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Katherine McLaughlin

@mskmclaughlin.bsky.social
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I write and talk about film, TV, music, podcasts, books etc LWLies, The List, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Scotland, S&S, BFI. Features Editor for SciFiNow Letterboxd: boxd.it/1vkz Football fan ⚽️

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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I loved HOPE. Run to the cinemas! My review www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/hope... big blockbuster energy!
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Hope review: A wild and awe-inspiring genre bending sci-fi Western
Na Hong-jin’s South Korean sci-fi Western has blockbuster energy. Our review...
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I enjoyed Georgia Oakley’s dark and wild take on Sense and Sensibility. It still has its moments of humour and Esme Creed-Miles turns in a beautiful performance. Glad they really leaned into what an immature fuckboi Willoughby is too!Gorgeous, painterly cinematography by Arnoud Potier.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Make time for this special film if you can. Remake is incredibly moving and tenderly crafted. It’s out now!
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
An exciting feature debut released by the always exciting distribution company @otherparties.bsky.social My review of BARRIO TRISTE out now in cinemas 🩵
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My review of BAD APPLES out now in cinemas. Jess O’Kane’s screenplay is excellent as it is navigates structural issues and the sinister motives of British society as a whole.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Star Trek is 60 and The Voyage Home is 40 and showing in cinemas now. I revisited the film for its anniversary www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/star... 🖖🐋🩵 A pleasure in which i disappeared down a Leonard Nimoy YouTube interview rabbit hole. So charismatic!
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home review: A Fascinating and Prescient Fish Out of Water Sci-fi Comedy
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is back in UK cinemas! We look back on the Leonard Nimoy-directed classic...
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
‘I need you to feel how it feels to lose your mind completely,’ narrates Elizabeth Sankey early on in Witches, her brutally honest documentary about postpartum depression and psychosis. Interview: list.co.uk/news/elizabe... by me.
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Elizabeth Sankey on her new film: 'I really wanted to spend a lot of time watching witch films and finding solace in these women'
In her new documentary, Elizabeth Sankey opens up on the difficult debate around women’s mental health and how we deal with it. She explains to Katherine McLaug
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel is showing at The Arzner until 9th September. Go if you can! I wrote a little bit about the film and the directors Q&A here: boxd.it/g8oqoh No spoilers but I do have the tea ☕️ on Tony. Feel free to @ me 🏳️‍🌈
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I Want Your Sex list.co.uk/news/i-want-... review
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The new Lili Horvat film, My Notes on Mars, stars Mackenzie Davis! A dream pairing. Can’t wait to see this one.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I enjoyed the fun dinosaur movie 🤷‍♀️ My review of The End of Oak Street www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/the-... The dinos have feathers!! 🦖 👏
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The End of Oak Street Review: A hilarious and touching cosmic genre-bending dinosaur flick
David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street stomps into Spielbergian territory, blending dinosaur thrills, ’80s nostalgia and intimate family drama into a surprisingly tender creature feature.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Odyssey review www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/the-... by me
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The Odyssey review: A Thunderous Fantasy Epic
We review Christopher Nolan’s truly epic adaptation of Homer’s saga, The Odyssey.
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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 10/07/2026
Honoured to join @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social & @leilalatif.bsky.social for @lwlies.com's Truth & Movies podcast, discussing Sébastien Vaniček’s EVIL DEAD BURN (2026), Karim Aïnouz’s ROSEBUSH PRUNING (2026) and Marco Bellocchio’s classic FISTS IN THE POCKET (1965) shows.acast.com/truthandmovi...
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Evil Dead Burn | Rosebush Pruning | Fists in His Pockets (1965) | Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I spoke to Karim Ainouz about his sicko new film Rosebush Pruning lwlies.com/interviews/k... @lwlies.com Out in cinemas this week.
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Karim Aïnouz: ‘I was interested in questioning the safe space of…
Disruption and provocation were key motives behind the decision to make Rosebush Pruning, a new, sick treatise on family.
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Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Tony Rayns, the British film critic, programmer, translator and tireless advocate for East Asian cinema, has died
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Tony Rayns (1948 to 2026)
The British critic and programmer was a world renowned expert in East Asian cinema, helping to bring many major Asian filmmakers to international attention.
