Richard Luck
@rmgluck2017.bsky.social
Writer/editor. Substack: As Luck Would Have It (https://richardluck.substack.com/publish/home)
A nice surprise find on Tubi, Peter Watkins' Punishment Park. tubitv.com/movies/10002...
Punishment Park (1971)
Follows a film crew and their coverage of soldiers escorting anti-establishment types across the desert to participate in a game for their freedom.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A nice surprise find on Tubi, Peter Watkins' Punishment Park. tubitv.com/movies/10002...
Another brilliant Richard Burton-related gift courtesy of the BBC iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The Richard Burton Diaries
Documentary revealing the contents of hellraising Welsh actor Richard Burton's diaries, providing a unique opportunity to reassess the man behind the myth.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Another brilliant Richard Burton-related gift courtesy of the BBC iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Nice that he had a bag to hand so he could take it home with him.
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Nice that he had a bag to hand so he could take it home with him.
Many happy returns, Paul McGann.
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Many happy returns, Paul McGann.
With Louis Malle's Damage now available on Amazon Prime, here's a FREE Substack post on the film, the unusual way in which it was financed and Jeremy Irons' incendiary leading turn... richardluck.substack.com/p/damage-und...
Damage - Under Review
A transgressive sex thriller funded by the National Lottery. Oh, how I miss the 1990s...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
With Louis Malle's Damage now available on Amazon Prime, here's a FREE Substack post on the film, the unusual way in which it was financed and Jeremy Irons' incendiary leading turn... richardluck.substack.com/p/damage-und...
Delighted to see that Charles Burnett's Killer Of Sheep is being shown at the @BFI this weekend. By way of an introduction to the man and his movie, here's a FREE Substack post... richardluck.substack.com/p/charles-bu...
Charles Burnett - Unsung American Film Hero
The man who made cinema available to a whole new audience on his landmark debut movie, Killer Of Sheep.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Delighted to see that Charles Burnett's Killer Of Sheep is being shown at the @BFI this weekend. By way of an introduction to the man and his movie, here's a FREE Substack post... richardluck.substack.com/p/charles-bu...
Delighted to hear that The Battle Of Algiers will be screened at the 2026 @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social. Here's a FREE Substack piece about why this is a retrospective worth looking forward to... richardluck.substack.com/p/guerrillas...
Guerrillas In Our Midst: The Battle Of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo changed cinema forever with his Academy Award-nominated docu-drama. But the Italian filmmaker also shaped the future in ways he couldn't possibly have predicted...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Delighted to hear that The Battle Of Algiers will be screened at the 2026 @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social. Here's a FREE Substack piece about why this is a retrospective worth looking forward to... richardluck.substack.com/p/guerrillas...
Lovely to hear Helen Sharman being interviewed on Radio 5 this morning. Had the pleasure of chatting to our first Cosmonaut a few years back. Here's the piece in question... richardluck.substack.com/p/talking-ga...
Talking Galactic Gastronomy With Cosmonaut Helen Sharman
In space, no one can eat ice scream. Except the Americans...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Lovely to hear Helen Sharman being interviewed on Radio 5 this morning. Had the pleasure of chatting to our first Cosmonaut a few years back. Here's the piece in question... richardluck.substack.com/p/talking-ga...
Now available on the BBC iPlayer, Mr Burton. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Mr Burton
Film biopic about the power of an inspirational teacher and how talent can sometimes transcend the circumstances in which it is found.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Now available on the BBC iPlayer, Mr Burton. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Just learnt of Lee Tamahori's passing. A career that yielded Once Were Warriors is worthy of acknowledgement.
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Just learnt of Lee Tamahori's passing. A career that yielded Once Were Warriors is worthy of acknowledgement.
And with Quiz Show on Great! TV from 9pm, here's my piece for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about American TV's first great scandal...
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Called in to question: The show that brought TV into disrepute
RICHARD LUCK looks back at one of the greatest and most defining scandals of the TV age. Among this year's most anticipated dramas is ITV's Quiz. Starring
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November 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
And with Quiz Show on Great! TV from 9pm, here's my piece for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about American TV's first great scandal...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/brexit-news-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/brexit-news-...
Another FREE Substack post and the 100 has a new entry - Michael Apted's The Squeeze... richardluck.substack.com/p/100-the-sq...
100 -The Squeeze
When '70s British TV crime drama hit the big screen.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Another FREE Substack post and the 100 has a new entry - Michael Apted's The Squeeze... richardluck.substack.com/p/100-the-sq...
