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Love the movie (and this photo) to bits.

@theobserveruk.bsky.social I'm afraid the article doesn't credit the writer. (But has as a clue '...now 81, is my platonic ideal of a writer...' and the fact that @mjohnharrison.bsky.social posted it.)

There might be one more:
www.fictionable.world/stories/the-...

If you missed Hadzihalilovic's previous movie Earwig, based on the novel by B. Catling, I wouldn't blame you because it was barely released, but it is in my mind one of the great films of the last decade:
letterboxd.com/paulduane/fi...

I rest my case

A follow-up on how the rest of the cast ended up would be welcome.

This isn't even the point, but I feel pissed off that my years of editorial experience and genuine, lifelong enthusiasm for the work is being channelled into a new role as a professional fluffer for a large-language model.

And as though leaf-shaped wings as camouflage is not cool enough, here's how:

www.newscientist.com/article/2468...