#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princecharle…

Today I said goodbye (via eBay) to a rare signed Flann O'Brien novel I found (undetected because of his pseudonym) years ago. It was battered when I found it. But I arrived at the conclusion that the longer my clumsy mitts held onto it, the more likely I'd lose or destroy it...

Alec Guinness is the least convincing thing about the original Star Wars. At times he comes over as bored and distracted. Everyone else is giving it 100% and he seems to be a bit cautious as if he's worried this will be a massive dud..

I'm Chicago Filmmakers this weekend directing a monologue WELTS! by David Hauptschein, starring Charles Pike, as part of the "Spoken Word Café". Saturday 8pm / Sunday 7pm at Chicago Filmmakers 1326 W Hollywood Ave. If you are in the Chicago area, check it out. chicagofilmmakers.org/upcoming-scree…

On this day, 105 years ago, Wallace Worsley's "The Penalty" (1920) starring Lon Chaney premiered in Redondo Beach, California.

I saw Cairo Station @bfi recently. As potent and funny as some of the best Italian neo-realist films imo. Once it's established those credentials, it shifts gears into a thriller, reminding me of early Hitchcock. Also a remarkable lead performance from the director.

If you were too cheap to rent/buy from Amazon/Apple 🙃, etc., the Roku Channel is now streaming Peter Bogdanovich's SQUIRRELS TO THE NUTS w/ commercials, but calling it "SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY -- DIrector's Cut." But it's there. Link in reply:

I also remember Reiner once went Letterman and told everyone with great enthusiasm how much he loved Mel Brooks' Dracula Dead And Loving It and how funny it was...

RIP. Chris Rea's grandfather and my great grandfather were brothers, one of many Italian familes who travelled (largely on foot) to the UK to make a living in the ice cream trade. Many of them interned during WW2, but with little complaint, they carried on laying roots in the UK.

Do yourself a favour and watch this beautifully restored Christmas comedy from the pinnacle of Laurel & Hardy's silent years.

It's time to look back on a complicated year... #COUNTRYOFHOTELS is available now to rent/buy on @primevideo: bit.ly/437i8wo Celebrate responsibly! 😜🍾

My mind-altering film Country of Hotels, available on Prime Video and free if you are a UK Prime subscriber on Prime Video UK & IE

The kind of insight you would expect from a frustrated teacher employed at a minor public school. You'd nod, but hold your tongue because you felt sorry for him.