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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@frightfest.bsky.social A superb FF year! Again! My favs - Sweet Violence, The Glorious Dead, Ponderosa, The Flesh Itself, You Are The Film & Species. Hon mentions to: Blood Secret, Invoking Scream, Oddities, Infirmary, Colony & Ithaqua! And the new restoration of The Abominable Snowman looks great!
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
@filmnoiruk.bsky.social Hey. I’m attending the Film Noir UK festival in Oct and am sorting travel plans. Do you have a start time for the first film on Fri 30th as I’d like to arrive in time for the start? Thanks!
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Can I recommend the new Arrow UK blu of “The Assassination Bureau”? Oliver Reed, Telly Savalas and Diana Rigg (wow!) in glorious Technicolour. Rip-roaring Edwardian good fun. Ace extras too! @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Sad news. www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin... @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
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Lindsey Vickers obituary: onetime feature director behind rediscovered British horror The Appointment
The British director, who has died at 85, only got one shot at a feature film and it never had a cinema release, but The Appointment was rediscovered 40 years later and won fans in Martin Scorsese, Gu...
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Hey @filmnoiruk.bsky.social. I saw this new indie noir at Frightfest in the summer. “Cover” (2025) dir by Cameron Francis. It is superb. Just an idea. youtu.be/Z5dHBGdVpho?...
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COVER TRAILER
YouTube video by Cameron Francis
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Just had a great weekend at Film Noir Fest in Weston-Super-Mare. New favourites - Rififi (I know), Woman In Hiding, Money Movers, Beware My Lovely, While The City Sleeps. I’ll be there next year. @filmnoiruk.bsky.social
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Am having a cool UK cinematic weekend in Weston-Super-Mare! Film Noir Fest 2025! A few old favourites and some cool new discoveries. Definitely @purecinemapod.bsky.social friendly. @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.southwestsilents.com/copy-of-fest...
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Just watched The Holy Boy (2025) (orig: La Valle dei Sorrisi - The Valley of Smiles) at the London Film Festival. Italian folk chiller from dir Paolo Strippoli. Recommended! @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...
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The Holy Boy | BFI London Film Festival 2025
This gripping Italian chiller details a grief-stricken teacher’s discovery of dark secrets in a remote village community.
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
A fine Sunday afternoon at the BFI with a first time watch of Piccadilly (1929) dir by EA Dupont as part of the current Anna May Wong season. Glamorous & gritty 1920s London & a groovy often jazzy soundtrack. A recommend. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Interesting BFI list of German horror films… @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
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10 great German horror films
As Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre arrives on Blu-ray and 4K UHD, we chart the history of the horror genre in Germany, from its uncanny beginnings in the silent era.
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Enjoyable day travelling from Catania in Sicily to Rome. On Frecciarossa 9658 (to Milan) from Villa San Giovanni to Roma Termini. The FR option isn’t listed on the site so thought it might be useful info. Ace journey along the coast! Thanks for all the useful info! @seatsixtyone.bsky.social
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Hey. Have you seen “Cover” (2025) dir by Cameron Francis? I only attended Frightfest for a day this year and it the best film I saw.. a road trip thriller rather than a horror.. superb. @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social frightfest.co.uk/2025London/C...
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COVER
Suffering from insomnia and a hard day at work, travelling stamp dealer Trevor Conroy stops at a diner where a mysterious woman pleads for his help.
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Just spent a night in the 80s South Bronx: “Enemy Territory” (1987) dir by Peter Manoogian. A great cult tower block action thriller. The new Arrow Video UK blu looks superb. Recommended. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.arrowfilms.com/p/blu-ray/en...
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Enemy Territory Limited Edition Blu-ray | Arrow Films
Shop Enemy Territory Limited Edition Blu-ray at Arrow Films. Free UK Delivery
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Can I recommend “All The Marbles” (1981) dir by Robert Aldrich? I saw it on 35mm at the BFI - part of the Moviedrome season. A superb 80s set female wrestling road movie - surely a @purecinemapod.bsky.social and @newbeverly.bsky.social favourite? whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
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Buy cinema tickets for California Dolls (aka All the Marbles) | BFI Southbank
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I’m in Paris for the weekend and this rather cool poster is all over the metro! @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
@elrickane.bsky.social Just in case, “The Dead Thing” was recommended by Kim Newman in this month’s UK Empire magazine (Issue 442 - July ‘25).
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I think found a new discovery at the BFI today. “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (1962) dir. Vincente Minnelli. A fabulous WW2 drama starring Glenn Ford. Superb. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
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Buy cinema tickets for Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse + intro with season programmer Karina Longworth | BFI Southbank
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Interesting BFI article on an obscure British 70s thriller. Eclipse (1977) directed by Simon Perry and starring Tom Conti. Release on blu-ray later this month. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/features/ecl...
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Eclipse: how a little-seen 1970s psychological thriller emerged from obscurity
Set in a lonely house on a Scottish clifftop, the windswept Tom Conti thriller Eclipse has returned from 50 years of obscurity. It now looks like a forerunner of Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men.
