting over a year, The People's Joker finally came to the UK @princecharlescinema.com lt was riotous and chaotic and hilarious and moving. With a bonus q&a with @veradrew22.bsky.social (complete with Twin Peaks backdrop and adorable black cat).
February 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
After waiting over a year, The People's Joker finally came to the UK @princecharlescinema.com lt was riotous and chaotic and hilarious and moving. With a bonus q&a with @veradrew22.bsky.social (complete with Twin Peaks backdrop and adorable black cat).
You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?
February 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?
Things are tough. Here's Angelo and Ennio to make your day a bit brighter.
January 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Things are tough. Here's Angelo and Ennio to make your day a bit brighter.
None of this is a surprise. We hit the Maggie Cheung season at the BFI pretty hard (plus I watched some of her films for my World Cinema class) and I watched 9 Bunuel films in 2 weeks to prep my essay for the Bunuel boxset from @filmsradiance.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
None of this is a surprise. We hit the Maggie Cheung season at the BFI pretty hard (plus I watched some of her films for my World Cinema class) and I watched 9 Bunuel films in 2 weeks to prep my essay for the Bunuel boxset from @filmsradiance.bsky.social
So 2025 is going to be an erotic thriller
January 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
So 2025 is going to be an erotic thriller
My 2024 faves:
The Substance
Poor Things
Red Rooms
I Saw the TV Glow
Anora
All of Us Strangers
Perfect Days
Queer
Challengers
The Zone of Interest
Love Lies Bleeding
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
Sing Sing
Dune Part 2
Chime
Kneecap
Civil War
In a Violent Nature
La Chimera
Rebel Ridge
The Substance
Poor Things
Red Rooms
I Saw the TV Glow
Anora
All of Us Strangers
Perfect Days
Queer
Challengers
The Zone of Interest
Love Lies Bleeding
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
Sing Sing
Dune Part 2
Chime
Kneecap
Civil War
In a Violent Nature
La Chimera
Rebel Ridge
December 30, 2024 at 11:25 AM
My 2024 faves:
The Substance
Poor Things
Red Rooms
I Saw the TV Glow
Anora
All of Us Strangers
Perfect Days
Queer
Challengers
The Zone of Interest
Love Lies Bleeding
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
Sing Sing
Dune Part 2
Chime
Kneecap
Civil War
In a Violent Nature
La Chimera
Rebel Ridge
The Substance
Poor Things
Red Rooms
I Saw the TV Glow
Anora
All of Us Strangers
Perfect Days
Queer
Challengers
The Zone of Interest
Love Lies Bleeding
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
Sing Sing
Dune Part 2
Chime
Kneecap
Civil War
In a Violent Nature
La Chimera
Rebel Ridge
I always watch this film on Christmas Eve. I love it so much, but I hate how relevant it is 50 years after it was made.
#blackchristmas
#blackchristmas
December 24, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I always watch this film on Christmas Eve. I love it so much, but I hate how relevant it is 50 years after it was made.
#blackchristmas
#blackchristmas
It's a running joke that I'm very serious and precise with wrapping gifts, as opposed to Liam's more relaxed approach. But I can now say, after 2 cocktails and Ennio's "help"*, my wrapping technique has significantly changed.
Here's Ennio for reference:
Here's Ennio for reference:
December 24, 2024 at 6:53 PM
It's a running joke that I'm very serious and precise with wrapping gifts, as opposed to Liam's more relaxed approach. But I can now say, after 2 cocktails and Ennio's "help"*, my wrapping technique has significantly changed.
Here's Ennio for reference:
Here's Ennio for reference:
Contributor copies arrived just in time for Christmas!
December 24, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Contributor copies arrived just in time for Christmas!
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
The spirits:
The spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 8:49 AM
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
The spirits:
The spirits:
An excellent night at The Prince Charles Cinema to see KILL YOUR LOVER, a great indie that employs body horror to present a toxic relationship as mutual infection. Excellent performances gives a real sense of these characters and the changes they go through as love turns sour (and goopy).
November 29, 2024 at 11:45 AM
An excellent night at The Prince Charles Cinema to see KILL YOUR LOVER, a great indie that employs body horror to present a toxic relationship as mutual infection. Excellent performances gives a real sense of these characters and the changes they go through as love turns sour (and goopy).
Show me your pet and who they're named after.
Meet our 2 boys, Ennio and Angelo.
Meet our 2 boys, Ennio and Angelo.
November 25, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Show me your pet and who they're named after.
Meet our 2 boys, Ennio and Angelo.
Meet our 2 boys, Ennio and Angelo.
Repost with one of the greatest villains in cinema history:
November 24, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Repost with one of the greatest villains in cinema history:
A slew of awesome stuff I was lucky to work on is out now or due for release over the next couple of months:
#bluray #filmsky #filmwriter #physicalmedia
#bluray #filmsky #filmwriter #physicalmedia
November 19, 2024 at 6:00 PM
A slew of awesome stuff I was lucky to work on is out now or due for release over the next couple of months:
#bluray #filmsky #filmwriter #physicalmedia
#bluray #filmsky #filmwriter #physicalmedia
Great to see some old school Jackie Chan tonight on the big screen at the #BFI tonight. That mall sequence at the end is still an all-timer (yes, I do want to see that slide down the pole repeated 3 times)
November 15, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Great to see some old school Jackie Chan tonight on the big screen at the #BFI tonight. That mall sequence at the end is still an all-timer (yes, I do want to see that slide down the pole repeated 3 times)
November 14, 2024 at 7:21 PM