Martyn Conterio
@mdconterio.bsky.social
Writing on film for BFI, NME, All About History, does things for various Blu-ray labels | AuDHD
Death by Lightning is the most unexpectedly brilliant show of the year.
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Death by Lightning is the most unexpectedly brilliant show of the year.
Is anybody else getting an internal error message on @letterboxd.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Is anybody else getting an internal error message on @letterboxd.social
A shout out for my darlst’s Patreon. I joined her this week for a deep dive on Oz Perkins horror, Longlegs. Great content for less than the price of a coffee from an evil empire business. www.patreon.com/c/confession...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A shout out for my darlst’s Patreon. I joined her this week for a deep dive on Oz Perkins horror, Longlegs. Great content for less than the price of a coffee from an evil empire business. www.patreon.com/c/confession...
Architectural Digest videos but it’s the homes of people with ADHD. “Come in … here’s the half finished flooring in the living room, here’s the bedroom we didn’t decorate, here’s the garden that hasn’t been mowed in 4 years because we pretend it doesn’t exist, all because overwhelm.”
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Architectural Digest videos but it’s the homes of people with ADHD. “Come in … here’s the half finished flooring in the living room, here’s the bedroom we didn’t decorate, here’s the garden that hasn’t been mowed in 4 years because we pretend it doesn’t exist, all because overwhelm.”
Spending the day watching Fred Wiseman’s near six hour doco Near Death.
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Spending the day watching Fred Wiseman’s near six hour doco Near Death.
Working my way through the documentary films of Fred Wiseman. Every one I’ve seen so far is extraordinary. God level documentary filmmaking.
November 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Working my way through the documentary films of Fred Wiseman. Every one I’ve seen so far is extraordinary. God level documentary filmmaking.
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“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.”
Happy Birthday, Georgia O’Keeffe.
Ghost Ranch Portal, New Mexico, 1964. Photo by Todd Webb.
Happy Birthday, Georgia O’Keeffe.
Ghost Ranch Portal, New Mexico, 1964. Photo by Todd Webb.
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.”
Happy Birthday, Georgia O’Keeffe.
Ghost Ranch Portal, New Mexico, 1964. Photo by Todd Webb.
Happy Birthday, Georgia O’Keeffe.
Ghost Ranch Portal, New Mexico, 1964. Photo by Todd Webb.
Go on then #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Go on then #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
I have so many wonderful film-going memories of the PCC
We recently asked you to vote for us for the BIFA Cinema of the Year award. Part of the voting process allowed you to leave comments about what you love about us. While we didn’t end up being nominated, receiving more than 5K heartfelt messages made us feel like the real winners! Thank you! ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I have so many wonderful film-going memories of the PCC
My favourite is Climax, which drops its title card about 40 mins into the film.
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My favourite is Climax, which drops its title card about 40 mins into the film.
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Whatever happened to the 130 charges? Is that case still going?
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Whatever happened to the 130 charges? Is that case still going?
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I spent a few days at the Viennale a couple of weeks ago and I've (finally) written about some of the films I saw — a good festival! thistheaterishaunted.blogspot.com/2025/11/vien...
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I spent a few days at the Viennale a couple of weeks ago and I've (finally) written about some of the films I saw — a good festival! thistheaterishaunted.blogspot.com/2025/11/vien...
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Cinerama Dome, My Neighbor Totoro premiere, May 1993
May 2, 2023 at 5:25 PM
Cinerama Dome, My Neighbor Totoro premiere, May 1993
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Here's a young Sam Peckinpah playing a bit part as a bank teller opposite Joel McCrea in Jacques Tourneur's Wichita (1955). I think you'll agree that Peckinpah's performance is nuanced & riveting, just like his films
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Here's a young Sam Peckinpah playing a bit part as a bank teller opposite Joel McCrea in Jacques Tourneur's Wichita (1955). I think you'll agree that Peckinpah's performance is nuanced & riveting, just like his films
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My book, Fulci's Inferno, is the first major new writing on Lucio Fulci in years, and the first to fully analyse the themes across his work. It analyses his entire career, and includes over 50 photos.
This book took 8 years to research and write. I hope you're gonna love it.
Link in bio.
This book took 8 years to research and write. I hope you're gonna love it.
Link in bio.
November 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My book, Fulci's Inferno, is the first major new writing on Lucio Fulci in years, and the first to fully analyse the themes across his work. It analyses his entire career, and includes over 50 photos.
This book took 8 years to research and write. I hope you're gonna love it.
Link in bio.
This book took 8 years to research and write. I hope you're gonna love it.
Link in bio.
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An extraordinary work. Saw it a few years ago, during the Pandemic when a film programmer put it on as an online event. Now it’s on the YouTube.
RIP Peter Watkins, whose film about the 1871 Paris Commune treats it as if it were a current news event, with participants talking to reporters. It runs to nearly six hours & was shot in less than a fortnight in an abandoned factory www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDTT...
la commune.2000.peter watkins.film complet en francais
YouTube video by natasha fossati
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November 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
An extraordinary work. Saw it a few years ago, during the Pandemic when a film programmer put it on as an online event. Now it’s on the YouTube.
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Many stories of haunted houses may be related to Cyclosa imago, also known as the Haunting Spider.
When a colony settles an abandoned building, they collectively defend against human intrusion by forming dense webs, which have been interpreted as ghostly apparitions.
When a colony settles an abandoned building, they collectively defend against human intrusion by forming dense webs, which have been interpreted as ghostly apparitions.
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Many stories of haunted houses may be related to Cyclosa imago, also known as the Haunting Spider.
When a colony settles an abandoned building, they collectively defend against human intrusion by forming dense webs, which have been interpreted as ghostly apparitions.
When a colony settles an abandoned building, they collectively defend against human intrusion by forming dense webs, which have been interpreted as ghostly apparitions.
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Pesquet's parrot, also known as the Dracula parrot.
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Pesquet's parrot, also known as the Dracula parrot.
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KENNY DALGLISH. The story of the Liverpool legend by Oscar and BAFTA-winning director @asifkapadia.bsky.social is in cinemas from tomorrow and on Prime Video from November 4! 👑⚽
🎟️Book now: www.altitude.film/kennydalglish
#KennyDalglish
🎟️Book now: www.altitude.film/kennydalglish
#KennyDalglish
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
KENNY DALGLISH. The story of the Liverpool legend by Oscar and BAFTA-winning director @asifkapadia.bsky.social is in cinemas from tomorrow and on Prime Video from November 4! 👑⚽
🎟️Book now: www.altitude.film/kennydalglish
#KennyDalglish
🎟️Book now: www.altitude.film/kennydalglish
#KennyDalglish
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10/29/63: Godard's Contempt [DP Raoul Coutard]
w/Michel Piccoli, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang
Peak JLG
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@mdconterio.bsky.social: cine-vue.com/2016/01/film...
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w/Michel Piccoli, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang
Peak JLG
@mrbeaks.bsky.social: www.slashfilm.com/1007193/jean...
@mdconterio.bsky.social: cine-vue.com/2016/01/film...
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...
Hawks and Godard and “Contempt”
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October 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
10/29/63: Godard's Contempt [DP Raoul Coutard]
w/Michel Piccoli, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang
Peak JLG
@mrbeaks.bsky.social: www.slashfilm.com/1007193/jean...
@mdconterio.bsky.social: cine-vue.com/2016/01/film...
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...
w/Michel Piccoli, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang
Peak JLG
@mrbeaks.bsky.social: www.slashfilm.com/1007193/jean...
@mdconterio.bsky.social: cine-vue.com/2016/01/film...
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...