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Can I recommend “The Saragossa Manuscript” (1965)? Part of the current BFI season “The Long Strange Trips of Wojciech Jerzy Has”. This intertwining tale is long, strange, trippy and superb! @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
A cool film night at the fab Rio Cinema in Dalston. The first all-British disco film (!) “The Music Machine”. London looks 70s gritty! Ace soundtrack. Coming from Severin! Alan Jones’ new book Discomania is great too! @elrickane.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @purecinemapod.bsky.social
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Interesting “Forgotten Oscar Nominees” article from the BFI. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/best-p...
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10 best picture Oscar nominees that time forgot
A nomination for the Oscar for best picture guarantees a film immortality, right? Wrong... Here are 10 best picture pretenders that are rarely spoken about anymore.
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Paul at SuperDeluxeEdition.com @super-deluxe.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
SDE would like to make more friends on Bluesky 😀, so with that in mind, we're giving away one of these fantastic #NikKershaw box sets! 10CDs and a DVD! Please like and share and we'll pick a random winner in a week's time, on 28 Feb. Open to everyone! Good luck...
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This is an interesting read… @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social faroutmagazine.co.uk/akira-kurosa...
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A list of Akira Kurosawa's 100 favourite films of all time
With the likes of Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Federico Fellini and more, the greater Akira Kurosawa named his 100 favourite films of all time.
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Just really enjoyed the Westploitation “Take A Hard Ride” (1975) dir by Anthony Dawson in the BFI Black Rodeo season. Stars Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly. Superb. A @newbeverly.bsky.social fav? @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Just had a first viewing of John Singleton’s “Rosewood” (1997) as part of the “Black Rodeo” season at the BFI. I wasn’t aware of the story. A powerful shocking film. Recommended. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Interesting BFI article on early Japanese colour films. A few I didn’t know… @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
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10 great early Japanese colour films
With Japan’s first full-colour film, Carmen Comes Home, screening around the UK, we dive into the luminous world of Japanese colour filmmaking in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Just watched John Ford’s “Sergeant Rutledge” in 35mm - part of the BFI’s “Black Rodeo” season. Ace socially conscious Western with great acting by Woody Strode & Jeffrey Hunter. Superb. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
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Buy cinema tickets for Sergeant Rutledge | BFI Southbank
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Might be of interest? New BBC show “Video Nasty”. @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Video Nasty - Series 1: 1. Tape 72
Billy and Con have to find a way to get the final tape in a banned cult video collection before word gets out that they’ve stolen money from the school graduation fund.
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
@rebekahmckendry.bsky.social Try & see the second series of the UK version of “The Traitors”. Fabulous. Series 3 is on in the UK (6th episode tonight) at the moment and all the faithfuls are starting to crack! :-)
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Interesting BFI article on Mexican horror. @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
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10 great Mexican horror films
Ahead of the release on Blu-ray and 4K UHD of Guillermo del Toro’s haunting debut feature Cronos, we delve into the rich history of Mexican horror – a world of gothic mystery, allegory and gonzo wrest...
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Can I recommend the UK version of TV show “The Traitors”? Series 3 has just started. I thought series 2 was outstanding. “the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust”. Presenter Claudia Winkelman is gothically wicked. Great fun! @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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BBC One - The Traitors
Twenty-two strangers play the ultimate reality game of detection, backstabbing and trust.
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Interesting article. @colorsofthedark.bsky.social @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
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The ultimate Christmas ghost story: How 1980s horror The Woman in the Black terrified Britain
First airing on Christmas Eve 1989, the original TV adaptation of Susan Hill's creepy novel The Woman in Black contains what some consider one of the greatest scares in screen history.
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Can I rec the recent album “Nell' Ora Blu” by UK band “Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats”? It’s a fab soundtrack to an imagined giallo. You’ll love it. They’re playing it in full in LA on Feb 22! @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social www.uncleacidband.com/tour
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Uncle Acid and the deadbeats | Tour Dates
Uncle Acid and the deadbeats Tour Dates. Check here for upcoming shows and ticket links.
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Can I recommend this year’s BBC Ghost Story for Christmas? “Women of Stone” is an adaption of “Man-Size in Marble” by E. Nesbit and is directed by Mark Gatiss. It’s rather creepy and the Victorian settings look ace. @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social @colorsofthedark.bsky.social
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Can I recommend the 1948 comedy “Sitting Pretty” directed by Walter Lang? Superb acerbic performance by Clifton Webb (Laura) as Lynn Belvedere. There are 2 sequels too. @purecinemapod.bsky.social @bobfreelander.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting...
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Sitting Pretty (1948 film) - Wikipedia
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anthonywjohnson.bsky.social @anthonywjohnson.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
@rebekahmckendry.bsky.social Have you seen this year’s “The Great British Bake Off”? It’s very good with some very horrific bakes! www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
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The Great British Bake Off
Britain's best amateur bakers compete in the iconic white tent to prove their skills
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