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Martin Cleary

@martincleary.bsky.social

Korean cinema - and cinema generally. Writer for mostly now defunct websites and magazines and a contributor to the book ‘Directory of World Cinema: South Korea’

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Martin Cleary@martincleary.bsky.social · 7h ago

DARKEST CHAPTER - ‘A FESTIVAL OF DARK, UNCANNY & HORROR STORYTELLING’ The National Centre for Writing in Norwich have just announced a new horror book festival in November - details still tbc but will include panels, author events and publisher stalls - this sounds great!

Poster for Darkest Chapter - image is an open book with tree branches growing from its pages - and the details are ‘A FESTIVAL OF DARK, UNCANNY & HORROR STORYTELLING Saturday 7 November 2026 National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall, Norwich nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk’
Martin Cleary@martincleary.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’ve just noticed that A TAXI DRIVER (택시운전사, Jang Hoon 2017) is on Tubi here in the UK - a really do strongly recommend this if you’ve haven’t had a chance to see it yet. Based on true events this stars the *always* great Song Kang-ho as a taxi driver who thinks he’s hit payday…

The poster for A TAXI DRIVER depicts Song Kang-ho dressed in yellow and beaming as he leans out of his lime green taxi
Graham Skipper@grahamskipper.bsky.social · 5d ago

My copies of the 2nd Ed of my Godzilla book have come in! With new chapters on Godzilla Minus One, Godzilla X Kong, Monarch, & more! I’m so beyond proud to have my name on the spine of this. Thank you Toho & Welbeck for bringing me on this journey! Support your local bookstore!

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Neil Young@raijimmaru.bsky.social · 7d ago

even as a veteran of DVD commentaries I wasn't prepared for @realgdt.bsky.social's PACIFIC RIM performance. Bloke barely takes a breath for 2-plus hours and seems to have total recall of every person who worked on the film, plus the entire history of Kaiju and Mecha pictures. Dazzling—and moving.

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Martin Cleary@martincleary.bsky.social · last wk.

It’s been a weird, exhausting, hot week so this evening I opted for a comfort double-bill of Kolchak - THE NIGHT STALKER and THE NIGHT STRANGLER. It hadn’t been too long since I last saw these but they’re so rewatchable - 1970s investigative murder-mysteries fused with horror and a touch of noir…

A painted poster for THE NIGHT STALKER depicting Darren McGavin as Kolchak, the colour scheme is a reddish pink and depicts a 1970s Las Vegas. In the foreground is the body of a dead woman.A painted poster for THE NIGHT STRANGLER depicting Darren McGavin as Kolchak, the colour scheme is a turquoise and depicts a 1970s Seattle. In the foreground is a woman dressed in red, she’s belly-dancing.
Martin Cleary@martincleary.bsky.social · last wk.

First time watch of the highly enjoyable THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (Robert Siodmak, 1946). Murder! Mystery! Melodrama! Full of gothic atmosphere, trauma and gorgeously shot. The ‘whodunnit’ is a damp squib but it keeps up a nice pace/tension and really is a feast for the eyes. This is one I’ll revisit

The painted poster for THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE portrays Dorothy McGuire looking worriedly over her shoulder. A large piece of paper sits centrally and features the names of the leads and the title while the faces of George Brent and Ethel Barrymore peer around the side
Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wrote a tribute to Kaylee Hottle, the deaf actress whose performance as Jia was the heart of two of the Legendary Pictures Kaiju films, Godzilla vs Kong and Godzilla x Kong. Killed at 18 in a car wreck. A staggering loss. www.rogerebert.com/tributes/wha...

What Could Have Been: Kaylee Hottle (2007-2026)

From Jean Harlow and James Dean through Simone Battle and Anton Yelchin, entertainment history is filled with instances of performers dying just as audiences

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Richard Wells@slipperyjack.bsky.social · 3w ago

Nerd tourism alert! 🦇 Here are some shot matches from my Netherlands trip where I sought out shooting locations from Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979). Lovely Delft doubling for the German city of Wismar. I'll put location notes in the alt text, and add to the thread over time...

Martin Cleary@martincleary.bsky.social · 2w ago

I enjoyed this - very atmospheric, wonderful set designs and costumes. I shall dig further into the background and history of it. I was, unfortunately, initially pulled out of the film because the Golem reminded me so much of Wendolene Ramsbottom…

The Golem looking fierce but with a distinctly large head piece.Wendolene Ramsbottom from Wallace and Gromit.
Martin Cleary@martincleary.bsky.social · 2w ago

Only time for a shortish film this evening, so now watching THE GOLEM: HOW HE CAME INTO THE WORLD (Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam; Paul Wegener, 1920)

The poster for ‘Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam’ with the title written yellow again a background of grey buildings surrounding three silhouetted figures. Both the title and the art are in a style associated with German expressionist cinema