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Anton Bitel

@antbit.projectedfigures.com

Feckless freelance film critic and neurotic apanthrope. The #Horror, the #Horror Programmer for the London Korean Film Festival. London Film Critics' Circle, Online Film Critics Society. ProjectedFigures.com

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Red Riding (2026) - Projected Figures Chris Conway's feature debut RED RIDING makes a contemporary coming-of age folktale of bad genes, class clash and the bestial stain of family

"makes a contemporary coming-of-age folktale of bad genes, class clash and the bestial stain of family": Chris Conway's RED RIDING (2026) just had its world première at @frightfest.bsky.social for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
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The Convenience Store (2026) - Projected Figures Jiro Nagae's J-horror VG adaptation THE CONVENIENCE STORE is derivative, but nails the weird vibe of its banal late-night setting

"derivative, but nails the weird vibe of its banal late-night setting": Jiro Nagae’s J-horror VG adaptation THE CONVENIENCE STORE (2026) just had its international premiΓ¨re for @frightfest.bsky.social at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
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The Trick (2025) - Projected Figures Not the full deck: Fitch/Baker's unsettling horror short THE TRICK sees a sceptical pub waitress being drawn into a magician's peculiar act

Not the full deck: Matt Fitch & Chris Baker’s unsettling horror short THE TRICK (2025) "sees a sceptical pub waitress being drawn into a magician’s peculiar act". Just screened for @frightfest.bsky.social at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/10/26/t...

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Crushed (2025) - Projected Figures Simon Rumley's dispiriting drama CRUSHED shows faith tested, forgiveness abandoned, revenge misdirected - and the business of images exposed

"faith tested, forgiveness abandoned, revenge misdirected – and the business of exploitation images exposed": Simon Rumley's dispiriting drama CRUSHED (2025) screens 9.15pm tonight at Fantasporto - Porto International Film Festival. projectedfigures.com/2025/08/17/c...

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Violence (2025) - Projected Figures Connor Marsden's punkish genre-fied alt-Eighties throwback VIOLENCE shades action with noir, and pits escapist hope against bleak entrapment

"shades action with noir, and pits escapist hope against bleak entrapment": @henryviolence.bsky.social's punkish genre-fied alt-Eighties throwback VIOLENCE (2025) has its international première 10.35am at @frightfest.bsky.social for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social . projectedfigures.com/2025/10/20/v...

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Assault On Precinct 13 (aka AP13) (2005) - Projected Figures Jean-FranΓ§ois Richet's remake of John Carpenter's siege thriller Assault On Precinct 13 updates the action, alters the setting & further greys the morality

"This second assault on the unlucky precinct proves that practice makes perfect": Jean-FranΓ§ois Richet's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (aka AP13, 2005) is more than a worthy successor to John Carpenter's original. Screens 9pm tonight on Legend Channel. projectedfigures.com/2017/03/13/a...

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Hen (2025) - Projected Figures Nico Scheepers' bleakly austere monochrome mystery HEN sets a foundling boy among god-fearing, childless homesteaders on the remote veldt

"sets a haunted foundling boy among god-fearing childless homesteaders on the remote veldt": @nicoscheepers.bsky.social’s bleakly austere monochrome mystery HEN (2025) re-screens 6.30pm today at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social. Recommended. projectedfigures.com/2026/02/24/h...

07.03.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Wide shot of shaven-headed, shirtless CΓ©dric (co-director Hugo Diego Garcia) walking (turned away from the camera) in a meadow full of mauve blossoms.

Wide shot of shaven-headed, shirtless CΓ©dric (co-director Hugo Diego Garcia) walking (turned away from the camera) in a meadow full of mauve blossoms.

"Damaged war-veteran-turned-cowherd reluctantly fights for his dreams": Lorenzo Bentivoglio & Hugo Diego Garcia's VACHE FOLLE (2025) re-screens 4.45pm today at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social. Review for @dmovies.bsky.social. dmovies.org/2025/11/13/v...

07.03.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Think of England (2025) - Projected Figures Richard Hawkins' World War II drama THINK OF ENGLAND shows the making-of a propaganda porn film, while stripping down its cast and crew

"shows the making-of a propaganda porn film, while stripping down its cast and crew": Richard Hawkins' World War II drama THINK OF ENGLAND (2025) re-screens 2.40pm at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/11/14/t...

07.03.2026 07:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is he dead yet?

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The Curse (2025) - Projected Figures (Un)sympathetic magic: Kenichi Ugana's satirical J-horror THE CURSE updates familiar possession tropes to the online age of the smart phone

(Un)sympathetic magic: Kenichi Ugana’s satirical J-horror THE CURSE (2025) "updates familiar possession tropes to the online age of the smart phone". UK premiΓ¨re 11.05pm tonight at @frightfest.bsky.social for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/09/19/t...

06.03.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yes indeed!

