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Nonsense. A film should be as long as it needs to be to tell the story being told. Simple.
Some of the biggest box office hits are 3hrs+. Avatar + Oppenheimer. Ok, kids films need tight runtimes but not all.
Some of the biggest box office hits are 3hrs+. Avatar + Oppenheimer. Ok, kids films need tight runtimes but not all.
Make films shorter if you want them shown in cinemas, says Picturehouse director
Clare Binns says three-hour runtimes deter audiences as she is named Bafta recipient for outstanding British contribution to cinema
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Nonsense. A film should be as long as it needs to be to tell the story being told. Simple.
Some of the biggest box office hits are 3hrs+. Avatar + Oppenheimer. Ok, kids films need tight runtimes but not all.
Some of the biggest box office hits are 3hrs+. Avatar + Oppenheimer. Ok, kids films need tight runtimes but not all.
Pure Sauce. From a metronome, no less.
El Pivote.
El Pivote.
Chelsea 1 - [3] Arsenal - Martin Zubimendi 71'
January 16, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Pure Sauce. From a metronome, no less.
El Pivote.
El Pivote.
My TOP 10 movies from 2025.
(I have yet to see Marty Supreme or Bugonia so expect significant shifts upon viewing!)
Are you on Letterboxd? boxd.it/RgsBE
(I have yet to see Marty Supreme or Bugonia so expect significant shifts upon viewing!)
Are you on Letterboxd? boxd.it/RgsBE
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
My TOP 10 movies from 2025.
(I have yet to see Marty Supreme or Bugonia so expect significant shifts upon viewing!)
Are you on Letterboxd? boxd.it/RgsBE
(I have yet to see Marty Supreme or Bugonia so expect significant shifts upon viewing!)
Are you on Letterboxd? boxd.it/RgsBE
Cinema will never disappear. Formats will broaden - sport / music / event based - and auteurs have never had such studio support. Scale is reducing, no doubt, but there'll always be a demand.
Plus, Netflix will adapt, especially post their acquisition of WB.
Plus, Netflix will adapt, especially post their acquisition of WB.
The strangest thing: is the future of cinema … not new movies?
Netflix’s big-screen release of the Stranger Things finale is estimated to have made over $25m at the US box office, the latest example of event cinema proving popular
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Cinema will never disappear. Formats will broaden - sport / music / event based - and auteurs have never had such studio support. Scale is reducing, no doubt, but there'll always be a demand.
Plus, Netflix will adapt, especially post their acquisition of WB.
Plus, Netflix will adapt, especially post their acquisition of WB.
Just caught One Battle After Another. Sensational. A movie that doesn’t relent throughout. Award-winning turns from Leo + Penn. Outrageous soundtrack. Action, comedy, emotion, sharp social commentary of where we heading.
PTA auteur’ing without limits.
Film of the year without doubt.
PTA auteur’ing without limits.
Film of the year without doubt.
September 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Just caught One Battle After Another. Sensational. A movie that doesn’t relent throughout. Award-winning turns from Leo + Penn. Outrageous soundtrack. Action, comedy, emotion, sharp social commentary of where we heading.
PTA auteur’ing without limits.
Film of the year without doubt.
PTA auteur’ing without limits.
Film of the year without doubt.
In Nico Jover we trust. GOAT.
36 - Arsenal scored their 35th and 36th goals from corners in the Premier League since the start of the 2023-24, which is now 15 more than any other side in this period (21 for Chelsea and Tottenham). Unstoppable.
September 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In Nico Jover we trust. GOAT.
That’s why we watch the football, gang 😘
September 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
That’s why we watch the football, gang 😘
That’s some win for the #Arsenal.
Deserved but always a very difficult place to find goals. Especially after conceding.
Substitutes adding the finishing touches. Merino back at SJP, and the Ø showed his class.
Gabriel is a monster in the BIGGEST of games.
MASSIVE for the belief. This race is on.
Deserved but always a very difficult place to find goals. Especially after conceding.
Substitutes adding the finishing touches. Merino back at SJP, and the Ø showed his class.
Gabriel is a monster in the BIGGEST of games.
MASSIVE for the belief. This race is on.
September 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
That’s some win for the #Arsenal.
Deserved but always a very difficult place to find goals. Especially after conceding.
Substitutes adding the finishing touches. Merino back at SJP, and the Ø showed his class.
Gabriel is a monster in the BIGGEST of games.
MASSIVE for the belief. This race is on.
Deserved but always a very difficult place to find goals. Especially after conceding.
Substitutes adding the finishing touches. Merino back at SJP, and the Ø showed his class.
Gabriel is a monster in the BIGGEST of games.
MASSIVE for the belief. This race is on.
#2 Licorice Pizza. Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson
Nothing like the grandiose worlds of intrigue that PTA typically builds, incredibly pared back but still entirely entrancing and alluring.
Nothing like the grandiose worlds of intrigue that PTA typically builds, incredibly pared back but still entirely entrancing and alluring.
