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Lou Thomas

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BFI Digital Production Editor | ✍🏻 Sight and Sound, Empire, Time Out, NME and more | Member of London Critics’ Circle (Film section) | Q&A host | Spurs season-ticket holder (block 422) |

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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 20h
My first interview of #LFF: Cate Blanchett discusses the brilliant Displacement Film Fund shorts. My BFI piece is live now. www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-...
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“We’re being asked to check our humanity at the door”: Cate Blanchett and Shahrbanoo Sadat on cinema’s power to reconnect us
Marking the UK debut of the Displacement Film Fund’s first five shorts, Cate Blanchett and filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat talk creative risk, resilient communities and the importance of bringing displaced...
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Interviewed the brilliant Saoirse Ronan about Bad Apples, teachers and her nascent directing career. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/s...
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Saoirse Ronan on Bad Apples, bad teachers and her ambitions as a director
In dark comedy Bad Apples, Saoirse Ronan plays a teacher driven to drastic measures to stop disruption in her class. She talks to us about breaking bad on screen, a favourite podcast, and where her ca...
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Matt Thrift @matt-thrift.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Have the fondest memories of time spent with Jeremy. What were meant to be short chats at his Hanway St, and later Notting Hill, offices ended up lasting hours, as he walked and talked me through his vast archives. Boy, could that man tell a story. A warm, generous titan, and a devastating loss.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Reviewed the Oasis doc here in Venice for @rollingstoneuk.bsky.social – loved, loved, loved it. www.rollingstone.co.uk/film/oasis-d...
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‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger’ review: moving documentary immortalises huge 2025 tour
The new Oasis documentary, ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’, gets to the heart of a band that mean so much to so many.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Not in Venice until tomorrow but here’s my first review “from” the festival. John Malkovich for best actor? Fine by me. www.nme.com/reviews/film...
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‘Wild Horse Nine’ review: black comedy caustic bromance
Martin McDonagh's got another award-winner on his hands
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Black and White Town by Doves – easily among the best 100 songs written this century.
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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 19/07/2026
When mum came back from the rave with her new pals
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Proud to have interviewed Chris Nolan and his cast (including Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway) on The Odyssey. It’s the biggest, most spectacular film of the year and one that will surely bag big trophies come awards season. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/t...
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“It’s never quite brutal enough for Chris”: The Odyssey cast reveal how they created Christopher Nolan’s epic adventure
Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway and fellow cast members get to the heart of their blockbuster Greek myth adaptation, while the director explains why it had to be made the way it was.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Spent the morning interviewing Chris Nolan and his cast about The Odyssey. Remind me of this incredible privilege next time I moan about some trivial nonsense.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Of the two major studio releases of the week, I preferred the new Jackass film to Supergirl. Here’s my @empiremagazine.bsky.social review of the former. www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
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Jackass Best And Last is 'a dumbly fitting' goodbye to cinema's great pranksters — read our review
Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, and co say goodbye with Jackass Best And Last — in UK cinemas from 26 June. Read Empire's review.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Great question. So many good answers. Off the top of my head: Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone, Gimme Shelter, Motown Junk, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Van Halen’s Jump
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
As a big fan of their work, it was a treat to chat with Lord and Miller about Project Hail Mary. Got in a little bit about the Spider-Verse, Star Wars and 21 Jump Street too, of course. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/p...
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Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Project Hail Mary: “We wanted the movie to feel like you were in the guts of a machine”
From 21 Jump Street to The Lego Movie, Phil Lord and Chris Miller specialise in making great pop cinema out of unlikely material. As their new film Project Hail Mary sends Ryan Gosling out into the lo...