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 29/06/2026
I am a VERY newly annointed single mum and the circumstances leading to this newfound status have been really ugly - deeply unpleasant, upsetting and destabilising. If you've ever enjoyed my books, blu-ray work or horror documentaries, now is the time to help a sister out!
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I took part in this trial in Birmingham…by drinking a pint on the terrace and not causing a fight www.theguardian.com/football/202... 🍻
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WSL and WSL2 fans can drink alcohol in stands next season after successful trial
Leagues’ regulations have been altered after a positive test period though clubs will not be obliged to offer the option to supporters
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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
For the Guardian, further thoughts on DISCLOSURE DAY: www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
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Alienated by Disclosure Day? You are not alone
Audiences have propelled Spielberg’s alien thriller to the top of the box office. Yet some exiting the cinema appear to believe this sappy extravaganza is not the director’s finest hour
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It’s…Disclosure Day I guess. My review www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/disc...
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Disclosure Day review: The Truth is Out There in Steven Spielberg’s Sci-fi thriller.
Stephen Spielberg returns to sci-fi with Disclosure Day. Our review...
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Little White Lies @lwlies.com · 04/06/2026
LWLies 16: The Persepolis issue RIP to the great Marjane Satrapi
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
RIP Marjane Satrapi
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I enjoyed Erupcja. It’s out in cinemas this week. My review 💕
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
An interview with me!
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Hit a home run with these beauties 😉 I enjoyed both of the hip new horrors but for me personally Camp Miasma is the GOAT. I want to live in that film.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Just here to say how much I love Widow’s Bay. My review www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/wido...
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Widow’s Bay review: A gripping TV show with a refreshingly funny take on the horror genre
Widow’s Bay is a fun and thoroughly gripping experience. Out now on Apple TV+. Our review...
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
First time watch of King of New York and wow! Walken’s dancing and entire performance is dazzling. Ratcatcher is such an impressive debut by Lynne Ramsay…It has so much to say about family, social mobility and housing as does I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning it’s one of the best films of the year
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Just here to say how much I love Widow’s Bay. My review www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/wido...
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Widow’s Bay review: A gripping TV show with a refreshingly funny take on the horror genre
Widow’s Bay is a fun and thoroughly gripping experience. Out now on Apple TV+. Our review...
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Kim Newman @annodracula.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Details here johnnyalucard.com/2024/11/01/n...
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New Kim Newman novel – Model Actress Whatever
Model Actress Whatever is out now …
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A cool new clip for the adaptation of Keiran Goddard’s Birmingham set novel. Directed by Clio Barnard with a screenplay by Enda Walsh youtu.be/U46yuOQzvxw?... My thoughts are embargoed until after the Cannes premiere on 20th May.
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I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING | Official Clip - Coming Soon to UK & Ireland
YouTube video by Curzon
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The Christophers is out now in the UK. It made me laugh loads and Ian McKellen is sooooo good in this as a grumpy artist. No thanks to the backwards fat = greedy stuff tho 😕More thoughts: boxd.it/e9pn3F
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A review of The Christophers (2025)
Would make a fun double bill with Let Them All Talk (which never got a UK cinema release). Both good on legacy, intergenerational relationships and painful creative inspiration.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
One of the best films I’ve seen this year, Barrio Triste, is getting a UK release www.screendaily.com/news/magnify... thanks to @otherparties.bsky.social 🔥
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Magnify closes deals on Venice entry ‘Barrio Triste’
EXCLUSIVE: UK, Spain, Latin America among licensed territories.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The Whistlers (2019) Corneliu Porumboiu
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Hokum is out in cinemas now. My review www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/hoku...
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Hokum review: A suspenseful and stirring supernatural horror
Real-life anxieties twist into nightmarish fiction and vice versa and in Damian McCarthy's Hokum. Our review...
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Some great films out this week: Exit 8 and Rose of Nevada should be top of your lists!
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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 24/04/2026
"traps a diffident man in the liminal labyrinth of his indecision": Genki Kawamura’s surreal VG adaptation EXIT 8 (2025) is in UK theatres from today via @vertigorel.bsky.social. Review for @scifinow.bsky.social. www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/exit...
