Mark Carnochan
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Mark Carnochan
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· Jan 15
While stories of survivors have come a long way in the cinema, male accounts of sexual assault are still being underserved, often the butt of the joke. lwlies.com/articles/mal...
Played for laughs: how cinema still fails male sexual assault survivors
There is a troubling history of male survivors of sexual assault being treated as a joke in film and television – one writer recounts finding solace in another story.
lwlies.com
Once you experience something like sexual assault your view of the world changes. Thank you to @lwlies.com and @hannahstrong.co.uk for allowing me to use my own experienges to explore the representation of male sexual assault on screen.
Any and all support on this one means the world ❤️
Any and all support on this one means the world ❤️
Making a good Christmas film is no easy feat, as perfectly illustrated by one of the year's worst films, The Christmas Letter. A picture so devoid of passion or heart that it could expel the Christmas spirit from Ebenezer Scrooge himself.
Via @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/12/the-...
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The Christmas Letter (Film Review)
The Christmas letter, directed by Tori Hunter and starring Angus Benfield, includes a mini Christmas Vacation reunion for Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid and Brian Doyle-Murray.
filmhounds.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Making a good Christmas film is no easy feat, as perfectly illustrated by one of the year's worst films, The Christmas Letter. A picture so devoid of passion or heart that it could expel the Christmas spirit from Ebenezer Scrooge himself.
Via @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/12/the-...
Via @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/12/the-...
I was incredibly lucky to get to sit down with I Swear director, Kirk Jones, and discuss the film, John Davidson, and the importance of understanding in the modern world. Kirk was a total sweetheart and provided me with some great answers.
via @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/11/kirk...
via @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/11/kirk...
Kirk Jones Talks Making I Swear
Director Kirk Jones discusses the importance of understanding in the modern world with his new film, I Swear.
filmhounds.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I was incredibly lucky to get to sit down with I Swear director, Kirk Jones, and discuss the film, John Davidson, and the importance of understanding in the modern world. Kirk was a total sweetheart and provided me with some great answers.
via @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/11/kirk...
via @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/11/kirk...
This stuff never stops being cool for me. When I first started writing film reviews, I dreamed of having a review of mines on a DVD or a poster or to write for certain publications. Getting to achieve some of those dreams this year has been pretty damn cool!
@filmhounds.co.uk
@filmhounds.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This stuff never stops being cool for me. When I first started writing film reviews, I dreamed of having a review of mines on a DVD or a poster or to write for certain publications. Getting to achieve some of those dreams this year has been pretty damn cool!
@filmhounds.co.uk
@filmhounds.co.uk
I really wish people would stop being so quick to declare a movie a flop. Like I appreciate these statements come from a place of analytics and statistics but I saw publications claiming The Smashing Machine to be a failure within three days? Like, can we just give things time.
October 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I really wish people would stop being so quick to declare a movie a flop. Like I appreciate these statements come from a place of analytics and statistics but I saw publications claiming The Smashing Machine to be a failure within three days? Like, can we just give things time.
EDINBURGH HORROR FANS
Every year I write up a list of all the retrospective horror screenings happening in Edinburgh throughout October. Enjoy!
The list will be updated regularly to accommodate updated timings and screenings.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Every year I write up a list of all the retrospective horror screenings happening in Edinburgh throughout October. Enjoy!
The list will be updated regularly to accommodate updated timings and screenings.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Edinburgh October Horror Screenings
October Horror Screenings Edinburgh Cinemas: Odeon Fort Kinnaird Odeon Lothian Road Odeon Edinburgh West Vue Omni Vue Ocean Terminal Cineworld The Cameo Everyman Filmhouse Dominion October Horror R...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
EDINBURGH HORROR FANS
Every year I write up a list of all the retrospective horror screenings happening in Edinburgh throughout October. Enjoy!
