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Tom Davidson

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north east exile in London I work at Sky News i like to write and talk about films read some of my stuff here: medium.com/@tomdavidson92

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Werner Herzog finally entering the Criterion Collection as a director
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
it feels like an appropriate day to recommend the 9/11 museum in New York - it is simply a must for anyone visiting the city, a visceral but tasteful experience (and one that will take any discerning visitor several hours to traverse and engage with)
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I finished my first full LOTR rewatch for 10 years last night. (Theatrical editions watched in 1hr30 chunks). For the first time I cried at Theoden's death. Bernard Hill was a giant. “I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed”
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
James Gandolfini was 37 when they shot S1 of The Sopranos. Matt Dillon is 61.
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Dog Stars: Far better than I expected (but I had low expectations). Ridley is largely on autopilot but some exciting sequences nonetheless. A surprisingly optimistic look at a post-apocalyptic world.
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I think about her a lot
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I choose to believe this but I would love to know the source
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I cried reading ‘The Real Heroes Are Dead’ New Yorker long read
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I think this confuses the private person, who can be mourned by friends, family and colleagues, and the public figure, whose legacy can be assessed based on his work. These are two different things and they have to coexist
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
we still talking about The Odyssey guys?
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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Correct about the whirlpool and the sirens particularly, these elements are rushed.
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Thomas Bell @realthomasbell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Fascinating. (Imagine if he'd done this during the 3D movie rage.)
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Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is a good read.
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Did IMAX hold Christopher Nolan back? medium.com/@tomdavidson...
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Did Christopher Nolan IMAX himself into a corner with The Odyssey?
Christopher Nolan has wanted to make an ‘all IMAX’ movie his whole career. Did The Odyssey suffer for it?
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Did IMAX hold Christopher Nolan back? medium.com/@tomdavidson...
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Did Christopher Nolan IMAX himself into a corner with The Odyssey?
Christopher Nolan has wanted to make an ‘all IMAX’ movie his whole career. Did The Odyssey suffer for it?
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
my favourite documentaries are the ones commissioned by the government that prove to be so toxic to the public psyche they get banned from TV finally FINALLY took the plunge on The Sorrow and the Pity
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I've written about my IMAX-related problems with The Odyssey medium.com/p/bd3176fe40...
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Did Christopher Nolan IMAX himself into a corner with The Odyssey?
Christopher Nolan has wanted to make an ‘all IMAX’ movie his whole career. Did The Odyssey suffer for it?
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
actually VERY funny to be getting heckled/shushed at work for talking about The Odyssey
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I returned to this excellent Citizen Kane by @bilgeebiri.bsky.social earlier today after encouraging my best friend to watch it… and now, almost inevitably, I want to watch it again www.criterion.com/current/post...
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Citizen Kane: The Once and Future Kane
Modern in conception but postmodern in effect, the film hailed by many as the greatest ever made has been the subject of cinephilic passion and intense critical analysis since its release in 1941.
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
my Christopher Nolan ranking (due an Insomnia rewatch)
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
really enjoyed this Slate piece on Brian De Palma's BLOW OUT and like every good bit of criticism it made me very keen to rewatch it www.salon.com/2026/07/04/b...
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"Blow Out" exposes the real American way
The 45th anniversary of Brian De Palma's film meets America's 250th, proving corruption is as American as apple pie.
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Sony is waging war on physical media and the PlayStation is the battleground. We have to fight tooth and nail for our rights as consumers: #Sony #PhysicalMedia #PlayStation medium.com/@tomdavidson...
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Long live physical media! The fight must never end
Physical media is more important than ever and the powers that be want to take it from us.
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A lot of chat about the 'definitive American movie'... I think my Donald Trump Film Festival list nicely covers a few contenders. Namely: - Heaven's Gate - Citizen Kane - Lone Star (no space for Nashville though) tomdavidson92.medium.com/how-would-yo...
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How would you programme a ‘Donald Trump film festival’
How can one use film to understand Donald Trump’s rise to power, his political return and his upset victories over ‘the establishment’
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
‘The making of Jurassic Park’ 25 minute documentary dropped on the Universal Pictures at Home YouTube channel last week and it’s really worth your time.
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
finding it quite emotional that halfway through Spielberg’s appearance on the Rewatchables podcast to talk about 2001: A Space Odyssey he refers to Kubrick in the present tense for like 40 minutes
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"My entire adult life has been defined by the financial crisis in 2008" interesting interview with Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold from the FT that I missed a few weeks ago www.ft.com/content/2f37...
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Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold on filmmaking, melodrama and marriage
The brains behind The Brutalist and The Testament of Ann Lee make notoriously difficult films. It’s a special kind of wonderful
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
god this movie was ass
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
#Backrooms is, on the whole, a debut triumph - a terrifying synthesis of lo-fi horror, creepypasta internet culture and society's growing obsession with liminal spaces
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
well
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
particularly funny because THE NEW WORLD has 10 times the artistry and power of Avatar
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
renewable energy goes BRRRR
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
War of the Worlds is such a mad one to include in this collection 'so chief, we've got these seven Spielberg classics lined up... what else should we add?'
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
NOT a half pint glass
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
25 years today since Yi Yi was released in London I wrote this during Covid five years ago: tomdavidson92.medium.com/yi-yi-at-20-...
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Yi Yi at 20: Family, grief and finding the right words
At the end of Edward Yang’s final film Yi Yi a small boy — Yang-Yang — who has been bullied and teased throughout, stands close to the…
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
movies from the 2020s currently swirling around my brain: - La Chimera - Red Rooms - Killers of the Flower Moon - Aftersun - All We Imagine As Light - Drive My Car - Eddington - Anatomy of a Fall - Memoria
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
first half of this movie literally ends with fascist Donald Sutherland fatally headbutting a cat
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Are they still 'sundowners' if you can't see the sun or is it just a phrase for drinks around the time of sunset?
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
all the best shit was suppressed by chickenshit governments for decades in the 20th century (currently streaming on iPlayer)
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
lots of people talking about ‘Killing Them Softly’ over at the other place tomdavidson92.medium.com/how-would-yo...
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
now that’s a fucking movie, brother (Am I the only one who is absolutely confused during the post-bank heist shootout???)
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
still freaks my nut that apparently Ridley Scott saw this, watched Paul Mescal play this internally-conflicted, angsty, confused teenage boy and go ‘that’s who I want for Maximus’s son!’
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
"We're gonna get the phone book. Do it anyway." #Wordle
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I'm seeing a lot of these fake Donald Trump truths being posted on BlueSky (and lesser sites) at the moment. Its pretty easy to check, and you owe it to yourself and other people before sharing it.
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Lucrecia Dalt speaking about Bertrand Bonello's The Beast for her Criterion Top 10
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
feels weird seeing adverts like this from the lead actress in THE SUBSTANCE
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
feels weird seeing adverts like this from the lead actress in THE SUBSTANCE
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Jack Fisk/Marty Supreme losing out to Frankenstein… I’m going to bed
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
OSCARS RANKING (brackets are how many times I’ve watched) The Secret Agent (2) One Battle After Another (3) Marty Supreme (2) Sentimental Value (2) Bugonia (1) Sinners (1) Hamnet (1) Train Dreams (2) Frankenstein (1) F1 (1)
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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
OSCARS RANKING (brackets are how many times I’ve watched) The Secret Agent (2) One Battle After Another (3) Marty Supreme (2) Sentimental Value (2) Bugonia (1) Sinners (1) Hamnet (1) Train Dreams (2) Frankenstein (1) F1 (1)
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