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Stephen A Russell
@stephenarussell.bsky.social
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Glasgow-born, Naarm (Melbourne)-based arts journalist and award-winning critic obsessed with film, theatre and a whole lot more. Live on the unceded lands of the Kulin Nation. Snorts generally included. He/him, quite gay. Substack: Orion's Shoulder
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 6d
Had a big long chat with legendary Australian New Wave filmmaker Bruce Beresford bit.ly/3VWGmr7
Bruce Beresford on The Travellers and his life in cinema | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
The acclaimed director and writer Bruce Beresford talks to ScreenHub about the career that's taken him from the New Wave to his latest movie, The Travellers.
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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 14h
Yep
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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 14h
I recently collaborated with @horrornonna.com on a short story for the anthology BECOMING NOSFERATU: STORIES INSPIRED BY SILENT GERMAN HORROR. Ours is a riff on 1928's ALRAUNE. It's a story in two parts, and you can read the first part here. (For the second, you'll have to buy the book!)
Yours, Alraune – Martyn Pedler
But I am writing to you as I believe you are the only woman alive who might understand me: my name is Alraune and I have no soul.
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 14h
I will save both parts until I can get my literal hands on them. Congratulations 🙌 🦇
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 15h
Checked with Alternaleaf. Sure can!

“Keep the medication in its original packaging
Have all pharmacy labels attached and visible
If you're flying, we recommend keeping your medication in your carry-on baggage.”
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 16h
Can I legally take my prescription gummies interstate from Victoria to South Australia?
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d
I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.
October 10, 2025 4 min read Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d
On what would have been Margaret Thatcher's 100th birthday, a reminder of what this awesome woman said at her funeral.
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 1d
Mr Scorsese, coming soon on Apple TV+, is a remarkable portrait of the legendary director's life in film. Here are a few of the fascinating tidbits bit.ly/3KLxYs9
Sex, death and glory: Scorsese’s life in 15 films
The subject of new five-part Apple TV+ docuseries Mr. Scorsese, the iconic director proves abundantly generous.
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 1d
Mr Scorsese, coming soon on Apple TV+, is a remarkable portrait of the legendary director's life in film. Here are a few of the fascinating tidbits bit.ly/3KLxYs9
Sex, death and glory: Scorsese’s life in 15 films
The subject of new five-part Apple TV+ docuseries Mr. Scorsese, the iconic director proves abundantly generous.
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Flicks @flicks.bsky.social · 1d
New 5-part docu-series MR. SCORSESE arrives this week - here's some of what @stephenarussell.bsky.social learned about the legendary filmmaker's key movies
Sex, death and glory: Scorsese’s life in 15 films
The subject of new five-part Apple TV+ docuseries Mr. Scorsese, the iconic director proves abundantly generous.
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 1d
It was verrrrry anxiety inducing
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 2d
Labor and the L/NP enshrine this
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 2d
🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.
Poverty in Australia 2025: Overview – Poverty and Inequality
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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 2d
I saw "House of Dynamite" at the local cinema last night. Really good. The most frightening thing it exposes is the decision making left exclusively to the President and Defence Sec. That'll be an Adderall riven Trump, and a coked up Hegseth.
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 3d
Was blown away by Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite 🧨 bit.ly/4mWTsQl
Bullet time
Kathryn Bigelow shoots and does not miss with A House of Dynamite
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 2d
Have a fun chat with The Travellers star Bryan Brown in the new Big Issue out now!
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 3d
Was blown away by Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite 🧨 bit.ly/4mWTsQl
Bullet time
Kathryn Bigelow shoots and does not miss with A House of Dynamite
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 3d
It really was
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 3d
The finale of s2 had about four, including two featuring the actual bands
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 3d
I am *so* over Peacemaker’s musical interludes.
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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 3d
Oh my god. TRON ARES is an anagram of NO ARREST which – considering everything Jared Leto has been accused of – seems a little on the nose.
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 3d
Was blown away by Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite 🧨 bit.ly/4mWTsQl
Bullet time
Kathryn Bigelow shoots and does not miss with A House of Dynamite
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Donald Clarke @donaldclarke.bsky.social · 3d
I hammered out a few more unworthy words on Diane Keaton. It really does feel as if the evening is drawing in. www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
Charming, eccentric and likeable, no star had energy quite like Diane Keaton
Laid-back Californian built a 60-year career unlike any other, from Annie Hall to The Godfather
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 4d
It is INSANE to me that Netflix aren’t going huge on House of Dynamite 🧨

I need a whisky 🥃
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 9d
Aisha Dee rocks it once again in Stan’s stalker thriller Watching You bit.ly/472Xdih
The malicious online threats and shocking twists of local drama Watching You
A risqué rendezvous, a hidden camera, and the horrifying message “I’m watching you” make for gripping drama about consent and innocent lives ruined.
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Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.social · 8d
What's funny and what's beyond the pale, asks Tom Ballard's intriguing Melbourne Fringe play Jks: a comedy(?) bit.ly/4o0wVmq
In 'Jks: a comedy(?)', a heated debate on the nature of stand-up gets seriously spicy
This is the latest Melbourne Fringe show from Tom Ballard, “that gay on the ABC” (his words, not ours).
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