A protest listing 60,000 names of Palestinians killed by the Israeli Army takes place at Locarno. I wrote it up for Variety variety.com/2026/film/gl...

Protest at the Locarno Film Festival Remembers 60,000 Names of the Dead of Gaza

Locarno became the latest film festival to see protests at the continuing situation in Gaza and Palestine's Occupied Territories.

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It was fundamentally wrong in how it conceived civilization in self-aggrandizing and overly simplistic ways that made the rest of his arguments essentially moot.

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Amid the liberal internationalist optimism of the late 1990s, Samuel Huntington foresaw a world marked by continued conflict.

Rewatching On the Waterfront at the GranRex in Locarno, it’s so fascinating to see what a great cast there is. Eva Maria Saint is phenomenal. Malden, Cobb and Steiger. Brando had this rep as a mumbler but I don’t know why. He’s excellent.

BOTD Robert Aldrich!! MCCT5: 5)Twilights Last Gleaming 4)Big Knife 3)Ulzanas Raid 2)Hustle 1)Kiss Me Deadly 🙏🙏 More: Matthew Wilder/ @talkhouse.bsky.social: talkhouse.com/a-crash-cour... @matt-thrift.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/robert... @www.johnbleasdale.com: hotcorn.com/en/movies/ne...

Robert Aldrich | From Tv to big screen: the journey of a director

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CNN are racists right

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Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc

Those people who chase people sho film themselves shouting pickpockets in various European cities are frauds. You know that right?

Note to documentary filmmakers: VHS didn’t have sprocket holes.

I interviewed Sigurjon Sighvatsson At Locarno Film Festival You can enjoy this conversation with this remarkable figure who produced David Lynch and founded Propaganda Films facilitating David Fincher Spike Jonze et al youtu.be/kuzXhpKxNSc?...

Forum Conversation with Sigurjón ‘Joni’ Sighvatsson at the 79th Locarno Film Festival

YouTube video by Locarno Film Festival

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60000 names of victims of the Gaza genocide in a protest at the Locarno International Film Festival

If a film hasn’t got a credit of “gowns by René” I’m not sure I can be bothered.

I love some slow cinema. But I think it’s ruined more filmmakers than any other idea. It’s a sure fire way of alienating a filmmaker from the audience regardless of their craft and talent.

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Apparently grabbing your junk was a ye olde thing too

Watched the superb Inferno in Diretta or “Cut and Run” with the great Goblin himself Claudio Simonetti in person. Some gnarly kills (Bone Tomehawkish). And very Apocalypse Now inspired with a dash of Jim Jones swirled in. A heady mix. Nice one #Locarno

Does anyone else put on a dumb little smile every time they unlock something with their face as if I want my phone to like me.

There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton

Feeling sexy. Might delete later

Hells teeth

Little smidgen of good news tomorrow on the film front… my lord making indie films takes some outrageous patience! 😅❤️

One thing i love about #Locarno is The Retrospective I spoke with Ehsan Khoshbakht, the ever stylish and eloquent curator for Variety variety.com/2026/film/gl...

‘The Blacklist Was a Plague’: Locarno Retrospective Curator Ehsan Khoshbakht Talks About What We Can Learn From the Intolerance of the Past

This year's retrospective explores one of the most shameful episodes in Hollywood history: the blacklist drawn up during the Red Scare.

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Just arrived in Locarno to discover my favorite animal is a feature of the hotel room. A win.

One year after publication, it's sincerely heartwarming to see this picture from one of Demme's PA's on Philadelphia and Beloved. Enjoy the book, Brian!

Because it’s not obsolete

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Analogue evil: why today’s horror film-makers are obsessed with obsolete tech

Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!

Thrilled to have written the accompanying essay for @criterion.bsky.social’s release of "Resurrection," Bi Gan’s enrapturing treatise on cinema, modern Chinese history, and the collective human experience. Out on Blu-ray and DVD April 21st www.criterion.com/films/35491-...

In which I talk to Vicky Krieps about life and failing and Love Me Tender www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasda...

Vicky Krieps, the woman who won’t play along

The Love Me Tender star on method acting, motherhood and refusing to fit in

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The inability of the media to handle Trump after how many years of his shit can be seen in continued headlines such as “Trump believes deal to be close” when everyone knows he’s lying.

Gary Oldman's Intense Expressions

Alt: Gary Oldman's Intense Expressions Shouting Everyone

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I think icebergs would be better named icemountains because they look like literal mountains of ice. But maybe the mountain bit could be in German so it’s shorter.