Jonathan Wroot

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Had such a fun afternoon talking to Ghosts director @simonhynd.bsky.social about their new film and he adds Tokyo Drifter to the @90minfilmfest.bsky.social 👻 pod.fo/e/6f1e17

No AI in this, btw.

China’s first AI-generated theatrical feature has flopped, earning just $181,000 in its first weekend. By contrast, the scrappy ‘Niu Lai’ turned its crude animation into a viral attraction, grossing nearly $10 million a couple of months ago. www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...

What’s that you say? Liz has a new book out which even the Telegraph is saying is even more unhinged than the last one? Wonderful, I’ll post this then.

Billions in corporate welfare (socialism), no taxes, and exclusive contracts, no restrictions, and land.

Print film media. It's lonely, but it's worth it.

A sad loss to everyone who lives great storytelling - Tetsuya Chiba has died aged 87, after a life well lived and the creation of stories and characters loved all over the world. mainichi.jp/english/arti...

A new report suggests that viewing and engagement figures for #Netflix have been declining for a fair while. Not helped by the streamer struggling to find another breakout hit... buff.ly/Z1VRmEs

Enter the twisted world of Ujicha with the #gekimation film VIOLENCE VOYAGER Out on bluray Nov 9 from #thirdwindowfilms shop.thirdwindowfilms.com/products/vio...

#StarTrek #WalterKoenig

Walter Koenig. RIP. x

I've seen literally one smart and effective use of AI on the big screen, and that was in Ali G: Who Iz I, where it was used very amusingly to show what an idiot he is.

In the latest episode of the Film Stories podcast, the story of Superman III, of the tonal shift, the unhappiness behind the scenes - and that nightmare-inducing sequence at the end... buff.ly/PyDh0L4

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Any film fans renting as well as buying your films? www.pocket-lint.com/why-are-dvd-... #bluray #physicalmedia #movies #filmcollectors

Years Of Learning To Love Self Undone By Single Glimpse Of Body In Self-Checkout Camera https://theonion.com/years-of-learning-to-love-self-undone-by-single-glimpse-of-body-in-self-checkout-camera/

RIP Walter Koenig. Of all his moments on Star Trek, one of his finest was accurately portraying an officer stuck doing bridge duty while massively hungover (Star Trek VI)

Rest in peace, Walter Koenig, died aged 89 with his surviving family around him. He had a long and full life, but this is how I first saw him in Star Trek and to me he is forever Ensign Chekov, forever young.

I quite like being thick, and not understanding why a company burning through $12bn+ in losses a month is worth $1.8tn.

I know I say this every time, but it's true. They try to make you believe they are inevitable, when in fact they are defeatable. They do this because once people believe they will always win, there's no point fighting back.

A new report suggests that viewing and engagement figures for #Netflix have been declining for a while. Not helped by the streamer struggling to find another breakout hit... buff.ly/Z1VRmEs

TOMORROW!

Seen The Crown? Can you spot the @uniofgreenwich.bsky.social campus? It appears in more than one episode! Film Studies students study the use of these locations and others. Admissions criteria and Open Days: www.gre.ac.uk/undergraduat...

In a huge podcast special, the story behind the making of 1989's #Batman movie, and the bizarre prop that nobody knew what to do with... buff.ly/8n6TRUg

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Please can we start doing this in 🇬🇧?

Lovely to be on @garius.eurosky.social’s Untitled History Podcast talking about the strange origins of futuristic Milton Keynes open.spotify.com/episode/61au...

6 film Shohei Imamura boxset from Radiance. 4K+bluray PIGS AND BATTLESHIPS, THE INSECT WOMAN and INTENTIONS OF MURDER. Bluray STOLEN DESIRE, NISHI GINZA STATION and ENDLESS DESIRE. If you have the Nagisa Oshima boxset then make sure you grab this. #terracottastore #bluray #shoheiimamura #cinema

Unfortunately, shipments sent to the EU from our online store in the UK will have to be charged an extra €2 on top of the €3 being charged now due to new EU rules. Sorry, but an extra charge of €2 per shipment will be added to shipping costs from Nov 1 www.royalmail.com/europeantrad...

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

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And there go my plans to see this...

Halloween double-bill of surreal Japanese horror films on Oct 27 in London at The Nickel Cinema hosted @jbalmont.bsky.social Shinya Tsukamoto's HIRUKO THE GOBLIN thenickel.co.uk/screening/766 Ujicha's VIOLENCE VOYAGER thenickel.co.uk/screening/767

The full show I did with Shane Meadows: right here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rny2...

Coming Halloween

Author of edge novels like 'Almost Transparent Blue', occasional filmmaker, director of 'Tokyo Decadence' and the man behind the book and screenplay of Takashi Miike's 'Audition' passes away too soon.

Lots of lovely feedback, but there's one reference to Bride of Frankenstein (and the Incredible Hulk and Murder, She Wrote) that no one has spotted yet...

NEWS: Shozin Fukui's cult classic RUBBER'S LOVER gets its world UHD debut from Third Window Films on 11 Jan, from the original 16mm negatives. Limited edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray, £29.99. shop.terracottadistribution.com/products/rubbers-lover-uhd-bluray-limited-edition #RubbersLover #terracottastore

Sunday, 6pm, Ritzy Brixton: Kung Fu Cinema presents Stephen Chow's KUNG FU HUSTLE on the big screen. We are proud to be supporting it. www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail... #KungFuHustle #terracottastore

Radio 3 just throwing the Jurassic Park theme out onto the airwaves at 7:20am.

Author Ryu Murakami, whose edgy works explored sex, violence, and youth culture, has died, his publisher said Friday. He was 74.

On Untitled History Podcast this week I'm joined @grindrod.bsky.social In the 1970s, Britain embarked on a quest to build a city of the future. This is the story of the birth of Milton Keynes. The future that could have been. Available below, on YouTube or your pod app of choice. #history #cows

It looks as if Sony is backing away from making standalone 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray players, just as sales of the discs themselves are on the up. #4kuhd buff.ly/Fy0jbid

RIP Tom Skerritt, actor, died aged 93.

I spoke with the great Cho Yeo-jeong about POSSIBLE LOVE, working with director Lee Chang-dong, and her approach to playing a documentary filmmaker www.curzon.com/journal/cho-...

Takashi Miike says his films are all about the same thing: "What were we born for? Where do we go when we die?" The director's latest feature, "Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo," hits the streets of Kabukicho to find out.

Holy cow, a @thirdwindowfilms.com and @lostincult.co.uk partnership?! Starting(?) with a 4K UHD release of RUBBER’S LOVER, directed by the late Shozin Fukui (964 PINOCCHIO)