New article from Notes from the End of Cinema, in which I thought I was going to write about The Odyssey but ended up writing about Bresson’s L’Argent davidhering.substack.com/p/visible-go...

Visible God: On Robert Bresson’s L’Argent

I saw two films at the cinema this week: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which I enjoyed, and Robert Bresson’s L’Argent. I was originally going to write something about The Odyssey, but seeing L’Arge...

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I wrote on Blue Heron, the extraordinary and moving debut feature from Sophy Romvari davidhering.substack.com/p/through-a-...

Through a Camera Darkly: Blue Heron and the films of Sophy Romvari

In his book Camera Lucida, written after the death of his mother, Roland Barthes talks about what it means to look at a photograph of someone who has died:

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Some news! 🎥 🍿 @ortacpress.bsky.social

Sixteen semi-connected thoughts on Steven Spielberg and Disclosure Day: open.substack.com/pub/davidher...

In Brief: 16 Semi-Connected Thoughts about Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day

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Reading from new work in Berlin in October!

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Berlin weekender — 16th & 17th October ft. @wordkunst.bsky.social Lauren Oyler @elusiveword.bsky.social Ryan Ruby @davidhering.bsky.social @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social @lucykulwiec.bsky.social Jared Pollen @minxmarple.bsky.social @gabrielflynn.bsky.social Martin Lechner, Donna Stonecipher ...

I wrote on Backrooms, Gen Z horror and the endless production of stuff t.co/nFCY3RXCXz

I wrote on Backrooms, Gen Z horror and the endless production of stuff t.co/nFCY3RXCXz

Tonight at Waterstones Liverpool! Last few tickets at the link: www.waterstones.com/events/saul-...

Liverpool people! I’ll be in conversation with Saul Leslie next Tuesday 21st April about his fantastic debut novel at Waterstones Liverpool. Tickets on sale now at the link. All welcome! www.waterstones.com/events/saul-...

Saul Leslie discusses A Working Title I Want To Change | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Saul Leslie discusses A Working Title I Want To Change today.

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Wrote on an underseen classic, Robert Altman’s California Split (1974): open.substack.com/pub/davidher...

Underseen: Robert Altman's California Split (1974)

This is the first in an occasional series, ‘Underseen’, which looks at films that aren’t easily available or on physical media.

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I wrote about Best Picture Oscar winner One Battle After Another open.substack.com/pub/davidher...

A Few Small Beers with Pynchon: On One Battle After Another

If you put Paul Thomas Anderson’s films alongside each other you’d have a shadow history of California.

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The new issue of Death Kit features an extract, "Skull", from a novel I'm currently working on. Death Kit have done such a phenomenal job on this - the whole issue looks fantastic. You can get it at https:// deathkitcom.wordpress.com/86-2/ where you can subscribe (1 year/4 issue £10/£7.50)

Wrote on the complicated legacies of Silence of the Lambs at 35: davidhering.substack.com/p/the-silenc...

The Silence of the Lambs at 35

March 30th, 1992: The 64th Oscars ceremony is underway in Los Angeles.

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Absolutely loved 28YL: The Bone Temple. Thought it was more focused and intelligent than its predecessor- not afraid to breathe and let the viewer think. Preferred the stillness of this to Boyle’s manic style. And there’s a proper hootin’ and hollerin’-worthy set piece late on

Smooth Talk (1985): Thought this was excellent. A remarkable evocation of teenage life that turns abruptly into something much darker. Laura Dern has been great since day one

I wrote about my favourite films of 2025: open.substack.com/pub/davidher...

Films of the Year 2025

2025 was an incredible year for cinema.

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Later this month, I’ll be writing about my films of 2025. But first, the arguably more important first annual Notes from the End of Cinema Movie Awards (or NECMAs), which are very serious and not in any way an opportunity for cheap laughs and jibes: davidhering.substack.com/p/the-first-...

The First Annual 'Notes from..." Movie Awards

It’s nearing the end of an excellent year for cinema.

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For Reverse Shot I reviewed the deeply frustrating Hamnet, a film simultaneously overawed by Shakespeare and totally uninterested in him: reverseshot.org/reviews/entry/3399/hamnet

Hamnet

Hamnet is impeccably tasteful, the interiors exquisitely and naturally lit and the exteriors strikingly framed, but this tastefulness grows wearying, even stultifying.

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I wrote a brief appreciation of the late Peter Watkins: davidhering.substack.com/p/peter-watk...

Peter Watkins: An Appreciation

Britain doesn’t appreciate its boldest filmmakers.

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A Halloween special post from Notes From The End Of Cinema about the time me and my friends made a horror film. You can read the post, and watch the film, at the link. Happy Halloween! open.substack.com/pub/davidher...

A Halloween special from Notes from the End of Cinema - 10 Horror films you might not know open.substack.com/pub/davidher...

Halloween Special: 10 Horror films You Might Not Know

Happy October!

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I wrote on One Battle After Another, Thomas Pynchon and Paul Thomas Anderson’s California open.substack.com/pub/davidher...

A Few Small Beers with Pynchon: On One Battle After Another

If you put Paul Thomas Anderson’s films alongside each other you’d have a shadow history of California.

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I wrote on Eddington, and what happens when you try to mix the internet with a Western open.substack.com/pub/davidher...

World-Wide-Western: On Ari Aster’s Eddington

The internet is uncinematic.

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60s Scott Walker: Baby take it easy now/I miss your sweet caress and how! 70s Scott Walker: The boulevards are rushing by, mon frere/With ennui and some despair 00s Scott Walker: Locust/Locust/Disease [sound of Mickey Mouse being tortured in a Bolivian jail]

Delighted that this article has been picked up by @criterion.bsky.social for The Daily www.criterion.com/current/post...

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I wrote about my complex feelings on Zach Creggar's unusual horror film Weapons, in a review which ended up also taking in John Carpenter, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, David Lynch and Theodor Adorno t.co/WUST5jpXQT

I wrote about my complex feelings on Zach Creggar's unusual horror film Weapons, in a review which ended up also taking in John Carpenter, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, David Lynch and Theodor Adorno t.co/WUST5jpXQT

I wrote about my complex feelings on Zach Creggar's unusual horror film Weapons, in a review which ended up also taking in John Carpenter, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, David Lynch and Theodor Adorno t.co/WUST5jpXQT

Enjoy this Rohmer talk and this picture of a Rohmer-esque lighthouse

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if you missed it when it came out then here's a reminder to tune in to our most listened to episode so far! host Jess @jesswhite.bsky.social spoke to David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social about film writing, Eric Rohmer and French New Wave. open.spotify.com/episode/2wbT...

I wrote about Pavements and the current state of the Music Biopic open.substack.com/pub/davidher...

Two Paths for the Music Biopic: On Alex Ross Perry’s 'Pavements'

I was once asked if there was a genre of movie that I disliked.

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I wrote about 28 Years Later, a film which I struggled with but nevertheless found fascinating in its vision of contemporary Britain davidhering.substack.com/p/isles-of-w...

Isles of Wonder: On Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later

This piece contains major spoilers for 28 Years LaterThanks for reading Notes from the End of Cinema!

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