Dan Berlinka
@danberlinka.bsky.social
Writer / director / coverer of waterfronts
Yesterday I made my first trip to The Nickel Cinema to see 1981 curio Strange Behavior, a slasher-inflected B movie throwback. (There's a killer in a Tor Johnson mask.) Fitting that I passed the Scala on the way, as that's the spirit The Nickel self-consciously recreates. I'll definitely be back.
September 28, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Yesterday I made my first trip to The Nickel Cinema to see 1981 curio Strange Behavior, a slasher-inflected B movie throwback. (There's a killer in a Tor Johnson mask.) Fitting that I passed the Scala on the way, as that's the spirit The Nickel self-consciously recreates. I'll definitely be back.
Hell of an address
September 23, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Hell of an address
Hell of an address
September 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Hell of an address
I'm always in the market for a Seinfeld clip (and Jason Alexander's "alright" at the end of the scene deserves an Emmy.) But the thing that excited me most was that I was able to spot a glimpse of Kim's Video (and it's not even in the right ratio!!)
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September 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I'm always in the market for a Seinfeld clip (and Jason Alexander's "alright" at the end of the scene deserves an Emmy.) But the thing that excited me most was that I was able to spot a glimpse of Kim's Video (and it's not even in the right ratio!!)
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Do I know anyone who wants a box of Sight and Sound Magazines from the 80s and 90s? Free to anyone who can collect them from East London in the next week or so.
(Please message me if interested.)
(Please message me if interested.)
August 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Do I know anyone who wants a box of Sight and Sound Magazines from the 80s and 90s? Free to anyone who can collect them from East London in the next week or so.
(Please message me if interested.)
(Please message me if interested.)
Name a movie where the title character *isn’t* the main character.
August 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Name a movie where the title character *isn’t* the main character.
And that same Italian edition is available to buy on Abe Books. (I won't, but still it was fun chasing it down.)
I Classici Della Magia Nera by Peter Haining: Buono (Good) rilegato (1971) | MULTI BOOK share.google/uAR1l2rn6u0O...
I Classici Della Magia Nera by Peter Haining: Buono (Good) rilegato (1971) | MULTI BOOK share.google/uAR1l2rn6u0O...
August 4, 2026 at 8:40 AM
And that same Italian edition is available to buy on Abe Books. (I won't, but still it was fun chasing it down.)
I Classici Della Magia Nera by Peter Haining: Buono (Good) rilegato (1971) | MULTI BOOK share.google/uAR1l2rn6u0O...
I Classici Della Magia Nera by Peter Haining: Buono (Good) rilegato (1971) | MULTI BOOK share.google/uAR1l2rn6u0O...
I was intrigued and it was easy enough to discover that it's the Italian edition of this anthology, "The Satanists":
August 4, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I was intrigued and it was easy enough to discover that it's the Italian edition of this anthology, "The Satanists":
During Don't Torture A Duckling there's a portentous close up of this book:
August 4, 2026 at 8:40 AM
During Don't Torture A Duckling there's a portentous close up of this book:
Happy Mahler's birthday.
July 7, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Happy Mahler's birthday.
A vampire who isn't Dracula.
June 21, 2026 at 6:53 PM
A vampire who isn't Dracula.
This is the angriest bag of vegetables I have ever seen.
April 30, 2026 at 8:31 AM
This is the angriest bag of vegetables I have ever seen.
Happy Duke Ellington's birthday.
April 29, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Happy Duke Ellington's birthday.
I liked this message so much that I took a picture with my smartphone so I could share it to social media.
April 20, 2026 at 8:44 AM
I liked this message so much that I took a picture with my smartphone so I could share it to social media.
Bogart's super stardom happening in real time. The Petrified Forest was released in 1936. Night and the City was published in 1938, three years before High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon. Bogart is still a supporting actor (apart from in B movies.) But he's making enough impact to sell a shirt.
April 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Bogart's super stardom happening in real time. The Petrified Forest was released in 1936. Night and the City was published in 1938, three years before High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon. Bogart is still a supporting actor (apart from in B movies.) But he's making enough impact to sell a shirt.
Gangs of Greek philosphers fight vicious turf wars in North London.
April 12, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Gangs of Greek philosphers fight vicious turf wars in North London.
First time I've seen one of these outside of a Chas & Dave song!
April 7, 2026 at 10:40 AM
First time I've seen one of these outside of a Chas & Dave song!
Me at the Hayward Gallery Chiharu Shiota exhibition, looking like a spy meeting a contact in an arty cold war thriller from the 60s.
April 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Me at the Hayward Gallery Chiharu Shiota exhibition, looking like a spy meeting a contact in an arty cold war thriller from the 60s.
I don't know if they put it up specially, but this was a fitting poem to find here on International Women's Day.
March 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I don't know if they put it up specially, but this was a fitting poem to find here on International Women's Day.
My new screenwriting mantra:
February 23, 2026 at 12:47 PM
My new screenwriting mantra:
Read a classic work of English literature without finding any antisemitism challenge: failed again.
February 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Read a classic work of English literature without finding any antisemitism challenge: failed again.
I just finished Rusty Lake Paradise (on mobile) I think this is the 12th of these that I've played. Imagine a puzzle game written by David Lynch and designed by Edward Gorey. I absolutely love them.
January 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I just finished Rusty Lake Paradise (on mobile) I think this is the 12th of these that I've played. Imagine a puzzle game written by David Lynch and designed by Edward Gorey. I absolutely love them.
Hear me out... not White Lotus or Death of Stalin Jason Isaacs, but Cure for Wellness, The OA, and Look Away Jason Isaacs.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hear me out... not White Lotus or Death of Stalin Jason Isaacs, but Cure for Wellness, The OA, and Look Away Jason Isaacs.
If you're in London between now and November 9th, there is a gorgeous *free* (and under advertised) Frankenstein exhibition at Selfridges. Costumes, designs, models, and first editions of the novel. (Thanks to mirror-lurking @johnnymains.co.uk for taking me there!) www.selfridges.com/GB/en/stores...
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
If you're in London between now and November 9th, there is a gorgeous *free* (and under advertised) Frankenstein exhibition at Selfridges. Costumes, designs, models, and first editions of the novel. (Thanks to mirror-lurking @johnnymains.co.uk for taking me there!) www.selfridges.com/GB/en/stores...
Fridge magnet / matchbox combo. A timely Halloween gift. Thank you @johnnymains.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Fridge magnet / matchbox combo. A timely Halloween gift. Thank you @johnnymains.co.uk