Tim Popple
@voxpopple.bsky.social
Founder: Quires and Places.
@quiresandplaces.com
This account is less funny. Mostly commentary on food, films and other ephemera.
quiresandplaces.com
@quiresandplaces.com
This account is less funny. Mostly commentary on food, films and other ephemera.
quiresandplaces.com
Ok, @stephenking.bsky.social, just how many you got in here?
July 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Ok, @stephenking.bsky.social, just how many you got in here?
Very much enjoying @stephenking.bsky.social writing a story which exists in a world in which a film adaptation of a ... Stephen King novel ... exists.
July 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Very much enjoying @stephenking.bsky.social writing a story which exists in a world in which a film adaptation of a ... Stephen King novel ... exists.
Three years ago.
In: I was glad (C. H. H. Parry)
Set me as a seal (William Walton)
Thou God, whose high eternal word (Jonathan Millican, written for the wedding)
My beloved spake (Patrick Hadley)
Out: Antiphon (RVW)
Hymns: Here is love, Kingsfold (with descant written for the wedding), Blaenwern.
❤
In: I was glad (C. H. H. Parry)
Set me as a seal (William Walton)
Thou God, whose high eternal word (Jonathan Millican, written for the wedding)
My beloved spake (Patrick Hadley)
Out: Antiphon (RVW)
Hymns: Here is love, Kingsfold (with descant written for the wedding), Blaenwern.
❤
April 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Three years ago.
In: I was glad (C. H. H. Parry)
Set me as a seal (William Walton)
Thou God, whose high eternal word (Jonathan Millican, written for the wedding)
My beloved spake (Patrick Hadley)
Out: Antiphon (RVW)
Hymns: Here is love, Kingsfold (with descant written for the wedding), Blaenwern.
❤
In: I was glad (C. H. H. Parry)
Set me as a seal (William Walton)
Thou God, whose high eternal word (Jonathan Millican, written for the wedding)
My beloved spake (Patrick Hadley)
Out: Antiphon (RVW)
Hymns: Here is love, Kingsfold (with descant written for the wedding), Blaenwern.
❤
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
022. The Last Showgirl (Gia Coppola, 2024)
March 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
022. The Last Showgirl (Gia Coppola, 2024)
Brilliant speech from a worthy winner in Culkin.
Can't believe this kid has an Oscar.
Can't believe this kid has an Oscar.
March 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Brilliant speech from a worthy winner in Culkin.
Can't believe this kid has an Oscar.
Can't believe this kid has an Oscar.
Ahead of Sunday, herein my predictions.
I didn't watch last year, for only the second time since 1999. Back in the game for 2025, and ready to watch the madness unfold.
I didn't watch last year, for only the second time since 1999. Back in the game for 2025, and ready to watch the madness unfold.
February 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Ahead of Sunday, herein my predictions.
I didn't watch last year, for only the second time since 1999. Back in the game for 2025, and ready to watch the madness unfold.
I didn't watch last year, for only the second time since 1999. Back in the game for 2025, and ready to watch the madness unfold.
017. I'm Still Here (Walter Salles, 2024)
Demonstrates why putting the director and year on this list is important: not to be confused with I'm Still Here (Affleck, C, 2010)
Demonstrates why putting the director and year on this list is important: not to be confused with I'm Still Here (Affleck, C, 2010)
February 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
017. I'm Still Here (Walter Salles, 2024)
Demonstrates why putting the director and year on this list is important: not to be confused with I'm Still Here (Affleck, C, 2010)
Demonstrates why putting the director and year on this list is important: not to be confused with I'm Still Here (Affleck, C, 2010)
010. September 5 (Tim Fehlbaum, 2024)
Tense, taut, terrific. Delightfully only 95mins long. A refreshing change from the last two!
Tense, taut, terrific. Delightfully only 95mins long. A refreshing change from the last two!
February 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
010. September 5 (Tim Fehlbaum, 2024)
Tense, taut, terrific. Delightfully only 95mins long. A refreshing change from the last two!
Tense, taut, terrific. Delightfully only 95mins long. A refreshing change from the last two!
009. Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai de Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
This week I will mostly be watching 3+hr films, apparently. Excited to see the film that topped the @sightandsound.bsky.social poll of Greatest Films Ever Made, back in 2022.
This week I will mostly be watching 3+hr films, apparently. Excited to see the film that topped the @sightandsound.bsky.social poll of Greatest Films Ever Made, back in 2022.
February 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
009. Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai de Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
This week I will mostly be watching 3+hr films, apparently. Excited to see the film that topped the @sightandsound.bsky.social poll of Greatest Films Ever Made, back in 2022.
This week I will mostly be watching 3+hr films, apparently. Excited to see the film that topped the @sightandsound.bsky.social poll of Greatest Films Ever Made, back in 2022.
006. Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross, 2024)
January 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
006. Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross, 2024)
Might rewatch Dave.
January 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Might rewatch Dave.
Watching Elementary and a young upcoming Superman just rocked up. I love a pre-fame spot.
January 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Watching Elementary and a young upcoming Superman just rocked up. I love a pre-fame spot.
An excellent Thursday out in that there London watching A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Barbican, followed by dinner at Polpo.
January 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
An excellent Thursday out in that there London watching A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Barbican, followed by dinner at Polpo.
003. Fly Me To The Moon (Greg Berlanti, 2024)
A delightful little film that had moments of depth to offset the lightness of tone that it takes generally. Mad Men but less moody and more moon-y.
A delightful little film that had moments of depth to offset the lightness of tone that it takes generally. Mad Men but less moody and more moon-y.
January 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
003. Fly Me To The Moon (Greg Berlanti, 2024)
A delightful little film that had moments of depth to offset the lightness of tone that it takes generally. Mad Men but less moody and more moon-y.
