James Cooray Smith @ Midday Matinées / Psychic Paper

A brief look at two very different reviews of Doctor Who by the two very different men who reviewed it for The Spectator at the turn of the 1970s. Free to read on the site, but you can always pick up a free or paid subscription while you're there. buttondown.com/cooray_smith...

Do you ever wonder if Charli xcx’s After the After Party is about 23/11/13?

I am the book reviews editor at the Journal of International Business Studies, and I'm just putting my hand up to say that we never use AI in our peer review process.

Happy publication day to #DoctorWho And The Key To Time (and thanks to @suttonwho.bsky.social for making the impossible happen)

For subscribers, but you can pick up free and £1.00 a month subscriptions on Patreon, to get loads of more of this stuff, plus guest posts (coming soon) and full access to our rapidly growing archive.

Here's the schedule for #DoctorWho #TargetBookClub again

For subscribers, but you can pick up free and £1.00 a month subscriptions on Patreon, to get loads of more of this stuff, plus guest posts (coming soon) and full access to our rapidly growing archive.

#filmsky #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

Every gothic horror:

Because it seems you lot like #HorrOctober more than #LFF: When is a sequel not a sequel? In praise of the notorious "video nasty" Zombi 2 (1979). www.patreon.com/MiddayMatine...

Just launched! Freaks, Mis-shapes, Weeds: A song-by-song exploration of every known Pulp recording, and life. 30 days left to make this happen! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jam...

The anniversary of Quatermass II is an appropriate time to remind people that me and the Quatermassive* are back in Derby to watch, discuss and celebrate this classic serial (and a bit of Beasts too). 5 December at Derby QUAD.

#DoctorWho #TargetBookClub has a Table Of Contents. Tickets: bit.ly/smallbluebox

Looks at new Derek Jarman doc, "Queer Edward 2", plus "A Long Winter" & "La Bola Negra", from #LFF. First one free to read in on the site, second two behind the £1.00 a month paywall, along with our rapidly growing archive, and a promise of three pieces a month for the foreseeable. Check us out.

A new @middaymatinees.bsky.social, looking at three highlights of this year's #LFF.

This is very good and the introduction bravely reveals quite how insufferable the author was as a teenager.

A new @middaymatinees.bsky.social, looking at three highlights of this year's #LFF.

I’ve done another guest post for the long running twinpeaksblog, looking at the neglected topic of the series’ UK viewing figures back in 1990 / 91. twinpeaksblog.com/2026/10/11/h... Free to read. Lots of other great stuff on that site too. Check it all out.

This time without autocorrect mandated misspelling in the blueksy post: On The Texas Chain Saw Massacre‘s first London run at the PCC over @middaymatinees.bsky.social. www.patreon.com/MiddayMatine... Free to read on patreon, with free and £1 subs available.

"Not my words, the words of Doctor Who Magazine's Matt Michael" I didn't post this, because it wholly went to paid subscribers only and I worry about bombarding people with links to things they can't read. But as you're being nice.

#filmsky #lastfourwatched #lff #londonfilmfestival

This time without autocorrect mandated misspelling in the blueksy post: On The Texas Chain Saw Massacre‘s first London run at the PCC over @middaymatinees.bsky.social. www.patreon.com/MiddayMatine... Free to read on patreon, with free and £1 subs available.

So, what can the censorship history of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the UK teach us about the GLC, and devolution of powers more generally? Amazingly, it’s not nothing. Free to read on patreon, with free & £1 a month subscription options when you’re there. #yousavedthepcc

Maybe we did; but I’m not taking this down, just in case.

The Prince Charles Cinema Secures its Future The Prince Charles Cinema is thrilled to announce that we have signed a new 25-year lease with no break clause, ensuring our projectors will keep rolling for years to come. #YouSavedthePCC

First of two posts this week is three highlights of this month’s #lff #Londonfilmfestival. That’s in subscribers’ inboxes now, and you can read most of the first of the three reviews online here, subscribe for £1.00 a month to get the rest. www.patreon.com/MiddayMatine...

A new Psychic Paper, on always being a friend to The Enemy of the World. buttondown.com/cooray_smith...

We’ll have multiple pieces each week for the rest of October thanks to #lff #londonfilmfestival & #horroctober (h/t @princecharlescinema.com), with one film that qualifies for both. £1.00 a month for most of this stuff, with a free tier for a taste of it. #filmsky www.patreon.com/cw/MiddayMat...

I’ve done another guest post for the long running twinpeaksblog, looking at the neglected topic of the series’ UK viewing figures back in 1990 / 91. twinpeaksblog.com/2026/10/11/h... Free to read. Lots of other great stuff on that site too. Check it all out.

With the release of the third season of #Blakes7 on DVD imminent, here’s my piece in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social about how I came to love my mad old show, in which that season played a significant part: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/alwa...

I am one (ONE) paid sub off a nice round number, so why not come in for £1 a month and make a happy man very old?

I am one (ONE) paid sub off a nice round number, so why not come in for £1 a month and make a happy man very old?

#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #filmsky

In subscribers‘ inboxes already, a new Midday Matinée on how changes in Canadian tax law enabled David Cronenberg‘s film about cars. No, not that one. It’s payday week & you can become a subscriber for just £1.00 a month. Or try the free tier & see if you like it. www.patreon.com/MiddayMatine...

A guest column by our Canada corespondent @graemeburk.bsky.social, who looks at the Canadian VHS grey market. buttondown.com/cooray_smith...

I've retitled this collection The Morgue, being "the remains of proposals that I once cherished and that, like a character in an Edgar Allan Poe story, I still hold too dear to inter." Now added, NAVIGATORS. The complete blueprint of a 10-hour historical epic, stalled and ultimately ended by Covid

This week's MM is deep-ish dive taking in a Canadian Prime Minister called Trudeau and a David Cronenberg film about cars, neither of which are the ones you're expecting. Probably.

This week's MM is deep-ish dive taking in a Canadian Prime Minister called Trudeau and a David Cronenberg film about cars, neither of which are the ones you're expecting. Probably.

Meet team Murderbot! @marthawells.com is our compass, a perfect storm of an SFF writer, an anthropologist, formed by fandom, winning awards from way early and always campaigned for those left behind. Or mistakes are our own, but we’re making this for her. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...

Happy #RubberSoul Day to all who celebrate.