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Alex Godfrey

@mrgodfrey.bsky.social

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Features Editor at Empire magazine. BSME Best Feature Writer 2023 / shortlisted 2024 & 2025. Shortlisted for PPA Best Writer 2025. Previously: words for Guardian / GQ / Esquire / Telegraph / Sunday Times Culture / Wired https://linktr.ee/MrGodfrey

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, thank you so much Brian. Very nice of you to get in touch and say so - really appreciate you reading it and responding. And thanks - very touching piece from you too.

Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 7d

I heard that yesterday too. So interesting.

Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 8d

Very very sorry to hear that. And thanks so much for reading. It means the world that it's of some use.

Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks so much for reading it. And I'm very touched to hear that it's been of some use. Hope you're doing okay.

Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 8d

That might be wise. And I'm very sorry to hear that.

Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you for reading it, and for sharing that. I hope the next few days give you both everything you need.

Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 8d

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 9d

Hmmmm maybe not. I don't know. It might be helpful. It's not fun though. And I'm sorry to hear it. But hope she's getting good care.

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 9d

This is wonderful to hear. And yes, exactly, it's worth just getting it out, i think. Thanks so much for reading it and responding.

Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 9d

When my dad was dying in hospital, and apparently not bothered about it in the slightest, he told me I should write about it. I scoffed at the time. I didn't want to write about that. But after mulling over it for an age, I've just had a week off work, and got it all out there. Allllll of it.

The Last Days Of Harry Godfrey

Documenting my dad's death. Because he told me to.

alexgodfrey.substack.com

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 11d

Oh dear.

Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 11d

I love shots like that. Crew hiding in every nook and cranny. Reminded me of this one from Goodfellas.

Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 11d

Hadn't seen this Elephant Man bts before. Lynch and crew shooting Michael Elphick. Cinema!

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 14d

Ah yes.

Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 14d

Excellent

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 14d

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 14d

Many levels of not-giving-a-shit going on here

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 14d

One of my favourite things is actors on set in full make-up having a cheeky drink or smoke.

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 14d

I LOVED Pillion, a most unexpected and unpredictable film, a singular, eye-opening BDSM comedy-drama. The ever-perceptive @christinalefou.bsky.social interviewed director Harry Lighton and his actors (Alexander Skarsgård & Harry Melling) for a glorious 6 pages in Empire. Stoked to have it in there.

Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social · 14d

EXCLUSIVE 🚲

BDSM romance Pillion is “a funny and touching and weird love story”, says Alexander Skarsgård.

“[The sex scenes] are dramatically quite interesting,” he tells Empire. “There’s lust, but also jealousy and confusion and pain.”

Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 14d

This feature - reuniting Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd to talk 40 years of Back To The Future - has been in the works for a while. I knew @ollyrichards.bsky.social would ace it. It's a delightful, poignant, funny conversation. The chemistry is real.
In print only. New issue in shops on Thurs.

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Nadia Shireen @nadiashireen.bsky.social · 17d

Do you like scary movies? With animals in? Have resurrected some prints. Signed, A3 and available from Fiveways Arts and Crafts, Brighton. Online here:

fivewaysartsandcrafts.com/search?q=nad...

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 17d

Just heard someone singing Blood, Sweat & Tears' 'Spinning Wheel' and remembered Nicolas Cage telling me how much David Lynch hated that song.

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 17d

This is a regular vexation for me. Frantically trying to figure out how and where to push buttons so that closing credits keep going while the tiny countdown mercilessly rushes to an end, it's hell.

Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 18d

yo Apple, if you’re gonna pay to license “Sympathy for the Devil” or “Chest Fever” don’t automatically cut to the next episode while it’s still playing

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Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social · 19d

It all ends here

Eleven and the heroes of Hawkins are back to face the darkness on Empire’s world-exclusive #StrangerThings5 cover – going inside the apocalyptic final act and beyond with the Duffers and their cast.

On sale Thurs 23 October.

READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/tv/news/stra...

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Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social · 25d

I Swear is in UK and Irish cinemas today. It's an emotional workout - sweet, sad, funny, upsetting and, ultimately, as uplifting as cinema gets, I reckon. John Davidson is an inspiration, and Robert Aramayo does him justice: it's a gobsmacking performance, in a hugely compassionate film. Go see it.