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Exit 8 review: Genki Kawamura’s looping subway nightmare turns existential dread into haunting personal rebirth
Genki Kawamura’s surreal VG adaptation traps a diffident man in the liminal labyrinth of his indecision
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David Jenkins @daveyjenkins.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
My review of Michael Jackson anti-biopic, Michael. lwlies.com/reviews/mich...
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Michael review – legacy management 101
This squeaky-clean, PR-driven chronicle of Michael Jackson’s life up to the release of the 1987 album Bad reaffirms his god-like genius and plays the hits.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I was really taken with The Blue Trail when I saw it at LFF especially the great central performance by Denise Weinberg. I haven’t written about it but I really enjoyed reading Sam’s review www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
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The Blue Trail review: voyage of the gran
Director Gabriel Mascaro’s fantastical odyssey about a woman on the run from an ageist authoritarian government avoids the grating sentimentality of so many late-life renaissance movies.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
A few words from Director Julia Loktev on advice from Frederick Wiseman and how she edited her astonishing documentary My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow. Available to watch on 3rd April. (From the press conference).
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Broken English is out now in cinemas. It’s a lovely tribute to Marianne Faithfull. My review lwlies.com/reviews/brok... @lwlies.com
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Broken English review – an imaginative ode to the late Marianne…
The 60s rock legend gets a career-spanning portrait in the form an unconventional hybrid doc by filmmaker duo Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The documentary about Tony Powell, The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel, is showing this weekend and next week as part of BFI Flare. 🌈⚽️
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I spoke to Amanda Seyfried lwlies.com/interviews/a... about The Testament of Ann Lee @lwlies.com
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Amanda Seyfried: ‘This movie has changed me’
The star of The Testament of Ann Lee expounds on the joys of giving yourself over to cinema.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I watched The Alabama Solution yesterday. It’s available on NowTV/Sky. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
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Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Across a filmmaking career spanning more than five decades, Frederick Wiseman – who has died at 96 – refined a uniquely austere, quietly radical form of documentary cinema www.bfi.org.uk/features/fre...
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Frederick Wiseman obituary: towering figure of American documentary filmmaking
Across a filmmaking career spanning more than five decades, Wiseman – who has died at 96 – refined a uniquely austere, quietly radical form of documentary cinema. Working without narration, interviews...
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The President’s Cake is out in cinemas now. It’s gorgeously shot and wonderfully performed. A young girl seeks out the ingredients for a cake she is being forced to make in 1990s Iraq. Director Hasan Hadi pictured below speaking with Danny Leigh about sanctions and the many children who died.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I know The Chronology of Water will be a difficult watch for some but I do recommend it list.co.uk/news/the-chr... and think Kristen Stewart has turned in a bold debut. Out now in cinemas. My review @thelistuk.bsky.social
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme starts today across various venues across the UK www.jpf-film.org.uk until 31st March. So here’s a thread with a few recommendations from me.
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Home - Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Japanese film news in the UK, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme, and information on all Japanese releases, screenings and film festivals.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Andrea Arnold’s BIRD is now available to watch on BBCiPlayer. I really recommend it: list.co.uk/news/nykiya-... I spoke to young star Nykiya Adams about her role in the film working alongside Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski @thelistuk.bsky.social
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
My review of Is This Thing On? lwlies.com/reviews/is-t... @lwlies.com Out now in cinemas.
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Is This Thing On? review – funny, insightful, brilliantly directed
Bradley Cooper's third directorial feature about a struggling marriage through the eyes of a stand-up comedian buzzes with energy and emotion.
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Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
With the release of No Other Choice this week which is one of the best of the year for me I thought I’d share my votes and some words I wrote for the S&S/BFI 2025 best films poll…1/2
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Michael Leader @michaeljleader.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I'm heading up to Birmingham on 2nd February to work with Flatpack Festival on an event all about cinema history and BFI Replay. We're going to discuss the role that cinemas can (and should!) play in our local communities and across the cultural landscape. flatpackfestival.org.uk/event/silver...
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