iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I love this podcast - even if the book isn’t my first choice, I always stick around for the guest’s recommendation. My bookshelves are groaning even louder because of this.

140

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wholly recommend listening to this, and attending the festival. The interview with James on the boxing film podcast is also tremendous.

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Haven’t yet made the trip, but I’m signed up for the online portion - a bargain. Looking forward to it.

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I saw it on the big screen at last year’s Film Noir Fest in Weston-Super-Mare. It’s a B-film, sure, but it lends itself to the larger canvas (especially the street scenes). And I recommend this year’s fest later this month.

110

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Letterboxd #LastFourWatched #FilmSky Hmm, gave four stars to them all (for different reasons) - must be going soft 😀 Each has been rewarding and has stretched my experience in a good way - and that’s what it’s all about, I guess?

131

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wow - these are great to see. I fear that the new Waynflete Quad -being constructed by my alma mater - may be replacing one eyesore with another, so these give some reason for optimism.

110

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Oh, I wondered where I had dropped those

000

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ah yes, a bumper non-random harvest from Warner Archive. I’m planning to plunder the Cinematographe collection, hoping there are some titles in the Vinegar Syndrome mini-sale tomorrow.

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So we had Breaking Away, American Graffiti, One False Move, Melvin and Howard, and um The Brady Bunch Movie. That last one was a hard survive after 8 prior hours. Breaking Away was by far my favourite of the lot. I'll be back for another one.

030

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Frank Perry is an acquired taste, I think. I haven't acquired it yet, but I'll give him another try when this hits the doormat.

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Perhaps it wasn't a morning film after all. I'm on the same bluray trajectory.....some Warner Archive stuff (yes, yes, Letty Lynton of course) is in the post....

110

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The old pod is still alive! Can't wait.... "Whirligig...." etc @rememberthispod.bsky.social

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Bracing myself for another PCC Mystery marathon tonight; looking forward to whatever they throw at us. I’m a mere dot at the rear of the last survivors photo… will try to remember to get out there tomorrow morning.

000

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Seriously, the annual Radiance subscription gives me more pleasure than I can articulate- last year’s Radical Japan boxset might be eclipsed by this one. #FilmSky

030

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Listening to the enjoyable Red & Black podcast from Locarno; excellently-capsuled history with depressing contemporary nuances, and more films to (re)discover, though I'd rather be in Switzerland. #Locarno79 #FilmSky www.locarnofestival.ch/press/press-...

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Following a very brief interaction with @andrewkelly.bsky.social at #cineredis26 and a cleanup of my library, I’m diving back into my Projections collection. Boorman fantastic stuff. #FilmSky #BookSky

161

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I looked up M+ afterwards, and they seem to have some great stuff, (almost) none of it on physical media. Come on @filmsradiance.bsky.social or someone, get in there!

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

You think you’ve got the system beat, then you run out of paparazzi. Vivid restoration by M+ of a HK procedural with a twisty plot and too many competing (dis)loyalties to keep up with. It all seems labyrinthine and untangleable - then it ends. Breathless and engaging. #cineredis26 #9 #FilmSky

110

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Propagandic Boulting Brors war film that tells the story of pre-war ICE, uh Nazi, repression in Germany. Over-optimistic in its belief in the power of Christian goodness to see the country through. Some hard-hitting moments including a teenage rape and prison camp torture. #cineredis #8 #FilmSky

000

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Poetic parable played beautifully against the landscape of rural Morocco. I underappreciated it, as the deep historical context is sadly beyond my ken. The ritual insistence and the anti-materialist themes, however, are clear and I enjoyed it (Mirage, 1979). #cineredis26 #7 #FilmSky

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The petty childishness of people who are allegedly steering taste for serious cinemagoers, and their inability to migrate their obsessions to realrelationships is painfully funny. A clever pairing at #cineredis26 (film #6 for me) with Goodbye, Dragon Inn. #FilmSky

000

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Playful depiction of the vicissitudes of Indian student life, in an academic world that is cynical in its apportionment of honours. A strong sense of the resilience of youth, the joy associated with the pains of being tested, and a happy unpredictability of outcomes. #cineredis26 film #5 #FilmSky

000

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It is hard to convey the pleasure gleaned from watching a group of men at a urinal, a woman limping towards an unseen projectionist, or disparate people in a cinema with banks of empty seats. The lingering enables more on the screen in a way that is surprisingly sensuous. #cineredis26 #4 #FilmSky

020

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Austere, difficult, a room or rooms filled with recognisable characters distilled to their unlikeable essences. Some marvellous monochrome photography. On balance, though, I’d prefer to have Ed Norton and Penelope Cruz pop downstairs and propose group sex. #cineredis26 film#3 #FilmSky

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I’m dropping down a notch to watch Ghost World, but you’re probably right

100

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I managed 4, but I see where you are coming from. I thought more of The System than you did - definitely was thinking when’s this going to en—- oh.

