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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 4h

Chess Grandmaster Anna Muzychuk won't play in Saudi Arabia:"In a few days,I will lose 2 world titles bcs I decided not to go to Saudi Arabia.I refuse to play by special rules,to wear abaya,to be accompanied by a man so I can leave the hotel,&feel like a 2cnd class person.

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 3h

Jafar Panahi, in Conversation with Martin Scorsese at NYFF.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tav...

Jafar Panahi and Martin Scorsese on It Was Just an Accident and Rebellious Filmmaking

YouTube video by Film at Lincoln Center

www.youtube.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7h

This is a truly remarkable programme from the BBC archives.

A 1971 interview/interrogation of Albert Speer the leading Nazi who apologised and as a result survived - by Michael Charlton, Hugh Trevor-Roper and George Ball whom he had last met at the Nuremberg trials.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Four - Albert Speer, The Unseen Interrogation

Hitler's architect Albert Speer is cross-examined in an interview conducted in 1971.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 1d

Stop. Using. It. You are blessed with a brain.

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Colin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 2d

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 3d

Got spicy ratatouille written all over it.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 3d

I remember hating this creature with every atom of my being, and now he appears the voice of reason. Extraordinary to have a Labour government well to the right of the despised Thatcher regime.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 3d

From the USA?

Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 3d

I don't disagree with that. But some of these other writers can also consider screenplays a significant part of their work for which they were awarded the prize. Pinter's screenplays, for example, considerably contributed to cinema history .

Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 3d

Ishiguro, Pinter, Pamuk, Erneaux, Handke...just off the top of my head, like, I am quite sure there are more.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 3d

All that money, and he'll never know what happened in the second act.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 4d

Ever see an elephant do a Dad joke?

Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 5d

The elephant pretends to eat this guy's hat.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 4d

"While this outcome is disappointing, the proposal is still far from becoming law."

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 4d

Has any degree caused more harm than the wretched Oxford PPE?

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 4d

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 4d

Andy Capp being, of course, the animated and written work of an original creator.

Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 4d

Intellectual wealth, yes. Spiritual wealth, yes. Creative wealth, yes. Social wealth, yes. Oh, money? That really was not the point.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 5d

Decent Guinness too.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 5d

You want that pint in the Nelson, as you know you're going to get a second in and you can sprint to the station in a minute.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 6d

Could watch it again and again.

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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 6d

Well, fuck that. We need to stop intellectualising it. No more tolerance for intolerance. We won the debate years ago. Let's stop litigating, because every time we do racists like Farage, Trump or Robinson steal a tiny shred of legitimacy. And that way disaster lies.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 6d

PA target firms with huge Israeli defence contracts. Thus are terrorists. That I had to consider if I really wanted to publish this post bears testimony to how fast the UK is plummeting towards totalitarianism.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 6d

Just found (or been found by) bsky.app/profile/film... which looks like a terrific film resource, for those who'd want to know.

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚜 🖊️ 🎥 #𝕎𝔾𝔸𝕨 @thepeterbriggs.bsky.social · 7d

If you're into #screenwriting (or a user of an older Macbook Pro that won't run newer operating systems as Apple have ceased support) here's a link for "Open Core Legacy Patcher" - the operating system hack that "mysteriously" brings your machines more up-to-date.

dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Leg...

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 7d

Very. Could only honestly put a cross against military supremacy and religion/state, which was Mussolini's own definition of Fascism. It's not dark yet, but we're getting there.

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