Chris
@staggerlee42.bsky.social
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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alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys and Owen Glendower by John Cowper Powys. More people should read his extraordinary work and the reporter might get them publicity/get them republished. #BookSky💙📚
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Steve Pyke's pictures of Irish writers in @theguardian.com, featuring @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, Edna O'Brien, me, @lucycaldwell.bsky.social, Glenn Patterson, Joseph O'Connor, @felispeaks.bsky.social, Colin Barrett, @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social & Iris Murdoch. www.theguardian.com/books/galler...
The wild old wicked gang: great Irish writers – in pictures
Edna O’Brien on her sofa, Joseph O’Connor in his garden, Seamus Heaney surrounded by books … British photographer Steve Pyke on capturing the greats of Irish literature
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Steve Pyke's pictures of Irish writers in @theguardian.com, featuring @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, Edna O'Brien, me, @lucycaldwell.bsky.social, Glenn Patterson, Joseph O'Connor, @felispeaks.bsky.social, Colin Barrett, @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social & Iris Murdoch. www.theguardian.com/books/galler...
I have a functioning Blu-ray player again… 🙏🙏🙏
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I have a functioning Blu-ray player again… 🙏🙏🙏
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November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Wonderful film. It deserves way more love and a way bigger audience.
Charlie Kaufman (with scenes from his film "I'm Thinking of Ending Things") - BOTD
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Wonderful film. It deserves way more love and a way bigger audience.
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Anton Walbrook in THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943)
He was BOTD in 1896
He was BOTD in 1896
November 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Anton Walbrook in THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943)
He was BOTD in 1896
He was BOTD in 1896
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Yes, Odelay is amazing but this was Super Furries' year of explosion. A proper Cool Cymru year cos think it was also Way Beyond Blue and Manics' Everything Must Go, but Big 3 by 60ft Dolls... What a time to be a teenager hanging out in Le Pub in Newport!
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Yes, Odelay is amazing but this was Super Furries' year of explosion. A proper Cool Cymru year cos think it was also Way Beyond Blue and Manics' Everything Must Go, but Big 3 by 60ft Dolls... What a time to be a teenager hanging out in Le Pub in Newport!
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A large part of life is waiting until you're ready to watch Stalker once again.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A large part of life is waiting until you're ready to watch Stalker once again.
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Jerry Lewis and Martin Scorsese during the filming of THE KING OF COMEDY (1982)
Scorsese was BOTD in 1942
Scorsese was BOTD in 1942
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Jerry Lewis and Martin Scorsese during the filming of THE KING OF COMEDY (1982)
Scorsese was BOTD in 1942
Scorsese was BOTD in 1942
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Morning! The LWSTD team on it, as always. Link for my Saturday show is up 👌
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November 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Morning! The LWSTD team on it, as always. Link for my Saturday show is up 👌
www.mixcloud.com/lwstd-fm/202...
www.mixcloud.com/lwstd-fm/202...
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My favourite Scorsese for his Birthday;
1. King Of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Goodfellas
4. Cape Fear
5. Shutter Island
1. King Of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Goodfellas
4. Cape Fear
5. Shutter Island
My favourite Scorsese for his Birthday;
1. King of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Mean Streets
1. King of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Mean Streets
My favourite Scorsese for his Birthday;
1. Mean Streets
2. The Age of Innocence
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Last Waltz
5. The Irishman
1. Mean Streets
2. The Age of Innocence
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Last Waltz
5. The Irishman
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My favourite Scorsese for his Birthday;
1. King Of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Goodfellas
4. Cape Fear
5. Shutter Island
1. King Of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Goodfellas
4. Cape Fear
5. Shutter Island
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My favorite Scorsese for his Birthday:
1. After Hours
2. Goodfellas
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Age of Innocence
5. The King of Comedy
1. After Hours
2. Goodfellas
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Age of Innocence
5. The King of Comedy
My favourite Scorsese for his Birthday;
1. King of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Mean Streets
1. King of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Mean Streets
My favourite Scorsese for his Birthday;
1. Mean Streets
2. The Age of Innocence
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Last Waltz
5. The Irishman
1. Mean Streets
2. The Age of Innocence
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Last Waltz
5. The Irishman
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My favorite Scorsese for his Birthday:
1. After Hours
2. Goodfellas
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Age of Innocence
5. The King of Comedy
1. After Hours
2. Goodfellas
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Age of Innocence
5. The King of Comedy
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- Endangered child is unexpectedly resourceful.
- Putting the team back together.
- This character being dead slows them down much less than you'd think.
- You cannot, in fact, put one over on this seeming dimwit.
- Artist produces genuinely startling work as the end of their life nears.
