I choose to believe this but I would love to know the source
Tom Davidson
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north east exile in London I work at Sky News i like to write and talk about films read some of my stuff here: https://medium.com/@tomdavidson92
I cried reading ‘The Real Heroes Are Dead’ New Yorker long read
Corey Atad@coreyatad.com · yesterdaydo you ever have strong, palpable, emotional responses to books while reading? i'll chuckle occasionally, and sometimes a suspenseful passage will have my heart racing a bit, but for example i can't say i've ever teared up or cried while reading a book
I think this confuses the private person, who can be mourned by friends, family and colleagues, and the public figure, whose legacy can be assessed based on his work. These are two different things and they have to coexist
Leo Enright@ollopa11.bsky.social · 2d agoI am saddened by the tone of commentary in this place about my former BBC colleague. The level of vitriol seems more suited to the other place. I worked with Rod at the Today programme. He took no prisoners, but he was witty and personally capable of genuine warmth. My sympathy to his family.
Correct about the whirlpool and the sirens particularly, these elements are rushed.
Tom Davidson@tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 2w agoI've written about my IMAX-related problems with The Odyssey medium.com/p/bd3176fe40...
my favourite documentaries are the ones commissioned by the government that prove to be so toxic to the public psyche they get banned from TV finally FINALLY took the plunge on The Sorrow and the Pity
I've written about my IMAX-related problems with The Odyssey medium.com/p/bd3176fe40...
Did Christopher Nolan IMAX himself into a corner with The Odyssey?
Christopher Nolan has wanted to make an ‘all IMAX’ movie his whole career. Did The Odyssey suffer for it?
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actually VERY funny to be getting heckled/shushed at work for talking about The Odyssey
I returned to this excellent Citizen Kane by @bilgeebiri.bsky.social earlier today after encouraging my best friend to watch it… and now, almost inevitably, I want to watch it again www.criterion.com/current/post...
Citizen Kane: The Once and Future Kane
Modern in conception but postmodern in effect, the film hailed by many as the greatest ever made has been the subject of cinephilic passion and intense critical analysis since its release in 1941.
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my Christopher Nolan ranking (due an Insomnia rewatch)
really enjoyed this Slate piece on Brian De Palma's BLOW OUT and like every good bit of criticism it made me very keen to rewatch it www.salon.com/2026/07/04/b...
"Blow Out" exposes the real American way
The 45th anniversary of Brian De Palma's film meets America's 250th, proving corruption is as American as apple pie.
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Sony is waging war on physical media and the PlayStation is the battleground. We have to fight tooth and nail for our rights as consumers: #Sony #PhysicalMedia #PlayStation medium.com/@tomdavidson...
Long live physical media! The fight must never end
Physical media is more important than ever and the powers that be want to take it from us.
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A lot of chat about the 'definitive American movie'... I think my Donald Trump Film Festival list nicely covers a few contenders. Namely: - Heaven's Gate - Citizen Kane - Lone Star (no space for Nashville though) tomdavidson92.medium.com/how-would-yo...
How would you programme a ‘Donald Trump film festival’
How can one use film to understand Donald Trump’s rise to power, his political return and his upset victories over ‘the establishment’
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‘The making of Jurassic Park’ 25 minute documentary dropped on the Universal Pictures at Home YouTube channel last week and it’s really worth your time.
finding it quite emotional that halfway through Spielberg’s appearance on the Rewatchables podcast to talk about 2001: A Space Odyssey he refers to Kubrick in the present tense for like 40 minutes
"My entire adult life has been defined by the financial crisis in 2008" interesting interview with Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold from the FT that I missed a few weeks ago www.ft.com/content/2f37...
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold on filmmaking, melodrama and marriage
The brains behind The Brutalist and The Testament of Ann Lee make notoriously difficult films. It’s a special kind of wonderful
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#Backrooms is, on the whole, a debut triumph - a terrifying synthesis of lo-fi horror, creepypasta internet culture and society's growing obsession with liminal spaces
Tom Davidson@tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 2mo agowell
particularly funny because THE NEW WORLD has 10 times the artistry and power of Avatar
War of the Worlds is such a mad one to include in this collection 'so chief, we've got these seven Spielberg classics lined up... what else should we add?'
25 years today since Yi Yi was released in London I wrote this during Covid five years ago: tomdavidson92.medium.com/yi-yi-at-20-...
Yi Yi at 20: Family, grief and finding the right words
At the end of Edward Yang’s final film Yi Yi a small boy — Yang-Yang — who has been bullied and teased throughout, stands close to the…
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movies from the 2020s currently swirling around my brain: - La Chimera - Red Rooms - Killers of the Flower Moon - Aftersun - All We Imagine As Light - Drive My Car - Eddington - Anatomy of a Fall - Memoria
