OTD 1978: Filming began on Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The first scene filmed is Kirk's first visit to the Enterprise bridge.

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Tributes paid to “transgressive rebel” Brian Robinson, BFI Flare stalwart, who has died aged 67

Ben Roberts, Tricia Tuttle and Briony Hanson among those who paid tribute.

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Another day wiped out by this frigging cold.

Vibrations From The Motherland vinyl preorder now open buriedtreasure.bandcamp.com/album/vibrat...

the prop of props (1962) Meet George Hyam, the propmaster at Wembley

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Meet George Hyam, the propmaster at Wembley

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Crowdfunding campaign to help the National Film Archive of Japan, which preserves tens of thousands of films, including more than 3,000 animes. Among the supporters: Mamoru Oshii, Sunao Katabuchi, Rintaro, Koji Yamamura. >> readyfor.jp/projects/NFA...

“Over the two decades of their collaboration, the films of Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger emerged as the working out of a love affair with Britain and Britishness.”

Bright Wall/Dark Room@brightwalldarkroom.com · 3d ago

New today on the site! “Blimps and Pimpernels: Powell & Pressburger and the Myth of Britishness” - Robert Wilton

Please enjoy this great excerpt of TRANS CINEMA— by @laurah.bsky.social and out now!—that appeared on @queerty.com yesterday. www.queerty.com/spectacle-or...

Spectacle or support? The complicated visibility of trans youth in film & TV - Queerty

The following is an excerpt from the new book "Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds" by Laura Horak and available now from University of California Press.

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Ugh. Struck down with a vile head cold. It’s frickin’ August for heaven’s sake. I do not expect lurgy until autumn or winter.

FAO: library music nerds. Another fab find last week. How could I resist an album called 'Heavy Gravy'? Please find linked below the title track. I'm thinking bank heist music from a 1970 comedy caper with Ronald Fraser playing a character called 'Sniveller' www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeFJ...

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The Goons at Rediffusion (Dual format edition)

In the mid-1950s, four outstanding Associated-Rediffusion television shows - THE IDIOT WEEKLY, PRICE 2D, A SHOW CALLED FRED, SON OF FRED and YES, IT’S THE CATHODE-RAY TUBE SHOW! – adapted the brillian...

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The best MCU TV show since WandaVision. Of course they're cancelling it. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

‘Wonder Man’ Not Returning for Season 2 at Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE)

"Wonder Man" has been canceled at Disney+, Variety has learned.

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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

The Trans+ community is under attack from false narratives in the media, politics and increasingly the courts. The evidence tells a different story - stretching back to Roman Britain.

Gender diversity in the UK can be traced back to Roman Britain, archaeology shows

The Gallae were a group of transgender priestesses in ancient Rome devoted to the goddess Kybele. Archaeology suggests they lived in Britain in 70 CE

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Our statement on the EHRC Code of Practice.

Rod Liddle played the politics of hatred - we should be honest about his legacy - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/rod-liddle-played-politics-of-hatred-we-should-be-honest-about-legacy

Rod Liddle played the politics of hatred - we should be honest about his legacy

Tributes praised a 'great journalist', but very few touched on the fact that he was also a racist, a bigot and an Islamophobe

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This is devastating for universities - it will be devastating for British culture and society - and I think it will finally be devastating for the Labour government itself, stupidly and shortsightedly destroying our successful cultural sector for shits and giggles

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last wk.

Creative & performing arts subjects received £16.8 million SPG 2024-25; £12.9 million in 2025-26; £ O million in 2026-27. The University of Creative Arts will thus lose half of its government funding this year; Art University Bournmouth 40.7%, Norwich U of Arts 40.4% and Leeds Arts U 30.3%. 1/2

Barring some irreversible collision with a black sun or ensnarement by the guardian of Piri, All Sections Alpha should be arriving at Anderson Entertainment HQ early next week!

Fred McNamara is Sad that TFNation 2026 is Over.@commandermac.bsky.social · 2mo ago

All Sections Alpha: The Making of Space: 1999 is a thoroughly updated edition of Tim Heald's 1976 series guidebook. Originally covering the making of Year 2, All Sections Alpha tells the complete story of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's final live-action television drama. Coming soon!

I hope they're programmed to repair the factory and each other when their own rocket parts crash into them.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4d ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

In other news, have instructed a solicitor for the house move and getting quotes from removal firms. God help them and us when they clap eyes on the amount of stuff to shift. Our house is likely to go on the market early next week. Possible open day viewings the week after. Crumbs.

