J Blakeson

Happy Birthday Mr H!

Thanks Ed!

Ana De Armas To Star As Fitness Influencer In J Blakeson’s AGC Studio-Backed Psychological Thriller ‘Sweat’ Based On Polish Cannes-Selected Hit Ana De Armas To Star As Fitness Influencer In J Blakeson's AGC Studio-Backed Psychological Thriller 'Sweat' Based On Polish Cannes-Selected Hit

Some exciting news…

A heron sits in the branches of a tree, silhouetted against a pale blue sky.

London

A photo of the cover for the vinyl LP “Philip Glass - Piano Works” by Vikingur Olafsson

Today’s writing music…

YouTube video by TheBoyCub Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum

Ok. Time for some Fun Boy Three.
youtu.be/POzSXzwbwIc?...

Dynamic duos: J Blakeson & Philipp Blaubach - Definition Director J Blakeson and DOP Philipp Blaubach, BSC reveal the secret ingredients to successful collaboration

So here is an interview I did with my friend and DP Philipp Blaubach about what it is like to work together over the years… definitionmagazine.com/features/dyn...

“Yippee ki-yay…”

We are excited to tell everyone that Westminster Council decided on May 1st that the Prince Charles Cinema would be included in the list of Assets of Community Value maintained by the Council under section 87 of the Localism Act 2011.

“Humans Can Be Very Depressing”: David Cronenberg, By Jim Jarmusch Moments after they learned about the passing of David Lynch, the 82-year-old movie master called his fellow director to discuss mortality, memory, and the end of cinema as we know it.

‼️Cronenberg interview by Jim Jarmusch‼️

It is indeed depressingly very male!

There’s a copy on eBay with multiple photos. No contents page on the listing, but the back page has a list of the poets if that helps…

(Bizarrely, so is The Disappearance of Alice Creed)

*cough* Culprits is also on there *cough*

A silhouetted statue of a man riding a horse in London’s Hyde Park.

London

Save The Prince Charles Cinema The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...

#SaveThePCC

Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.

For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;

you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2024

A video countdown

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This is an excellent film. Hugely underrated.

Just watched all of Julio Torres’s FANTASMAS. I loved it.

Thanks!

UK people! CULPRITS is now streaming on ITVX. I had a lot of fun making this show. Here’s a trailer..

Victor Perkins taught me at Warwick university. He was great. He really changed the way I approached film. Both as a viewer and a director.

A copy of the book Film As Film by Victor Perkins.

A good book.

Gemma Arterton's guide to London: secret gardens and stunning stationery shops The star on working as a karaoke hostess in Waterloo, run-ins with the law, and where she recommends for a first date

Gemma talking about things…

A poster for the TV show Culrpits. The poster features Gemma Arterton, Kirby, Niamh Algar and Ned Dennehy (who is wearing a mask and looking scary).

Self promotion alert! CULPRITS is now streaming on ITVX in the UK. If you missed it on Disney+, now’s your chance. Go watch!

I’ve just finished #culprits on Disney: I rinsed it in a few days. Highly recommend!

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

Oddly, the article says ITVX will be showing season two of Culprits. But there is no season two. ITVX will be showing the first and only season of the show…

On my radar: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett’s cultural highlights The Culprits actor on his favourite film for Christmas, the humour and rebellion in the work of artist Mike Kelley, and an inspiring book about failure

Here’s the very talented Nathan Stewart-Jarrett in the Observer talking about things he likes to mark that fact that CULPRITS (my TV show he starred in) is going to be on ITVX on Dec 19… www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

A new copy of Robert Caro’s book The Years Of Lyndon Johnson Volume 1: The Path To Power

Next up…

A well thumbed copy of Robert Caro’s book The Power Broker.

Finally finished Robert Caro’s THE POWER BROKER last night. The hype is true. It’s an amazing book. Vital reading. Had wanted to read it for years but never did. So thanks to @romanmars.bsky.social and Elliott Kalan and their breakdown show on @99pi.org for giving me the motivation to finally do it.