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Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social 15-18 October 2026
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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social Historian (early modern & true crime). Teaches at Oxford University. Author - 1666 (out now), GOD’S THRONE (out soon).
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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social The Home of Film in Ireland.
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Giulia Saccogna @giuliasfilms.bsky.social BFI Southbank: Season curator
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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social Writer of Gods Behaving Badly, Warhorses of Letters and more. This American Life contributor.
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Neil Norman @njstreitberger.bsky.social Writer, film/theatre critic, person of interests.
Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social Film Lecturer, Horror Scholar, Freelance Writer, Filmmaker, Twin Peaks fanatic, Childless Cat Lady. Co-host of SciFrights podcast https://rss.com/podcasts/scifrights
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Regent Street Cinema @regentstcinema.bsky.social We're an independent cinema in the heart of London, curating the best independent and studio releases and screening them for you.
Leeds International Film Festival - LIFF @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social 📽️ 39th Leeds International Film Festival, 30 October - 16 November 2025.
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Script Apart with Al Horner @scriptapart.bsky.social A podcast about the first-draft secrets of great movies and TV shows. ScriptApart.com
Noah Isenberg @noahisenberg.bsky.social Film scholar @ UT-Austin & exec director UTNY + UTLA | ‘26 Guggenheim fellow | books on ‘Casablanca’ + ‘Some Like It Hot’ (W.W. Norton + Faber), ed. Billy Wilder on Assignment (Princeton) | bylines: NYT, TNR, NYR, et al. | views = mine www.noahisenberg.com
Oliver Duff @olyduff.bsky.social Editor-in-chief, The i Paper … theipaper.com … 2024 UK Newspaper of the Year … also: sharks, Arsenal
Gary Needham (they/them) @garyneedham.bsky.social website: www.gary-needham.com Film and Screen Media, University of Liverpool & currently writing 'Sex, Guys, and Videotape: American Independent Cinema and the AIDS Crisis' and co-authoring the Queer Film Classic on 'Buddies' (1985)
Mark Cosgrove @markcosgrove.bsky.social Engaging audiences in some of the finest cinematic visions and much more at Watershed, Bristol and beyond. Founder of Cinema Rediscovered, bringing great films back to the big screen since 2016. Ops my own.
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Jon Frosch @jon-frosch.bsky.social Senior Editor, Reviews, at The Hollywood Reporter. Member of @lafilmcritics.bsky.social. Alum @france24.com + International Herald Tribune.
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Jake Garriock @jwgarriock.bsky.social
Linda Marric Evans @lindamarric.co.uk Film Critic and Honorary Secretary of London Critics’ Circle. Bylines: The Sun, HeyUGuys. Formerly at The Daily Mirror, the JC, Total Film, Yahoo & NME and many more.
London Critics' Circle @londoncritics.bsky.social The film section of the UK Critics' Circle (established in 1913), which also includes books, dance, drama, music and visual arts journalists.
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Carrie Courogen @carriecourogen.bsky.social writer
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📘 cassavetes & rowlands (2028ish)
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
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Sophie-Marie Prime @sophiemrie.bsky.social they/she | Perpetually reading a book, watching a movie, or doing critic things at Rotten Tomatoes. 🍅🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️