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Chris

@staggerlee42.bsky.social

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Love cinema, literature, music and art. Write occasionally about cinema. Married with two kids. Originally from Greater Manchester/Cheshire. Now based in Northern Ireland. Teacher of History and Politics. Degree, PGCE and MA Ed from University of Durham.

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 7d

My top 6 horrors (VERY loosely defined in my list as macabre and existential 🤣) that you might not have seen for Halloween:

A Page of Madness (26)
Wisconsin Death Trip (99)
The Turin Horse (2011)
Images (72)
The Cremator (69)
Knife + Heart (2018) #FilmSky

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 7d

My top 6 horrors that you might not have seen for Halloween:

Variola Vera (82): Yugoslav pandemic nightmare
The Ear (69): Czech paranoia banger
Blood & Roses (60): Riff on Carmilla
Sauna (08): Finnish medievalism
Dark Waters (93): Italy, Lovecraftian nuns
Sole Survivor (83): Proto Final Destination

LesSmarberry @lessmarberry.bsky.social · 7d

My top 6 (shut up, it's my list) horrors that you might not have seen for Halloween:

Eye Of The Devil (1966)
I Saw The TV Glow (2024)
House of Mortal Sin (1976)
All You Need Is Death (2023)
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Taste Of Fear (1961)

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 4h

I can promise you that none of my students did either 🤣
It’s my opportunity to get them thinking about filmmakers that they might not necessarily know…

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 4h

I save that punishment for mid-level offenders.
The real hard cases get forced to watch Satantango, followed by Out 1…

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 4h

Good effort! More than anybody else today 👍

The answers are (clockwise from top left)

Kira Muratova
Claire Denis
Preston Sturges
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Mati Diop
Ousmane Sembene
Joanna Hogg
Jacques Rivette
Andrei Tarkovsky

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 4h

That’s the poster reserved for ‘God-level’ directors…

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 4h

Two is the consistent number amongst folks so far! I would say that many of us would struggle to recognise directors in the same way that we recognise actors (although I get that Mati is both!).

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 5h

Two greats!

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 5h

The answers are (clockwise from top left)

Kira Muratova
Claire Denis
Preston Sturges
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Mati Diop
Ousmane Sembene
Joanna Hogg
Jacques Rivette
Andrei Tarkovsky

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 5h

You get two points sir!!

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 6h

Film club poster is looking tatty - anybody recognise all the filmmakers before I replace it???

A poster for Senior Film Club at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.

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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 1d

Clint Bentley’s TRAIN DREAMS (adapted from Denis Johnson’s novella of the same name) is the surprise package of the festival for me so far. There’s so much pain and yearning bubbling under the surface in Joel Edgerton’s portrayal of Robert. Gorgeous cinematography, too. #LFF #FilmSky #BookSky 💙📚

Poster for TRAIN DREAMS showing a side-on view of Joel Edgerton as Robert, the film’s main character.

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

Well worth the time and attention! Such a beautifully written book ❤️

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed. 🙏 Let’s hope that peace can be maintained in the region and we see an end to the deaths of innocents amongst all communities in Gaza and Israel.

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Louise @louiseann.bsky.social · 2d

Voila! Link from Saturday #TSH
www.mixcloud.com/lwstd-fm/202...

2025-10-11 The Secret Handshake | LWSTD-FM

Listen to 2025-10-11 The Secret Handshake | LWSTD-FM by Love Will Save The Day FM

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

Just finished the epic ‘The Luminaries’ by Eleanor Catton. Now reading the latest Thomas Pynchon novel, ‘Shadow Ticket’. #BookSky💙📚

Eleanor Catton’s book ‘The Luminaries’

Thomas Pynchon’s book ‘Shadow Ticket’.

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

So far, so good. I love his work and have read all his published books/short stories. At around 300 pages, this is much more accessible than some of his earlier doorstop efforts!

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

#nowreading #BookSky💙📚

Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Shadow Ticket’.

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

True 😬

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2441...
A very fine book indeed. #BookSky💙📚

Review by chris_leathley - The Luminaries

This book is a huuuuge enterprise of fiction - so delicately layered and over-layered, so many...

app.thestorygraph.com

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

@trishisreading.bsky.social is a huge fan! It’s about time that I caught up… 🤣

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

Spooky reading ahead… #BookSky💙📚

A pile of books including work by Mariana Enriquez, Daphne Du Maurier, Edith Wharton and Andrew Michael Hurley.

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

Will explore with interest! Cheers 👍

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JT Lindroos @oivas.com · 3d

Recommend me worthwhile medieval (or prehistoric) films with no kings, royalty or big battles? #filmsky #medievalsky

Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

It is indeed! An all-timer for me.

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

Pasolini’s ‘The Decameron’ and ‘The Canterbury Tales’ ? Dreyer’s ’The Passion of Joan of Arc’? It’s a bit later but ‘La Reine Margot’?

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 2d

You could also include Sergei Parajanov’s ‘Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors’ and ‘The Colour of Pomegranates’ too.