The list will be updated regularly to accommodate updated timings and screenings.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Every year I write up a list of all the retrospective horror screenings happening in Edinburgh throughout October. Enjoy!
The list will be updated regularly to accommodate updated timings and screenings.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I am very lucky to have had my reviews used in the past for promotional materials, even on movie posters, but I have never seen one in the flesh. So cool!Better believe I took one home for myself.
My manager also put one up at work with the wee note you can see in the second photo. Very sweet.
My manager also put one up at work with the wee note you can see in the second photo. Very sweet.
September 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I am very lucky to have had my reviews used in the past for promotional materials, even on movie posters, but I have never seen one in the flesh. So cool!Better believe I took one home for myself.
My manager also put one up at work with the wee note you can see in the second photo. Very sweet.
My manager also put one up at work with the wee note you can see in the second photo. Very sweet.
My interview with Irvine Welsh and Paul Sng is finally here.
As a wee boy wanting to get into film in Scotland, I never thought it was possible until I saw Trainspotting for the 1st time. So getting to chat to him and Paul about drugs, death and arts education was an honour!
Via @filmhounds.co.uk
As a wee boy wanting to get into film in Scotland, I never thought it was possible until I saw Trainspotting for the 1st time. So getting to chat to him and Paul about drugs, death and arts education was an honour!
Via @filmhounds.co.uk
Irvine Welsh and Paul Sng open up on new documentary Reality Is Not Enough
Irvine Welsh and Paul Sng sat down with Filmhounds Magazine to discuss the making of their new documentary Reality Is Not Enough.
filmhounds.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My interview with Irvine Welsh and Paul Sng is finally here.
As a wee boy wanting to get into film in Scotland, I never thought it was possible until I saw Trainspotting for the 1st time. So getting to chat to him and Paul about drugs, death and arts education was an honour!
Via @filmhounds.co.uk
As a wee boy wanting to get into film in Scotland, I never thought it was possible until I saw Trainspotting for the 1st time. So getting to chat to him and Paul about drugs, death and arts education was an honour!
Via @filmhounds.co.uk
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Recently wrote a review of the wildly underrated cop flick Narc (2002). Check out my review and maybe even give the film a watch if you fancy!
Via: @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/07/narc...
Via: @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/07/narc...
Narc - An Underrated Gem Looking For A Home
Joe Carnahan's gritty neo-noir crime thriller's stock continues to rise thanks to a new release from Arrow Video.
filmhounds.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Recently wrote a review of the wildly underrated cop flick Narc (2002). Check out my review and maybe even give the film a watch if you fancy!
Via: @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/07/narc...
Via: @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/07/narc...
Brief thoughts on Pixar's latest, Elio. Their best original film in years. A wonderful picture that deserves to find its audience.
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boxd.it/a6cQCp
A ★★★★½ review of Elio (2025)
The first real breakthrough I had in counselling was when my counsellor asked me if I considered myself a lonely child. When I said no, she asked again, but differently: "do you think younger Mark was...
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June 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Brief thoughts on Pixar's latest, Elio. Their best original film in years. A wonderful picture that deserves to find its audience.
boxd.it/a6cQCp
boxd.it/a6cQCp
My dear friend Braelen has made a terrific YouTube video detailing the process of making a song. From writing to recording to producing, step 1 all the way to completion. Regardless of musical experience, I think you'll enjoy the vid. Check it out!
youtu.be/VB8ohPsPqsg?...
youtu.be/VB8ohPsPqsg?...
Making an Indie Song from Start to Finish in 7 Days
YouTube video by Braelen Addison
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April 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My dear friend Braelen has made a terrific YouTube video detailing the process of making a song. From writing to recording to producing, step 1 all the way to completion. Regardless of musical experience, I think you'll enjoy the vid. Check it out!
youtu.be/VB8ohPsPqsg?...
youtu.be/VB8ohPsPqsg?...
