Anne Billson
@annebillson.bsky.social
Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
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In praise of the colours (and wallpaper) of THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Jacques Demy, France, 1964).
Showing on the big screen at BAC on Thu 11 Dec at 7.30pm www.bridport-arts.com/event/the-um...
Showing on the big screen at BAC on Thu 11 Dec at 7.30pm www.bridport-arts.com/event/the-um...
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
In praise of the colours (and wallpaper) of THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Jacques Demy, France, 1964).
Showing on the big screen at BAC on Thu 11 Dec at 7.30pm www.bridport-arts.com/event/the-um...
Showing on the big screen at BAC on Thu 11 Dec at 7.30pm www.bridport-arts.com/event/the-um...
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
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Pro tip for people who post too much on here (like me):
you can put:
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you can put:
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December 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pro tip for people who post too much on here (like me):
you can put:
from:me
in the search bar, along with keywords, to search back through your own posts.
you can put:
from:me
in the search bar, along with keywords, to search back through your own posts.
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How about the clang of doom I captured this morning in St. Peter's cemetery...
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
How about the clang of doom I captured this morning in St. Peter's cemetery...
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STRANGERS ON A TRAIN on 35mm at De Cinema today? Don't mind if I do! (Anne's sister Barbara - played by Patricia Hitchcock - is a main character in The Mark, a short story I wrote for Birds, Strangers and Psychos: New Stories Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock.) www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Strang...
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN on 35mm at De Cinema today? Don't mind if I do! (Anne's sister Barbara - played by Patricia Hitchcock - is a main character in The Mark, a short story I wrote for Birds, Strangers and Psychos: New Stories Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock.) www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Strang...
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CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"a perfectly serious & often absolutely fascinating piece of proper film scholarship"
"the two greatest things in life, cats *and* films, carefully curated by an expert in both"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"a perfectly serious & often absolutely fascinating piece of proper film scholarship"
"the two greatest things in life, cats *and* films, carefully curated by an expert in both"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
December 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"a perfectly serious & often absolutely fascinating piece of proper film scholarship"
"the two greatest things in life, cats *and* films, carefully curated by an expert in both"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"a perfectly serious & often absolutely fascinating piece of proper film scholarship"
"the two greatest things in life, cats *and* films, carefully curated by an expert in both"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
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Warhol superstar Mary Woronov, known for her sangfroid in the midst of the nutty Factory denizens, was BOTD in 1943, turning 82 today. She went on to have a cult movie career after her Warhol days and also wrote one of the best books about the Factory, "Swimming Underground"
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Warhol superstar Mary Woronov, known for her sangfroid in the midst of the nutty Factory denizens, was BOTD in 1943, turning 82 today. She went on to have a cult movie career after her Warhol days and also wrote one of the best books about the Factory, "Swimming Underground"
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December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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So Sgt Pepper took you by surprise?
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
So Sgt Pepper took you by surprise?
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SHIRI (Kang, 1999)
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
SHIRI (Kang, 1999)
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As I once said on the old place, they sometimes read like T'ang Dynasty poems.
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
As I once said on the old place, they sometimes read like T'ang Dynasty poems.
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An album that perfectly captures the bustling cocktail-hour despair of those amazing New York bar scenes in Brigadoon.
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
An album that perfectly captures the bustling cocktail-hour despair of those amazing New York bar scenes in Brigadoon.
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CAN SNIF BEEFS
BEEFS FOR AN PORE BOI PLS
BEEFS FOR AN PORE BOI PLS
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
CAN SNIF BEEFS
BEEFS FOR AN PORE BOI PLS
BEEFS FOR AN PORE BOI PLS
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All of Hollywood standing up to declare "I'm Paul Dano!"
Daniel Day Lewis came out of Instagram retirement to show support for Paul Dano. King shit.
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
All of Hollywood standing up to declare "I'm Paul Dano!"
Also an excellent 1976 British TV film, adapted by Frederic Raphael, directed by Clive Donner and starring Peter O'Toole.
Big news in Hollywood today—
Benedict Cumbermatch plans on making a film of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male. It was previously adapted by Fritz Lang into Man Hunt (1941), starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, and a delicious George Sanders as the baddie.
Benedict Cumbermatch plans on making a film of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male. It was previously adapted by Fritz Lang into Man Hunt (1941), starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, and a delicious George Sanders as the baddie.
