Teddy Jamieson
@teddyjamieson.bsky.social
Writer for The Herald, The Sunday Post, Nutmeg & anyone else who will have me. Getting on a bit. Contact me @ teddyjamieson@yahoo.com
Spent the afternoon with the new Bryan Talbot GN: Holmes if he was a trigger-happy eagle. Time well spent. An entertainment and a work of art
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Spent the afternoon with the new Bryan Talbot GN: Holmes if he was a trigger-happy eagle. Time well spent. An entertainment and a work of art
November 12: I, The Jury (Harry Essex, 1953) Ridiculous, brilliantly terrible performances, a star called Biff Elliot ... But it's shot by John Alton and was there anyone better at capturing shadows and neon?
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
November 12: I, The Jury (Harry Essex, 1953) Ridiculous, brilliantly terrible performances, a star called Biff Elliot ... But it's shot by John Alton and was there anyone better at capturing shadows and neon?
November 7: The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002) Prefer the Greengrass versions, but this is sleek, slick & appreciates the contribution of Franka Potente.
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
November 7: The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002) Prefer the Greengrass versions, but this is sleek, slick & appreciates the contribution of Franka Potente.
November 3: Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1983) No one warned me about the horrific giraffe sequence! A film about cities and cats and trains. Which should mean I like it more than I do.
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
November 3: Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1983) No one warned me about the horrific giraffe sequence! A film about cities and cats and trains. Which should mean I like it more than I do.
November 1: Relay (David Mackenzie, 2024) Solid, low-key 70s-flavoured paranoid thriller about corporate malfeasance, powered by Riz Ahmed's reined-in competence & the movie's New Yorkiness ... You could probably tell it was a David Mackenzie film from the needle drops.
Pity about the ending
Pity about the ending
November 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
November 1: Relay (David Mackenzie, 2024) Solid, low-key 70s-flavoured paranoid thriller about corporate malfeasance, powered by Riz Ahmed's reined-in competence & the movie's New Yorkiness ... You could probably tell it was a David Mackenzie film from the needle drops.
Pity about the ending
Pity about the ending
So Young at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. Fresh, funny & clear-eyed on grief. On til November 8. Worth your time
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
So Young at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. Fresh, funny & clear-eyed on grief. On til November 8. Worth your time
October 29: One Battle After Another. Wasn't sure of the superstructure, but the detail, oh man, the detail. The car chases, the rooftop sequence, Sean Penn's hair, Teyana Taylor's single lashes. Outstanding effort all round
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
October 29: One Battle After Another. Wasn't sure of the superstructure, but the detail, oh man, the detail. The car chases, the rooftop sequence, Sean Penn's hair, Teyana Taylor's single lashes. Outstanding effort all round
Still think del Toro peaked on The Devil's Backbone
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Still think del Toro peaked on The Devil's Backbone
Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025) Liked the prelude, Mia Goth, Mia Goth's dresses & the unexpected Wallace Monument visual. Less keen on Alexandre Desplat's score & the need to underline every point in red biro. Is Oscar Isaac the hottest Frankenstein?
October 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025) Liked the prelude, Mia Goth, Mia Goth's dresses & the unexpected Wallace Monument visual. Less keen on Alexandre Desplat's score & the need to underline every point in red biro. Is Oscar Isaac the hottest Frankenstein?
October 25: The Crime is Mine (Francois Ozon, 2023)
Sweet like chocolate. But one of those massive Toberlone ones. You'll sicken yourself on it. Reminded me a little of Clouzot's Quai Des Orfevres. I've got that somewhere
Sweet like chocolate. But one of those massive Toberlone ones. You'll sicken yourself on it. Reminded me a little of Clouzot's Quai Des Orfevres. I've got that somewhere
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
October 25: The Crime is Mine (Francois Ozon, 2023)
Sweet like chocolate. But one of those massive Toberlone ones. You'll sicken yourself on it. Reminded me a little of Clouzot's Quai Des Orfevres. I've got that somewhere
Sweet like chocolate. But one of those massive Toberlone ones. You'll sicken yourself on it. Reminded me a little of Clouzot's Quai Des Orfevres. I've got that somewhere
Roy Neary ... Roy Batty. The best Roys
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Roy Neary ... Roy Batty. The best Roys
Always reckoned someone should write a book on Spielberg & Scorsese in the 70s: so different yet both in love with cinema: Urban v suburban, camera as character, film history as inspiration, the inevitable centring of masculinity (but is Spielberg better at presenting women than Scorsese? Discuss)
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Always reckoned someone should write a book on Spielberg & Scorsese in the 70s: so different yet both in love with cinema: Urban v suburban, camera as character, film history as inspiration, the inevitable centring of masculinity (but is Spielberg better at presenting women than Scorsese? Discuss)
October 24: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977) No shade on later versions, but 1970s Spielberg was some film-maker. Trying to remember if it was Farber or Fassbinder who said Spielberg couldn't shoot working-class life. Always thought Encounters proved that false
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
October 24: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977) No shade on later versions, but 1970s Spielberg was some film-maker. Trying to remember if it was Farber or Fassbinder who said Spielberg couldn't shoot working-class life. Always thought Encounters proved that false
I hope Dave Ball knew how much Soft Cell meant to so many.
