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Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
An ouroboros-like narrative, THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT is regarded as a high achievement of Polish cinema, and arrives for the first time on UHD. Our LE includes new booklet writing by @davidhering.bsky.social, a 69-min visual essay by @marbleicehook.bsky.social, a making-of doc for Polish TV + more
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Coming Soon from @ortacpress.bsky.social
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Coming Soon from @ortacpress.bsky.social
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Draft!
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I wrote on the role of the trick in the films of Christopher Nolan davidhering.substack.com/p/the-tricks...
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The Trickster: On Christopher Nolan’s Deceptions
“A time of apparent magic” - epigraph to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
New article from Notes from the End of Cinema, in which I thought I was going to write about The Odyssey but ended up writing about Bresson’s L’Argent davidhering.substack.com/p/visible-go...
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Visible God: On Robert Bresson’s L’Argent
I saw two films at the cinema this week: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which I enjoyed, and Robert Bresson’s L’Argent. I was originally going to write something about The Odyssey, but seeing L’Arge...
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I wrote on Blue Heron, the extraordinary and moving debut feature from Sophy Romvari davidhering.substack.com/p/through-a-...
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Through a Camera Darkly: Blue Heron and the films of Sophy Romvari
In his book Camera Lucida, written after the death of his mother, Roland Barthes talks about what it means to look at a photograph of someone who has died:
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Some news! 🎥 🍿 @ortacpress.bsky.social
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Sixteen semi-connected thoughts on Steven Spielberg and Disclosure Day: open.substack.com/pub/davidher...
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In Brief: 16 Semi-Connected Thoughts about Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Reading from new work in Berlin in October!
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I wrote on Backrooms, Gen Z horror and the endless production of stuff t.co/nFCY3RXCXz
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https://open.substack.com/pub/davidhering/p/were-all-living-in-the-backrooms?r=1z6vbv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I wrote on Backrooms, Gen Z horror and the endless production of stuff t.co/nFCY3RXCXz
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https://open.substack.com/pub/davidhering/p/were-all-living-in-the-backrooms?r=1z6vbv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Tonight at Waterstones Liverpool! Last few tickets at the link: www.waterstones.com/events/saul-...
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Liverpool people! I’ll be in conversation with Saul Leslie next Tuesday 21st April about his fantastic debut novel at Waterstones Liverpool. Tickets on sale now at the link. All welcome! www.waterstones.com/events/saul-...
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Saul Leslie discusses A Working Title I Want To Change | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Saul Leslie discusses A Working Title I Want To Change today.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Wrote on an underseen classic, Robert Altman’s California Split (1974): open.substack.com/pub/davidher...
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Underseen: Robert Altman's California Split (1974)
This is the first in an occasional series, ‘Underseen’, which looks at films that aren’t easily available or on physical media.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I wrote about Best Picture Oscar winner One Battle After Another open.substack.com/pub/davidher...
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A Few Small Beers with Pynchon: On One Battle After Another
If you put Paul Thomas Anderson’s films alongside each other you’d have a shadow history of California.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The new issue of Death Kit features an extract, "Skull", from a novel I'm currently working on. Death Kit have done such a phenomenal job on this - the whole issue looks fantastic. You can get it at https:// deathkitcom.wordpress.com/86-2/ where you can subscribe (1 year/4 issue £10/£7.50)
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Wrote on the complicated legacies of Silence of the Lambs at 35: davidhering.substack.com/p/the-silenc...
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The Silence of the Lambs at 35
March 30th, 1992: The 64th Oscars ceremony is underway in Los Angeles.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Absolutely loved 28YL: The Bone Temple. Thought it was more focused and intelligent than its predecessor- not afraid to breathe and let the viewer think. Preferred the stillness of this to Boyle’s manic style. And there’s a proper hootin’ and hollerin’-worthy set piece late on
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Smooth Talk (1985): Thought this was excellent. A remarkable evocation of teenage life that turns abruptly into something much darker. Laura Dern has been great since day one
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I wrote about my favourite films of 2025: open.substack.com/pub/davidher...
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Films of the Year 2025
2025 was an incredible year for cinema.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Later this month, I’ll be writing about my films of 2025. But first, the arguably more important first annual Notes from the End of Cinema Movie Awards (or NECMAs), which are very serious and not in any way an opportunity for cheap laughs and jibes: davidhering.substack.com/p/the-first-...
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The First Annual 'Notes from..." Movie Awards
It’s nearing the end of an excellent year for cinema.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
For Reverse Shot I reviewed the deeply frustrating Hamnet, a film simultaneously overawed by Shakespeare and totally uninterested in him: reverseshot.org/reviews/entry/3399/hamnet
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Hamnet
Hamnet is impeccably tasteful, the interiors exquisitely and naturally lit and the exteriors strikingly framed, but this tastefulness grows wearying, even stultifying.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I wrote a brief appreciation of the late Peter Watkins: davidhering.substack.com/p/peter-watk...
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Peter Watkins: An Appreciation
Britain doesn’t appreciate its boldest filmmakers.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
A Halloween special post from Notes From The End Of Cinema about the time me and my friends made a horror film. You can read the post, and watch the film, at the link. Happy Halloween! open.substack.com/pub/davidher...
