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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 18h

the most surprising thing about reorganising/unpacking my movie collection is the realisation I only have one Todd Haynes movie, one Alexander Payne movie and, somehow, just one Renoir… four Ashby’s, six Malick’s and SEVENTEEN Scorsese’s though

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Selling one ticket to Concrete Land screening at 8.55pm tonight. Face value ofc. @lffstubs.bsky.social

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm actually more interested in rewatching Furiosa at the moment.

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Here's an exciting idea... I'm set to become a father in the spring. What movies should I watch, or rewatch, before then? And why?

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm a movie-only guy. I'm in hock to the streaming powers with music..

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How do you organise your physical media collection? Mine had been alphabetized by director unless I only had one film by that director, in which case it was by title (after the directors...) But I am getting cold feet - not very user friendly?

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'd love a ticket to La Perra or Lali on Thursday at NFT2 if anyone is selling. Just a single ticket. @lffstubs.bsky.social

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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 · 05/08/2026

"You ain't gettin' no older than tomorrow."

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I would absolutely read a book about Marlon Brando's One Eyed Jacks, goddamn what a picture

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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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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

the outpouring of grief for a man who held some pretty loathsome views (or who at least expressed his views in a loathsome way) is pretty sickening 'but he was a lovely man outside of his hateful rhetoric!'

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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

as I say in my piece, I don’t think the IMAX adds enough as an experience to make it worth truncating the movie… (I’ve seen it at BFI IMAX and on normal digital projection)

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

LOTR:ROTK made $1.1bn with a 201 minute run time

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

it's very interesting to me that Edith Bowman directly asked Christopher Nolan on her soundtracking podcast how long the first cut was and he dodges the question

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Interesting that Edith Bowman directly asked Christopher Nolan on her soundtracking podcast how long the first cut was and he dodged

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Longer films exist without an intermission (not that I'd have been against an intermission). I just feel that, artistically, there was more meat to the bone and Nolan's IMAX fixation limited him.

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

it didn’t feel quite as ‘revolutionary’ as it must have back in the late 60s, when it was considered so dangerous to the French public but that’s what’s interesting about it. To use the worst cliche: the banality of it. This is not glorified nor sensationalised.

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

and I’m not going to lie, parts of it felt like a slog to me. Very much one of those ‘homework’ movies that I respect and appreciate but that I won’t rewatch… probably ever? still, it remains a fascinating study of collaborationism and the public’s desire for myth-making

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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

He filmed The Odyssey using IMAX cameras throughout (it's the first commercial feature film to ever be 100% IMAX)

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

me coming out of my second screening of The Odssey banging on chairs, stomping the ground that akshually it should have been LONGER

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

IMAX is an amazing experience and easily the best cinema experience. Nolan should be commended for pushing the format as far as he has... but I have a nagging feeling that hard limit on run time meant his Odyssey isn't what it could have been

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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 · 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

also features the movie with the damning quote: "America is not a country, it's just a business... now fucking pay men"

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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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