Gene is happy with his purchase from the charity shop

Lovely presents today. Very grateful. Here are my two favourite filmy gifts

Well worth catching the new Jeremy Saulnier thriller, Rebel Ridge, on Netflix. First Blood and Jack Reacher in its DNA. Plenty of tension. Aaron Pierre confirms he’s a star

Post-apocalypse movies in which a band of survivors must eke out an existence in the face of a swarm of man-eating beasts or killer aliens are 10 a penny, but this is one of the good ones. Plus, Nic Cage! Now on Now

His work in the last 7 or 8 years has been stellar. Not many can touch him for intensity. But always with soul poking through

This went down really well tonight - a great blend of tense laughs and even more tense thrills that works brilliantly with a crowd. Thanks to everyone who joined us, and to Universal Pictures UK for hosting it!

#RIP dad 💔

Rest in Peace Lord Vader

Spider-Man 2 in the style of Thomas the Tank Engine is what we all need right now

Tonight I am rewatching - yes, *re*watching - Madame Web. Don’t ask

My review of Speak No Evil is here. James Watkins’ remake is one of the year’s nicest - which is to say, nastiest - surprises gamesradar.com/entertainment/…

If you have TCM this Friday the 13th they are playing 9 Val Lewton produced RKO films back to back. They’re all deeply special to me but Seventh Victim, Leopard Man & Curse of the Cat People are gifts that keep giving.

Been great watching this happen. Twitter can be a trash fire, but it can also spread the word like wildfire, when people share their passion for a film

Brian DePalma is 84 Bob Hoskins on losing Al Capone in The Untouchables to DeNiro: ‘I got a cheque in the post for $200k & a note: ‘Thanks for your time, love Brian’. I phoned him up & said ‘Brian, listen, you got any films you don’t want me to be in, babe, I’m there for you!’

New issue of Total Film out today! Was a pleasure talking to Colin Farrell, Matt Reeves & co for the cover story. The Penguin is a special show, exploring corners of Gotham so dark they swallow you whole. It’s as much Scarface and The Long Good Friday as the Batman universe

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice didn’t feel particularly necessary but I enjoyed it. Good to see Burton’s creative juice is loose again. Bonus marks for nods to Mario Bava and the use of Pino Donaggio’s exquisite Carrie theme (Main Title), which was actually the music I got married to

Upgraded to the Criterion Blu. One of the great ghost stories

Also in the new issue, I met with writer/director Gary Dauberman (IT) and leads Lewis Pullman and Makenzie Leigh to talk about making vampires scary again in Salem’s Lot… and just why the hell this flavoursome adap of Stephen King’s novel took so long to reach our screens