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
A Halloween special from Notes from the End of Cinema - 10 Horror films you might not know open.substack.com/pub/davidher...
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Halloween Special: 10 Horror films You Might Not Know
Happy October!
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I wrote on One Battle After Another, Thomas Pynchon and Paul Thomas Anderson’s California open.substack.com/pub/davidher...
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A Few Small Beers with Pynchon: On One Battle After Another
If you put Paul Thomas Anderson’s films alongside each other you’d have a shadow history of California.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I wrote on Eddington, and what happens when you try to mix the internet with a Western open.substack.com/pub/davidher...
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World-Wide-Western: On Ari Aster’s Eddington
The internet is uncinematic.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
60s Scott Walker: Baby take it easy now/I miss your sweet caress and how! 70s Scott Walker: The boulevards are rushing by, mon frere/With ennui and some despair 00s Scott Walker: Locust/Locust/Disease [sound of Mickey Mouse being tortured in a Bolivian jail]
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Delighted that this article has been picked up by @criterion.bsky.social for The Daily www.criterion.com/current/post...
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“This Is About Us”
Julia Loktev issues an urgent warning and Paul Thomas Anderson makes an action movie.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I wrote about my complex feelings on Zach Creggar's unusual horror film Weapons, in a review which ended up also taking in John Carpenter, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, David Lynch and Theodor Adorno t.co/WUST5jpXQT
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https://davidhering.substack.com/p/were-all-mad-here-on-zach-creggars
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I wrote about my complex feelings on Zach Creggar's unusual horror film Weapons, in a review which ended up also taking in John Carpenter, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, David Lynch and Theodor Adorno t.co/WUST5jpXQT
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https://davidhering.substack.com/p/were-all-mad-here-on-zach-creggars
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Enjoy this Rohmer talk and this picture of a Rohmer-esque lighthouse
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I wrote about Pavements and the current state of the Music Biopic open.substack.com/pub/davidher...
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Two Paths for the Music Biopic: On Alex Ross Perry’s 'Pavements'
I was once asked if there was a genre of movie that I disliked.
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I wrote about 28 Years Later, a film which I struggled with but nevertheless found fascinating in its vision of contemporary Britain davidhering.substack.com/p/isles-of-w...
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Isles of Wonder: On Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later
This piece contains major spoilers for 28 Years LaterThanks for reading Notes from the End of Cinema!
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I have a very short story out today in @xraylitmag.bsky.social and you can read it here: xraylitmag.com/another-word...
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ANOTHER WORD FOR IT by David Hering
The woman who wrote Beowulf considered it juvenilia. She composed it during the years she roamed close to the old hall, hearing the revelry, watching the fighting and fucking from the slippery dark ou...
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I wrote about Mission Impossible and Tom Cruise’s increasingly deranged career davidhering.substack.com/p/tom-cruise...
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Tom Cruise’s Dance with Death
On Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Correction: 7:45pm now!
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I’m going to be on BBC News at 6:45 tonight discussing the International Booker Prize, if you’re so interested!
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
A new substack from me on The Six Worst Cinema Audiences of My Life. A journey through cinema hell which many of you will recognise: t.co/oJsheCJd8n
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
For my latest Substack, I wrote about the modern cinematic haunted house, Boomers, Steven Soderbergh, Robert Zemeckis and the uncanny quality of real estate photography: t.co/oZFAp1jGOL
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I wrote about David Cronenberg. Link here: t.co/wcIR0X9ghQ
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I'm starting a Substack, 'Notes from the End of Cinema'. It's a film diary, but will also feature writing on broader aspects of contemporary cinema. Anything and everything from the history of cinema will be covered. If you'd like to subscribe, the link is here: t.co/rS09qsHUT1
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I'm starting a Substack, 'Notes from the End of Cinema'. It's a film diary, but will also feature writing on broader aspects of contemporary cinema. Anything and everything from the history of cinema will be covered. If you'd like to subscribe, the link is here: t.co/rS09qsHUT1
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I had a great time discussing Marguerite Young's monumental novel Miss Macintosh, My Darling on @beyondthezero.bsky.social - link here! open.spotify.com/episode/2zwO...
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Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young with David Hering
Beyond The Zero · Episode
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I'm currently working on a new novel, and an extract from it, titled 'The Gleaner's Wife', which was previously available only in The London Magazine's print issue, is now available to read on my website. Link: www.davidhering.com/the-gleaner-...
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Marguerite Young, interviewed by The Paris Review in 1977, on the inspiration for the ‘opium lady’ in Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
From a novel I wrote, still awaiting a publisher
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Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @fivebooks.com · 25/01/2025
"Yes, I’ve ignored two decades which some would say constitute the absolute apex of the American novel but I can assure you it wasn’t personal"
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The Best 20th-Century American Novels
The best 20th-century American novels, from Edith Wharton to Toni Morrison and recommended by critic and novelist David Hering
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David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
My favourite books I read in 2024 (1/2). An epic poem about poetry, German misanthropy, Parisian therapists, a history of viruses, hauntings in the Alps and the American South, a huge whale in a collapsing town, and a portrait of stolen childhood
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