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Window Dolls @windowdolls.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I’m a street photographer and I’ve spent many years photographing women both candidly and in portraits. This is a thread of some of my photos to celebrate International Women’s Day. These images were captured all over the world and some of them go back about 20 years #streetphotography
Two women sitting in a fast food restaurant. One is showing the other something in her phone. One woman’s face is obscured by her drinkA woman on a crossing in NYC. She holds her phone and is looking at the camera with a half smile An older woman with white hair arranges flowers at her kitchen sink A young woman’s reflection in a train window
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
IPSO have published their verdict on The Daily Telegraph’s fake £345,000-a year banker couple who claimed they couldn’t afford five holidays. The paper declined to explain to the watchdog how the article came to be published - but our reporting at the time sets it out…
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STP Guy @stpguy3.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
BREAKING NEWS in the world of Sticky Toffee Puddings
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Look lads, I did the hoovering and emptied the dishwasher, trimmed my beard and ironed my smartest t-shirt in preparation for the visit of my beloved’s most successful friend. For once, I’m being a good boy.
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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
A List of Complaints from 1926 🧵
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Two lovely herons live at the lake in Southwark Park, near our flat. I visit them a few times a week and it brings me immense joy.
A heron on a wooden railing by the lake in Southwark Park.Another heron by the lake on a metal railing at the lake in Southwark Park.
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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.
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Opinion | Martin Scorsese: ‘Rob Reiner Was My Friend’
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Jamie Graham @jamie-graham.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Wrote about the time I watched Stand by Me with Rob Reiner for The Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
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I watched Stand By Me with Rob Reiner. Both film and man changed my life
I had watched the coming-of-age weepie over and over growing up so it was an overwhelming experience to sit down with its creator and see it again. It was a magical day and he was just as warm-hearted...
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
+1 on this. It’s definitely the best one so far. I loved it. Raved about it in a meeting yesterday and was met by indifference and scorn.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash – delirious, thrilling and spectacular. Frankly extraordinary sci-fi/action/fantasy cinema from a bloke who seems to reinvent it every time he makes a film. James Cameron, take a bow, son.
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Adam Powley @adampowley.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Not so much sportswashing as a full laundry service.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ahead of the release of her new film Die My Love tomorrow, here’s my interview piece with Jennifer Lawrence. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/j...
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Jennifer Lawrence on Die My Love: “I found the ferocity and the wildness so exciting”
Jennifer Lawrence stars in Lynne Ramsay’s first film in eight years: as a woman grappling with the emotional strain of early parenthood. She tells us about the influence of Cassavetes, her own experie...
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Massive respect to the two ladies who’ve just popped the cork on a bottle of champagne at 8.55am on this Newcastle to King’s Cross train.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Really enjoyed Guillermo del Toro’s new version of Frankenstein (it’s screening at both BFI cinemas now and streaming next month). Here’s my interview with the film’s stars, Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/j...
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Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac on Frankenstein: “Guillermo has dedicated his entire being to cinema and to dreams”
The stars of Guillermo del Toro’s inimitable new spin on the Frankenstein story tell us why, like the creature itself, the director’s reimagining is pieced together from some unexpected parts.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Me interviewing Jennifer Lawrence last night.
Lou Thomas interviewing Jennifer Lawrence at the UK premiere of Die My Love as part of the BFI London Film Festival.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Love a bit of Brighton.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Idly watching Boiling Point (1993). Brilliant 90s LA noir of a piece with Deep Cover and even One False Move (both 1992), even if the latter really only begins in LA. Stacked cast led by Snipes includes Hopper, Mortensen and Jonathan Banks. Mostly I just love to lose myself in sweaty crime cinema.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
As we’ve come to expect from Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another is easily one of the year’s best films. Here’s my review for Time Out. www.timeout.com/movies/one-b...
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One Battle After Another review: Leonardo DiCaprio delights in Paul Thomas Anderson’s action-packed
DiCaprio is a bumbling revolutionary in this subversive satire on a modern American tyranny
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
In recent months I’ve taken to photographing the cormorants and herons who congregate on the nearby docks (chiefly Canada, Greenland, Surrey) and Southwark Park Lake. The beauty and grace of these birds bring me great happiness.
A cormorant stretches in Canada Dock this morning.A heron ponders life’s great mystery in Canada Dock this morning.
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Happy National Hamburger Day @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The biggest use-cases for AI so far seem to be killing children, driving people insane, and kids making deepfake porn of each other. I have no idea why this industry is treated even remotely credulously.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Busiest fortnight of the year at work. Had an email request from someone I know and like this morning, so replied “Are you Nicolas Roeg in 1980? Because this is Bad Timing.”
