Jonathan Williams
@realjonwilliams.bsky.social
Filmmaker. https://www.thejonwilliams.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/realjonwilliams/
Still no UK cinema release date in sight. It’s Kiyoshi Kurosover.
Criterion Channel@criterionchannl.bsky.social · 7h agoAfter a smash opening in New York & Los Angeles, THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER expands to many other cities this weekend with more to come!
After years of slumming it with the free trial I've finally upgraded to the full version of @fadeinpro.com . Great piece of screenwriting software with no bloat and no frills.
thinking about Max Cherry again. one of my favorite characters of all time, the Platonic ideal of a man.
Remedy Entertainment were brave enough to ask what if Chow Yun-fat's leather jacket bestowed bullet-time powers to a perma-smirking Philip Marlowe and that's why they're the best in the business
Retronauts@retronauts.bsky.social · 2w ago25 years ago it had all come crashing down. The bad things came, like a winter storm. Pushed over the edge, he appeared on store shelves in the cold no-man's land between right and wrong. There, we were all introduced first hand to Max Payne of the NYPD.
Just caught a screening of John Woo’s The Killer on 35mm
They keep telling me media literacy is dead but then I see videos like this and I know it jot to be true
Caught Blade Runner 2049 in its entirety for the first time since release at the BFI IMAX. That advertising about how the AI companion says “Everything You Want To Hear” sure does feel different now huh.
Just came out a screening of Blade Runner 2049 and this is the first post I see
Mashable@mashable.com · 3w agoAI company Realbotix is piloting STEM robots for rural schools.
Another historical inaccuracy from Nolan—IMAX had not yet been invented in the Mycenaean period, so this is not the aspect ratio that people saw in! Smh
Giving this one a boost. In an attempt to reduce my dependence on the social media ecosystem (Instagram especially), I've started up a blog/news page. Sign up for updates if that floats your boat. www.thejonwilliams.co.uk/news
Jonathan Williams@realjonwilliams.bsky.social · 4w agoNew blog post for all the artists and filmmakers: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 48 Hour Deadline www.thejonwilliams.co.uk/news/how-i-l...
[guy who is amazing at inventing things that don't work properly] I'm thinking WiFi on the train
New blog post for all the artists and filmmakers: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 48 Hour Deadline www.thejonwilliams.co.uk/news/how-i-l...
How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 48 Hour Deadline — JONATHAN WILLIAMS
Short Film Paralysis™ is an all-too-common affliction. Putting money into a short film is a lot like throwing money into a tornado: with some incredible luck maybe the winds will float a tenner back t...
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British drama school training is the envy of the world and, as more film + TV jobs are moving to the UK, our drama schools are the backbone of a global industry. These cuts are artistic vandalism and economic stupidity.
Arts Professional@artsprofessional.co.uk · 4w agoPerforming and creative arts university courses will no longer receive funding from a government teaching grant as part of “difficult decisions” about spending priorities, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said.
England won but NTBTSTM is the best thing I watched tonight.
Had the pleasure of watching Sophy Romvari’s exceptional debut Blue Heron with a Q&A at the BFI this weekend and loved it. Wonderful film.
New blog post! Full Tank goes to Japan (and more!) www.thejonwilliams.co.uk/news/full-ta...
FULL TANK GOES TO JAPAN (And more!) — JONATHAN WILLIAMS
The very first thing I did upon entering the Curzon Soho for the Big Fridge Film Festival was shatter a vase. In a clumsy attempt to shake the hand of festival organiser Conor to thank him for selec...
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New blog post! Full Tank goes to Japan (and more!) www.thejonwilliams.co.uk/news/full-ta...
FULL TANK GOES TO JAPAN (And more!) — JONATHAN WILLIAMS
The very first thing I did upon entering the Curzon Soho for the Big Fridge Film Festival was shatter a vase. In a clumsy attempt to shake the hand of festival organiser Conor to thank him for selec...
thejonwilliams.co.uk
This is the plot of Michael Clayton but instead of a coverup conspiracy Tilda Swinton was like ah fuck it who cares and then nothing happened
NBC News@nbcnews.com · last mo.The Supreme Court sided with the maker of Roundup weedkiller in a ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people the product could cause cancer.
Times like this I’m so glad that I no longer play video games basically at all
Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · last mo.For @aftermath.site, I reviewed the Steam Machine. It costs $1049 base. It is beautifully designed. It might be one of the most important computers ever made, launched at the worst time imaginable. aftermath.site/steam-machin...
Hussein is underplaying what a uniquely amazing interview this was, full of incredible moments like this. Read it: www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
HK@hkesvani.bsky.social · 2mo agoAs we see the end of the Starmer years, I am reflecting on my favourite things about him. Personally, it was when he told a newspaper that he didn’t dream or have any internal thoughts
