Forget the Oscars—this is the ultimate resource for the best movies of 2025. Here are the 20 films that stuck with me from the last year. (Check JustWatch to see if and where they are available to stream, or your local library for the DVD/Blu-ray. See this list on Letterboxd.) 20. An Autumn Summer There’s […]

Watched: 9 March 2026 (labour day public holiday in Australia)Honestly, the ending of Game of Thrones left a sour taste in my mouth and despite being a huge fan, I only watched a couple of episodes of the House of Dragons, realising it was pretty much similar story line

A short note from friend of Silent London, Maria Wyke, professor of Latin at University College London. A one-off screening of the rarely seen silent epic film Jone o Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (Jone or The Last Days of Pompeii, 1913, dir. Giovanni Enrico Vidali) will be held in the 500-seat Bloomsbury Theatre from 6 to … Continue reading Experience the last days of Pompeii →

STRARAM, Patrick. “L’Année dernière à Marienbad à Montréal” (in Situations Vol. 4, no.2). Montreal: Situations, July 1962. 68 p. [but …Continue reading →

🍿 Watched A Poet, 2025 - ★★★ We've all been Oscar. 💬 Comments

Video transcript: Arthur Miller’s play Broken Glass is one that doesn’t get staged very often, and usually, there are a couple of reasons for that. It could be that it’s problematic, or it could be that it’s just overlooked. And I think it’s definitely the latter. With this production at the Young Vic, it is […]

A number of years ago I wondered how many movies I had seen. The only way I could think of finding out was just to make a list. This I did as best I could. (It turned out to be around 700.) I found, though, that I could not include all the James Bond movies I had seen, because I couldn't tell them apart from the descriptions. I'd read a plot summary for a James Bond movie, and ask myself “Did I see that? I don't know, it sounds like every other James Bond movie.” Today I discovered that John…

[Debord, Guy] Raymond la Science (pseud.) La java des bons enfants, accompagnée de trois portraits linogravés, dont deux loupés de Jean-Michel Alberola. Grignan: Colophon, 7 Juillet 2006. 22 p.; ill.; 18 cm.; cream cover with text in red and black, uncut pages. One of 130 copies, including 30 signed and numbered by Jean-Michel Alberola (ours #26). Reproduces the lyrics of the anarchist / Situationist song “La Java des bons enfants”, along with 3 illustrated portraits by Jean-Michel Alberola.…

Having watched the first four episodes of Flux, I did watch the fifth episode and intended to write about it. But somehow I got distracted and didn’t get around to it. I probably will, but not today. But in the … Continue reading →

Poet, Simon Mole and singer-storyteller, Gecko have teamed up again for another family show filled with word play and ear-worms.…

It all started with an announcement of a tribute to David Lynch with screenings of all his films in one of London's cinemas during the whole month of January.

I’m a big fan of all things ASOIAF. I am an especially big fan of the Dunk and Egg novellas. When the show was announced, I was a little skeptical of starting another series based on uncompleted works. Problems could still arise in the future, but so far the show is a hit. Peter Claffey […]

Taken as a whole, war movies can be somewhat double-minded. When a nation isn’t involved in military conflict, filmmakers can make movies about the damages and consequences of war, and ask questions like, What was it all for? However, when a nation is embroiled in military action, filmmakers are pressured to inspire people to adopt the cause of the war … Continue reading →

Back in 2024, I was contacted by two Romanian film professors, Andrei Rus and Doru Nitescu of the Universitatea Nationala de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica “I.L.Caragiale.” They had translated David’s and my textbook, Film History: an Introduction, the first of our books to appear in Romanian. As part of the activities around its release, they […]

This is a really touching speech by Harrison Ford. I grew up with Han Solo and Indiana Jones and now I’m enjoying his performance in Shrinking.

Welcome to The Film Noir Files, the noir series here at Shadows and Satin and over at Speakeasy, the blog authored by my pal Kristina, where each month we recommend a film noir feature for you to watch on TCM. We never know what the other has selected until we post, and part of the […]

Following on from my previous movie summaries, this is my February 2026 review. Overall, I watched 28 new movies this month, taking the total for the year to 59! This month was full of Oscar best picture nominations and some other good movies. Watched 28 Hours 51 Average Rating 6.1 Highest Rated 9 My favourite movie of the month was Marty Supreme (9/10). It is fra...

In the spirit of "If you see something, say something," I'm going to share my thoughts on two movies I recently watched and recommend you watch one of them.* I do not think these two were ever intended to be a double feature, but here we

As a delta blues story, this is fantastic. The origin of the blues in sharecroppers, and the juke joints wherever black people could get together. And the long long decades later, shown in flash-forwards and visions, to when blues men are loved. I might've liked to have more filmed backstory on the twins, some of … Continue reading "What I'm Watching: Sinners"

On February 22, 2026, on the night between Saturday and Sunday, the Belgrade Clock was installed in the center of the newly formed roundabout on Republic Square. Soon after the installation and public presentatino, representatives of opplisition criticized the city government that the similar clock that costed the city about 12 million dinars (approx. 102,000 EUR) can be bought on Chinese market platform Alibaba and for around $6,000. The chief urban planner is refusing the accusations,…

Last year, I had the pleasure of writing an essay for the upcoming Blu-ray and 4K UHD release of Excalibur (1981) from Arrow Video. John Boorman is one of my favorite directors, and Excalibur is a treasured film from my childhood, so the project was a joy to work on. My essay, which is titled “Strange Portents, Peculiar Signs, […]

I know nothing about cars.  Nix, Nada, Nought; not a thing.  I don’t even drive one; and the iota of vehicular knowledge I do possess could fit into a mouse’s thimble.  So, all I can say is that the Green Car chases the Black Car, and the Green Car wins.  Not as in a race, […]

Koyaanisqatsi é um filme que é uma experiência de vida. A primeira vez que assisti, na faculdade, tive a impressão que milhares de caminhões (e carros, e aviões, e máquinas e porta-aviões e foguetes) passaram por cima de mim. Esse filme dá outra interpretação àquela máxima em que se diz que depois de conhecer como são fabricadas as salsichas não vamos mais querer comê-las. E sim, a música é do Philip Glass. Pois bem. Um camarada chamado Wyatt Hodgson acelerou o Koyaanisqatsi 1552%, reduzindo ...

After I shared my list of movies watched from 1995, it made me realize that I had forgotten to share the horror marathon I did last October. It’s indeed the 8th time I’ve done something like this in October (following 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024). I also re-subscribed to Shudder for the month, which lead […]