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Melanie Williams
@britfilmmelanie.bsky.social
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Norwich-based film and media prof. Books on A Taste of Honey, 1960s, stardom, David Lean, Ealing, J. Lee Thompson, etc. Currently working on ace director Muriel Box. Opinions very much my own.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 18h
Netflix presents

UGARTE

A limited series that explains in laborious detail how Peter Lorre’s character in Casablanca obtained the letters of transit

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d
… and he SERVED ✨
Bugs Bunny in drag

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John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 4d
Hooray!
The blu-ray of the film Juggernaut.

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Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 5d
What a great film it is!

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Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 6d
Harsh. Take care, love ❤️

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Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 6d
I tell no lies when it comes to matters as serious as knitwear

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Graham Reed 🔞🦀 (Crab Verified) @ipsumlorem.bsky.social · 6d
The best part of the (very very dry & solemniously academic) audio commentary for 1974's JUGGERNAUT comes at roughly 46m in, from Melanie Williams, Professor of Film 7 Television Studies at University of East Anglia;

"There's a lot of excellent sweaters in this film."

I couldn't agree more!

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Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social · 6d
The first episode of Backlisted was published on 30th November 2015, ten years ago today. @backlisted.bsky.social

‘We can ask and ask but we can’t have again what once seemed ours forever.’ - J.L. Carr, A Month in the Country 🙏

www.backlisted.fm/episodes/1-j...
1. J. L. Carr - A Month in the Countr — Backlisted
In the first episode of a new podcast about books, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by novelist Lissa Evans and Unbound's Mathew Clayton to discuss J.L. Carr's A Month In The Country. If y...
www.backlisted.fm

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Bill "Misteltoe" Stinkwater @klausbromi.bsky.social · 7d
Jesus Christ, the "remastered" Beatles Anthology documentary they re-released is filled with AI slop. Look at John and Paul's faces, and the "T" on Beatles.

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The CineHistorians Podcast @cinehistorians.bsky.social · 8d
Episode S2E6 of the #CineHistorians Podcast is now available on YouTube! In this episode, we discuss Djibril Diop Mambéty's Touki Bouki (1973), the history of Senegalese cinema, Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project and much more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zzd...
S2E6: Touki Bouki (1973) and Djibril Diop Mambéty
YouTube video by The CineHistorians Podcast
www.youtube.com

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Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 9d
For once, dogged persistence has paid off and after 5 months (and crucially, finding a direct line to HR rather than the ghostly helpdesk email they try to palm you off with) I have finally been reimbursed in full by Salford. Let joy be unconfined!
a woman wearing a blue head scarf says in dealing with me the relatives didn
ALT: a woman wearing a blue head scarf says in dealing with me the relatives didn
media.tenor.com

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Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 9d
Keeping the British end up, in my contribution to this multinational melodrama overview: www.bfi.org.uk/features/aro...
Around the world in melodrama: 9 countries, 45 essential films
From Hollywood tearjerkers to Chinese tales of passion and loss, melodrama has shaped cinema across cultures. Our trip around the globe explores how filmmakers worldwide have embraced heightened emoti...
www.bfi.org.uk

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 12d
Stop looking for reasoned Keynesian explanations or expecting even a modicum of liberal whatever. This is neoliberal, neofascist resource extraction and border enforcement to the death.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12d
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com

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ChinnyVision @chinnyvision.bsky.social · 13d
But this is what I was looking for. The panto so bad Barry Howard hung up his dame costume afterwards.

A panto so bad Barry Howard, while watching a rehearsal descend into an argument, used the phrase "The problem is, they're all cunts" to another cast member doing his first panto.

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George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 13d
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 15d
Oh, thank you very much, that's very kind. Yes, Court in session! Love her ❤️

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15d
'Dozens of women joined a collective LinkedIn experiment this week after a series of viral posts suggested that, for some, changing their gender to “male” boosted their visibility on the network.' 1/3
Bro boost: women find LinkedIn traffic ‘drives’ if they pretend to be men
Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by men
www.theguardian.com

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 15d
William Carlos Williams - Charles Sheeler, 1926
A B&W photo of Dr. Williams. He's holding his chin and giving the camera a stare.

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Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 15d
How much do I love teaching Jaws? Let me count the ways
a man singing farewell and adieu to spanish ladies
Alt: The character of Quint played by Robert Shaw from the film Jaws (1975) singing 'farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies'
media.tenor.com

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 16d
"Sapiens" is basically an indictment of the whole concept of the "thought leader," a guy with academic credentials who sounds smart and underpays graduate students to (poorly) do the research that he slaps his name on and publishes.
ifbookspod.bsky.social If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social · 16d
Episode 46: Sapiens

It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 19d
Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV (17th November 1986). More words of wisdom from Kitty.

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Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 19d
"I will bring the whole edifice down on their unworthy heads": when you're feeling a bit Medusa Touchy (but without the telekinetic powers)

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Him Over There, Now Over Here @snathe.bsky.social · 19d
It's the 321st day of the year today, so in celebration of this, here's the time that Ted Rogers opened the original version of the show "Uno, Dos, Tres" on Spanish TV, using the English 321 titles including the Yorkshire TV Ident zooming into Dusty Bin.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Iw...
Ted Rogers on TVE | Un, Dos, Tres... responda otra vez (24/09/1982)
YouTube video by BluetheFortune
www.youtube.com

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 20d
The AI bubble may be about to bust.

Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.

We all need to say this very clearly:

NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!

Expropriate their asses instead.

They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.

They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3

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Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social · 22d
More bad news for Film Studies and Arts and Humanities in UK universities. Please consider signing to support the pushback c.org/cM75QrZX98
Sign the Petition
Stop the Closure of Film Studies at Uni of Leicester
c.org

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Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social · 24d
If you're up late tonight, then Diana Dors stars in #BritNoir classic Yield to the Night (1956), 12:55am on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social!

Directed by #Bristol born J. Lee Thompson and also starring Yvonne Mitchell and Michael Craig. Love the poster artwork for this one.

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Saucy Seventies @saucyseventies.bsky.social · 24d
You'll miss the BBC when it's gone...

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 24d
Some people pour soy sauce on their vanquished opponent, but not me. I would never Kikkoman when he's down.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · Nov 6
Not every idea is worth airing. Not every point of view is worth hearing. Not everything that "a lot of people believe" should be credentialed by homepage space. Would the NYT editorial board run "Did Homosexuals Ruin Culture?" or "Did Black People Get Too Big for Their Britches?" I guess we'll see.
Headline: Interesting Times with Ross Douthat: Did Women Ruin the Workplace?