Lindsay Hallam
@lindsayhallam
Film Lecturer, Horror Scholar, Freelance Writer, Filmmaker, Twin Peaks fanatic, Childless Cat Lady. Co-host of SciFrights podcast
Still can't believe I got to intro Fire Walk with Me to a sold out crowd at the BFI and celebrate my main man, David Lynch.
Wow Bob Wow! My stomach feels like it's filled with a team of bumblebees at the thought of introducing Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me at the BFI on Wednesday January 28. It's part of a whole season devoted to the work of my main man David Lynch and I'm beyond honoured to be a part of it.
Thanks to everyone who came to see Jaws at Genesis Cinema and listened to my intro. I talked about Spielberg's origins in New Hollywood of the 70s, how Jaws led to the rise of the blockbuster and other ways it impacted pop culture. The film on the big screen still plays like gangbusters.
Watched Sinners at the BFI IMAX with intro from Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goranson and it's awesome! Kinda like if the first half of From Dusk til Dawn had been O Brother, Where Art Thou. There is a musical sequence in this that almost made me cry it was that good. A must-see in IMAX if you can.
An amazing day celebrating the collaboration of David Cronenberg and Howard Shore, starting at 10am with a screening of Crash,then Dead Ringers, then a career retrospective talk. It's been a long day but now all I want to do is rewatch all the other films.
Honoured to be a part of this book and write about the work of amazing Indigenous Australian filmmakers working in horror, in films such as Kaytetye director Warwick Thornton's The Darkside, anthology film Dark Place, and the short film The Moogai, directed by Jon Bell (Wiradjuri/Bundjalung/Yaegl)
Always grateful to be involved with @filmsradiance.bsky.social and their zine Dirty Arthouse. I'm in the next issue discussing Nagisa Oshima's exquisite In the Realm of the Senses and obsessive love. Thanks to Kat Ellinger for inviting me to contribute! Its stacked with heaps of my favourite writers
After waiting over a year, The People's Joker finally came to the UK @princecharlescinema.com lt was riotous and chaotic and hilarious and moving. With a bonus q&a with @veradrew22.bsky.social (complete with Twin Peaks backdrop and adorable black cat).
Things are tough. Here's Angelo and Ennio to make your day a bit brighter.
None of this is a surprise. We hit the Maggie Cheung season at the BFI pretty hard (plus I watched some of her films for my World Cinema class) and I watched 9 Bunuel films in 2 weeks to prep my essay for the Bunuel boxset from @filmsradiance.bsky.social
My 2024 faves: The Substance Poor Things Red Rooms I Saw the TV Glow Anora All of Us Strangers Perfect Days Queer Challengers The Zone of Interest Love Lies Bleeding Caligula: The Ultimate Cut Sing Sing Dune Part 2 Chime Kneecap Civil War In a Violent Nature La Chimera Rebel Ridge
I always watch this film on Christmas Eve. I love it so much, but I hate how relevant it is 50 years after it was made. #blackchristmas
It's a running joke that I'm very serious and precise with wrapping gifts, as opposed to Liam's more relaxed approach. But I can now say, after 2 cocktails and Ennio's "help"*, my wrapping technique has significantly changed. Here's Ennio for reference:
An excellent night at The Prince Charles Cinema to see KILL YOUR LOVER, a great indie that employs body horror to present a toxic relationship as mutual infection. Excellent performances gives a real sense of these characters and the changes they go through as love turns sour (and goopy).
Show me your pet and who they're named after. Meet our 2 boys, Ennio and Angelo.
A slew of awesome stuff I was lucky to work on is out now or due for release over the next couple of months: #bluray #filmsky #filmwriter #physicalmedia
Great to see some old school Jackie Chan tonight on the big screen at the #BFI tonight. That mall sequence at the end is still an all-timer (yes, I do want to see that slide down the pole repeated 3 times)
Saw this being shared so thought I'd join in: What's everyone's #Letterboxd Top 4? Here's mine