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scott aa wilson

@scottaawilson.bsky.social

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Film writer and serial blogger. Likes ghost stories, Linklater dialogue, and Mark Ruffalo getting to the bottom of something. https://open.substack.com/pub/scottaawilson

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scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 11h

Convinced Nick Mohammed has sussed them all and knows there’s no point voting a traitor out, he’s right to go the traitor angel route by staying close to Cat without accusing her

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 11h

god that’s good telly!! #CelebrityTraitors

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 22h

let’s see how it goes

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 1d

my partner and i are sleeping separately at the moment because her insomnia is bad, so i'm on the couch with a blanket watching Bullseye like i'm just back from the pub going through a divorce

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 1d

yet this is tonally perfect for it

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 1d

it made no sense then and less sense now, a generationally awful film that pushed worthy work out of awards conversations

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 1d

around this time last year a small but not insignificant cohort of psychopaths started trying to convince us Emilia Perez was a good film

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scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 1d

a most literal reading of ‘make america great again’ would surely not include bulldozing the White House??

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 2d

Seeing the White House torn apart is really emblematic of the times we’re in

Photo of the White House being torn apart

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 2d

tell me why spotify’s algorithm thinks i want to hear the same five rubbish songs over and over and why apple music’s seems to know exactly what my soul is looking for??

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 3d

horror films to fall asleep to

Lake Mungo.
Rain at dusk on a cold autumn night.
A ghost story told at bedtime.
Soothing blues and cosy weather.

Skinamarink.
Distant sounds from another room of the house. Weird and uncanny late night TV shows. A soothing nightmare.

The Innkeepers.
Slow, slow, scary movie. An old hotel marked for closure. The liminal space of a forgotten building still in use.

Night of the Reaper.
The softest and cosiest sweaters. A dimly lit house in the woods. Doused in spooky fog and moonlight.

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 4d

i've begun watching films late on Saturday nights, and i just finished one i don't think i'll ever get over, the astounding Distant Voices, Still Lives

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Laura Venning @lauravenning.bsky.social · 4d

My first book, Icons of Cinema: Greta Gerwig, is out now! Tysm to gorgeous friends, family and colleagues for their support, as well as everyone from Studio Press/Bonnier Books 🎀 If you have a Greta girlie in your life you should get them a copy, it’s cute and well-researched! 🙂‍↕️ lnk.to/GretaGerwig

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scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 4d

thoughts on the good but not great HAMNET

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A ★★★½ review of Hamnet (2025)

I watched this surrounded by a chorus of sobs and sniffles, but I wasn't part of it. I understood this as a tale of terrible tragedy, the latter half feels like that period of mourning between a death...

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scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 5d

sending you positive vibes ✨

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scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 5d

i don’t really believe in guilty pleasures but if someone took an AirPod and they heard how loud i’m spinning the new ashnikko i’m probably blushing

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 5d

Yes! Such a lovely little film

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 5d

The Lamb is dead good!

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scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 5d

a perfect double-feature with Peacock which takes inspiration from the same well, but where that film focuses on what taking on personas does to the self, Rental Family is more about what a person in that role is tasked with providing. it's got too much going on, but it's pretty good!

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 5d

enjoyed Rental Family, though don't see the feel-good film in it others do. its tone is deceptively crowd-pleasing and straight-forward for a story with so much loneliness in it. it's transactional, emotions are bought and sold, and made me think about how disconnected we all are.

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Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 5d

SHE'S HERE AND SHE'S BEAUTIFUL

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scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 5d

convinced the world's major parties are so entrenched in their own legacies, so obsessed with the traditions they built, they're refusing to believe the world can change, and it is unrecognisable to even 15 years ago, the internet is not a separate play space anymore, these parties are out of touch

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 5d

Government appears "complacent" about the spread of misinformation, and "it is only a matter of time" until fake news online leads to civil unrest like riots following the Southport attack, MPs have warned

Ministers have rejected tech committee recommendations about strengthening online safety law

There'll Be More Southport-Style Riots If Government Doesn't Tackle Misinformation, Committee Warns

MPs have warned that the government appears 'complacent' about the spread of misinformation, and 'it is only a matter of time' until fake news onli...

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scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 6d

can we get this guy over here

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6d

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 6d

you’ll never convince me the streaming model of dumping an entire series at once is half as good as appointment viewing on terrestrial telly like the Traitors

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 6d

More than 7 million viewers for Celebrity Traitors last night. Sensational in this day and age.

scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 7d

blog about being told to feel anger and what that’s like so far

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scott aa wilson @scottaawilson.bsky.social · 7d

Apple Music feels like the old iTunes and Windows Media Player days where you scroll and look for what *you* want, not have the app choose for you, and i didn’t realise how much that had affected my part in how i listen.