Benedict Cumberbatch Hoping To Adapt Classic British Novel ‘Rogue Male’ Next Year
Benedict Cumberbatch remains committed to adapting 'Rogue Male,' the classic British novel he says inspired Ian Fleming to write James Bond.
deadline.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Also an excellent 1976 British TV film, adapted by Frederic Raphael, directed by Clive Donner and starring Peter O'Toole.
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Happy birthday again to the incomparable Mary Woronov (yeah I got the date wrong in the original post, sue me)
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Happy birthday again to the incomparable Mary Woronov (yeah I got the date wrong in the original post, sue me)
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Everyone deserves to enjoy nature.
Through my Green Roots Fund we’re backing fantastic projects, including the first white storks breeding colony in London for 600 years.
This is only the beginning - with more than £12m invested over the next 3 years.
Through my Green Roots Fund we’re backing fantastic projects, including the first white storks breeding colony in London for 600 years.
This is only the beginning - with more than £12m invested over the next 3 years.
White storks nest at Dagenham country park in rewilding project
White storks, were previously driven to extinction in Britain, and not seen in London for 600 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Everyone deserves to enjoy nature.
Through my Green Roots Fund we’re backing fantastic projects, including the first white storks breeding colony in London for 600 years.
This is only the beginning - with more than £12m invested over the next 3 years.
Through my Green Roots Fund we’re backing fantastic projects, including the first white storks breeding colony in London for 600 years.
This is only the beginning - with more than £12m invested over the next 3 years.
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The latest newsletter from 70s Sci-Fi Art is all about time machines, and includes an Ian Miller cover which I don't recall seeing before:
www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece...
www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece...
Ian Miller - The Time Machine - 1974, in Glynn Crain's Ian Miller Comic Art Gallery Room
Original Comic Art titled Ian Miller - The Time Machine - 1974, located in Glynn's Ian Miller Comic Art Gallery (1816592)
www.comicartfans.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The latest newsletter from 70s Sci-Fi Art is all about time machines, and includes an Ian Miller cover which I don't recall seeing before:
www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece...
www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece...
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Belated #Caturday photo and timeline cleanse: Helen Chandler with her kitty, Blue Bell, in 1933. I love how the photographer emphasized a certain resemblance between Chandler and the cat. (Chandler is most famous for DRACULA, but if you've never seen 1931's THE LAST FLIGHT, she's terrific in it.)
December 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Belated #Caturday photo and timeline cleanse: Helen Chandler with her kitty, Blue Bell, in 1933. I love how the photographer emphasized a certain resemblance between Chandler and the cat. (Chandler is most famous for DRACULA, but if you've never seen 1931's THE LAST FLIGHT, she's terrific in it.)
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More good news on the rewilding front
White storks to make historic return to London in 2026
Species extinct as breeding birds in Britain since 1416 to be reintroduced in Barking and Dagenham as part of rewilding effort
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
More good news on the rewilding front
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Judy Geeson is on Call My Bluff and she's SMERKIN TABS
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Judy Geeson is on Call My Bluff and she's SMERKIN TABS
Vicaris Nano "hoppy blond" (0.03%) at Beer Lovers Bar.
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Vicaris Nano "hoppy blond" (0.03%) at Beer Lovers Bar.
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I've looked at this James Cameron checklist and I've found the problems:
✅aliens
✅robots
✅the sea
✅helicopters
✅lots of blue and grey
✅evil corporation
✅massive machine guns
✅bit where someone jumps on or into or from an air vehicle
❌bill paxton
❌schwarzenegger
❌memorable bits
✅aliens
✅robots
✅the sea
✅helicopters
✅lots of blue and grey
✅evil corporation
✅massive machine guns
✅bit where someone jumps on or into or from an air vehicle
❌bill paxton
❌schwarzenegger
❌memorable bits
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I've looked at this James Cameron checklist and I've found the problems:
✅aliens
✅robots
✅the sea
✅helicopters
✅lots of blue and grey
✅evil corporation
✅massive machine guns
✅bit where someone jumps on or into or from an air vehicle
❌bill paxton
❌schwarzenegger
❌memorable bits
✅aliens
✅robots
✅the sea
✅helicopters
✅lots of blue and grey
✅evil corporation
✅massive machine guns
✅bit where someone jumps on or into or from an air vehicle
❌bill paxton
❌schwarzenegger
❌memorable bits
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Excited to announce that my wife Karen has taken up the bagpipes
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Excited to announce that my wife Karen has taken up the bagpipes