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The intimacy and troubled familiarity of a close community, comfortable in its time-honoured relationships, now put under deep stress by impossible adult choices. Touching and harrowing, superficial and deep in equal measure, Burnett takes the simple and adds unbearable complexity. #cineredis26 #2

000

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Excellent nostalgic trip this lunchtime through 50 years of Artificial Eye / Curzon with @markcosgrove.bsky.social and Jake Garriock. Memories for me of what seems like endless months of being able to watch Celine and Julie Go Boating in rep, yet still come out baffled each time. #cineredis26

000

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The most barmy episode of Stingray ever made? Anything happens in every half hour. Like the dog that licks his own balls, Diabolik robs because he can. Eva wants him to. Zinko's plans to foil Diabolik crumble like Dastardly's efforts to win the Wacky Races. Beyond camp. #CineRedis26 film #1.

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Excellent discussion this evening between @pamhutch.bsky.social , @markcosgrove.bsky.social and Cinema Ritrovato's Ehsan Khoshbakht on season curation and precious film preservation. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Disintegration", as it were. #cineredis26

061

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Tried to impersonate someone who knows what he’s talking about and get into Reframing Film but failed - going to have to make do with 22 films, 4 talks and 2 walks over the next four-and-a-bit days… #cineredis #FilmSky

000

Reposted by Peter Clinch

Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The first day of Cinema Rediscovered 10 has arrived at @wshed.bsky.social 🎉 Get involved in the birthday fun via the link below #CineRedis26

244

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I’ll be rewatching Ghost World at Cinema Rediscovered in Bristol next week. You’ve (re)whetted my appetite! @cineredis.bsky.social

330

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I didn’t think I was much of a fan of boxing movies, but I find to my surprise I have three of your first four in my physical media collection! The structure of this one, in real time, is tremendous and shows off Wise’s savviness as a director and Ryan’s cragginess as an actor. Top drawer.

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I saw this when it came out - it was my A level year. One of the first arthouse films I saw, I must seek it out. Somehow connected in my mind with Gielgud sparring with Richardson in No Man’s Land on the stage just before; equally obscure and affecting.

020

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I think he came on in one or two of the group matches, and he always seems to be warming up. Toney might be off sightseeing somewhere.

110

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Tuchel has been sparing with squad usage - I keep wondering whether Watkins and Toney might yet play a key part (hopefully not in the third/fourth place playoff)

110

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Night Train plus intro last week was great - worth the horrendous rush hour traffic going towards the BFI. And Ishiguro is so wonderfully modest (while knowing everything, of course).

120

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

You raise two interesting questions: 1. How naughty is it to stream an old film on YouTube? (I do it a lot) and 2. Will it still be there when I inevitably try to watch it this evening? 😁

000

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I’m booked in to see Night Train on Tuesday (heat permitting). A trifle bleaker than Charters and Caldicott, but I have high hopes 😀

110

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

In order: Casualties of War, Sid and Nancy, The Wrestler, Leaving Las Vegas, Life is Beautiful. Bleak? Arguably not, but a well-curated set of films with poignancy at their core. And yes, I’m knackered.

020

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Heading to London for my first one of these. Insufficiently caffeined. Wife at home “having an early night”.

140

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

C’mon, you might be top of the table in a few hours!

010

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

It is … never tried one before. If I make the survivors photo, I’ll be one of the oldest ever, I reckon. Hoping the films, though bleak, will be enough to keep me awake!

120

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Tangentially, I am planning to attend the Bleak Week mystery marathon at the PCC in a couple of weeks. 8 hours of bleakness…. I may be mad.

130

Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I have that Saturday dilemma too, but I think the solution is to go for the Sunday Queen Kelly at the Curzon. However, the online programme has that at 1 pm, but my ticket says 6pm which I hope is right as it avoids a Sunday dilemma!

010