Right, I've joined the party over at Bluesky. It's time to leave this soapbox for loonies in their own padded cell. I really hope to see all you good'uns there, I've got the same handle. So long, Twitterverse, and thanks for all the fish.
@vickster51@LFFstubs@BFI I nearly tore all my hair out this morning using the online route, is in person the way to go next year? How long were you queueing for? How busy was it?
@LBHF@nnhammersmith Whoever is managing #HammersmithBridge decided to close one side of it at 8:30am. Like five years of this hasn't been infuriating enough without queuing to then be late for school and work.
The #baftadisconnect mess has led to a WhatsApp group. This would be some consolation if Bafta's previous 225 email mishap hadn't already led to a (lovely) group. I hear it also happened with bafta x crew. I have no energy left for making lemonade. Pity party, it is.
@LFFstubs Ha ! I was the one who came into the talk late and made everyone get up in row c due to my own optimism of running over from southbank 🙈 Good talk though, huh?
Gladiator II is on the cover of Total Film’s upcoming issue 356, which hits print and digital newsstands on October 10. It’s with a heavy heart that we announce that this will be the final issue of the print magazine.
We like to think that this final print edition is a showcase of everything that Total Film magazine strived for, with a thrilling blockbuster on the cover, A-list interviews, fair and impartial reviews, smaller interesting movies nestled alongside the more mainstream fare, and above all else a passion for cinema radiating out of every page.
In the cover feature, we’re talking to Ridley Scott, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and more about returning to the Colosseum for Gladiator II. From epic set pieces, to Scott’s unique approach to shooting, to Maximus’ legacy, it’s the perfect primer to this autumn’s most anticipated sequel.
Print subscribers will receive their issue with an exclusive cover shortly (and our subscriptions team will be in touch shortly to discuss next steps).
So for now, it only leaves us to say a huge thank you to all the staff, writers, designers and photographers who made Total Film print magazine what it was over the past 27 years. And we’d also like to express our endless gratitude to everyone who has read, subscribed to or otherwise supported the magazine.
While the magazine itself is going away, our archive content and expert movie and TV writing will continue to live on at https://t.co/fE69ZjtoCI.
I finally got a minute to watch this, and the hype doesn't do it enough justice. Congratulations @LukeBarnett on a beautifully film that hits every emotion. Masterpiece short!
My mom died when I was 17. I only have a handful of pictures and zero videos of her. A couple years ago, on my birthday, I got a text from a number I didn’t recognize. It simply said “happy birthday” with a YouTube link. I clicked it and my heart stopped. It was my mom.
I had to pull over immediately. She was telling me how proud she was of me and how she wondered what I’d become. Maybe a policeman, a preacher, or even a clown. I couldn’t believe it.
Well, it turns out the random phone number was my friend Jon’s dad, who had found this video on an old VHS tape they made before a 1999 school event. I was 16.
This experience got me thinking... what if we could have one last conversation with someone we lost?
🚛 The Crossing Over Express is now on @X 👻