Film Studies Prof, Lancaster University. Current research: Refugee Cinema. Now at @brucebennett.bsky.social
Lancaster, UK
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'Cinema tells the whole story of the bicycle. The erudite Bruce Bennett guides us on this magnificent exploration of the two, and even offers a GoPro vision of their intriguing future.' - Paul Fournel.
My new book, Cycling and Cinema, can be bought here:
mitpress.mit.edu/books/cycli…
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Why? Do the IDF have a reputation for doing unspeakable things to unarmed civilians or something?
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Liz Truss on full wilting-lettuce form as she defines Western civilisation as first starving & then ethnically cleansing 2.1 million people, overseen by one of the most violent, bigoted & racist governments on earth led by a war criminal wanted for genocide by @ICJ_org
Now that the neofascists have seized control in the US, I wonder how long it will be before they start demanding that all those American war films that treat the nazis as bad guys have to be re-edited.
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Australian actor Guy Pearce stands on the right side of the history🇵🇸
WITH THE TRUTH
WITH THE HUMANITY
WITH THE OPPRESSED
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This video from 1943 illustrates fascism.
Which is exactly what has taken over the USA.
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The fact that Israel internally publishes a guide to escape war crimes prosecution is amusing enough. Let me share below some excerpts which are even more hilarious 🤣
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Only dip into twitter occasionally these days, and it just takes a few seconds to be reminded why I’ve stopped bothering.
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'No matter how ruthlessly'. That should work both ways then.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Elon Musk did not tweet this as this photo is digitally altered.
A keyword search through on profile doesn’t come up with anything:
x.com/elonmusk
The new Painkiller record sounds like a trial run for a John Zorn/@thebugzoo collaboration. Make it happen please, Kevin.
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In @BruceTBennett's words, the 'dangerously talented' @JonnyWorst at the piano for Battleship Potemkin to close a great day at @MorecambeWG. Thanks to everyone who joined us for #SilentsByTheSea all-dayer.
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This Saturday night at @MorecambeWG it's Battleship Potemkin, introduced by @BruceTBennett
Don't miss this gripping silent film with live, improvised music by pianist @JonnyWorst
#SilentsByTheSea #Morecambe
‘If you only ever see one silent, this is the one it should be. A masterpiece.’ (Empire)
Experience Sergei Eisenstein's 1927 classic BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN on the big screen with live piano at #SilentsByTheSea @MorecambeWG Saturday 30th November 7.15pm.
🎟️silentsbythesea.com
Very much looking to introducing a rare screening of Eisenstein’s masterpiece Battleship Potemkin at the ‘Silents by the Sea’ all-day film festival organised by @NorthernSilents and @JonnyWorst in Morecambe on November 30th. Please come and join us. northernsilents.com/whats-on
California professor says charges over pro-Palestinian protest show ‘failure in leadership’ theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
Farmers have hoarded land for too long. Inheritance tax will bring new life to rural Britain theguardian.com/commentisfre…
‘Total oppression’: West Bank children being killed at unprecedented rate theguardian.com/world/2024/n…
Hilarious - in an act of unwitting self-parody, a TV presenter on UK far-right channel GB News infiltrates an educational institution in the US to deliver a course attacking the infiltration of institutions by political extremists. theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
