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Billie Melissa

@billiemelissa.bsky.social

a friend to the animals, as well as a philanthropist

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I find myself in the unenviable position of needing to find work so

Hiya. I’m a writer with a decade of experience writing about video games, tech, film and TV, and more.

News reporting, interviews, guides, reviews, features β€” you name it, I can do and have done it.

Please hire me πŸ™

05.11.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

bluesky pals I'm really excited to share that we are Β£330 from being 50% of the way funded!! cannot express enough gratitude to everyone who has donated so far & is willing to help me bring my dream film to life. I'm so so thankful!! please keep sharing & donating!! we have really fun perks!

04.04.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kenyan man who spent decade on death row sues London police for role in wrongful conviction New emails reveal β€˜panic’ inside the Home Office at the case of Ali Kololo, who was wrongly imprisoned for the 2011 murder of British tourist David Tebbutt

β€œIs the UK government continuing to provide this kind of assistance to countries around the world and becoming complicit in human rights violations because they haven’t learned the lessons from the past?”

Read the article here: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

01.04.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SCREENWRITERS!!! We have an exciting offer for you…

The first 5 screenwriters to donate Β£50 will get an hour Zoom consultation with @thechriswatt.bsky.social so if you’ve got a script you want reading head on over to donate & leave β€œscript” as a comment.

www.gofundme.com/f/the-intima...

29.03.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️ thank you thank youuuuu

28.03.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you so so much for sharing, Hannah!!

28.03.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Please help my friend @billiemelissa.bsky.social make her next film!

28.03.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you, Kelechi 😭❀️

28.03.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't stress enough how proud I am of Billie for this. Please donate if you can πŸ‘‡πŸΎ

28.03.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The fantastic Billie is back with another film!

Check out the below post!

#film #womeninfilm

28.03.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to The Intimacy of Privacy [Documentary], organised by Billie Melissa Rogan About The Intimacy of Privacy Billie Melissa Rogan’s first solo documen… Billie Melissa Rogan needs your support for The Intimacy of Privacy [Documentary]

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

I am making my next film πŸ™πŸ» a hybrid of non-fiction & fiction which serves as a meditation on love, memory, and the cities that hide our secrets.

This is a deeply personal story that's been with me for years & I need your help ❀️

gofund.me/0b095197

28.03.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

Hey Caspar! Would love to sign.

27.03.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Billie Allen’s Story is Reaching the World 🌎

From the United States to across the globe, people are hearing about Billie Allenβ€”a man fighting for justice from wrongful conviction. His powerful artwork, his endless hope, and the truth of his case continue to inspire!
#freebillieallen#bringbilliehome

17.03.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

one of the best of the year!! it's such a fun ride

27.11.2024 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sing Sing, Wicked, Didi, Will & Harper, and Conclave are an absolute must!!

26.11.2024 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

for me, it’s the interview I did earlier this year with Greg Kwedar. I love when I get to speak with people who care about the things that I do and are making beautiful art to remedy it πŸ™πŸ»

www.mensjournal.com/streaming/in...

23.11.2024 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

coming back here because the other place is just people hating things πŸ₯Ή

21.11.2024 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Frankenstein will have a theatrical run...

21.11.2024 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8353    πŸ” 1399    πŸ’¬ 307    πŸ“Œ 273

you gotta be a special kind of twisted to want a prison named after you...

20.11.2024 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rebel Nun: Interview With Sister Helen Prejean and Dominic Sivyer A new documentary premiering at this year's Tribeca Festival charts the life of the nun whose story inspired "Dead Man Walking".

another interview from this year! truly an honour to get to speak with the incomparable Sister Helen Prejean & director Dominic Sivyer about Rebel Nun – a film which tells a necessary tale about grace, human connection, and what it looks like to live your purpose

www.mensjournal.com/streaming/re...

18.11.2024 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All of You Review – An Unapologetic Tale of What It Means To Be Messy and Human Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots shine in William Bridges' exploration of lost love.

back to more recent pieces...

my favourite thing about bluesky rn is there's fewer people than twitter so I feel safe to say that most of my reviews have secrets about me in, so here's me sharing some secrets with you all xo
www.mensjournal.com/streaming/al...

18.11.2024 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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On Making a Documentary: grace, generosity and immeasurable gratitude. The Broken Heart of America is a 528-page account of the racism central to the foundation of America told through the history of St Louis…

a personal piece for you all... about my time filming my latest documentary β™₯️

billiemelissa.medium.com/on-making-a-...

18.11.2024 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Love thy neighbourhood | Exploring Faith in A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood (2019) A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood Faith Perspective

switching it up again... here's a piece I wrote a few years ago for my own blog about how A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood handles faith!

www.cinematicfaves.com/2021/06/love...

18.11.2024 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI’ve dreamed about this my whole life” – we talk to EA and Travis Hunter about College Football 25 Rob Jones was a student at the University of Michigan when John Madden Football hit consoles for the first time. β€œI was hooked,” Jones says, β€œto a point where I

a diversion from film for a minute…

earlier this year I got to visit the EA headquarters in Orlando, FL for the launch of Madden and College Football 25. while I was there, I interviewed some of the team responsible for bringing these video games to life!

www.si.com/videogames/f...

18.11.2024 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Richard Linklater on God Save Texas, Ivan Cantu and Hope We spoke with the five-time Oscar-nominee on the eve of Ivan Cantu's execution about how he feels debuting his film in this climate.

in February I had a really moving and human conversation with Richard Linklater about the death penalty on the eve of Ivan Cantu’s execution. this conversation meant a lot to me and this piece was personal for me πŸ™πŸ»

www.mensjournal.com/streaming/ri...

18.11.2024 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Longlegs: How NEON Marketed the Horror Film of the Year We dove into how the marketing for Longlegs catapulted Oz Perkins' film to new heights.

we aren’t talking about Longlegs enough anymore and so I’m going to do it for us all!

Longlegs is one of the year’s best films & I had fun digging around trying to find out how the marketing played into that. This piece was a new challenge for me & was so fun!

www.mensjournal.com/streaming/ho...

18.11.2024 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Challengers Review: A Heated, Heady Spectacle With Poignant Vulnerability There’s no greater aphrodisiac than competition.

sharing one of my favourite reviews I’ve ever written which was published earlier this year.

Challengers is so good. I felt it deeply and I loved it!! this review was a joy to write (and was asked by the studio to be pull quoted so that’s always fun!)

www.mensjournal.com/streaming/ch...

18.11.2024 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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INTERVIEW: β€œWe Really Want People To Have Permission to Enjoy” – Michael Jackman Discusses New Film Conclave Conclave's producer discusses the film's politics, finding its cast, the state of Hollywood and working on Boots Riley's new film.

next up we have an interview I did with one of the producers of Conclave. this may be one of my best written pieces, I think, so pls enjoy & also go see Conclave because it is the it girl movie of the year πŸ‘πŸ»

www.mensjournal.com/streaming/in...

18.11.2024 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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INTERVIEW: β€œI Hope People See the Human Potential Behind the Walls” – Greg Kwedar Discusses His New Film Sing Sing The director of Sing Sing sits down with us to discuss his favourite scene, the humanity found in prison, and his hopes for the film.

the first piece I’ll share is one of my favourite interviews I’ve done which is with the director of SING SING, Greg Kwedar, who I got to sit and chat with during the summer πŸ™πŸ» he was so unbelievably warm and kind. I want the world for him and this film!

www.mensjournal.com/streaming/in...

18.11.2024 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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