A delightful little film that had moments of depth to offset the lightness of tone that it takes generally. Mad Men but less moody and more moon-y.
002. The Gay Divorcee (Sandwich, 1934)
Fred and Ginger's second costarring film. First time watch.
No gays and very little divorce so far.
#NowWatching
Fred and Ginger's second costarring film. First time watch.
No gays and very little divorce so far.
#NowWatching
January 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
002. The Gay Divorcee (Sandwich, 1934)
Fred and Ginger's second costarring film. First time watch.
No gays and very little divorce so far.
#NowWatching
Fred and Ginger's second costarring film. First time watch.
No gays and very little divorce so far.
#NowWatching
The Big Thread of Films I Watch Each Year returns!
January 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Big Thread of Films I Watch Each Year returns!
1. THE WILD ROBOT
The Wild Robot, in its story about a helper robot which crashes on an island and finds its mission in motherhood, is a spiritual successor to The Iron Giant. It's impossible to not love, is beautifully animated, perfectly pitched, and is destined to be a future classic.
The Wild Robot, in its story about a helper robot which crashes on an island and finds its mission in motherhood, is a spiritual successor to The Iron Giant. It's impossible to not love, is beautifully animated, perfectly pitched, and is destined to be a future classic.
December 28, 2024 at 9:58 PM
1. THE WILD ROBOT
The Wild Robot, in its story about a helper robot which crashes on an island and finds its mission in motherhood, is a spiritual successor to The Iron Giant. It's impossible to not love, is beautifully animated, perfectly pitched, and is destined to be a future classic.
The Wild Robot, in its story about a helper robot which crashes on an island and finds its mission in motherhood, is a spiritual successor to The Iron Giant. It's impossible to not love, is beautifully animated, perfectly pitched, and is destined to be a future classic.
2. MONKEY MAN
Dev Patel's directorial debut is in the revenge-action vein, but it is insanely inventive, terrfyingly fun, and all held in tension by some real stakes that bring depth and pathos to what could so easily have been another John Wick knock off, but adds heft and drama.
Dev Patel's directorial debut is in the revenge-action vein, but it is insanely inventive, terrfyingly fun, and all held in tension by some real stakes that bring depth and pathos to what could so easily have been another John Wick knock off, but adds heft and drama.
December 28, 2024 at 9:58 PM
2. MONKEY MAN
Dev Patel's directorial debut is in the revenge-action vein, but it is insanely inventive, terrfyingly fun, and all held in tension by some real stakes that bring depth and pathos to what could so easily have been another John Wick knock off, but adds heft and drama.
Dev Patel's directorial debut is in the revenge-action vein, but it is insanely inventive, terrfyingly fun, and all held in tension by some real stakes that bring depth and pathos to what could so easily have been another John Wick knock off, but adds heft and drama.
3. DUNE: PART TWO
Denis Villeneuve is one of the most exciting directors working today. Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Sicario, Prisoners... He's temporarily taken up residence in Arrakis for this sweeping epic, but this is no bad thing.
Denis Villeneuve is one of the most exciting directors working today. Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Sicario, Prisoners... He's temporarily taken up residence in Arrakis for this sweeping epic, but this is no bad thing.
December 28, 2024 at 9:58 PM
3. DUNE: PART TWO
Denis Villeneuve is one of the most exciting directors working today. Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Sicario, Prisoners... He's temporarily taken up residence in Arrakis for this sweeping epic, but this is no bad thing.
Denis Villeneuve is one of the most exciting directors working today. Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Sicario, Prisoners... He's temporarily taken up residence in Arrakis for this sweeping epic, but this is no bad thing.
4. CIVIL WAR
Alex Garland's dystopian vision of a USA where the President refuses to step down and instigates civil war. It focuses on photojournalists attempting to race to the capital, bringing an on-the-ground view of a global catastrophe. Such a thing can only be in the fictional world...
Alex Garland's dystopian vision of a USA where the President refuses to step down and instigates civil war. It focuses on photojournalists attempting to race to the capital, bringing an on-the-ground view of a global catastrophe. Such a thing can only be in the fictional world...
December 28, 2024 at 9:58 PM
4. CIVIL WAR
Alex Garland's dystopian vision of a USA where the President refuses to step down and instigates civil war. It focuses on photojournalists attempting to race to the capital, bringing an on-the-ground view of a global catastrophe. Such a thing can only be in the fictional world...
Alex Garland's dystopian vision of a USA where the President refuses to step down and instigates civil war. It focuses on photojournalists attempting to race to the capital, bringing an on-the-ground view of a global catastrophe. Such a thing can only be in the fictional world...
5. CONCLAVE
A surprisingly tense account of the election of a new pope. For a film where sequestered cardinals vote a few times, it has exceptional drama, some borne out of the import of their actions, some through dramatic licence. Underpinned by excellent turns from Fiennes, Tucci, and Lithgow.
A surprisingly tense account of the election of a new pope. For a film where sequestered cardinals vote a few times, it has exceptional drama, some borne out of the import of their actions, some through dramatic licence. Underpinned by excellent turns from Fiennes, Tucci, and Lithgow.
December 28, 2024 at 9:58 PM
5. CONCLAVE
A surprisingly tense account of the election of a new pope. For a film where sequestered cardinals vote a few times, it has exceptional drama, some borne out of the import of their actions, some through dramatic licence. Underpinned by excellent turns from Fiennes, Tucci, and Lithgow.
A surprisingly tense account of the election of a new pope. For a film where sequestered cardinals vote a few times, it has exceptional drama, some borne out of the import of their actions, some through dramatic licence. Underpinned by excellent turns from Fiennes, Tucci, and Lithgow.