Water 12.2 Air 14 Egrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention.

RIP Udo Kier, the only actor whose mere presence touched every film he appeared in with greatness.

Water 8.4 Air 11 A new club song, thank you Rob Reiner. youtube.com/watch?v=7HjjMZ…

Carol of the Bells in Kyiv subway. Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine. Thankful to everyone who stands with us!

RIP BB, a truly great icon of world cinema. theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/…

Water 1.9 Air -3 Our prayers this Sunday with those swimmers and rescuers recently lost at sea, please stay safe out there.

With a heavy heart and clenched jaw, I regret to announce that Donald Trump continues to draw breath, as foul as it may be. Still, the sun will rise tomorrow, as it has for millennia, carrying with it the quiet hope that nature will eventually finish what justice refuses to.

Rest in peace to the great Béla Tarr (1955-2026) – Hungary’s maestro of melancholy whose singular work reimagined cinematic time and space.

Canada and Denmark are Allies and partners in our shared responsibility for the security and resilience of the Arctic. As I reaffirmed to PM Frederiksen today, Canada will always support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Denmark, including Greenland. Together, we’ll

Water 2.2 Air 1 You can swim like the dolphins can swim, you are all heroes in the water today. youtube.com/watch?v=lXgkuM…

Bowie, fir ever and ever.

“It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me, shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race.” ~ Karl Stojka, Auschwitz Survivor

Two artists from Greenland. Aka Høegh, who painted the fish and whales , is 78. She’s a a gentle and caring recorder of Greenland’s nature. Her daughter Bolatta Silis-Høegh is more interested in identity issues and the emotional turmoil of modern life. Speaking of which…!

I museum, making an exhibition of myself, amazed to find this pic of me wigging out in Orlando at the Eye Film Museum's Tilda Swinton show in Amsterdam!

Happy Birthday in Blue, Derek Jarman, 84 and eternal.

Water 6.6 Air 5 Bright colours to beat the grey skies: last week of Peter Doig's House of Music at the Serpentine Gallery, lovely paintings and great records. serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/peter…

Preserved by the BFI National Archive - the mystery 1967 ‘music video’ for The Beatles’ Penny Lane: theb.fi/3NSXqxr

Genghis Khan meets his Waterloo! Don't miss this stupendous Khazak epic at the UK's biggest screen this Sunday. whatson.bfi.org.uk/imax/Online/de…

Just on a little stomp in the Arctic with the legend Fatima Whitbread as ye do . We are both fundraising for our respective charities we will be pooling our fundraiser efforts together and the donations will go to both the SpeedoMick Foundation and Fatimas UK Campaign both

🌟📷NOW SHOWING: Perspectives on Parajanov. Celebrating one of cinema’s great mavericks with the streaming premiere of Zara Jian’s documentary tribute I Will Revenge this World with Love – S. Paradjanov (2024), plus restorations of his final masterpieces The Legend of Suram