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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for the reference. I agree, it’s hardly Bergman’s finest work, a curio really.

Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · 3d

At 90 years old, Peter Watkins death yesterday was hardly unexpected but it’s still sad that such an astonishing and bold film maker is still on the margins in our culture. His intelligent, often challenging and innovative films are unique. Here’s an obit: www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...

Collection of blu rays and dvds of Peter Watkins’ films

Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Sep 9

Andrew an interesting critic with a deep knowledge of horror so this should be good.

Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · Sep 9

Do you like WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR? 👀
How about BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW? 👀
Do you like a horror of stillness, dissociation and dread, like the worst trip you’ve ever had? Hurrah! come to @miskatonicihs.bsky.social in London on September 30th (payday!) and gaze into the abyss with us. 😱

Shoegaze Horror: Bad Vibes, Liminal Loops and Deadly Dissociation (London) - The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies

Enter the dreamlike, destabilising world of Shoegaze Horror, where cinema trades story for sensation and transforms atmosphere into dread.

miskatonicinstitute.com

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Aug 10

And from Sunday 14th September: A Chronicle of the Frontier: The Western as Myth and History matthewasprey2.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/o...

Online course: A Chronicle of the Frontier: The Western as Myth and History (starting September 14)

A 12-WEEK ONLINE FILM STUDIES COURSE(September – December, 2025)PRESENTED BY MATTHEW ASPREY GEAR In this 12-week online film studies course, held on Google Meet, we’ll study 21 Western feat…

matthewasprey2.wordpress.com

Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Aug 10

For the past few years, I've been enjoying some of the film courses by Matthew Asprey-Gear. There's a couple coming up. The Latin American cinema has a lot of underseen gems. From 13th September: matthewasprey2.wordpress.com/2025/07/26/o...

Online course: A Panorama of Latin American Cinema (starting September 13)

A 12-WEEK ONLINE FILM STUDIES COURSE(September – December, 2025) This original film studies course, presented online via Google Meet, will give a comprehensive survey of the best of Latin America…

matthewasprey2.wordpress.com

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jul 4

A thrill to meet Alex Cox and Nick Freand Jones after an event discussing Moviedrome, the BBC film programming that turned me on to the weird and wonderful in cinema. I even found my old Moviedrome booklets and got them signed!

Signed by Nick Freand Jones and Alex Cox

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jun 26

It’s now on sale. I’ve got myself a ticket for the Thursday in seat L17. Anyone else coming? whatson.bfi.org.uk/imax/Online/...

Special preview screening: Pink FloyThe Grateful Dead Movie 2025 Meet-Up

Grateful Dead celebrate their 60th Anniversary and return to our very big screen with a Meet-Up At The Movies.

whatson.bfi.org.uk

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jun 21

Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead at the Royal Albert Hall complete with London Philharmonic Orchestra was brilliant. Lots of tie dyes in the audience. The only performance in Europe.

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jun 18

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jun 18

Here’s hoping this year’s Grateful Dead Meet Up At The Movies returns to the UK. Picturehouse did a great job hosting the last two. You can sign up for updates here: www.meetupatthemovies.com

The Grateful Dead Movie

Sign up for more information on the official website. For a limited time only in theaters & IMAX® August 14

www.meetupatthemovies.com

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jun 16

David Cronenberg’s THE SHROUDS is surprisingly effective as both a personal meditation on grief and also an almost absurdist comedy. Like the best of speculative sci fi, it’s a reflection of contemporary concerns, and is very much a film about ideas.

Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jun 15

This nugget says a lot: “in keeping with its idiosyncratic way of operating, they’ve had to call in a ghost hunter to investigate the source of a mystery flood that has been blighting the building. It turns out that the cinema is home to numerous ghosts, but none are responsible for water damage.”

Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jun 15

An interesting article covering the @princecharlescinema.com’s current challenges with its landlord. Great that the recent petition inspired Westminster to declare it an ” asset of community value” but the threat is stop there and the landlord is price gouging www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘The city is being hollowed out’: the billionaire landlord locked in a David v Goliath battle for London’s West End

Dubbed ‘Britain’s meanest landlord’, Asif Aziz is fighting it out with a tiny cinema that counts Christopher Nolan, Paul Mescal and other Hollywood heroes as fans. How did the capital’s cultural landm...

www.theguardian.com

Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jun 15

An interesting article covering the @princecharlescinema.com’s current challenges with its landlord. Great that the recent petition inspired Westminster to declare it an ” asset of community value” but the threat is stop there and the landlord is price gouging www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘The city is being hollowed out’: the billionaire landlord locked in a David v Goliath battle for London’s West End

Dubbed ‘Britain’s meanest landlord’, Asif Aziz is fighting it out with a tiny cinema that counts Christopher Nolan, Paul Mescal and other Hollywood heroes as fans. How did the capital’s cultural landm...

www.theguardian.com

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jun 14

A brilliant day at bfi Film On Film festival today, well worth hiding from the sunshine! Preminger’s ADVISE & CONSENT, Iranian film A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE, Hitchcock’s 1934 version of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH and Georgian film PIROSMANI. More tomorrow.

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jun 8

A Sunday afternoon treat at the Garden Cinema. My DVD of the wonderful Fishing with John has never been able to play the first Dennis Hopper episode. Eventually I got to see it! Next in this double bill is the UK premiere of a mythical doc called Tarpon.

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · Jun 8

As a violin player, I'd ask you please consider signing the petition to save Newark musical instrument school, the last string instrument making school in the UK. It's not just about making new instruments, it's about having skilled people who can do repairs. www.change.org/p/save-the-n...

Sign the Petition

Save the Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts!

www.change.org

Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · May 29

M: Julien. I'm Marie
J: Marie?
M: Marie, the one you loved.
J: I doubt it, Mademoiselle. You're not at all my type
M: That's what you think. Give me a little time.

Many thanks to the ICA staff who did live English subtitle matching throughout. Final two Rivette films in the season this weekend.

Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · May 29

For those who need translation of the last scene when the subtitle projector packed in at the ICA's rare screening of Jacques Rivette's HISTOIRE OF MARIE ET JULIEN:
Julien: What time is it
Marie: Pretty early
J: I mean … what are you doing here, who are you? How did you enter?
(cont...)

Still from Le histoire de Julien et Marie

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · May 27

I don’t think he always chose the films but he always had something gleefully interesting to say about them.

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · May 27

The BFI have announced a Moviedrome season starting July!!!!
As a teen, I religiously tuned in every Sunday night to watch these weird, cult movies introduced by Alex Cox.
Now I’ll see them on the big screen with Cox and producer Nick Freand Jones introducing!
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Moviedrome: Bringing the Cult TV Series to the Big Screen | BFI Southbank

whatson.bfi.org.uk

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · May 25

Bananas are a herb

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Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · May 23

Le Cinema Club is spoiling us again. Kelly Reichard’s marvellous debut RIVERS OF GRASS available to watch free for one week. www.lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/...

RIVER OF GRASS a film by KELLY REICHARDT

RIVER OF GRASS a film by KELLY REICHARDT. 1994. USA. 76 min.

www.lecinemaclub.com

Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · May 20

UK premiere of David Cronenberg's THE SHROUDS!! This is now on sale to Members (any remaining tickets on sale to public tomorrow lunchtime). I know it's had mixed reviews, but I can't wait.

Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · May 16

Another BLEAK WEEK addition.

David Cronenberg's THE SHROUDS.

Monday 16th June.

Tickets on sale next week.

Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · May 17

For the next six days you can watch Bi Gan’s debut film KAILI BLUES for free at Le Cinema Club. His latest film RESURRECTION will debut shortly at Cannes. www.lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/...

Le Cinéma Club | KAILI BLUES

A free, curated platform streaming one film every week.

www.lecinemaclub.com

Dave McAllister @davefilmblog.bsky.social · May 11

An astonishing final show. A delicate shimmering first set ebbing and flowing beautifully finishing with a touch of darkness. Then what a final set, epic, intense and with such energy. This has been a brilliant residency. Thanks @cafeotodalston.bsky.social and The Necks!

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