Manori R.
@manori-r.bsky.social
**On Maternity Leave** Writing about the business of TV and film. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. London Correspondent @TheAnkler.com. Former Chair of Broadcasting Press Guild. Nice lady with low threshold for BS.
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What a movie. A transcendental delight that I sobbed my way through. And still want to watch again immediately. Bring tissues and hug your family before and after. #TrainDreams
TRAIN DREAMS is out on Netflix today, which means you are now out of excuses. Go watch it. www.vulture.com/article/sund...
Train Dreams Is a Staggering Work of Art
Netflix is releasing one of the best films of the year but please, for the love of God, don’t watch this masterpiece on your phone.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What a movie. A transcendental delight that I sobbed my way through. And still want to watch again immediately. Bring tissues and hug your family before and after. #TrainDreams
I thought my proudest achievement was journalism-related but now I realise it’s managing to breastfeed my baby for months on end without tearing my hair out in despair. (Though, rest assured, I come close on an almost daily basis.)
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I thought my proudest achievement was journalism-related but now I realise it’s managing to breastfeed my baby for months on end without tearing my hair out in despair. (Though, rest assured, I come close on an almost daily basis.)
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These poor kids didn’t stand a bloody chance…
345 vulnerable kids, seeking asylum and then lost by our authorities
50 still missing
Likely to traffickers
How could this have happened?
Unforgivable from now-Reform controlled Kent County Council.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
345 vulnerable kids, seeking asylum and then lost by our authorities
50 still missing
Likely to traffickers
How could this have happened?
Unforgivable from now-Reform controlled Kent County Council.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
These poor kids didn’t stand a bloody chance…
345 vulnerable kids, seeking asylum and then lost by our authorities
50 still missing
Likely to traffickers
How could this have happened?
Unforgivable from now-Reform controlled Kent County Council.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
345 vulnerable kids, seeking asylum and then lost by our authorities
50 still missing
Likely to traffickers
How could this have happened?
Unforgivable from now-Reform controlled Kent County Council.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.
October 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.
Bereft by Diane Keaton’s passing. Dressed like her throughout university. Watched all her movies. She was my whole personality before it was even a thing. I simply can’t believe we’re to continue on without her.
October 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Bereft by Diane Keaton’s passing. Dressed like her throughout university. Watched all her movies. She was my whole personality before it was even a thing. I simply can’t believe we’re to continue on without her.
Happy to report that one can actually half-sleep and sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 643 times in a row to soothe a newborn. They’re finally nodding off. Just in time for it to be…7AM. #journomum
September 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Happy to report that one can actually half-sleep and sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 643 times in a row to soothe a newborn. They’re finally nodding off. Just in time for it to be…7AM. #journomum
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Rule Britannia at the Proms is now about as uncomplicatedly uplifting a tune to wheel out as a finale as the theme from Jim’ll Fix It.
September 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Rule Britannia at the Proms is now about as uncomplicatedly uplifting a tune to wheel out as a finale as the theme from Jim’ll Fix It.
My baby stops crying the minute a Stephen Sondheim song comes on. Chip off the old block. #journomum
September 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My baby stops crying the minute a Stephen Sondheim song comes on. Chip off the old block. #journomum
I’ll take an earnings call over a cluster feed any day of the week. #journomum
August 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’ll take an earnings call over a cluster feed any day of the week. #journomum
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After building the business for decades, Gen Xers in Hollywood are being pushed aside by cable’s decline, peak TV’s end, and mergers wiping out management. @elainelow.bsky.social spoke to the 40- and 50-somethings who now have to pull a Ross Geller and pivot
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July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
After building the business for decades, Gen Xers in Hollywood are being pushed aside by cable’s decline, peak TV’s end, and mergers wiping out management. @elainelow.bsky.social spoke to the 40- and 50-somethings who now have to pull a Ross Geller and pivot
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This week for @theankler.com, I untangled the streamer-broadcaster cross-carriage deals (such as Netflix's mega TF1 pact) shaking up Europe and asked whether such experimental alliances can *really* form equal partnerships. theankler.com/p/netflix-an...
Netflix & Amazon are Now French TV Channels — What?!
Inside the shocking pacts, why Disney’s dancing with ITV, and what YouTube has to do with it: ‘Tech companies don’t do anything to be nice’
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July 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This week for @theankler.com, I untangled the streamer-broadcaster cross-carriage deals (such as Netflix's mega TF1 pact) shaking up Europe and asked whether such experimental alliances can *really* form equal partnerships. theankler.com/p/netflix-an...
Reviewing a transcript of a dense interview with an analyst where the recording has evidently begun with "Yes, yes, we have actually gotten quite a good pram." My life for the foreseeable. #journomum
July 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Reviewing a transcript of a dense interview with an analyst where the recording has evidently begun with "Yes, yes, we have actually gotten quite a good pram." My life for the foreseeable. #journomum
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New on @theankler.com: CBS execs told Colbert's longtime manager in late June that The Late Show would be going away. This and more behind the scenes details on what happened: theankler.com/p/on-vacatio...
On Vacation, Colbert Didn’t Know ‘Late Show’ Was Dead. His Manager Did
SCOOP: James Dixon waited two weeks to tell his star and more new details about who knew what and when, and what comes next
theankler.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New on @theankler.com: CBS execs told Colbert's longtime manager in late June that The Late Show would be going away. This and more behind the scenes details on what happened: theankler.com/p/on-vacatio...
