Mike McCahill
@mikemccahill.bsky.social
Film and TV journalist for the Guardian, Telegraph and Little White Lies. A child of Richard Marx and Rola Cola.
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War stories. On SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE [below] and THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS, plus obituaries for Tatsuya Nakadai and Henry Jaglom, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
Last night I learnt we have the first fully original Sam Raimi film in seventeen years to look forward to in 2026 - *and* it looks pretty good, too: youtu.be/R4wiXj9NmEE?...
Send Help | Official Trailer | In Theaters Jan 30
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November 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Last night I learnt we have the first fully original Sam Raimi film in seventeen years to look forward to in 2026 - *and* it looks pretty good, too: youtu.be/R4wiXj9NmEE?...
My Telegraph obit of Udo Kier, who died earlier this week:
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Udo Kier, cult actor who brought bug-eyed madness to B-movies and arthouse hits
His breakthrough came in Andy Warhol’s 3D-enhanced Flesh for Frankenstein and as a prissy vampire in Blood for Dracula
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November 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My Telegraph obit of Udo Kier, who died earlier this week:
www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
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On this week's UK chart - new tracks from Charli XCX, Lewis Capaldi and Tyla. Plus Keith David's first Top 30 hit: open.substack.com/pub/theeartr...
Week 47: November 21-27, 2025
Sitting in pop's waiting room. Thank heavens for Macca
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November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
On this week's UK chart - new tracks from Charli XCX, Lewis Capaldi and Tyla. Plus Keith David's first Top 30 hit: open.substack.com/pub/theeartr...
On James Vanderbilt's NUREMBERG, now showing: tinyurl.com/5ddx4hay
Germany in autumn: "Nuremberg"
As far as this awards season goes - and in as much as Nuremberg can be considered an awards-season contender - this is as trad as it gets. ...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
On James Vanderbilt's NUREMBERG, now showing: tinyurl.com/5ddx4hay
All those (admittedly lovely) articles about Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen appearing together on MAN ON THE INSIDE S2 (Netflix) are burying the lede: David Strathairn's in it, too. (*And* Schmidt from NEW GIRL.)
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
All those (admittedly lovely) articles about Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen appearing together on MAN ON THE INSIDE S2 (Netflix) are burying the lede: David Strathairn's in it, too. (*And* Schmidt from NEW GIRL.)
More AIR BUD news: youtu.be/dm5IwjiGT80?...
Air Bud Pt. III: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)
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November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
More AIR BUD news: youtu.be/dm5IwjiGT80?...
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100% hit rate RIP king
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
100% hit rate RIP king
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War stories. On SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE [below] and THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS, plus obituaries for Tatsuya Nakadai and Henry Jaglom, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
War stories. On SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE [below] and THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS, plus obituaries for Tatsuya Nakadai and Henry Jaglom, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
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Blog update: Did Half Man Half Biscuit - indie chart toppers in March 1986 - have anything to do with the Oi subgenre Punk Pathetique? Did it matter? And how did the "Caretaker's Band" at a Liverpool recording studio become cult sensations with a jokey tape anyway?
76. Half Man Half Biscuit - The Trumpton Riots (Probe Plus)
All the singles to top the NME Indie Charts since its launch in 1981, complete with an overview of the other music in the charts each week.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Blog update: Did Half Man Half Biscuit - indie chart toppers in March 1986 - have anything to do with the Oi subgenre Punk Pathetique? Did it matter? And how did the "Caretaker's Band" at a Liverpool recording studio become cult sensations with a jokey tape anyway?
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Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
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Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 21.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
A prostitute in Rome hunts for love, but struggles to find it. Oscar winner from Federico Fellini. Italian with subtitles.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 21.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 21.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
New on last week's UK chart - tracks from Rosalía, Katy Perry and Florence + The Machine. Plus: the strange tale of the song kicked out of the charts like a ruffian from a club.
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Week 46: November 14-20, 2025
Pearls, troublemakers, Bandaids and protest songs
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November 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New on last week's UK chart - tracks from Rosalía, Katy Perry and Florence + The Machine. Plus: the strange tale of the song kicked out of the charts like a ruffian from a club.
