David Allison
@davidovitch.bsky.social
TV Screenwriter in Leeds - THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR (C4/Starz)
Agent/bio: https://www.jtmanagement.co.uk/clients/david-allison/
International Disco King. Presenter of Mondo Pop radio show: http://mondopop.uk
Agent/bio: https://www.jtmanagement.co.uk/clients/david-allison/
International Disco King. Presenter of Mondo Pop radio show: http://mondopop.uk
An embarrassment of riches this year at @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social, but here are my top 5:
1. Sentimental Value
2. The Secret Agent
3. It Was Just An Accident
4. Pillion
5. A Poet
Honourable mentions: Nouvelle Vague, Rains Over Babel
See you next year, LIFFers! #LIFF2025
1. Sentimental Value
2. The Secret Agent
3. It Was Just An Accident
4. Pillion
5. A Poet
Honourable mentions: Nouvelle Vague, Rains Over Babel
See you next year, LIFFers! #LIFF2025
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
An embarrassment of riches this year at @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social, but here are my top 5:
1. Sentimental Value
2. The Secret Agent
3. It Was Just An Accident
4. Pillion
5. A Poet
Honourable mentions: Nouvelle Vague, Rains Over Babel
See you next year, LIFFers! #LIFF2025
1. Sentimental Value
2. The Secret Agent
3. It Was Just An Accident
4. Pillion
5. A Poet
Honourable mentions: Nouvelle Vague, Rains Over Babel
See you next year, LIFFers! #LIFF2025
19. THE LOVE THAT REMAINS. #LIFF2025 rounds off in its usual fashion with a charming off-beat closer, a lovely, delicate Icelandic film about a family grappling with a divorce. Small but perfectly formed, with surreal moments that are totally earned. A perfect way to end a brilliant #LIFF2025. 4/5
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
18. THE SECRET AGENT. A breathtaking epic set during the military junta in 70s Brazil with the bones of a political thriller but told with a freshness that made me want to jump with joy. Wagner Moura (aka Pablo Escobar, Narcos fans!) gives the performance of a lifetime. A masterpiece 5/5 #LIFF2025
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
18. THE SECRET AGENT. A breathtaking epic set during the military junta in 70s Brazil with the bones of a political thriller but told with a freshness that made me want to jump with joy. Wagner Moura (aka Pablo Escobar, Narcos fans!) gives the performance of a lifetime. A masterpiece 5/5 #LIFF2025
17. MIRRORS No3. Well it had to happen at some point: a stone cold Euro-stinker, a lifeless and deeply pretentious German dirge full of unlikeable and utterly unbelievable characters played by dead-eyed actors who looked bored out of their minds. I certainly was. 1/5 #LIFF2025
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
17. MIRRORS No3. Well it had to happen at some point: a stone cold Euro-stinker, a lifeless and deeply pretentious German dirge full of unlikeable and utterly unbelievable characters played by dead-eyed actors who looked bored out of their minds. I certainly was. 1/5 #LIFF2025
16. THE GREEN RAY (1986). Haven't watched much Rohmer, for my sins, but this was a delight. Talky as hell and not a whole lot happens, but it's a really subtle portrait of a woman trying to escape her own loneliness and you just want live inside the whole thing. 4/5 #LIFF2025
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
16. THE GREEN RAY (1986). Haven't watched much Rohmer, for my sins, but this was a delight. Talky as hell and not a whole lot happens, but it's a really subtle portrait of a woman trying to escape her own loneliness and you just want live inside the whole thing. 4/5 #LIFF2025
15. FOLLIES (Folichonneries). Charming and very funny romp about a middle-aged French-Canadian couple exploring non-monogamy. Pleasingly bold with its sexual choices, though writer/director deliberately casting himself as the ungainly lead meant it was way more comedy than sexy. 3/5 #LIFF2025
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
15. FOLLIES (Folichonneries). Charming and very funny romp about a middle-aged French-Canadian couple exploring non-monogamy. Pleasingly bold with its sexual choices, though writer/director deliberately casting himself as the ungainly lead meant it was way more comedy than sexy. 3/5 #LIFF2025
14. DRUNKEN NOODLES. Obtuse queer arthouse flick that eschews storytelling in favour of a lot of explicit horny vibes with, alas, no apparent purpose. Put it this way, it lost me when the weird sex nymph started fucking himself with a treble recorder while wanking into a slipper. 1.5/5 #LIFF2025
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
14. DRUNKEN NOODLES. Obtuse queer arthouse flick that eschews storytelling in favour of a lot of explicit horny vibes with, alas, no apparent purpose. Put it this way, it lost me when the weird sex nymph started fucking himself with a treble recorder while wanking into a slipper. 1.5/5 #LIFF2025
