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Neil Ramjee

@neilramjee.bsky.social

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Freelance writer & broadcaster + film exhibition and audience development person. I breathe the spectrum of film and music. Mildly cretinous.

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · Dec 26

And finally…
Here are my top films of 2024.
boxd.it/roHHE

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 23h

Moral Maze from 25th Sept.

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 1d

Hearing Jake Wallis Simons having his arse handed to him by a panel of Radio 4 conservative pundits has been the highlight of my day.

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 1d

LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR is so underrated.
Rest in power Diane Keaton.

Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight’s first time watch.
Apparently, between Saruman, Dracula and Scaramanga - Christopher Lee considered his role as Jinnah (the paramour to Gandhi) as one of his most accomplished roles.
An oddity as he played it in brown-face and (for the most part) Pakistani audiences loved it.

Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 3d

No one else can afford to go!

Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 4d

I’m very happy for Jonny Davidson and the story of his life being told to a wide audience with I SWEAR.
The documentaries I’ve seen of his struggles and the impact Tourette’s has had on his life have been heartbreaking.

Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 7d

It’ll be big-name obits every day soon.
We must protect Attenborough at all costs.

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 8d

Consistently doing unique ability fire events for genre cinema in Bristol — now they’re throwing a few shrimp on the barbie!

Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 18d

Individual screening tickets for The Big Picture: Six Feet Down Under are now on sale!

Watch our trailer below (edited by Arthur Cauty).

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Stewed Rat Ryder @stewedrat.bsky.social · 8d

A true Home Secretary of the United Kingdom in the 21st Century probably should have attended a protest or two in their time in opposition (or just private lives) and understand the right to protest - with little to no limit - is a vital part of a healthy society.

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 8d

The new PTA film pleasantly met expectations - possibly the most narrative driven feature he’s done and decent performances all round (even if Sean Penn went a bit comic book, at times).
Absolute classic it’s not, but the fact the 2.6hr runtime clapped along is always a good omen.

Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 10d

A true British treasure and one of most impactful acting exports.
Rrrrrrichard!
Pouring one out for Patricia Routledge tonight.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 10d

This is spot on from @zackpolanski.bsky.social, who is himself Jewish and comes from Manchester.

Shabana Mahmoud is being deeply dishonest, disingenuous and dangerous by conflating protests against genocide with this antisemitic attack. It is not antisemitic to protest against the horror in Gaza.

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked about the Home Secretarys comments that yesterdays protests about Israels actions were dishonourable (she also said they were unBritish).

Zack is spot on.

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 12d

Answers on a postcard.

The following feature film and its component parts contain deep-fakes. and fabulation, deceptiveness and duplicity, appropriation and recontextualization, transformation, manipulation, and conversion. The resulting work is utterly subjective, individually crafted, and completely faithful to the experience of its authors and their respective algorithms.

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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 13d

Fine evening last night watching The Ballad of Wallis Island followed by on-stage discussion between Tim Key and @neilramjee.bsky.social. Thank you Neil and @wshed.bsky.social. You help make Bristol a cinema city of excellence.

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 13d

Don’t forget the impressive amount of feature documentaries - you have to type ‘Storyville’ into the search to find all 50+ docs.

Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 13d

Many thanks for the photos and your kind words, Andrew. He kept me on my toes. Definitely don’t try and out-funny a comedian!

Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 13d

@h0rr0r0fdracula.bsky.social I think we just passed without saying hello again. Looking sharp if it was you!

Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 14d

American centrism at its finest.
This can only be a good move for the international market to move away from playing films from the major studios.
Biggest grossing film in the world this year is Chinese anyway.
Wah wah.

CNN @cnn.com · 14d

Trump announces 100% tariff on movies made outside of the US https://cnn.it/4gManmU

Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 14d

@kermodemovie.bsky.social Erm.... 👀 possibly the best version out there (i know its not official)_ aessentials.shop/products/012

THE DEVILS

This is the 113min UNCUT version! In 1634 France, Urbain Grandier is a priest whose unorthodox views on sex and religion influence a passionate following of nuns, including the sexually obsessed Siste...

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 15d

Eh yo. What?!?

Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 18d

I made a director cry during a Q&A I was hosting last night, which was a first.

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 19d

Missus is still playing the first one!

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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 22d

Coming up 26 October: two films about Bristol. The Newcomers, made by John Boorman before he went on to Hollywood fame, helped launched BBC2 in 1964. In Money into Light he returns to Bristol 25 years later. Thanks to @swsilents.bsky.social for partnership and @filmhubsw.bsky.social for support.

John Boorman and Bristol: SWS | South West Silents

www.southwestsilents.com

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Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · 23d

A fairly niche observation, but I love that Japanese techno-drama HAPPYEND by Neo Sora has Boiler Room star DJ ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U smashing out bangers in the first five minutes.
HAPPYEND is out on general release this weekend in the UK

Neil Ramjee @neilramjee.bsky.social · Sep 13

Got notes for the 4K restoration of BARRY LYNDON this afternoon.
Let’s gooooo.