@thatdavidwest.bsky.social
Talking all the way through movies, for money. Contributor for 88 Films, Arrow Video, Eureka, Sight & Sound, and more. Spent 19 years covering East Asian cinema and pop culture for NEO Magazine; 17 years talking to drummers for Rhythm.
UK democracy in action
The state unable/unwilling to provide people with clean water, timely healthcare, social care, decent housing, pension, affordable education, energy, decent roads.
Corporate profits guaranteed through PFI, privatisations, outsourcing, subsidies, regulatory inaction.
Disgraceful
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Hung this up in the living room last weekend:
05.03.2026 18:27 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That stinks. really enjoyed his autobiography If Chins Could Kill
04.03.2026 12:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So awful!
03.03.2026 14:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Definitely not a series finale to watch if you're feeling blue
03.03.2026 14:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0A beautiful show that shreds your heart into teensy pieces
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The British Prime Minister said today the country is supporting America in its 'defensive' operations.
02.03.2026 11:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0You just don't see as many Italian-Japanese-Mongol-Cajun-Russian-Americans these days in the movies.
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I have a vague memory of watching that on VHS!
26.02.2026 18:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This is the way!
26.02.2026 08:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0![Q: How would you improve the music industry?
A: Burn it to the ground and start again.
I would fire everybody in every major record label, every streaming [platform], every major company in the industry. I would get rid of everybody at the top. Let's start again and make practices ethical for the artists making the music.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3u4yezfifhwdhtv4jjjbo7e4/bafkreibsdvzk7jzfubamkyxmg2sezu6rzb3b3i3telnsqnnmcya6pjbr2u)
Q: How would you improve the music industry? A: Burn it to the ground and start again. I would fire everybody in every major record label, every streaming [platform], every major company in the industry. I would get rid of everybody at the top. Let's start again and make practices ethical for the artists making the music.
Kate Nash in the current Amnesty Magazine. 🔥
24.02.2026 11:43 — 👍 434 🔁 79 💬 11 📌 7I thought having them speak different languages was another way to show the gap between the husband and the father and the heroine being pulled in different directions
23.02.2026 08:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Has there been a more vacuous, soulless movie? Literally about the transfer of an IP from one rights holder to another. Ghastly!
19.02.2026 09:14 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0ridiculously good
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The United States, just months before its 250th birthday as the world’s leading democracy, has tipped over the edge into authoritarianism and fascism.
16.02.2026 21:00 — 👍 453 🔁 176 💬 23 📌 14Favourite Transformer? Optimus Subprime Mortgage
13.02.2026 13:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So the real Predator was the friends we made along the way? #heartwarming
12.02.2026 15:50 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0He was so funny in that show! Really did seem like a lovely person.
12.02.2026 11:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Grim state of affairs!
11.02.2026 15:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I agree, I thought it was terrific and original!
10.02.2026 20:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I was a big fan of Gollbetty!
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Post a banger that isn't in English
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Today we’re delivering the report to Parliament. Here's our CEO, Anna Ganley, with a message to Government, asking them to implement CLEAR; a new regulatory framework to protect the livelihoods of authors, illustrators, musicians, performers, and photographers.
#JusticeForCreators
I had a ZX Spectrum and a copy of Horace Goes Skiing
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