Diasporic literature doesn't get much better than "Unaccustomed Earth" (/the entire Jhumpa Lahiri canon), and I can't wait for this adaptation. Freida Pinto is perfect for this role. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Freida Pinto to Star in ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ Series at Netflix
Freida Pinto is set for a major role in Netflix's upcoming series adaptation of the Jhumpa Lahiri short story collection "Unaccustomed Earth."
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July 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Diasporic literature doesn't get much better than "Unaccustomed Earth" (/the entire Jhumpa Lahiri canon), and I can't wait for this adaptation. Freida Pinto is perfect for this role. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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Report: David Rhodes, Sky News executive chairman and former CBS News president, is in talks to lead CBS News if the Skydance/Paramount merger goes through (Reuters)
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July 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Report: David Rhodes, Sky News executive chairman and former CBS News president, is in talks to lead CBS News if the Skydance/Paramount merger goes through (Reuters)
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A few thoughts about the NYT critics shakeup: Theater is one of the hardest of all disciplines to cover as a critic (or reporter). You need to know its language and history. And there's a ton you can and should do to educate yourself. But you can never "catch up." You can't see what you didn't see.>
July 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A few thoughts about the NYT critics shakeup: Theater is one of the hardest of all disciplines to cover as a critic (or reporter). You need to know its language and history. And there's a ton you can and should do to educate yourself. But you can never "catch up." You can't see what you didn't see.>
The only Emmys debrief one needs... Cogent, thoughtful analysis from @kateyrich.bsky.social in @theankler.com theankler.com/p/emmy-nomin...
Emmy Noms: 8 Biggest Lessons
Plus: Join the Prestige Junkie After Party — details inside
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July 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The only Emmys debrief one needs... Cogent, thoughtful analysis from @kateyrich.bsky.social in @theankler.com theankler.com/p/emmy-nomin...
Bectu union boss Philippa Childs slams results of Gregg Wallace inquiry as a "real failure by [production company] Banijay to take these issues seriously and act accordingly." This point is spot on. Increasingly feels like Groundhog Day when it comes to inadequate action by prodcos/channels 👇
July 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Bectu union boss Philippa Childs slams results of Gregg Wallace inquiry as a "real failure by [production company] Banijay to take these issues seriously and act accordingly." This point is spot on. Increasingly feels like Groundhog Day when it comes to inadequate action by prodcos/channels 👇
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The success of sports docs "Drive to Survive" and "Quarterback" opened the floodgates. Now leagues are taking storytelling in-house, pushing out indies and increasing costs.
@manori-r.bsky.social talks to producers navigating new gatekeepers and finding the next icon
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@manori-r.bsky.social talks to producers navigating new gatekeepers and finding the next icon
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July 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The success of sports docs "Drive to Survive" and "Quarterback" opened the floodgates. Now leagues are taking storytelling in-house, pushing out indies and increasing costs.
@manori-r.bsky.social talks to producers navigating new gatekeepers and finding the next icon
theankler.com/p/its-brutal...
@manori-r.bsky.social talks to producers navigating new gatekeepers and finding the next icon
theankler.com/p/its-brutal...
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More good worker's rights news - companies will be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work.
@commonswec.parliament.uk heard evidence during our misogyny in music inquiry that NDAs are being abused to silence victims of harassment. This change will make a real difference for workers.
@commonswec.parliament.uk heard evidence during our misogyny in music inquiry that NDAs are being abused to silence victims of harassment. This change will make a real difference for workers.
UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work
Exclusive: Changes to workers’ rights bill will prohibit the silencing of staff who suffer harassment or discrimination
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July 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
More good worker's rights news - companies will be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work.
@commonswec.parliament.uk heard evidence during our misogyny in music inquiry that NDAs are being abused to silence victims of harassment. This change will make a real difference for workers.
@commonswec.parliament.uk heard evidence during our misogyny in music inquiry that NDAs are being abused to silence victims of harassment. This change will make a real difference for workers.
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Parents in Britain to be granted bereavement leave after miscarriage
Parents in Britain to be granted bereavement leave after miscarriage
Mothers and partners will gain the legal right if they lose a baby before 24 weeks, in Labour workers’ rights reform
Parents in Britain will be granted a right to bereavement leave after suffering a miscarriage as part of Labour’s workers’ rights reforms, it has been confirmed.
In a change to the law made via amendments to the employment rights bill, mothers and their partners will be given the legal right to at least one week’s bereavement leave if they have suffered a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks’ gestation. Continue reading...
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July 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Parents in Britain to be granted bereavement leave after miscarriage
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Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.
July 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.
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First on @theankler.com: Neil Druckmann, the creative force behind #TheLastOfUs, is leaving the HBO hit theankler.com/p/scoop-the-...
SCOOP: 'The Last of Us' HBO Shakeup as Creative Duo Parts Ways
Game co-creator Neil Druckmann, a writer/director under showrunner Craig Mazin, exits to work on his next Naughty Dog game
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July 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
First on @theankler.com: Neil Druckmann, the creative force behind #TheLastOfUs, is leaving the HBO hit theankler.com/p/scoop-the-...
Carney's capitulation to Trump over Canada's Digital Services Tax (mere hours before 1st payments were due) isn't just disappointing, it's a dangerous precedent for his leadership. // What was Mark Carney thinking when he walked back the digital services tax? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: What was Mark Carney thinking when he walked back the digital services tax?
We’re subsidizing American tech giants that have been undermining Canada’s economy as much as our sovereignty for many years
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July 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Carney's capitulation to Trump over Canada's Digital Services Tax (mere hours before 1st payments were due) isn't just disappointing, it's a dangerous precedent for his leadership. // What was Mark Carney thinking when he walked back the digital services tax? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...