- Putting the team back together.
- This character being dead slows them down much less than you'd think.
- You cannot, in fact, put one over on this seeming dimwit.
- Artist produces genuinely startling work as the end of their life nears.
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
- Endangered child is unexpectedly resourceful.
- Putting the team back together.
- This character being dead slows them down much less than you'd think.
- You cannot, in fact, put one over on this seeming dimwit.
- Artist produces genuinely startling work as the end of their life nears.
- Putting the team back together.
- This character being dead slows them down much less than you'd think.
- You cannot, in fact, put one over on this seeming dimwit.
- Artist produces genuinely startling work as the end of their life nears.
My favourite Scorsese for his Birthday;
1. King of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Mean Streets
1. King of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Mean Streets
My favourite Scorsese for his Birthday;
1. Mean Streets
2. The Age of Innocence
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Last Waltz
5. The Irishman
1. Mean Streets
2. The Age of Innocence
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Last Waltz
5. The Irishman
My Favorite Scorsese for his Birthday:
1. AFTER HOURS
2. KING OF COMEDY
3. TAXI DRIVER
4. GOODFELLAS
5. ITALIANAMERICAN
1. AFTER HOURS
2. KING OF COMEDY
3. TAXI DRIVER
4. GOODFELLAS
5. ITALIANAMERICAN
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My favourite Scorsese for his Birthday;
1. King of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Mean Streets
1. King of Comedy
2. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Mean Streets
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My favourite Scorsese for his Birthday;
1. Mean Streets
2. The Age of Innocence
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Last Waltz
5. The Irishman
1. Mean Streets
2. The Age of Innocence
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Last Waltz
5. The Irishman
My Favorite Scorsese for his Birthday:
1. AFTER HOURS
2. KING OF COMEDY
3. TAXI DRIVER
4. GOODFELLAS
5. ITALIANAMERICAN
1. AFTER HOURS
2. KING OF COMEDY
3. TAXI DRIVER
4. GOODFELLAS
5. ITALIANAMERICAN
It’s the GOAT’s birthday
My top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. The King of Comedy
5. The Irishman
My top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. The King of Comedy
5. The Irishman
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My favourite Scorsese for his Birthday;
1. Mean Streets
2. The Age of Innocence
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Last Waltz
5. The Irishman
1. Mean Streets
2. The Age of Innocence
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. The Last Waltz
5. The Irishman
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Top 5 movie genres (based on my letterboxd)
- I know stop motion is technically a medium, BUT
- campy musicals (Funny Puppets optional)
- What If A Robot Was A Guy And Was Sad
- ragtag bunch of wacky misfits who probably hate each other making it work
- rude girl saves the day
- I know stop motion is technically a medium, BUT
- campy musicals (Funny Puppets optional)
- What If A Robot Was A Guy And Was Sad
- ragtag bunch of wacky misfits who probably hate each other making it work
- rude girl saves the day
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
- Films from 1932 in which three chorus girl gold diggers who share a flat try to survive the Depression
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Top 5 movie genres (based on my letterboxd)
- I know stop motion is technically a medium, BUT
- campy musicals (Funny Puppets optional)
- What If A Robot Was A Guy And Was Sad
- ragtag bunch of wacky misfits who probably hate each other making it work
- rude girl saves the day
- I know stop motion is technically a medium, BUT
- campy musicals (Funny Puppets optional)
- What If A Robot Was A Guy And Was Sad
- ragtag bunch of wacky misfits who probably hate each other making it work
- rude girl saves the day
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What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Meta commentaries on multiverse slop
Comedies that can be read as horror movies
Live action cartoons
Silly robot cries
Paddington
Meta commentaries on multiverse slop
Comedies that can be read as horror movies
Live action cartoons
Silly robot cries
Paddington
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
- Films from 1932 in which three chorus girl gold diggers who share a flat try to survive the Depression
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Meta commentaries on multiverse slop
Comedies that can be read as horror movies
Live action cartoons
Silly robot cries
Paddington
Meta commentaries on multiverse slop
Comedies that can be read as horror movies
Live action cartoons
Silly robot cries
Paddington
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Sammo Hung is kind of aw shucks but then kicks ass in a 15 minute fight/chase
Charlie Chaplin kicks a cop in the ass
The movie is bad but good and everyone in the theatre is yelling at the screen
70s Italian leftists saying All Christian Democrats / Cops Are Bastards
A lot of fascists die
Charlie Chaplin kicks a cop in the ass
The movie is bad but good and everyone in the theatre is yelling at the screen
