Honoured that my new film A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things is in #TellurideFilmFestival, the film festival that has changed me most. The movie is about the brain of a great artist, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Once you see the world through her eyes, it's hard to forget

In cinemas from Oct

So busy I still haven't seen Kneecap

International friends, next April, for personal reasons, I want to walk for a month Somewhere ...not hot (low 20s C max) ...with no mosquitos ...with villages/towns (max walk 15 miles a day) ...not posh or too touristy. Please send suggestions. Bulgaria? Caucuses? Poland? 🙏

Love and best wishes to all you brilliant Brazilian film fans, makers, critics, curators. Let's connect in other ways x

Film lovers, recognise the film on my t shirt today?

god only knows what I'd do without you

My good friend Kate spoke with clarity and passion about assisted dying at the #SNP24 conference: news.stv.tv/scotland/cance…

Jose Arroyo talks to Alastair Phillips about his ‘BFI Classic’ monograph on TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953. It draws on Japanese sources not yet available in English, offering new information on the film’s production and reception: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Love autumn. Calmer, more silvery, atmospheric.

Can I have one of these please?

The class ceiling

Protest against arts cuts, outside Scottish Parliament, Thursday (tomorrow), 12.30pm. Bring musical instrument if you can. x.com/LAUmusic/statu…

Wow Dovecot in Edinburgh is buzzing at the moment. V good art shows upstairs and their grand, luminous Chris Ofili designed tapestry downstairs.

Delighted to being doing this talk about my new book, cinema, stardom, the visual world and memory @bfi #LFF2024 12th Oct, 12.30pm, London, gallery@oxo. Free! whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/def…

Next year filling up so fast for me that I had to buy 2025 diary ages ago. Wish I had an off switch.

My review of The Brutalist (dir. Brady Corbet) is up here: theguardian.com/film/article/2… #Venezia81 #Venezia #Mostra81 #Venice #Venice2024 #VeniceFilmFestival2024 #VeniceFilmFestival

Can't wait

Thank you so much. I'm very pleased. The Cinema Troisi in Rome and La Clef in Paris are both inspiring.