Robert Sharp

Lovely people! THE Sheldon Hall is introducing a screening of the glorious Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara film The Black Swan on 9 December, 6:15pm, at the BFI Southbank.

Projecting the Archive is a rare chance to see films on films 🎞️

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Can't wait!

Looking forward to joining this panel at #BFISouthbank on Sun 23 Nov, to discuss Gainsborough Melodramas: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau... With double bill of The Wicked Lady & Madonna of the Seven Moons. #MargaretLockwood #JamesMason #PatriciaRoc #StewartGranger #PhyllisCalvert #BFITooMuch

The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥

Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

I ❤️ Viz

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Remembering today the late 🇺🇸American actress #HelenHayes #BOTD in 1900, seen here in her Academy Award winning role as the loveable elderly widow and habitual stowaway Ada Quonsett in the air disaster drama "AIRPORT" (1970) dir. George Seaton

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A ★★★★ review of A Private Life (2025) Had one of those introspective moments while pondering Rebecca Zlotowski's Vie privée/A Private Life. "Wow, it's amazing that the star of this movie gave such a masterful performance in her second lan...

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My ★★★★ review of A Private Life on Letterboxd boxd.it/bk0xkh

Didn't see you there. We were up the back!

This is worth a watch, and despite its director, producer, writer and half the cast suggesting otherwise, is not a Carry On.

There’s an unexpected amount of subtext here as well. Filmed in Bracknell, it’s full of comments about low crime rates and spacious housing: NEW TOWNS ARE GOOD, FOLKS!!

Jodie Foster at the UK premiere of "A Private Life" #LFF2025

Jodie Foster in London tonight at the BFI London Film Festival

Going to see Jodie tomorrow at the Curzon Mayfait. Hope she comes.

RIP, John Woodvine. A very fine actor, and son of South Shields

Episode 45: Corpse Mania Podcast Episode · Due signori in giallo · 03/10/2025 · 1h

Dave takes me to Hong Kong to see the Shaw Brothers giall it up. What it lacks in Kung Fu, it makes up for in maggot ridden corpses.

And did you know that 1920 Chinese police cars look remarkably like modern day black cabs..?

Your crumpled correspondent proudly plugging SHORT SHARP SHOCKS VOLUME 4 - out very soon on BFI
double disc Blu-ray. A plethora of peppery peculiarities are contained herein! Don't miss it.

I have a friend who met him. She was an immigration officer at London's Heathrow airport. He was really surprised she knew who he was.

YouTube video by Tori Chitic Dave Brubeck - Take Five

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Shop front of a musical instrument store in Ayr, Scotland, called Ayr Guitar.

Excellent naming work there.

Don't think I'd have ventured even that close to a live volcano!

Beautiful weather

Happy 81st Birthday to #MichaelDouglas, seen here with co-star Karl Malden in the opening titles to ABC television crime drama "THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO" (1972-1977)

📺 Quinn Martin Production 🌉

Lenacapavir: Landmark deal paves way for cheaper HIV/ Aids protection jab The drug - a twice-yearly injection – reduces the current HIV treatment cost in developing countries.

Was listening to some of the people involved in this work earlier today. It really is an incredible thing to pull off and it'll save so many lives. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Only Girl (1933) Lilian Harvey in The Only Girl (1933)

IMDb: Lilian Harvey in The Only Girl (1933)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0024... BFI Projecting The Archive, Nov 25 at 18:15.

Windsor, England, is preparing for the second state visit of the President of the United States.

Alfred Hitchcock's 1937 film "Young & Innocent" (US title: "The Girl Was Young") was based on Josephine Tey's novel and starred #NovaPilbeam

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Hopefully, pick one up tonight!

I was doing so well...up until I had the shortbread.

I was told the residents of the flats in West London where they filmed the early series objected to being depicted as rundown Peckham, so they shifted to the Ashton Gate area of Bristol for later series.