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
"Erupt across UK" is a crazily inaccurate ITV news headline for a patchy smattering of protests eg 150-250 people in Orpington, Horley & Cheshunt; a peak yesterday 300 in Mold; & outnumbered by counterprotests in Liverpool, Bristol and Perth ITV should report accurately, not invent "erupts"
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Saw Celine Song’s Materialists two nights back. A film of rare empathy. If it doesn’t quite hit the extraordinary heights of Past Lives, it’s still a very impressive work from a director who should be treated as a proper artist with a great deal to say about the human condition.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Spoke to Loki ledge Tom Hiddleston and the ever-great Chiwetel Ejiofor about their ace Stephen King adaptation The Life of Chuck (in cinemas from today and BFI Southbank from 29 August). bfi.org.uk/interviews/stephen-king-tom-hiddleston-chiwetel-ejiofor-life-chuck
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“Stephen King’s work comes from a very wise understanding of the experience of being alive”: Tom Hiddleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor on The Life of Chuck
Mike Flanagan’s latest Stephen King adaptation eschews horror for a life-affirming take on the end of the world. Stars Tom Hiddleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor spoke to us about their favourite King adapta...
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Adam Powley @adampowley.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
I might have missed it (will be obliged for any links to the contrary) but there's been next to no op-ed on the racist abuse incident at Anfield on Friday that links it to wider normalisation of far-right politics. There is an ongoing potential case but no need no for sub judice unease.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
First full day since returning from glorious summer hols in Albania and Corfu, hit the cinema to see Together (grossly delicious and darkly amusing) and Weapons (darkly delicious and grossly amusing). Ideal welcome back, cheers lads.
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
so, in the course of a month, the New York Times reassigned four veteran critics, the Washington Post’s film critic took a buyout, Vanity Fair decided it doesn’t need a film critic at all, and the Associated Press got rid of book criticism altogether? Cool.
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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
I always enjoy reading the TripAdvisor London Forum because I'm fascinated to see what foreign tourists expect, what they ask about and what surprises them. I thought this post from someone from Texas was a really lovely and cheering comment about riding the tube late at night
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Nu-funk banger laced with politically credible sentiment and righteous socialist anger. No surprise to see Sorry to Bother You director and all round top bloke Boots Riley front and centre.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The Naked Gun is relentlessly hilarious and brilliant. Up there with Splitsville fighting it out for funniest film of the year. We always need comedy but what a relief to have a banger or two this year. Friendship and Happy Gilmore 2 have their moments too. Sweet.
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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 28/07/2025
Happy Publication Day to Me Darkness Visible the Cinema of Jonathan Glazer is available from the publisher at the lowest price £16 in the UK or $18 US stickingplacebooks.com/darkness-vis...
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Darkness Visible: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer - Sticking Place Books
John Bleasdale Jonathan Glazer has created some of the most unforgettable images in twenty-first-century cinema. From the dreamlike menace of Sexy Beast to the haunting abstractions of Under the Skin ...
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
There was a massive squirrel named Toast who hung out in the garden of our old flat. We’ve named this unit Bun because, well, just look at that bready wad in his mouth.
Bun the squirrel on our fence.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
You should be praised, they should be tarred and feathered.
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Went to Terry Gilliam’s house. The result of our 95-minute chat is this career interview, which clocks in at just under 5,000 words and is the longest single piece of written journalism I’ve had published in my career. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/t...
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“Hollywood has been very timid these days”: Terry Gilliam on his 50-year directing career
From the dystopian visions of Brazil and Twelve Monkeys to the surreal odyssey of The Fisher King, Terry Gilliam has spent half a century defying cinematic convention. In this wide-ranging interview,...
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
This is where I post from
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Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
In my raving days, many said I reminded them of Moff (played by Danny Dyer) in Human Traffic. When I saw it, I understood why. 25 years later I’m proud to have written the lead booklet essay for the @BFI 4K Blu-ray. The film still means a lot to us who were there and lived it.
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Paul Hayward @paulhayward.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Three stunning and shaming paragraphs, by Rachel Wolf of Public First, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
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