September 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
#2 Licorice Pizza. Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson
Nothing like the grandiose worlds of intrigue that PTA typically builds, incredibly pared back but still entirely entrancing and alluring.
Nothing like the grandiose worlds of intrigue that PTA typically builds, incredibly pared back but still entirely entrancing and alluring.
Watched 2 fabulous films over the weekend! 🍿🎬🎥
#1 - Queer. Dir: Guadagnino.
Queer is essential viewing. Although a little muddled in parts, a little indulgent too from Guadagnino. But certainly profound and emotional and such a vivid, fantastical creation. His use of colour is sensational.
#1 - Queer. Dir: Guadagnino.
Queer is essential viewing. Although a little muddled in parts, a little indulgent too from Guadagnino. But certainly profound and emotional and such a vivid, fantastical creation. His use of colour is sensational.
September 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Watched 2 fabulous films over the weekend! 🍿🎬🎥
#1 - Queer. Dir: Guadagnino.
Queer is essential viewing. Although a little muddled in parts, a little indulgent too from Guadagnino. But certainly profound and emotional and such a vivid, fantastical creation. His use of colour is sensational.
#1 - Queer. Dir: Guadagnino.
Queer is essential viewing. Although a little muddled in parts, a little indulgent too from Guadagnino. But certainly profound and emotional and such a vivid, fantastical creation. His use of colour is sensational.
Some musings on yesterday's game after my thoughts have settled:
- Everybody needs a story! Not entirely sure our approach warrants such criticism. We were missing our #10, our star attacker, Havertz and then also Big Bill. It was the 3rd game of the season, away from home, at the Champions.
- Everybody needs a story! Not entirely sure our approach warrants such criticism. We were missing our #10, our star attacker, Havertz and then also Big Bill. It was the 3rd game of the season, away from home, at the Champions.
September 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Some musings on yesterday's game after my thoughts have settled:
- Everybody needs a story! Not entirely sure our approach warrants such criticism. We were missing our #10, our star attacker, Havertz and then also Big Bill. It was the 3rd game of the season, away from home, at the Champions.
- Everybody needs a story! Not entirely sure our approach warrants such criticism. We were missing our #10, our star attacker, Havertz and then also Big Bill. It was the 3rd game of the season, away from home, at the Champions.
Smart policy from a smart country! Invest in education creatively and the rewards should follow.
More of this please!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
More of this please!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Denmark to abolish VAT on books in effort to get more people reading
Culture minister says government will propose ending the 25% rate, the highest in the world, in its budget bill
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Smart policy from a smart country! Invest in education creatively and the rewards should follow.
More of this please!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
More of this please!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Just when the window was slipping away, Big Boss Berta pulls this rabbit from his fancy hat.
Eze, Saka, Madueke, Martinelli, Nwaneri + Dowman feels like pure sauce. Options galore.
Feels like Sol 2.0.
Eze, Saka, Madueke, Martinelli, Nwaneri + Dowman feels like pure sauce. Options galore.
Feels like Sol 2.0.
August 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just when the window was slipping away, Big Boss Berta pulls this rabbit from his fancy hat.
Eze, Saka, Madueke, Martinelli, Nwaneri + Dowman feels like pure sauce. Options galore.
Feels like Sol 2.0.
Eze, Saka, Madueke, Martinelli, Nwaneri + Dowman feels like pure sauce. Options galore.
Feels like Sol 2.0.
Tottenham finally hire a suitable manager and they immediately make appropriate moves in the window. Was it really so hard to get here?
Add a few more along these lines, they’ll become a real threat, and that, my friends, is annoying!
Add a few more along these lines, they’ll become a real threat, and that, my friends, is annoying!
July 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Tottenham finally hire a suitable manager and they immediately make appropriate moves in the window. Was it really so hard to get here?
Add a few more along these lines, they’ll become a real threat, and that, my friends, is annoying!
Add a few more along these lines, they’ll become a real threat, and that, my friends, is annoying!
Sunderland doing major bits.
Perhaps the only strategy available to attempt avoiding the drop. After the recent yo-yo of most promoted teams, you have to admire the bravery.
Perhaps the only strategy available to attempt avoiding the drop. After the recent yo-yo of most promoted teams, you have to admire the bravery.
July 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sunderland doing major bits.
Perhaps the only strategy available to attempt avoiding the drop. After the recent yo-yo of most promoted teams, you have to admire the bravery.
Perhaps the only strategy available to attempt avoiding the drop. After the recent yo-yo of most promoted teams, you have to admire the bravery.
Brentford, Bournemouth and Forest are being systematically dismantled at the top table of elite football.
The breathtaking financial power of the top teams in full flow.
After outrageous seasons, it’s back to the drawing board.
The breathtaking financial power of the top teams in full flow.
After outrageous seasons, it’s back to the drawing board.
July 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Brentford, Bournemouth and Forest are being systematically dismantled at the top table of elite football.