On the anniversary of his passing, a FREE Substack piece on my idiosyncratic relationship with Steve McQueen...
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Me And Steve McQueen
This year almost saw me rekindle my relationship with the 'King of Cool'. Almost.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
On the anniversary of his passing, a FREE Substack piece on my idiosyncratic relationship with Steve McQueen...
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A FREE Substack post - 10 Greatest Movie Hit-Men, Part One! richardluck.substack.com/p/10-greates...
10 Greatest Movie Hit-men - Part One
Killing is their business. And business is good.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A FREE Substack post - 10 Greatest Movie Hit-Men, Part One! richardluck.substack.com/p/10-greates...
A FREE Substack post - 10 Greatest Movie Hit-Men, Part One! richardluck.substack.com/p/10-greates...
10 Greatest Movie Hit-men - Part One
Killing is their business. And business is good.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A FREE Substack post - 10 Greatest Movie Hit-Men, Part One! richardluck.substack.com/p/10-greates...
Got admire the ambition of the Running Man ad campaign... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Police manhunt after Algerian man mistakenly released from London prison - live updates
The Met say they were told by Wandsworth prison on Tuesday that the prisoner had been
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November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Got admire the ambition of the Running Man ad campaign... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
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Another Substack Premium Post - the latest 100 entry: Cool Hand Luke... richardluck.substack.com/p/100-cool-h...
100 - Cool Hand Luke
A journey through 'my' films.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Another Substack Premium Post - the latest 100 entry: Cool Hand Luke... richardluck.substack.com/p/100-cool-h...
Hats off to the BBC for restoring Peter Watkins' The War Game to the iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The War Game
Controversial drama depicting the consequences of a nuclear attack on Britain. The film was made in 1965 but not televised until 1985 as the BBC judged it 'too horrifying'.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Hats off to the BBC for restoring Peter Watkins' The War Game to the iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Another Substack Premium Post - the latest 100 entry: Cool Hand Luke... richardluck.substack.com/p/100-cool-h...
100 - Cool Hand Luke
A journey through 'my' films.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Another Substack Premium Post - the latest 100 entry: Cool Hand Luke... richardluck.substack.com/p/100-cool-h...
Another Premium Substack post - running the rule over Kill Bills: Vol.1 and 2... richardluck.substack.com/p/kill-bills...
Kill Bill(s) - Under Review
A film of two halves.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Another Premium Substack post - running the rule over Kill Bills: Vol.1 and 2... richardluck.substack.com/p/kill-bills...
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Remembering the brilliant Ian Bannen who died on this day in 1999. Here he is having the shit kicked out of him by fellow Scot Sean Connery in Sidney Lumet's The Offence.
November 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Remembering the brilliant Ian Bannen who died on this day in 1999. Here he is having the shit kicked out of him by fellow Scot Sean Connery in Sidney Lumet's The Offence.
Remembering the brilliant Ian Bannen who died on this day in 1999. Here he is having the shit kicked out of him by fellow Scot Sean Connery in Sidney Lumet's The Offence.
November 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Remembering the brilliant Ian Bannen who died on this day in 1999. Here he is having the shit kicked out of him by fellow Scot Sean Connery in Sidney Lumet's The Offence.
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Born #onthisday in 1913, Burt Lancaster. And while I know I've posted this FREE Substack piece before, you can never celebrate The Swimmer enough in my opinion... richardluck.substack.com/p/in-the-dri...
The Sober Companion - The Swimmer
John Cheever's acclaimed short story, Frank Perry's cult film, that Levi's advert - a couple of lengths with the cultural phenomenon.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Born #onthisday in 1913, Burt Lancaster. And while I know I've posted this FREE Substack piece before, you can never celebrate The Swimmer enough in my opinion... richardluck.substack.com/p/in-the-dri...
Born #onthisday in 1913, Burt Lancaster. And while I know I've posted this FREE Substack piece before, you can never celebrate The Swimmer enough in my opinion... richardluck.substack.com/p/in-the-dri...
The Sober Companion - The Swimmer
John Cheever's acclaimed short story, Frank Perry's cult film, that Levi's advert - a couple of lengths with the cultural phenomenon.
richardluck.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Born #onthisday in 1913, Burt Lancaster. And while I know I've posted this FREE Substack piece before, you can never celebrate The Swimmer enough in my opinion... richardluck.substack.com/p/in-the-dri...