Fiona Watson
@monsterfromid66.bsky.social
Edinburgh based screenwriter/video essayist. Masters Of Cinema. Arrow. Criterion. Owner of an ADHD/AuDHD brain. Manual not included.
Me too.
Someone on here mentioned that this was available new again and for that many thanks. Absolutely formative part of my childhood (which probably explains a lot)
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Me too.
@alasdairswanson.bsky.social Hey! Just noticed your banner. I love #Dragonslayer. I love that whole strange Disney period where they kept making horror movies by mistake.
November 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
@alasdairswanson.bsky.social Hey! Just noticed your banner. I love #Dragonslayer. I love that whole strange Disney period where they kept making horror movies by mistake.
#Caturday #ThisUsedToBeMyCat 'That's enough Momo pictures now.' - Editor.
November 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
#Caturday #ThisUsedToBeMyCat 'That's enough Momo pictures now.' - Editor.
#Caturday #ThisUsedToBeMyCat Momo attempts to hide behind a shrub, with predictable results.
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#Caturday #ThisUsedToBeMyCat Momo attempts to hide behind a shrub, with predictable results.
#Caturday #ThisUsedToBeMyCat At some point in the past decade, my husband decided to take a picture of Momo with some cheese. I have no idea why.
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#Caturday #ThisUsedToBeMyCat At some point in the past decade, my husband decided to take a picture of Momo with some cheese. I have no idea why.
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We’re doing Steven Lockjaw impressions
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We’re doing Steven Lockjaw impressions
#Caturday #ThisUsedToBeMyCat Here's my late cat Momo doing his deeply moving interpretation of #Totoro. Why do his eyes look like fried eggs? Don't ask me, I'm not some kind eggy opthalmologist.
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#Caturday #ThisUsedToBeMyCat Here's my late cat Momo doing his deeply moving interpretation of #Totoro. Why do his eyes look like fried eggs? Don't ask me, I'm not some kind eggy opthalmologist.
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Tom Stoppard an awful loss. Recommend this from BBC archives. Play of the Week - Professional Foul (1977) by Tom Stoppard & Michael Li... youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
Play of the Week - Professional Foul (1977) by Tom Stoppard & Michael Lindsay-Hogg
YouTube video by Play For Forever
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November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Tom Stoppard an awful loss. Recommend this from BBC archives. Play of the Week - Professional Foul (1977) by Tom Stoppard & Michael Li... youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
RIP #TomStoppard. Stoppard wrote many, many things, but one of my favourites includes his co-writing credit on #Brazil. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvBF...
Brazil (Terry Gilliam 1985) - Official Trailer
YouTube video by thecultbox
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November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
RIP #TomStoppard. Stoppard wrote many, many things, but one of my favourites includes his co-writing credit on #Brazil. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvBF...
#Caturday #ThisUsedToBeMyCat (for cats that have passed beyond this mortal veil, but not before ripping it to shreds because they're bored) May I present my ex cat, Momo, having thoughts of some kind, in the back yard.
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#Caturday #ThisUsedToBeMyCat (for cats that have passed beyond this mortal veil, but not before ripping it to shreds because they're bored) May I present my ex cat, Momo, having thoughts of some kind, in the back yard.
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#FrankSidebottom's out and about for #Christmas, but where's Little Festive Frank?
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
#FrankSidebottom's out and about for #Christmas, but where's Little Festive Frank?
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HOLY SHIT IT’S QUATERMASS II!
Piccadilly Circus
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
HOLY SHIT IT’S QUATERMASS II!
Re the opening page of #BleakHouse. I read this study last year and it scared me. Then I tried to put myself into these students' shoes. I still couldn't understand the lack of curiosity. But then I'm ancient and I grew up in a completely different world. muse.jhu.edu/article/922346
Project MUSE - They Don’t Read Very Well: A Study of the Reading Comprehension Skills of English Majors at Two Midwestern Universities
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November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Re the opening page of #BleakHouse. I read this study last year and it scared me. Then I tried to put myself into these students' shoes. I still couldn't understand the lack of curiosity. But then I'm ancient and I grew up in a completely different world. muse.jhu.edu/article/922346
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The opening page of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens is always a treat.
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The opening page of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens is always a treat.
I'm slowly but surely making our short lived pod The Shadowcast available on SoundCloud. Last night I put up our exploration of movies dealing with miniaturisation, things like #TheIncredibleShrinkingMan, #InnerSpace etc. *waves in Scottish to @thejoedante.bsky.social* soundcloud.com/fiona-watson...
letsgetsmall
Podcast covering miniaturisation in movies - The Incredible Shrinking Man, Fantastic Voyage, Inner Space.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I'm slowly but surely making our short lived pod The Shadowcast available on SoundCloud. Last night I put up our exploration of movies dealing with miniaturisation, things like #TheIncredibleShrinkingMan, #InnerSpace etc. *waves in Scottish to @thejoedante.bsky.social* soundcloud.com/fiona-watson...
My idea of heaven used to be a yearly subscription to the #ForteanTimes. Maybe I should revive this tradition.
Our Christmas issue is now on sale! South Shields Poltergeist at 20; SAS vs Gnomes; Enys Tregarthen's Cornish tales; Europe's Yuletide spectres; Warminster Thing; Fortean TV 1988 Christmas Special; illustrious eunuchs; phantom twanger; Masonic Super Mario + much more
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November 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
My idea of heaven used to be a yearly subscription to the #ForteanTimes. Maybe I should revive this tradition.
#StudioCanal #AgathaChristie #BluRay The Husband's been at it again. He never stops. It's just a constant Niagra of content pouring out of his fertile brain. Do yourself a favour and tap into his encyclopedic knowledge and buy this physical media thingee. dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/l...
Leith Sleuth
My copies of DEATH ON THE NILE and EVIL UNDER THE SUN arrived from Studio Canal. I made a video essay for each of these, working with Timo Langer as editor. Fun! I hadn’t read Agatha Christie…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#StudioCanal #AgathaChristie #BluRay The Husband's been at it again. He never stops. It's just a constant Niagra of content pouring out of his fertile brain. Do yourself a favour and tap into his encyclopedic knowledge and buy this physical media thingee. dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/l...
#ChatGPT This is a disgusting response to an avoidable tragedy. I hope these parents drag them over the coals in court and receive millions in compensation. I can hope that but the reality is probably that this will keep happening and they'll get away scot-free. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology
OpenAI responds to lawsuit claiming its chatbot encouraged California teenager to kill himself
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#ChatGPT This is a disgusting response to an avoidable tragedy. I hope these parents drag them over the coals in court and receive millions in compensation. I can hope that but the reality is probably that this will keep happening and they'll get away scot-free. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The new PTA, second time around, in 70mm.
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One Battle After Another After Another
So, Filmhouse was showing ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER in 70mm, and Fiona hadn’t seen it, and I was tired of her asking “What is that?” every time I brought it up, so we went and she …
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November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The new PTA, second time around, in 70mm.
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dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/o...
RIP #JackShepherd, the best (or, at least, the most human) #Renfield in any adaptation of #Dracula you care to mention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP0m...
Count Dracula BBC 1977 - Renfield scene
YouTube video by cihy13
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November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
RIP #JackShepherd, the best (or, at least, the most human) #Renfield in any adaptation of #Dracula you care to mention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP0m...
God help me. I want one of these.
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
God help me. I want one of these.
This is unblievably disturbing. #freebirth #theguardian #antiscience www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
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November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This is unblievably disturbing. #freebirth #theguardian #antiscience www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...