One of my 2025 resolutions is to watch more movies! See what happened in June here!
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Ok so I forgot to post one of these for the past three months.
And that’s because I watched one film in July and it was bad (I’ve remembered it as being worse than I clearly thought it was at the time), I watched two very bad films in August but then I started watching some great stuff, once a week, and had a great time doing so.
Highlights for me have been Transit (a breathtaking piece about war, bravery, love and desperation), Crossroads (a fucking phenomenal and simple piece of anti-nuclear bomb video art from the 1970s), and A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino doing what he does). Paul B. Preciado’s Orlando, My Political Biography is also something I’d kinda recommend, its content and writing being far far far better than its technical/structural qualities. It may be the only time I’ve ever watched something with an unexpected musical number that I didn’t love.
For full comments, look to my Letterboxd. For basic ratings and that all important heart or an absence of it, see below:
To see my brief reviews of these films (and every other film I’ve watched since about this time last year), head to my profile.
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Here’s a video of me recently performing at the prestigious (it has a Wikipedia page) comedy night, Quantum Leopard. Listen to how much fun the crowd is having. You could have that much fun, too!
Forthcoming gigs include the following – there may/will be others:
15th October: The Bar VXXXII Comedy Club, Colchester
18th October: Brockley
19th October: West End New Old Act of the Year Semi-Final
26th October: Alternative Comedy Jam, Brighton
29th October: The Comedy Centre, Isleworth
21st November: Twinkles Cabaret, London
7th December: Coherent Comedy, Online
13th December: Dr Mew’s Sci-Fi Cabaret, Aces & Eights, Tufnell Park
7th January 2027: I’ve got something in the calendar for this but no details
10th March 2027: Lydford, Devon
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