13. SENTIMENTAL VALUE. Ripped my heart into a thousand pieces. What an astonishing film, such a sensitive, funny, poignant exploration of generational family trauma. Renate Reinsve may be the finest actor of her generation, but Fanning & Skarsgard both fantastic too. Just stunning. 5/5 #LIFF2025
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
13. SENTIMENTAL VALUE. Ripped my heart into a thousand pieces. What an astonishing film, such a sensitive, funny, poignant exploration of generational family trauma. Renate Reinsve may be the finest actor of her generation, but Fanning & Skarsgard both fantastic too. Just stunning. 5/5 #LIFF2025
12. IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU. A tour de force from Rose Byrne, filled with anxiety, rage and an indefatigable humour, elevates this messy, surreal drama about an isolated mother spiralling out of control, but it's a frustating film with an ending that totally pulls its punches 3/5 #LIFF2025
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
12. IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU. A tour de force from Rose Byrne, filled with anxiety, rage and an indefatigable humour, elevates this messy, surreal drama about an isolated mother spiralling out of control, but it's a frustating film with an ending that totally pulls its punches 3/5 #LIFF2025
11. PILLION. The horniest, queerest, kinkiest thing I have seen in forever. BDSM as hell but also kooky, warm and so suburban and English. I cannot believe this is a debut feature. So many scenes took my breath away. An instant queer classic, thank god films like this are being made! 5/5 #LIFF2025
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
11. PILLION. The horniest, queerest, kinkiest thing I have seen in forever. BDSM as hell but also kooky, warm and so suburban and English. I cannot believe this is a debut feature. So many scenes took my breath away. An instant queer classic, thank god films like this are being made! 5/5 #LIFF2025
10: A POET. Riotously satirical, bleak and funny in equal measure, this character study of a complete loser - a failed poet living off past meagre success - manages to dig into the strata of Colombian class politics in a pretty astonishing fashion. A real surprise of a film. 4/5 #LIFF2025
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
10: A POET. Riotously satirical, bleak and funny in equal measure, this character study of a complete loser - a failed poet living off past meagre success - manages to dig into the strata of Colombian class politics in a pretty astonishing fashion. A real surprise of a film. 4/5 #LIFF2025
9: IT WAS ONLY AN ACCIDENT. A deserved Palme D'or for a highlight on an already glittering career, Panahi's masterpiece - a tautly constructed morality tale on what you'd do if you could abduct the man you tortured you - and then what? Maybe the best film I've seen all year 5/5 #LIFF2025
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
9: IT WAS ONLY AN ACCIDENT. A deserved Palme D'or for a highlight on an already glittering career, Panahi's masterpiece - a tautly constructed morality tale on what you'd do if you could abduct the man you tortured you - and then what? Maybe the best film I've seen all year 5/5 #LIFF2025
8: NOUVELLE VAGUE. Look, I can't be objective - this film was MADE for me. What a love letter to cinema, what a joyful, funny and carefully crafted piece of work. And the CASTING. OMG, perfection. Seberg! Godard! Belmondo! And a lovely companion to BLUE MOON on the creative process 4.5/5 #LIFF2025
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
8: NOUVELLE VAGUE. Look, I can't be objective - this film was MADE for me. What a love letter to cinema, what a joyful, funny and carefully crafted piece of work. And the CASTING. OMG, perfection. Seberg! Godard! Belmondo! And a lovely companion to BLUE MOON on the creative process 4.5/5 #LIFF2025
7: A PRIVATE LIFE. Charming middlebrow French psychodrama fluff held together by a delightful French language turn from Jodie Foster (and an equally delightful Daniel Auteuil). Classy and just about stays on the right side of daft. An enjoyable 3.5/5 #LIFF2025
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
7: A PRIVATE LIFE. Charming middlebrow French psychodrama fluff held together by a delightful French language turn from Jodie Foster (and an equally delightful Daniel Auteuil). Classy and just about stays on the right side of daft. An enjoyable 3.5/5 #LIFF2025
6: DIE MY LOVE. The first crushing disappointment of #LIFF2025, this disjointed Lynne Ramsay star vehicle is her worst film, an incoherent, repetitive mess with two badly drawn, unbelievable characters. Jennifer Lawrence commits totally with what she has, but Pattinson is a one-note bore. 2/5
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
6: DIE MY LOVE. The first crushing disappointment of #LIFF2025, this disjointed Lynne Ramsay star vehicle is her worst film, an incoherent, repetitive mess with two badly drawn, unbelievable characters. Jennifer Lawrence commits totally with what she has, but Pattinson is a one-note bore. 2/5
