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Screenwriter and director: 'Mum & Dad', 'Dead Mine'. Writer of dark fiction. Co-Director of Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social. Nottingham, UK. https://linktr.ee/StevenSheil

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Ah, great! It looks like a great edition of a really terrific book.

07.03.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You’re welcome!

06.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t buy it and it looks like it’s still available

ebay.us/m/Qt8es1

06.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This trend for prioritising the demands of fiction over the truthful representation of real people and their lives is something that I think is a real issue - I wrote a whole thread about this in regards to the Ed Gein series on Netflix
bsky.app/profile/scsh...

06.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Abertoir in 2026: an update - Abertoir Team Abertoir’s been taking a breather after our massive 20th anniversary edition and we’ve made a decision: we’re taking it down a notch for 2026. We’re

Team Abertoir’s been taking a breather after our massive 20th edition and we’ve made a decision: we’re taking it down a notch for 2026. There won’t be a big 5-day festival in 2026, but we’re certainly not going to be dormant – far from it!

Read the full details: abertoir.co.uk/news/abertoi...

06.03.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it The visionary photographer captured the ugliness of racism in America, as well as the strength and dignity of those who opposed it – from cleaners in the corridors of power to Martin Luther King Jr pr...

A great photographer (incidentally, director of the game-changing 1971 Blaxploitation film SHAFT as well); if I were in London I would visit this expo for sure.

06.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ TikTok video by Keir Starmer

Unfortunately not
www.tiktok.com/@keirstarmer...

06.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Countdown to them having to take this down because someone realises that the song they're using for their soundtrack famously uses multiple homophobic slurs.

06.03.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Learned the other day that Calvin Robinson is also from Mansfield, which supports your thesis

06.03.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"We've ended up in the wrong place by carefully and deliberately navigating directly towards it."

06.03.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ag reat set-up - a wanted man being escorted back to the US for the death penalty meets a terminally ill woman on a cruise ship and they fall in love, each unaware of the other's status - and a first-class supporting cast including the wonderful Aline MacMahon, plus a killer closing shot. Fantastic.

06.03.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Deadline today at 5pm! If you are a parent or carer in the UK screen industry who would like a week of time away please do apply. CV and a cover letter saying what you’d do with the week. #raisingfilms @raisingfilms.bsky.social

06.03.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To Chantelle, somewhere in Nottingham - I agree with your friend with the very loud phone voice on the number 68 bus, that guy from France who you're talking to online who won't show his face on cam very probably is a catfish and it is, at the very least, a massive red flag.

06.03.2026 10:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The title card for the film 'One Way Passage' (1932). Over a shot of a cruise ship we get the names William Powell & Kay Francis, then the title, then Directed by Tay Garnett.

The title card for the film 'One Way Passage' (1932). Over a shot of a cruise ship we get the names William Powell & Kay Francis, then the title, then Directed by Tay Garnett.

Tonight's viewing:

05.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Found these in Sainsbury’s!

05.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My considered review of both of these products:

05.03.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gun Crazy is a terrific shout

05.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Films that influenced Maggie Gyllenhaal’s β€˜THE BRIDE!’ THE BRIDE! stars Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Peter Sarsgaard, Penelope Cruz, Jake Gyllenhaal and director Maggie Gyllenhaal share the films that influenced their new film. Make sur...

Just saw that @letterboxd.social shared a list of films that influenced Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! and now I have a goal to watch every movie on that list I haven’t seen!

PS- go see The Bride! as soon as possible!

#HorrorSky #FilmSky #TheBrideMovie

boxd.it/RIuxq

05.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A packet of each of the aforementioned items

A packet of each of the aforementioned items

Do you want Creme Egg-flavoured Oreos or Cherry Bakewell-flavoured Jaffa cakes with your tea?

05.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
A screengrab of a headline reading 'Champions Chelsea unloved but unstoppable'.

A screengrab of a headline reading 'Champions Chelsea unloved but unstoppable'.

There was definitely a bit of that around for Mourinho's second spell at Chelsea 14/15, along with the idea that their boring pragmatism was taking the fun out of the game.

05.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A paperback copy of Cliff Twemlow's The Pike, featuring the title in big silver reflective letters over an illustration of a sharp=toothed pike mouth. The tagline reads 'A Cold relentless killer from the murky depths', and there's a tag in the top right corner which reads 'Soon To Be A Major Film'

A paperback copy of Cliff Twemlow's The Pike, featuring the title in big silver reflective letters over an illustration of a sharp=toothed pike mouth. The tagline reads 'A Cold relentless killer from the murky depths', and there's a tag in the top right corner which reads 'Soon To Be A Major Film'

We hosted a screening of this for @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social a while back - Twemlow is such an interesting figure. I managed to pick up a copy of The Pike years ago - worth a read!

05.03.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, brilliant - thanks!

04.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The greatest car crash I have ever seen in a film. The Appointment is remarkably unsettling. Great movie.

04.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

'Naff' just means uncool, unfashionable. There's another slang meaning with the term 'naff off', which is just a milder way of saying 'piss off' (as in 'go away').

04.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds interesting, thanks - I'll try and track it down

04.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glad to hear you're doing okay!

04.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds like a really interesting interview - do you have a link to the whole thing by any chance?

04.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I need to get on it!

04.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s the same one I have - yeah, it’s also really good

04.03.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They is great but McCoy’s other Hollywood-related book I Should Have Stayed Home is worth seeking out too. (Always thought that those β€˜Hard-Boiled’ and β€˜Perverse’ tags would be great on a t-shirt)

04.03.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1