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Sinners invites a new bold business idea. What if people want to see movies because they like them and not due to a pavlovian response to being 12 years old once!?
April 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sinners invites a new bold business idea. What if people want to see movies because they like them and not due to a pavlovian response to being 12 years old once!?
When I first heard about a new horror film from a nineteen year old director I couldn't help but be curious. As a film it may not work but the talent is clearly there. Check out my review of Human Resources now!
Via Filmhounds
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/04/less...
Via Filmhounds
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/04/less...
Less Than Perfect - Human Resources (Film Review) - FILMHOUNDS Magazine
Human Resources is a fun idea and a terrific opportunity to see the beginnings of tomorrow’s filmmakers.
filmhounds.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
When I first heard about a new horror film from a nineteen year old director I couldn't help but be curious. As a film it may not work but the talent is clearly there. Check out my review of Human Resources now!
Via Filmhounds
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/04/less...
Via Filmhounds
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/04/less...
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Recently I have found myself getting the itch to write some short stories again so I decided to set up a Substack as a new space for my writing. It's been a while since I wrote anything like this but feel free to subscribe!
Recently I have found myself getting the itch to write some short stories again so I decided to set up a Substack as a new space for my writing. It's been a while since I wrote anything like this but feel free to subscribe!
Mark Carnochan | Substack
Edinburgh based Film critic dealing with the daily mispronunciations of his last name.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Recently I have found myself getting the itch to write some short stories again so I decided to set up a Substack as a new space for my writing. It's been a while since I wrote anything like this but feel free to subscribe!
Recently I have found myself getting the itch to write some short stories again so I decided to set up a Substack as a new space for my writing. It's been a while since I wrote anything like this but feel free to subscribe!
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I wrote about a recent shift in paranoid thrillers on TV, which have moved away from the disillusioned white everyman who's often a cog in the machine to those who are often ground up by the gears
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www.avclub.com/paranoid-eno...
The age of the "are you paranoid enough?" thriller is here
The age of the "are you paranoid enough?" thriller is here
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January 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I wrote about a recent shift in paranoid thrillers on TV, which have moved away from the disillusioned white everyman who's often a cog in the machine to those who are often ground up by the gears
www.avclub.com/paranoid-eno...
www.avclub.com/paranoid-eno...
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Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you.
Sign the petition here - #SaveThePCC 38d.gs/SaveThePrinc...
Sign the petition here - #SaveThePCC 38d.gs/SaveThePrinc...
January 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you.
Sign the petition here - #SaveThePCC 38d.gs/SaveThePrinc...
Sign the petition here - #SaveThePCC 38d.gs/SaveThePrinc...
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Petition to save the Prince Charles Cinema signed by over 100,000 people in a day
www.huckmag.com/article/peti...
www.huckmag.com/article/peti...
Petition to save the Prince Charles Cinema signed by over 100,000…
PCC forever — The Soho institution has claimed its landlord, Zedwell LSQ Ltd, is demanding the insertion of a break clause that would leave it “under…
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January 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Petition to save the Prince Charles Cinema signed by over 100,000 people in a day
www.huckmag.com/article/peti...
www.huckmag.com/article/peti...
Emilia Pérez had me won over at first but the wheels quickly fell off. Much like Driving Miss Daisy going over Do The Right Thing, this being nominated over I Saw The TV Glow feels like another example of the lesser, more digestible film being awarded.
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A ★ review of Emilia Pérez (2024)
This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.
boxd.it
January 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Emilia Pérez had me won over at first but the wheels quickly fell off. Much like Driving Miss Daisy going over Do The Right Thing, this being nominated over I Saw The TV Glow feels like another example of the lesser, more digestible film being awarded.
boxd.it/8B0c9B
boxd.it/8B0c9B
Thank you to everyone that liked, shared, and read this article over the past week.
Strangers I don't even know have shared it, people I haven't spoken to since High School have reached out and friends and family have shown so much love. You have no idea how much it means.