5: RAINS OVER BABEL. Hallucinogenic queer trans Colombian mind-fuck of a movie, almost bursting with ideas and visuals. It almost falls apart at times with the weight of its madness, but it was so entertaining and so fresh, you could forgive any rough edges. Crazy it's a DEBUT feature! 4/5 #LIFF2025
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
5: RAINS OVER BABEL. Hallucinogenic queer trans Colombian mind-fuck of a movie, almost bursting with ideas and visuals. It almost falls apart at times with the weight of its madness, but it was so entertaining and so fresh, you could forgive any rough edges. Crazy it's a DEBUT feature! 4/5 #LIFF2025
4: THE CURRENTS. Mysterious, beautiful and poignantly sad, this elegiac Argentinian arthouse film constructs its portrayal of a woman's psychic crisis with extraordinary care, and I was totally sucked in. A really subtle, special film. 4/5 #LIFF2025
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
4: THE CURRENTS. Mysterious, beautiful and poignantly sad, this elegiac Argentinian arthouse film constructs its portrayal of a woman's psychic crisis with extraordinary care, and I was totally sucked in. A really subtle, special film. 4/5 #LIFF2025
3: BUGONIA. Easily Lanthimos and Stone's most coherent collaboration, a wild late capitalist American nightmare on internet radicalisation and corporate emptiness with some fabulous twists and a deliciously nuts ending. A toweringly deranged turn from Jesse Plemons. I loved it. 4/5 #LIFF2025
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
3: BUGONIA. Easily Lanthimos and Stone's most coherent collaboration, a wild late capitalist American nightmare on internet radicalisation and corporate emptiness with some fabulous twists and a deliciously nuts ending. A toweringly deranged turn from Jesse Plemons. I loved it. 4/5 #LIFF2025
2: SIRǍT. A hallucinatory road movie cast with mostly non-professional actors. Set in the brutal Moroccan desert, the outstanding soundtrack and authentic performances cannot outweigh a second half driven only by shocking moments of emotional brutality. 3/5 #LIFF2025
November 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
2: SIRǍT. A hallucinatory road movie cast with mostly non-professional actors. Set in the brutal Moroccan desert, the outstanding soundtrack and authentic performances cannot outweigh a second half driven only by shocking moments of emotional brutality. 3/5 #LIFF2025
1: BLUE MOON: A charming melancholic Linklater chamber piece with a knockout central performance from Ethan Hawke and great supporting work from Andrew Scott and Margaret Qualley. Small but beautifully formed with a dense, zinging script and lovely period touches. 3.5/5 #LIFF2025
October 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
1: BLUE MOON: A charming melancholic Linklater chamber piece with a knockout central performance from Ethan Hawke and great supporting work from Andrew Scott and Margaret Qualley. Small but beautifully formed with a dense, zinging script and lovely period touches. 3.5/5 #LIFF2025
Oh hello you beauty! #LIFF2025
(Btw, I only just realised that @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social is on Bluesky, and considering their Twitter account had 16k followers and their Bluesky currently has 360, neither does anyone else. So give them a follow!)
(Btw, I only just realised that @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social is on Bluesky, and considering their Twitter account had 16k followers and their Bluesky currently has 360, neither does anyone else. So give them a follow!)
October 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Oh hello you beauty! #LIFF2025
(Btw, I only just realised that @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social is on Bluesky, and considering their Twitter account had 16k followers and their Bluesky currently has 360, neither does anyone else. So give them a follow!)
(Btw, I only just realised that @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social is on Bluesky, and considering their Twitter account had 16k followers and their Bluesky currently has 360, neither does anyone else. So give them a follow!)
September 30th/October 1st
October 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
September 30th/October 1st
THE APARTMENT: Billy Wilder's finest, a fizzing screwball comedy with every single line as sharp as a tack - but with a darkness that's shockingly bold and a tenderness and care for its two lonely leads that never strays into sentimentality even in the last joyful seconds: "Shut Up And Deal!"
August 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
THE APARTMENT: Billy Wilder's finest, a fizzing screwball comedy with every single line as sharp as a tack - but with a darkness that's shockingly bold and a tenderness and care for its two lonely leads that never strays into sentimentality even in the last joyful seconds: "Shut Up And Deal!"
Ringo the affectionate scruffball of a moggy wishes you all a very happy #InternationalCatDay
August 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Ringo the affectionate scruffball of a moggy wishes you all a very happy #InternationalCatDay