Douglas King's Avatar

Douglas King

@dougking.bsky.social

Film writer/director. BIFA and BAFTA New Talent nominated. P/T Filmmaking lecturer at UWS. https://www.douglaskingfilm.com/

283 Followers  |  430 Following  |  37 Posts  |  Joined: 15.11.2024  |  1.8984

Latest posts by dougking.bsky.social on Bluesky

Video thumbnail

ICE murdered Renรฉe Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.

We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

26.01.2026 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54739    ๐Ÿ” 13979    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 820    ๐Ÿ“Œ 493

Just finished reading the wonderful Lynchian by @johnhiggs.bsky.social

Feels like itโ€™s got all the juice from Lynchโ€™s books/films/art, and the literature about him, in one super distilled volume. Wasnโ€™t quite ready to feel so moved in the last chapter. But now ready for Lynch back in cinemas.

08.01.2026 11:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

04.01.2026 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43499    ๐Ÿ” 16102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 326    ๐Ÿ“Œ 411
Post image

GOLD!

Legendary film editor Terry Rawlings' personal ALIEN script used during post-production. Contains all his notes, annotations, and camera coverage.

Download the 238-page scanned PDF

โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ

cinephiliabeyond.org/alien-40th-a...

18.12.2025 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can say with a great deal of certainty that Warfare has the best opening 2 minutes of any film this year.

12.12.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why heโ€™s so strong on it: โ€˜Because weโ€™re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means itโ€™s not about disliking immigrants. Itโ€™s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And thatโ€™s a bad human instinct.โ€™

07.12.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14105    ๐Ÿ” 4330    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 249    ๐Ÿ“Œ 98

"If I'd known I'd have to sit through an hour of Gianni Infantino I'd have just played a square ball" - Kieran Tierney

05.12.2025 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 306    ๐Ÿ” 71    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Paul Thomas Anderson responds to winning the poll:

โ€œFuck yeah! It takes my breath away a bit, honestly. I remember reading Sight and Sound, as we all do, from when I was so young, and now to have a film that they called the best film of the yearโ€ฆ itโ€™s amazing.โ€

05.12.2025 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Lots of great suggestions already (thank you!) but so far my favourite is Let the Bodies Hit the Floor vs Teletubbies...

08.10.2024 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1609    ๐Ÿ” 331    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 57

Wonder if this includes commuting Ronaldoโ€™s red card for the World Cup.

04.12.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

โ€œFor some reason people assumed an extra time win against 10 men, one of whom was Youssef Chermiti, meant we had suddenly stopped being shiteโ€

06.11.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
30.10.2025 05:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This does sound like something he would say haha

29.10.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trying to get my head round this photo existing

27.10.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image Post image 08.10.2025 08:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1312    ๐Ÿ” 452    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34

Could one of them be Spielbergโ€™s first theatrical release?

07.10.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

"UEFA is complicit in genocide by normalizing Israel. Kick them out now!"

Celtic's Green Brigade's message for #Palestine, now during the Europa League match against Braga.

02.10.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Regular reminder but if you don't have time to notify the applicants you don't have the capacity to run the 'opportunity'.

08.09.2025 06:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rangers fans spend months saying Shankland would score goals at Ibrox, Shankland scores at Ibrox, Rangers fans boo.

Some people are never happy

13.09.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 108    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image 15.08.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image 01.08.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
โ€˜New York Timesโ€™ Issues Apology For Reporting Palestinian Deaths NEW YORKโ€”Claiming that the humanizing of occupied peoples is not what the newspaper stands for, The New York Times issued an apology Tuesday for reporting on Palestinian deaths. โ€œOur thoughtful and ac...

From The Archives: โ€˜New York Timesโ€™ Issues Apology For Reporting Palestinian Deaths

30.07.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3970    ๐Ÿ” 681    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
Post image

A gift voucher book haul in between visiting soft plays with the girls.

26.07.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

This is not normal. This is a way to destroy public services, destroy people's confidence in government. We should not be buying into any of it. #nzpol #bhn

18.07.2025 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 143    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Post image

Still not sure what I made of Superman, but seen it in wonderful IMAX which always adds a star.

18.07.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image Post image

Nice to see how much things have changed for mothers since fictional 1939 ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

18.07.2025 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Don't forget to rinse out every jar and tin you finish, guys x

24.06.2025 10:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2816    ๐Ÿ” 758    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77    ๐Ÿ“Œ 76

After a month of morning pages, I have come to the conclusion that they are not compatible with having 2 children under 5.

19.06.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
โ€˜Oh no! Itโ€™s a Gruffalo!โ€™ Julia Donaldsonโ€™s 15 best books โ€“ ranked! Her rhyming tales have enchanted children and parents the world over โ€“ but which is the best? From a buskerโ€™s cat to a greedy rat, itโ€™s time to rate the hits

Paper Dolls at 15?!

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

16.06.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We Own the Night has an incredible car chase in the rain. And then thereโ€™s Seven which has glorious rain. Not the most positive films though!

14.06.2025 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@dougking is following 20 prominent accounts