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qntm @qntm.org · 11h

I love their films but A24 is simply an impractically small paper size

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 2d

Oh god I loved Bugonia. What a film.

Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 2d

I think there's a general belief outside the space that the creative industries are a meritocracy and the best, most talented people inevitably rise to the top and get their stuff made. Little sense of how much structural and economic issues affect whether great art actually happens.

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 2d

Always fun when the culture secretary doesn't seem to actually know anything about culture.

James Kettle @jameskettle.bsky.social · 2d

Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 2d

The fact that new Tom Daley knitting show is called Game of Wool bothers me because it sounds like it ought to be a pun, but it isn't really a pun on anything. Stitch Perfect was right there.

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 3d

Most things are reasonably fair game as far as I'm concerned until the moment the BBFC black card comes up. At that point, phones away, stop chattering, and enjoy the film.

This is not difficult.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Is it OK to talk at the cinema? How about if it’s just during the trailers? | Polly Hudson

Some might argue that streaming movies at home has given us all etiquette amnesia. But when it comes to disrupting a screening, I think the rules have some nuance, writes Polly Hudson

www.theguardian.com

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G🅰️reth @gbentl.bsky.social · 3d

Increasingly convinced that we are living through the decline of mass literacy and cringe as it is, we all need to get into publicly celebrating reading books as much as possible.

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 6d

I loved writing this 20th anniversary tribute to the terrifying genius of #TheDescent over at @yahoo.bsky.social.

Thanks to Berkeley Square Barbarian, Josh Saco from @miskatonicihs.bsky.social, and Rostam Namaghi from British Caving Association for your help!

uk.movies.yahoo.com/the-descent-...

How the scariest British movie ever made us all afraid of the dark

Neil Marshall's cave-exploring horror movie The Descent retains its bone-chilling power even 20 years on. It's back in UK cinemas to terrorise us all again.

uk.movies.yahoo.com

Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 8d

Cov being this good is so, so weird. How long can it last? 😂 #PUSB

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 13d

I remember being obsessed with the story behind this bizarre movie when it finally came out in the UK. A fascinating tale!

Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 13d

An incredible film story, this. The tale of Accidental Love, a $26m comedy made by, well, a director who doesn't exist...

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 20d

Can't stop thinking about John Cena's homage to Bray Wyatt at the weekend. What a thoroughly beautiful moment and a gorgeous fan reaction, followed by Cena's little nod to the heavens. Absolute perfection. www.instagram.com/p/DPq9K68DW3i/

wwe on Instagram

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 21d

Embargoed until release day.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 24d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 23d

One of the joys of my role as VoiceMag editor is the Voice Contributors scheme, in which I get to work with young people over 3 months as they explore #journalism & #creativewriting.

They're already producing amazing work and I can't wait to see what they do next. www.voicemag.uk/tag/voice-co...

Seven thumbnail images of young journalists against a pink background under the headline: "Meet our newest group of Voice Contributors"

Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 25d

Stivichall. Good luck, Americans! 😂

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 25d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 25d

A lot of """"creatives"""" have seemingly accepted generative AI as part of art and filmmaking and I'm hear to say you're all big stinky phonies and I hate you

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 25d

Imagine if a university unilaterally announced it was cutting its English degrees. Badenoch would be on the front page of every paper saying "it's absurd that woke universities are denying students the right to learn about Shakespeare, Byron, etc".

Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 25d

English?! I mean, this argument is absurd whatever degree it focuses on, but given that English is (rightly) a core subject that every pupil in the country studies up until GCSE level, it's insane to suggest it's a "rip-off degree".

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 25d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 25d

And so the annual #LFF FOMO begins! Hoping to experience this year's fest vicariously through the brilliant Voice Magazine reviewer Kieran Battams, who is attending for us. Check out his reviews here! www.voicemag.uk/tag/london-f...

a woman is sitting on a couch holding a cup of coffee and a cell phone .

Alt: Jennifer Aniston on the Central Perk sofa in Friends, saying: "I'm so happy and not at all jealous".

media.tenor.com

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 27d

Is there any way we can elect Ismaeel from #EducatingYorkshire to be prime minister? I think it's worth looking into, personally.

Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 27d

I reviewed the really quite lovely new BBC comedy Film Club, which stars Aimee Lou Wood and Nabhaan Rizwan. www.voicemag.uk/review/15738...

TV Review: Film Club – Aimee Lou Wood romcom brings charm and heartbreak

Aimee Lou Wood and Nabhaan Rizwan star in this BBC Three sitcom about two university friends who love movies and, though they refuse to say it, they almost certainly love each other as well.

www.voicemag.uk

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 29d

Very funny that Cov fans spent the whole summer certain that we needed to sign a striker. Three recognised centre-forwards in our squad and they've scored eight goals between them in the last seven days. #PUSB

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · 29d

It's okay to start getting really excited now, right? #PUSB

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · Sep 28

Very inconsiderate of Paul Thomas Anderson to have made a three-hour movie everybody agrees is excellent when I now have tiny twins who are unwilling to sanction their dad spending most of a day in the cinema. 🙈

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · Sep 24

The goosebumps up my arm at the opening line of For Good tell me that I will not be okay by the end of this movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1l5...

Wicked: For Good | Official Trailer (Universal Pictures) - HD

YouTube video by Universal Pictures UK

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