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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 5h

It'll be interesting to see* how this looks, because the last time I saw it in the cinema I couldn't help noticing that a few scenes actually looked like shit, which is a shame as I love this film.

*I won't actually see it, because i don't go in for all this 4K nonsense

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 5h

Thinking about starting a new pastime: looking for any musicians posting tour announcements on social media and just commenting underneath with "What, no dates in " and then just adding the name of a random town

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight's culture was Black Hole Sign at the Traverse, big thumbs up from me.

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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 2d

Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...

In 1916 the BMJ published an article about the work done by James Shearer, an American physician working in the British Army as a sergeant (because he had no British qualification). He had described a
"delineator" which was better than x rays for portraying gunshot wounds. This caused a sensation and a lot of interest — but on investigation the work was found to have been invented. The BMJ published a retraction, but Shearer was tried by court martial and sentenced to death by firing squad.

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 2d

#31DaysOfHorror film #16: Arbroath's greatest moment on screen since that baby scene in Under the Skin

Poster art for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein film, showing a dark greenish brown image of the creature

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 2d

How did critics work in the pre-phone days? Did they all attend screenings with torches?

Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 2d

LFF allowing laptops and phones for note taking in the press screenings is end of the world stuff. What happened to pen and paper, or just watching it and concentrating?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3d

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 3d

#31DaysOfHorror film #15: time to tick another nasty off the list. This one has been known by two main titles: one which makes it sounds like it should be a giallo, the other which... well, I guess there's no room for subtlety in the world of grindhouse ballyhoo.

The film title is House of Psychotic Women and the poster shows an illustration of a woman's face split in two, one half looking nice and ordinary, the other half looking evil and deformed and clutching a weapon menacingly

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 3d

Just seen an ad pop up using art that was blatantly AI generated and yet the "artist" still had the nerve to put a copyright and his name on it. I mean yeah, it would be awful if someone stole your image right enough.

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 3d

You ever see a news headline that you just sit and stare at for several minutes?
www.thenational.scot/news/2553640...

Scottish heritage boss sanctioned for 'twerking' in front of Martin Compston

A MANAGER at Historic Environment Scotland (HES) was sanctioned after allegedly “twerking” in front of Hollywood actor Martin Compston,…

www.thenational.scot

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 3d

"I like Ireland very much. I just think it's a little underdeveloped and needs educating."

One for my celtic cousins too then.

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 3d

#31DaysOfHorror film #14: Euro-gothic film The Blancheville Monster (1963), aka Horror. Oddly, the original Italian language version (Horror), despite an opening caption saying "England 1884", is set in Scotland so gets added to my Scotland on screen viewing list. (English dub moves it to Brittany.)

Art for The Blancheville Monster showing an old castle in the distance, a mysterious deformed figure with a bloody knife, and a frightened woman

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 4d

My big problem with the BBC Archive channel on Youtube is that there's way more stuff I'm interested in than I ever have the time to watch. But since I've seen quite a few of you mention this one over the last few days I guess I'll finally get round to it now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9q...

1973: Life on the LAST LIGHTHOUSE | Tuesday Documentary | World of Work | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

www.youtube.com

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 4d

Continuing the #31DaysOfHorror with films #12 and #13. This feels like a Saturday night double bill: tick another video nasty off the list (some Ivan Reitman-produced Canuxploitation!), followed by Italian zombie trash which feels like something I should have seen but somehow never have.

Poster for the film Death Weekend, under its alternative title of The House by the Lake, showing a spooky looking house and a man forcefully holding his hand over a scared woman's mouth

Poster art for Zombie 4: After Death, showing a bloody, decaying hand and a pool of blood coming out from behind a metal gate

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 4d

Another update for the "books I've read in 2025" thread: a Booker prize winner, a Skye-set family drama, a play by a playwright I love which had sadly just finished by the time I visited London this year, and a collection of short stories which I believe is the first Shirley Jackson I've ever read.

Orbital by Samantha Harvey, Dancing in the Shallows by Clare Reddaway, The Brightening Air by Conor McPherson and The Daemon Lover by Shirley Jackson

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 4d

(It also afforded me the opportunity to pop into Futtle and stock up on their top notch kombucha.)

Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 4d

Cracking day of theatre on either side of the Silvery Tay today, with The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams' best play (yes, it is, get over yourself, Streetcar fans) at Dundee Rep this afternoon then down to the Byre in St Andrews this evening for touring production Common Tongue. Both excellent.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 14d

People who enjoyed my ethnomusicologal folk horror movie might also enjoy my ethnomusicologial folk feelgood documentary, by the way (and I drew those opening titles myself, nice to see them again)

www.disneyplus.com/en-ie/browse...

Watch While You Live, Shine | Disney+

Eccentric musicologist explores ancient melodies, revealing forgotten treasures.

www.disneyplus.com

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 4d

#31DaysOfHorror film #11: Saturday morning Corman!

A skeleton presides over an open coffin and three black robed witches dance around a graveyard in a vintage lobby card for the 1957 film The Undead

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 4d

You'll have some job getting your clown costume clean again too!

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 5d

Can't have #31DaysOfHorror and not fit in a little bit of Amicus fun. Film #10 - time to revisit an old favourite.

Poster for 1973 film Vault of Horror, showing a face and hands emerging from a crypt and a few other people peeking out from behind graves.

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 5d

Solid enough start followed by two of VistaVision's weaker travelogues.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Last four Letterboxd ratings: 3/5 and 3.5/5 for a couple of "VistaVision Visits..." travelogues, 4.5 for Wake Up Dead Man, and 4 for Lust of the Vampire

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 5d

Today for @thebulwark.com I take a look at the short fiction of one of the great American genre writers, Charles Beaumont.

www.thebulwark.com/p/hopeless-h...

The Hopeless Horror of Charles Beaumont

The writer died before his fortieth birthday—but left behind an influential catalogue of stories and unforgettable Twilight Zone episodes.

www.thebulwark.com

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 6d

Did Dylan or Springsteen ever have a TV special where they wander round Falkland Palace with Andy Williams or sing carols with a bunch of school kids in the old church in St Monans? DID THEY FUCK

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 6d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Alan Maxwell @anthemsprinter.bsky.social · 6d

I did also travel to Belfast for 48 hours to watch Translations 3 times - basically, I'm appointing myself chief Friellie gatekeeper

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