Peter Cox

@losthighwayhotel

I've been writing about movies since 2012ish. New releases, cult and personal faves @ The Lost Highway Hotel. Exeter, Devon. Person.

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Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· 23d

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 337. Timbuktu (2014, Abderrahmane Sissako) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A family of three - a father, mother and their daughter - enjoy one another's company in the awning of their tent in the deserts of Northern Africa.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· 24d

I have a summer cold

A meme that says "How are you doing?" Me: and then has a still from Twin Peaks: The Return of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) in the Black Lodge saying "I am dead, yet I live."

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· 25d

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 335. Touch of Evil (1958, Orson Welles) #FilmSky #MovieSky

From a low angle and against a backdrop of pure black, a heavyset man in a suit looms over a smaller man dressed the same

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· 26d

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 334. The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972, Paul Newman) #FilmSky #MovieSky

Three women of different generations stand in front of a fence dressed in autumnal colours and winter coats. Two of the tree hold takeaway coffee cups

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· 27d

Striking just the right note in the living room

A framed film poster for Evil Dead Burn depicting a screaming woman

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· 28d

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 332. Stromboli (1950, Roberto Rossellini) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A black and white image of a young woman with shoulder-length hair and a patterned blouse. She stands before a barren and craggy dark landscape contrasted with a light grey sky.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· 29d

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 331. Chinese Roulette (1976, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) #FilmSky #MovieSky

At a lavish seeming table a woman leans against another woman for support. In the foreground three candles burn in an ornate candle-holder.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 16

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 330. The Snow Woman (1968, Tokuzō Tanaka) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A Japanese woman's face is largely shrouded in darkness. Light catches her straight black hair. Her right eye stares at us with intensity.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 15

How I feel in photos with my much-prettier bestie

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy the Vampire Slayer posing in a behind the scenes photo with a giant snake prop (I think from the episode Shadow)

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 14

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 328. Blind Spot (1981, Claudia von Alemann) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A woman with a suitcase suits alone, reading in a spacious wooden panelled and wooden floored seating area with light entering from windows behind her.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 12

Sure, I'm a horror hound, but it's still slightly wild to me that -across the board - my 2 favourite new films of 2026 so far happen to be new sequels to legacy properties handed off to directors new to their worlds, fully committing and making them their own

A possessed woman climbing across a ceiling from Evil Dead Burn.

A bald man standing before an inverted cross and a monument of skulls from 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 11

A black and white cow has its head inside a yellow and green plastic car intended for a child to push itself around on. Another, brown cow looks at the first cow passively. They stand in a field of wild grass. A fence crosses the bottom of the image, pinning them inside the field.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 10

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 324. Is This Fate? (1979, Helga Reidemeister) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A black and white photo of a middle aged woman and her teenage daughter in a cramped 70s apartment with busy patterned wallpaper

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 9

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 323. Brief Encounter (1945, David Lean) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A black and white image of a man and a woman. She is on a train, resting on the door frame and leaning out, he is on the platform. They look longingly at one another, both dressed in '40s attire.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 8

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 322. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012, John Hyams) #FilmSky #MovieSky

Three black clad figures stand in a room. Two are hooded and masked, the other's head is exposed revealing a severe looking bald man. One of the masked figured holds a child threateningly. The far wall has a disturbing stain like a blood spatter

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 7

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to (and seeing as I wrote about it yesterday...) 321. Vibrations (1968, Joseph W. Sarno) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A dark haired woman wearing a tight black roll neck jumper leans close to a plain wall as though attempting to listen to something on the other side of it. Distracted, she cups her breast.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 6

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 320. Awaara (1951, Raj Kapoor) #FilmSky #MovieSky

An elegant woman is kissed on her right shoulder from behind by a young man. They are frames by the branches of trees.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 5

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 319. Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974, Jacques Rivette) #FilmSky #MovieSky

Two young women sit next to each other on a trunk in front of a pale curtain. Both are laughing; one covers her mouth with her hand. What cuties.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 3

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 317. Offside (2006, Jafar Panahi) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A group of Iranian girls dressed for a football match, disguising their gender, look over the fence of a pen they have been placed in.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 2

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 316. Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967, Atsushi Yamatoya) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A Japanese man in a fedora and trench coat pins another man against an advertising billboard with a sparse ad for Five Star on it.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jul 1

Halfway through the year. This is where I'm at (UK release schedule applies)

1. My Undesirable Friends Part I: Last Air in Moscow
2. The Secret Agent
3. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
4. Mother Mary
5. Blue Heron
6. Backrooms
7. The Testament of Ann Lee
8. Peter Hujar's Day
9. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
10. Sound of Falling
11. No Other Choice
12. The Cristophers
13. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
14. Afternoons of Solitude
15. Hamnet
16. The Chronology of Water
17. Romería
18. Exit 8
19. Touch Me
20. Redux Redux

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jun 30

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 314. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963, Vittorio De Sica) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A man and a woman wearing chic 60s fashions sit close together in an open top car. She appears to be sat on his lap. His eyes are closed.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jun 29

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 313. The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974, Jack Hill) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A group of young women address each other in a scantily furnished locker room. Their attire is all pure 70s, except for the one just wearing a towel.

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jun 28

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 312. Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010, Paul W.S. Anderson) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A Japanese woman stood in the rain without an umbrella - in a sea of umbrellas - turns and attacks an unassuming businessman

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jun 27

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 311. Kiss of Death (1947, Henry Hathaway) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A black and white image of two men in fedora hats, suits and ties framed in a doorway

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jun 26

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 310. Vanishing Point (1971, Richard C. Sarafian) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A white Dodge Challenger speeding down a desert road

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jun 25

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 309. Toute une nuit (1982, Chantal Akerman) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A young man in a slightly oversized cream suit waits outside of a French cafe in the blue glow of night

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jun 21

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 305. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959, Masaki Kobayashi) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A man stands behind a woman, holding her shoulders dearly as they stand in a wasteland with a military barracks in view

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jun 20

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 304. The Train (1964, John Frankenheimer) #FilmSky #MovieSky

A black and white image of a well-built man shooting a machine gun while stranding next to a train

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel· Jun 19

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 303. Dougal and the Blue Cat (1970, Serge Danot) #FilmSky #MovieSky