I'm thrilled to hear that the BFI's staging a Moviedrome season next July. So thrilled, in fact, that I've changed the settings of all my Substack Moviedrome pieces to FREE. Share both pieces of good news with all your friends!

richardluck.substack.com/p/droming-on...

THE EX: a Ghost Story (kindle or ppbk)
"the most brilliant inside-a-bloke's-head novel by a woman writer since The Secret History"
"any book that references Robert Aickman and Ronnie James Dio is a must buy"
"Brilliant novel"
"Like reading a '70s Hammer film"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1916057845

Remembering David Hemmings who died on this day in 2003. I met him on the set of The Night We Called It A Day and he didn't disappoint. Here's the link to the only interview I've conducted which began with the subject asking 'Does your mum know you're out?!' richardluck.substack.com/p/a-life-nea...

Get into the mood for H̶a̶l̶l̶o̶w̶e̶e̶n̶ Christmas with
STIFF LIPS! (kindle or paperback)
"Very creepy, throughly modern ghost story"
"an absolutely terrific ghost story, taut & well-written"
"An engagingly creepy story of status anxiety in Notting Hill"
"Funny & spooky"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1502552485

One of Marshall Brickman's lesser known works. Worth a look.
youtube.com/watch?v=LOj5...

I love the Charlie Brown Christmas special. There's an eerie loneliness that hangs over the whole thing. The music, Charlie Brown's depression, the dying little tree, the flatness of the children's voices, the inevitability of death. A Christmas masterpiece.

BILLSON FILM DATABASE (kindle or paperback)
"A quite amazing, one-of-its-kind collection of brief, humorous and insightful film reviews"
"I would love to argue movies with this woman in a bar that stayed open late"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118

THE COMING THING (kindle or paperback)
"a wild, unholy hybrid of Rosemary's Baby, The Omen and Bridget Jones's diary... rich with barbed and telling observations... A hugely satisfying treat"
"one of the most original horror novels I've read in a very long time... also one of the funniest"

This is, technically, an Advent Calendar.

THE HALF MAN (kindle or pbk)
"a witty, baudy, surreal, head trip of a book"
"a gloriously OTT occult comedy-thriller that has echoes of films like 'The Old Dark House'. Bloody entertaining fun"
"Excellent read. Gory, sexy and funny with a very satisfying ending"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1718632932

Does Liberty Lioness Mildmay Suffragette Weaver Windrush still write for Tatler?