70s Italian leftists saying All Christian Democrats / Cops Are Bastards
A lot of fascists die
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
- Films from 1932 in which three chorus girl gold diggers who share a flat try to survive the Depression
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Sammo Hung is kind of aw shucks but then kicks ass in a 15 minute fight/chase
Charlie Chaplin kicks a cop in the ass
The movie is bad but good and everyone in the theatre is yelling at the screen
70s Italian leftists saying All Christian Democrats / Cops Are Bastards
A lot of fascists die
Charlie Chaplin kicks a cop in the ass
The movie is bad but good and everyone in the theatre is yelling at the screen
70s Italian leftists saying All Christian Democrats / Cops Are Bastards
A lot of fascists die
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what are you top 4 movie genres? mine are:
Revenge
Something is Wrong(tm) with reality
This robot is extremely fucking dangerous
Time to do one last job
Something horrible happened to me and, no, I did not survive it
Revenge
Something is Wrong(tm) with reality
This robot is extremely fucking dangerous
Time to do one last job
Something horrible happened to me and, no, I did not survive it
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
- Films from 1932 in which three chorus girl gold diggers who share a flat try to survive the Depression
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
November 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
what are you top 4 movie genres? mine are:
Revenge
Something is Wrong(tm) with reality
This robot is extremely fucking dangerous
Time to do one last job
Something horrible happened to me and, no, I did not survive it
Revenge
Something is Wrong(tm) with reality
This robot is extremely fucking dangerous
Time to do one last job
Something horrible happened to me and, no, I did not survive it
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Top 5 movie genres:
- a guy goes to camp
-a guy saves Christmas
- a guy goes to jail
- a guy gets scared stupid
- a guy rides again
- a guy goes to camp
-a guy saves Christmas
- a guy goes to jail
- a guy gets scared stupid
- a guy rides again
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
- Films from 1932 in which three chorus girl gold diggers who share a flat try to survive the Depression
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Top 5 movie genres:
- a guy goes to camp
-a guy saves Christmas
- a guy goes to jail
- a guy gets scared stupid
- a guy rides again
- a guy goes to camp
-a guy saves Christmas
- a guy goes to jail
- a guy gets scared stupid
- a guy rides again
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Top 5 movie genres:
- Godfrey Reggio ponders existence.
- cosmic terror makes a family sad.
- Skywalkers.
- Anthropomorphized animals learn jazz.
- Hi-8 verite.
- Godfrey Reggio ponders existence.
- cosmic terror makes a family sad.
- Skywalkers.
- Anthropomorphized animals learn jazz.
- Hi-8 verite.
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
Existential Soviet Cinema
French hipsters play at acting and movies
Screwball cynicism meets Capraesque heart
British flamboyance and theatrics that are resolutely antithetical to the British moral majority
Arnie being Arnie
- Films from 1932 in which three chorus girl gold diggers who share a flat try to survive the Depression
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Top 5 movie genres:
- Godfrey Reggio ponders existence.
- cosmic terror makes a family sad.
- Skywalkers.
- Anthropomorphized animals learn jazz.
- Hi-8 verite.
- Godfrey Reggio ponders existence.
- cosmic terror makes a family sad.
- Skywalkers.
- Anthropomorphized animals learn jazz.
- Hi-8 verite.
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Autumnal, melancholic horror
Stupid comedy featuring John Candy
Any surreal eastern European film on the Second Run label
Arthouse samurai films, preferably in snow
SciFi with Ligeti soundtrack (only 2001 so far, to my knowledge)
Stupid comedy featuring John Candy
Any surreal eastern European film on the Second Run label
Arthouse samurai films, preferably in snow
SciFi with Ligeti soundtrack (only 2001 so far, to my knowledge)
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- A meticulously planned heist goes horribly wrong;
- 1950s Mexican melodrama;
- Doomed romance, preferably 1940s/‘50s;
- Anything featuring Cary Grant;
- French noir, preferably with JP Belmondo, Lino Ventura or Alain Delon
#FilmSky
- A meticulously planned heist goes horribly wrong;
- 1950s Mexican melodrama;
- Doomed romance, preferably 1940s/‘50s;
- Anything featuring Cary Grant;
- French noir, preferably with JP Belmondo, Lino Ventura or Alain Delon
#FilmSky
- Films from 1932 in which three chorus girl gold diggers who share a flat try to survive the Depression
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Autumnal, melancholic horror
Stupid comedy featuring John Candy
Any surreal eastern European film on the Second Run label
Arthouse samurai films, preferably in snow
SciFi with Ligeti soundtrack (only 2001 so far, to my knowledge)
Stupid comedy featuring John Candy
Any surreal eastern European film on the Second Run label
Arthouse samurai films, preferably in snow
SciFi with Ligeti soundtrack (only 2001 so far, to my knowledge)