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Midday Matinées @middaymatinees.bsky.social · 4h

Happy #RubberSoul Day to all who celebrate.

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 4h

"The hedonism of Elastica feels especially relevant in a pop world whose biggest star is Charli xcx. Like brat, Elastica exudes a sleazy smokers’ area glamour" lovely writing by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social on one of the best albums of the mid-90s thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

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Reissue of the Week: Elastica's Debut Album is "Untouchable Louche Perfection" | The Quietus

Claire Biddles returns to Elastica's debut album and finds it short and perfectly formed; even with some extra tracks thrown in.

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Midday Matinées @middaymatinees.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In subscribers‘ inboxes already, a new Midday Matinée on how changes in Canadian tax law enabled David Cronenberg‘s film about cars. No, not that one. It’s payday week & you can become a subscriber for just £1.00 a month. Or try the free tier & see if you like it. www.patreon.com/MiddayMatine...

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Fast Company (1979) | Midday Matinées with James Cooray Smith

"You wanna win? You can't stand still." From about halfway through, the piece below contains mid-level spoilers for the mid-level Canadian s

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Who Shots @whoshots.bsky.social · 18h

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Who Shots @whoshots.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Who Shots @whoshots.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is hilarious. I am one of two people nominated for best host, and the other person is Louis Theroux. It's done by public vote. Vote for me! We can do this!

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Prof Henry WW Potts @hwwpotts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How is AI like a microwave? A 2 minute video exploring how we think about AI in healthcare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxAV...

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How is AI like a microwave?

YouTube video by Prof Henry WW Potts

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Midday Matinées @middaymatinees.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#filmsky

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Obligatory push for my 80s month-by-month book. #totp

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Midday Matinées @middaymatinees.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#letterboxdFriday #Lastfourwatched

The images for four films, two of them shorts, one of the a collection of pop videos, the other a very long French national epic. Popeye the Sailoe meets Sinbad the Sailor, David Bowie is Dead, DeGaulle: Liberty and Charli xcx's Music, Fashion, Film - The Film.

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Roderick Heath @roderickheath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New at This Island Rod, a look at Paul Schrader's Cat People, a remake that gave a horror classic a bloody, kinky, messy makeover: thisislandrod.blogspot.com/2026/09/cat-...

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Cat People (1982)

The upsurge of interest in popularity for science fiction, horror, and fantasy cinema in the late 1970s and 1980s provoked a cyc...

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Midday Matinées @middaymatinees.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Because I like B-sides (and indeed Double A-sides) the second half of this (free) post is a review of a film 99 years younger than Napoleon and about as different from it as you can imagine. That's maybe worth a click through and subscribing for free or even £1.00 a month?

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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Timeles Pieces by @cooraysmith.bsky.social is a talk about how intertextual quantum entanglement ignites when books are written in any old order. #DoctorWho #TargetBookClub Tickets: bit.ly/smallbluebox

The Timeless Pieces by James Cooray Smith - Towards a new understanding of continuity achieved via the memories of Tegan Jovanka

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James Cooray Smith @ Psychic Paper / Midday Matinées @cooraysmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m about to go into Sexy Beast at the PCC. While I’m doing that you could always read this, then subscribe for just £1.00 a month to get more of this stuff.

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James Cooray Smith @ Psychic Paper / Midday Matinées @cooraysmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#DoctorWho going "out to tender" is it? Let me tell you a bit about how that came about last time.

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James Cooray Smith @ Psychic Paper / Midday Matinées @cooraysmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

buttondown.com/cooray_smith... New @ Psychic Paper, for subscribers, but you can always become one. On the Years tapes of the early 1990s.

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James Cooray Smith @ Psychic Paper / Midday Matinées @cooraysmith.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

One last push for this first issue. Free to read, and there are free and £1.00 tiers for future issues. Give it a go. If you like films. If you don’t, probably best not bothering. Unless you have more money than sense. Which @ £1.00 is unlikely.

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James Cooray Smith @ Psychic Paper / Midday Matinées @cooraysmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I’ve started a new film reviewing, research and history patreon newsletter, with a couple of tiers, including a free one. By me and guest writers. First piece is available to read on the link. Give it a go. Lots of things lined up.

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James Cooray Smith @ Psychic Paper / Midday Matinées @cooraysmith.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This is something I wrote before the now unannounced Christmas special was announced and I have very little to add. Reversion to meme. To coin a phrase.

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Spinky’s Mama @spinkysmama.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

At the risk of talking shop: there are just under 50 Government Bills before Parliament (including Employment Rights, English Devolution, Great British Energy) which aren’t getting the media attention that Coalition Bills at a similar point did. We’re missing proper scrutiny outside of Parliament.

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Dr Julie Doughty @juliedoughty.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

this is a lovely read for Twin Peaks fans

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