So pleased to be asked by Park Circus to curate a monthly film pick from their extensive catalog which is available for screening in the UK and with programme notes from yours truly. First choice drops soon!
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Two people kissing while reaching up for a basketball. From the film Love and Basketball
β€οΈThe Rio Cinema's Feminist Film Group & I are having a love-in for LOVE & BASKETBALL's 25th anniversary!
πWith an intro from iconic writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood & a juicy post-screening Q&A, what's not to love?!
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Two people, kissing while reaching up for a basketball.
People! I'm screening the eXquisite LOVE & BASKETBALL @ the Rio Cinema Dalston on SUN 27 JULY in a dreamy co-lab with the Feminist Film Programming Collective.
Come celebrate its 25th anniversary & find out why it's in my book 'I Love Romcoms & I'm A Feminist'
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09.07.2025 22:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Ashley Walters - who I know to be the coolest bro, like, ever - getting schooled on what emojis mean in Adolescence has really aged me.
19.03.2025 20:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Never have I felt so like a 'target audience' than seeing Amandaland's 40-ish single dad / former house & garage DJ who looks great in football shorts.
20.02.2025 19:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The opening sequence to Questlove's LADIES & GENTLEMEN 50 YEARS OF SNL is a technical, musical, heart-palpatating act from a god amongst mortals.
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18.02.2025 10:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
SLY LIVES! Questlove salutes the genius of Sly (& the Family Stone) while asking "what is the burden of Black genius?" to those qualified to answer (oh hey, D'angelo!). Mesmerising. Provocative. Frustratingly buried on Disney+
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I'll have what he's having.
16.02.2025 17:37 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0
...plus some fine examples (Liam, Jude, Tom) of male romcom widows suddenly becoming more alluring. Funny that.
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"The idea that a widow could simply want connection, fun or just good sex without it being framed as either self-destructive or groundbreaking remains strangely radical". Big fan of Heale's lived observations on our new Bridget.
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Got to share some hot takes on who Bridget Jones' boy really is & naturally found some dark romantic comedy in Elia Suleiman's Divine Intervention. What a gem. Ta for having us @lwlies.com π
15.02.2025 19:47 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Love that you're all in Hackney today! Welcome!! Big up to The Castle β
30.01.2025 10:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Two people standing outside on a street in front of each other. One on the right wears a yellow jacket. The left, a green jacket. A bridge is in the background.
After decades upon decades of racism, colourism & whitewashing in romcoms, RYE LANE surfaced with a breath of fresh air. Obvs it was the film I chose when asked along to the Made In England podcast. Listen up! π
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21.01.2025 09:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
also enjoyed how BBFC's '18 Strong Sex' rating reduced a cinema full of adults to a bunch of giggling teenagers. Deserved round of applause at the end tho. Sat night audiences are where the real ones are.
11.01.2025 22:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Enjoyed my seat in the STD area for BABYGIRL.
11.01.2025 22:32 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
...a tonic to somehow landing in middle age, is being old enough to have witnessed the trajectories of stars who can legitimately release a biopic.
02.01.2025 17:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If what I dug most from BETTER MAN was the carnivalesque merriment & choreographed splendor of Rock DJ, I'm gonna have to cave & watch THE GREATEST SHOWMAN aren't I?
02.01.2025 17:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Just clocked that all the films directed by Nicole Holofcener are around the 90min mark & it's made me love her even more.
28.12.2024 20:14 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Enjoyed this episode!
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