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War stories. On SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE [below] and THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS, plus obituaries for Tatsuya Nakadai and Henry Jaglom, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
War stories. On SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE [below] and THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS, plus obituaries for Tatsuya Nakadai and Henry Jaglom, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
For those of us who semi-enjoyed 2000's leaden Ashley Judd thriller DOUBLE JEOPARDY because the villain went by the name "Nicholas Parsons", the new Netflix series THE BEAST IN ME offers similar rewards.
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For those of us who semi-enjoyed 2000's leaden Ashley Judd thriller DOUBLE JEOPARDY because the villain went by the name "Nicholas Parsons", the new Netflix series THE BEAST IN ME offers similar rewards.
New to Netflix, and - given today's news - I'll merely add it's also one of very few recent films that have tried to articulate, process and wrestle with the myriad everyday tragedies of the Covid era.
On this week's other must-see, Neeraj Ghaywan's HOMEBOUND (which could itself have been called ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER): tinyurl.com/3h39js4f
The expendables: "Homebound"
India's submission for Academy Award consideration this year, Homebound , is an unusual one: inspired by a New York Times article and exec...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
New to Netflix, and - given today's news - I'll merely add it's also one of very few recent films that have tried to articulate, process and wrestle with the myriad everyday tragedies of the Covid era.
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For my fellow @ofcs.bsky.social members (and anyone else who wants to watch a great movie), India's Oscar submission HOMEBOUND is now on Netflix: www.netflix.com/title/82109253
Watch Homebound | Netflix
Chandan and Shoaib leave home to apply for police jobs seeking stability and status, but over time, their future and friendship grow uncertain.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
For my fellow @ofcs.bsky.social members (and anyone else who wants to watch a great movie), India's Oscar submission HOMEBOUND is now on Netflix: www.netflix.com/title/82109253
My Telegraph obit of the director Henry Jaglom, who died in September: www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
Henry Jaglom, maverick director best known for the Dennis Hopper Vietnam-vet film Tracks
Tracks was shot without permits on the Amtrak network, a process that saw director and star being sporadically ejected mid-shoot
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November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My Telegraph obit of the director Henry Jaglom, who died in September: www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
Picking up where I left off before life intervened. On last week's UK chart, new tracks from Olivia Dean, Rosalia ft. Björk, and Florence + the Machine: tinyurl.com/mt5z988e
Week 45: November 7-13, 2025
Rites of Spring, bare bottoms and musical mysteries. Plus: "West End Girls"
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November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Picking up where I left off before life intervened. On last week's UK chart, new tracks from Olivia Dean, Rosalia ft. Björk, and Florence + the Machine: tinyurl.com/mt5z988e
Pre-publicity for Netflix's pricey ten-episode reboot, with Jacob Elordi as Bernie, and a mo-capped Andy Serkis as the dog.
Holy cow, the title sequence of 'Bernie' has turned up! youtu.be/WTGpwJ6F644?... @lordshortcake.bsky.social
BERNIE - BERNIE WINTERS - THAMES TV - 1978-1980-OPENING TITLES
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November 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Pre-publicity for Netflix's pricey ten-episode reboot, with Jacob Elordi as Bernie, and a mo-capped Andy Serkis as the dog.
On THE RUNNING MAN [below], PREDATOR: BADLANDS, DIE MY LOVE, BUGONIA, JOHN CLEESE PACKS IT IN and KENNY DALGLISH, plus a June Lockhart obit and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
November 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
On THE RUNNING MAN [below], PREDATOR: BADLANDS, DIE MY LOVE, BUGONIA, JOHN CLEESE PACKS IT IN and KENNY DALGLISH, plus a June Lockhart obit and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
My Telegraph obituary of Tatsuya Nakadai, who died last week: www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
Tatsuya Nakadai, actor who won worldwide fame as the Lear figure in Kurosawa’s epic film Ran
As the octogenarian lord in Ran he spent four hours a day in make-up, while his beard caught fire amid the climactic castle-burning
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November 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
My Telegraph obituary of Tatsuya Nakadai, who died last week: www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
Another time, a better time.
The one fall film released so far that feels like it could have been a bigger hit in another time was Roofman.
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Another time, a better time.