Strangers I don't even know have shared it, people I haven't spoken to since High School have reached out and friends and family have shown so much love. You have no idea how much it means.
While stories of survivors have come a long way in the cinema, male accounts of sexual assault are still being underserved, often the butt of the joke. lwlies.com/articles/mal...
Played for laughs: how cinema still fails male sexual assault survivors
There is a troubling history of male survivors of sexual assault being treated as a joke in film and television – one writer recounts finding solace in another story.
lwlies.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thank you to everyone that liked, shared, and read this article over the past week.
Strangers I don't even know have shared it, people I haven't spoken to since High School have reached out and friends and family have shown so much love. You have no idea how much it means.
Strangers I don't even know have shared it, people I haven't spoken to since High School have reached out and friends and family have shown so much love. You have no idea how much it means.
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this from soderbergh's daily beast int has really annoyed bc it's creating a false equivalency. yes every artist takes inspiration from others, but the idea of feeding films/art into an algorithm to spit out something 'inspired' by them is categorically not the same to me
January 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
this from soderbergh's daily beast int has really annoyed bc it's creating a false equivalency. yes every artist takes inspiration from others, but the idea of feeding films/art into an algorithm to spit out something 'inspired' by them is categorically not the same to me
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It's a privilege to get to work with writers on pieces like this. Very honoured that people feel safe enough to share their stories and perspectives with us at LWLies.
While stories of survivors have come a long way in the cinema, male accounts of sexual assault are still being underserved, often the butt of the joke. lwlies.com/articles/mal...
Played for laughs: how cinema still fails male sexual assault survivors
There is a troubling history of male survivors of sexual assault being treated as a joke in film and television – one writer recounts finding solace in another story.
lwlies.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It's a privilege to get to work with writers on pieces like this. Very honoured that people feel safe enough to share their stories and perspectives with us at LWLies.
Once you experience something like sexual assault your view of the world changes. Thank you to @lwlies.com and @hannahstrong.co.uk for allowing me to use my own experienges to explore the representation of male sexual assault on screen.
Any and all support on this one means the world ❤️
Any and all support on this one means the world ❤️
While stories of survivors have come a long way in the cinema, male accounts of sexual assault are still being underserved, often the butt of the joke. lwlies.com/articles/mal...
Played for laughs: how cinema still fails male sexual assault survivors
There is a troubling history of male survivors of sexual assault being treated as a joke in film and television – one writer recounts finding solace in another story.
lwlies.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Once you experience something like sexual assault your view of the world changes. Thank you to @lwlies.com and @hannahstrong.co.uk for allowing me to use my own experienges to explore the representation of male sexual assault on screen.
Any and all support on this one means the world ❤️
Any and all support on this one means the world ❤️
Well this looks amazing. Thanks for bringing it to my attention
I hope all the critics groups members who have voted for Jomo Fray for his cinematography for NICKEL BOYS go back and watch ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT, which should have taken those same awards last year.
January 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Well this looks amazing. Thanks for bringing it to my attention
Feel like there are a lot of parallels between Good Luck To You, Leo Grande and Babygirl, right down to a sexy dance set to an absolute banger of a needle drop.
January 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Feel like there are a lot of parallels between Good Luck To You, Leo Grande and Babygirl, right down to a sexy dance set to an absolute banger of a needle drop.
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respect to @jarrodjones.bsky.social, who tracked down a skeevy '90s thriller with ~150 watches logged on letterboxd for this
January is a notorious burying ground for bad movies, but there are always some diamonds to be found in the dump. www.avclub.com/inventory-be...
Inventory: 10 January movies that were diamonds in the dumping ground
We pay tribute to the best examples of the most disposable movie type of all: January movies, often dropped into obscurity.
www.avclub.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
respect to @jarrodjones.bsky.social, who tracked down a skeevy '90s thriller with ~150 watches logged on letterboxd for this