Chat with gastroenterologist. Went through results and confirmed that there are no further signs of coeliac disease save for some lymphocytes which are the last things to clear up. No complications at all. I’m in a small group whose test results seem to lag behind the recovery rate. 1/2

Yesterday was insane. A 12-hour round trip to Bristol and back on a very hot day to see one house, using our ‘wonderful’ train network. I don’t do train travel well as the seats are so uncomfortable that they aggravate my slipped discs and my arthritic shoulder. So, it’s been a painful morning. 😖

Recent watches: Friedkin’s unresolved Greenwich Village gay serial killer drama, Resnais time travel conundrum, Woo’s celebrated Hong Kong heroic bloodshed epic and Martin Campbell’s British sex comedy. #Letterboxd #Filmsky

If you're in doubt about how it feels to be trans in the UK, right now, read Lee's post below and the replies... It's horrifying that we find ourselves in this position in 2026. #Solidarity #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · last wk.

Drinking espresso martinis, discussing with my fiancé at what point we need to flee the UK. I don't want to leave my home. My family. My friends. With every passing month, it feels more and more inevitable. We are losing so hard and I can't see how it stops.

I’ve reduced the price on these ten issues of Dreamwatch as I can’t take these with me in the move. All very good condition. #Magazines #ScienceFiction #TV #Filmsky www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15797210...

Dreamwatch magazine (Issues 1-10) October 1994-June 1995 | eBay UK

This bundle includes issues 1-10 of the new Dreamwatch magazine, published between October 1994 and June 1995. The early issues were printed on a matt finish paper but this was soon abandoned in favour of glossy pages and plenty of colour.

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Věra Chytilová’s riotous DAISIES turns 60! Possibly the most adventurous and anarchic movie of the 60s, @letterboxd.social reflects on its lasting appeal and influence on generations of filmmakers.(Available on Second Run Blu-ray: www.secondrundvd.com/release_dais... ) letterboxd.com/journal/dais...

Fresh as Daisies: embracing the anarchic energy of Věra Chytilová’s Czech New Wave classic at 60 • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

As Věra Chytilová’s Daisies turns 60, Brian Raftery reflects on the frenetic aesthetic and lasting influence of an underground Czechoslovak classic.

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Ten subscriber editions of Mojo - 2020/21. Six issues have the free CDs, one issue comes with a 2021 Mojo covers calendar. All in very good condition bar a few signs of wear. ebay.io/m/jvftsZ Full contents in the listing's images. #Magazines #Music #PhysicalMedia Free postage. Best Offers welcome.

Mojo - 10 subscriber editions: 319-321, 323-329 (CDs in 6 issues, 2021 calendar) | eBay UK

A bundle of ten Mojo magazines, published between June 2020 and April 2021, issue numbers 319-321, 323-329.

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Eight issues of Mojo from 2019-20. Six have original CDs. All very good condition. Issue 311 has its original Abbey Road polybag (open) with its CD and Liverpool Beatles map. See images for all contents. Free postage. Open to best offers. Need an appreciative new home. #Magazines ebay.io/m/SkbUz0

Mojo - lot of 303 (CD), 305 (CD), 306, 308 (CD), 310-11 (CDs/map), 316 (CD), 317 | eBay UK

A bundle of eight Mojo magazines, published between February 2019 and March 2020, issue numbers 303, 305-6, 308, 310-11, 316 and 317.

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Mojo - The Music Magazine. Bundle of issues from 2017 and 2018, including 300th issue. Free CDs in two issues (283 and 300). V good condition. Have been read, some minor creases or dings. See images for full contents. Free postage. #Magazines #Beatles #Stones #Rock #PhysicalMedia ebay.io/m/ogSbXn

Mojo - bundle 2017/18 issues: 279-281, 283 (inc CD), 291, 294, 300 (inc CD) | eBay UK

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Mojo - bundle 2017/18 issues: 279-281, 283 (inc CD), 291, 294, 300 (inc CD) at the best online prices at eBay UK! Free delivery for many products!

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Mojo - The Music Magazine. Bundle of issues from 2017 and 2018, including 300th issue. Free CDs in two issues (283 and 300). V good condition. Have been read, some minor creases or dings. See images for full contents. Free postage. #Magazines #Beatles #Stones #Rock #PhysicalMedia ebay.io/m/ogSbXn

Mojo - bundle 2017/18 issues: 279-281, 283 (inc CD), 291, 294, 300 (inc CD) | eBay UK

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Mojo - bundle 2017/18 issues: 279-281, 283 (inc CD), 291, 294, 300 (inc CD) at the best online prices at eBay UK! Free delivery for many products!

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