October 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I hope Dave Ball knew how much Soft Cell meant to so many.
October 21: Hell is a City (Val Guest, 1960)
Manchester, so much to answer for ...
That scene on the Moor feels like a terrible premonition.
Manchester, so much to answer for ...
That scene on the Moor feels like a terrible premonition.
October 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
October 21: Hell is a City (Val Guest, 1960)
Manchester, so much to answer for ...
That scene on the Moor feels like a terrible premonition.
Manchester, so much to answer for ...
That scene on the Moor feels like a terrible premonition.
October 20: L'Eclisse (Michangelo Antonini, 1962)
Monica Vitti in the city
Monica Vitti in the city
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
October 20: L'Eclisse (Michangelo Antonini, 1962)
Monica Vitti in the city
Monica Vitti in the city
October 17: Die My Love (Lynne Ramsay, 2025) With a feral Jennifer Lawrence. For most of its running time I suspected it was going to turn into a ghost story. Maybe it is
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
October 17: Die My Love (Lynne Ramsay, 2025) With a feral Jennifer Lawrence. For most of its running time I suspected it was going to turn into a ghost story. Maybe it is
Here's @claregrogan.bsky.social being a proper pop star at @thegladcafe.bsky.social for the wonderful @tinychanges.bsky.social charity tonight
October 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Here's @claregrogan.bsky.social being a proper pop star at @thegladcafe.bsky.social for the wonderful @tinychanges.bsky.social charity tonight
October 16: Islands (Jan-Ole Gerster, 2025)
Slow-burn sort of thriller. Too slow and doesn't burn enough. But worth it for Sam Reilly's exhausted "I've been caning it for 10 years non-stop and I'm really tired" performance. And that shot where a car seems to be driving along a dotted line
Slow-burn sort of thriller. Too slow and doesn't burn enough. But worth it for Sam Reilly's exhausted "I've been caning it for 10 years non-stop and I'm really tired" performance. And that shot where a car seems to be driving along a dotted line
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
October 16: Islands (Jan-Ole Gerster, 2025)
Slow-burn sort of thriller. Too slow and doesn't burn enough. But worth it for Sam Reilly's exhausted "I've been caning it for 10 years non-stop and I'm really tired" performance. And that shot where a car seems to be driving along a dotted line
Slow-burn sort of thriller. Too slow and doesn't burn enough. But worth it for Sam Reilly's exhausted "I've been caning it for 10 years non-stop and I'm really tired" performance. And that shot where a car seems to be driving along a dotted line
Ah, farewell Diane Keaton.
October 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Ah, farewell Diane Keaton.
October 10: Sarabande for Dead Lovers (Basil Dearden, 1948)
David Thomson writes it off as "tosh" & no one has a good word to say about Dearden, but this has a charge to it (if you can get past Stewart Granger's wet fish of a romantic lead). Greenwood is a spectacle & Flora Robson never better
David Thomson writes it off as "tosh" & no one has a good word to say about Dearden, but this has a charge to it (if you can get past Stewart Granger's wet fish of a romantic lead). Greenwood is a spectacle & Flora Robson never better
October 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
October 10: Sarabande for Dead Lovers (Basil Dearden, 1948)
David Thomson writes it off as "tosh" & no one has a good word to say about Dearden, but this has a charge to it (if you can get past Stewart Granger's wet fish of a romantic lead). Greenwood is a spectacle & Flora Robson never better
David Thomson writes it off as "tosh" & no one has a good word to say about Dearden, but this has a charge to it (if you can get past Stewart Granger's wet fish of a romantic lead). Greenwood is a spectacle & Flora Robson never better
October 5: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
That chase sequence wouldn't get spun out so long now, I'm guessing.
That chase sequence wouldn't get spun out so long now, I'm guessing.
October 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
October 5: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
That chase sequence wouldn't get spun out so long now, I'm guessing.
That chase sequence wouldn't get spun out so long now, I'm guessing.
October 4: Winchester 73 (Anthony Mann, 1950)
As previously mentioned, not fond of Westerns, but I like this one, mostly for Dan Duryea as Waco Johnny Dean:
"I already know all about Waco Johnny Dean, the fastest gun in Texas."
"Texas? Lady, why limit me?"
As previously mentioned, not fond of Westerns, but I like this one, mostly for Dan Duryea as Waco Johnny Dean:
"I already know all about Waco Johnny Dean, the fastest gun in Texas."
"Texas? Lady, why limit me?"
October 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
October 4: Winchester 73 (Anthony Mann, 1950)
As previously mentioned, not fond of Westerns, but I like this one, mostly for Dan Duryea as Waco Johnny Dean:
"I already know all about Waco Johnny Dean, the fastest gun in Texas."
"Texas? Lady, why limit me?"
As previously mentioned, not fond of Westerns, but I like this one, mostly for Dan Duryea as Waco Johnny Dean:
"I already know all about Waco Johnny Dean, the fastest gun in Texas."
"Texas? Lady, why limit me?"
Farewell John Woodvine. First credit acc to IMDb was in 1958 ( when he was already 29). Last - Enys Men - 2022. That's a career. All that & American Werewolf...
October 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Farewell John Woodvine. First credit acc to IMDb was in 1958 ( when he was already 29). Last - Enys Men - 2022. That's a career. All that & American Werewolf...