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The Restoration at Grayson Manor (2025) - Projected Figures Glenn McQuaid's wickedly camp gothic melodrama THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR pits a gay mutilated pianist against his heir-fixated mother

Look ma, no hands: Glenn McQuaid’s wickedly camp gothic melodrama THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR (2025) "pits a gay, mutilated pianist against his formidable, heir-fixated mother". Just had its UK prem at @frightfest.bsky.social, @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
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Gunfighter Paradise (2025) - Projected Figures Jethro Waters' narrative feature debut GUNFIGHTER PARADISE sets a grieving man's homecoming amid a singularly American mix of guns and god(s)

Out of left field: Jethro Waters’ narrative feature debut GUNFIGHTER PARADISE (2025) "sets a grieving man’s homecoming amid a singularly American mix of guns and God." Screens 4pm today, and for the next few days, at Laemmle Glendale
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Bill Bailey - The Doctor Who theme reimagined as Belgian jazz
Bill Bailey - The Doctor Who theme reimagined as Belgian jazz YouTube video by Royal Ballet and Opera

Love this.

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Bone Keeper (2026) - Projected Figures As six co-eds encounter tentacular aliens in a cave, Howard J. Ford's monster movie BONE COLLECTOR never hides its cinematic descent

"As six co-eds encounter tentacular aliens in a cave, Howard J. Ford’s state-of-the-nation monster movie never hides its cinematic descent": BONE KEEPER (2026) just had its world premiΓ¨re at @frightfest.bsky.social for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
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Bury the Devil Review: Internal horrors show themselves in Adam O’Brien’s one-shot nightmare Adam O’Brien’s single-location, one-take, real-time horror sees a demented patient bedeviling her young carer in a haunted home

"a demented patient bedeviling her young carer in a haunted home": Adam O'Brien's single-location, one-take, real-time BURY THE DEVIL (2026) just had its world première at @frightfest.bsky.social for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social. Review for @scifinow.bsky.social
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Every country is going to end up with more solar and more WINDMILLS as a result of this illegal war, and I feel sure that was Trump’s real plan all along, right?

06.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pro war, anti immigration.

Pro cause, anti effect.

Actual idiots.

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Welcome to G-Town (2026) - Projected Figures In Ben & Nathan McQuaid's lo-fi sci-fi comedy WELCOME TO G-TOWN, Glasgow takes out the trash and cleans its act amid alien invasion

"three Glasgwegian lads clean up their act and take out the trash amid alien invasion": Ben & Nathan Mcquaid’s lo-fi sci-fi comedy/city symphony WELCOME TO G-TOWN (2026) re-screens 10.45pm tonight at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/02/28/w...

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Think of England (2025) - Projected Figures Richard Hawkins' World War II drama THINK OF ENGLAND shows the making-of a propaganda porn film, while stripping down its cast and crew

"shows the making-of a propaganda porn film, while stripping down its cast and crew": Richard Hawkins' World War II drama THINK OF ENGLAND (2025) has its UK première 5.45pm today at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/11/14/t...

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The Good Boy (aka Heel) (2025) - Projected Figures Stay: Jan Komasa's unsettling family fable THE GOOD BOY (aka HEEL) shows the forced domestication of a young delinquent

Stay: Jan Komasa’s unsettling family fable HEEL (aka THE GOOD BOY, 2025) "shows the forced domestication of a young delinquent". In US theatres and on VOD from today via @magnoliapics.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/03/01/t...

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Dolly (2025) - Projected Figures Doll's house in the woods: Rod Blackhurst’s traumatic horror DOLLY is an adult fairytale of masks, madness and the maternal urge

Doll’s house in the woods: @rodblackhurst.bsky.social’s traumatic horror DOLLY (2025) is "an adult fairytale of masks, madness and the maternal urge". In UK/US cinemas today. projectedfigures.com/2025/09/22/d...

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Jailbroken (2026) - Projected Figures Vasily Chuprina's single-location psychothriller JAILBROKEN puts the screws on a convict trapped as much in himself as in a prison cell

"puts the screws on a convict trapped as much in himself as in a prison cell": Vasily Chuprina’s single-location psychothriller JAILBROKEN (2026) opened @frightfest.bsky.social last night at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
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06.03.2026 06:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is he dead yet?

06.03.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just post the questions, I don't have the answers

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Two hands hold up a cat, looking straight into the camera, with a shawl wrapped over its head and a peculiar toothy grin on its face. 
caption" "It's dangerous to go alone. Take babushka with you."

Two hands hold up a cat, looking straight into the camera, with a shawl wrapped over its head and a peculiar toothy grin on its face. caption" "It's dangerous to go alone. Take babushka with you."

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Mean Girls (2004) - Projected Figures Adapted by Tina Fey from a sociological study, Mark Waters' teen comedy MEAN GIRLS casts its anthropological, Darwinian eye over school tropes

"Adapted by Tina Fey from a sociological study, Mark Waters’ teen comedy casts an anthropological, Darwinian eye over high school hierarchies": MEAN GIRLS (2004). projectedfigures.com/2026/03/05/m...

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so far, I'm up to write

05.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

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