The breathtaking financial power of the top teams in full flow.
After outrageous seasons, it’s back to the drawing board.
The breathtaking financial power of the top teams in full flow.
After outrageous seasons, it’s back to the drawing board.
A big FAT YES to #Madueke.
If Arteta, Berta + Co think so, I’m all in.
He’s a chaos merchant and, if combined with Eze + a #9, provides us with full coverage across the front line, inc. the #10.
We’d finally have a Saka rotation too.
Only drawback is game time for Nwaneri. Perhaps a loan?
If Arteta, Berta + Co think so, I’m all in.
He’s a chaos merchant and, if combined with Eze + a #9, provides us with full coverage across the front line, inc. the #10.
We’d finally have a Saka rotation too.
Only drawback is game time for Nwaneri. Perhaps a loan?
July 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A big FAT YES to #Madueke.
If Arteta, Berta + Co think so, I’m all in.
He’s a chaos merchant and, if combined with Eze + a #9, provides us with full coverage across the front line, inc. the #10.
We’d finally have a Saka rotation too.
Only drawback is game time for Nwaneri. Perhaps a loan?
If Arteta, Berta + Co think so, I’m all in.
He’s a chaos merchant and, if combined with Eze + a #9, provides us with full coverage across the front line, inc. the #10.
We’d finally have a Saka rotation too.
Only drawback is game time for Nwaneri. Perhaps a loan?
Rachel Reeves showing emotion proves only one thing. She has major courage. She leads her portfolio with integrity and is passionate about the outcomes.
She should be lauded. Not pilloried.
She’s a trailblazer, being the first female to hold such office. And against an incredibly tight backdrop.
She should be lauded. Not pilloried.
She’s a trailblazer, being the first female to hold such office. And against an incredibly tight backdrop.
July 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Rachel Reeves showing emotion proves only one thing. She has major courage. She leads her portfolio with integrity and is passionate about the outcomes.
She should be lauded. Not pilloried.
She’s a trailblazer, being the first female to hold such office. And against an incredibly tight backdrop.
She should be lauded. Not pilloried.
She’s a trailblazer, being the first female to hold such office. And against an incredibly tight backdrop.
My dream #glasto lineup:
My dream lineup:
Headliners:
Lady Gaga - Frank Ocean - Eminem (would be Kendrick Lamar but he was 2 years ago)
Legends Slot:
Oasis
Others:
The Weeknd
Stormzy
Miley Cyrus
Lewis Capaldi
Lil Wayne
London Grammar
Nicki Minaj
My dream lineup:
Headliners:
Lady Gaga - Frank Ocean - Eminem (would be Kendrick Lamar but he was 2 years ago)
Legends Slot:
Oasis
Others:
The Weeknd
Stormzy
Miley Cyrus
Lewis Capaldi
Lil Wayne
London Grammar
Nicki Minaj
June 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My dream #glasto lineup:
My dream lineup:
Headliners:
Lady Gaga - Frank Ocean - Eminem (would be Kendrick Lamar but he was 2 years ago)
Legends Slot:
Oasis
Others:
The Weeknd
Stormzy
Miley Cyrus
Lewis Capaldi
Lil Wayne
London Grammar
Nicki Minaj
My dream lineup:
Headliners:
Lady Gaga - Frank Ocean - Eminem (would be Kendrick Lamar but he was 2 years ago)
Legends Slot:
Oasis
Others:
The Weeknd
Stormzy
Miley Cyrus
Lewis Capaldi
Lil Wayne
London Grammar
Nicki Minaj
Lewis Capaldi makes an emotional return to Glastonbury, two years after not being able to finish his last performance due to Tourette syndrome.
June 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
June 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Still remarkable scores. Anything north of 80% is GOLD.
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Still remarkable scores. Anything north of 80% is GOLD.
Mosquera and Norgaard are precisely the sort of players we need. Quality squad filler.
One’s an EPL captain with superb stats.
The other is a novice (albeit w/ 2 La Liga seasons behind him) with huge potential.
+ Kepa.
Superb work from Berta, Arteta & Co.
Now it’s onto the #9 and LW
Exciting
One’s an EPL captain with superb stats.
The other is a novice (albeit w/ 2 La Liga seasons behind him) with huge potential.
+ Kepa.
Superb work from Berta, Arteta & Co.
Now it’s onto the #9 and LW
Exciting
June 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Mosquera and Norgaard are precisely the sort of players we need. Quality squad filler.
One’s an EPL captain with superb stats.
The other is a novice (albeit w/ 2 La Liga seasons behind him) with huge potential.
+ Kepa.
Superb work from Berta, Arteta & Co.
Now it’s onto the #9 and LW
Exciting
One’s an EPL captain with superb stats.
The other is a novice (albeit w/ 2 La Liga seasons behind him) with huge potential.
+ Kepa.
Superb work from Berta, Arteta & Co.
Now it’s onto the #9 and LW
Exciting