Movies and mushrooms. Writer, film critic, Japanese film lover, amateur mycologist, co-director of CREEPING GARDEN and J-HORROR VIRUS and author of a few books. https://jaspersharp.squarespace.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mmh7iu6i522aLooking forward to getting my mitts on this latest volume of Hisayasu Sato films, for which I contributed an audio commentary [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmh7iu6i522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mmh76a6qrc2a“Generative AI is the most Apollonian technology ever built. Trained on the totality of what humans have expressed, the only thing that can be created is the statistical centre of that expression, the mean of all our voices.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmh76a6qrc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mmewgf3k2c24I know what these are!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmewgf3k2c24https://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mmehqznvhs24What a wonderful initiative! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmehqznvhs24https://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mme3vn2g3222Bring back the dog license. There are more dogs around than the 1970s and an even higher proportion of un-housetrained owners who give other dog owners a bad name. Its quite understandable that many would want dogs banned from public spaces if their owners are going to adorn trees with their faeces. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2026 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mme3vn2g3222https://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mlyssbf4jk2lLost but not forgotten [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyssbf4jk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mluxk7m2622eIt gets worse. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluxk7m2622ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mluxjojpqk2eCue up a leadership campaign. There's no coming back from this one. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluxjojpqk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mlsiddaews2oWes Streeting is the worst possible outcome in any scenario.14 May 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsiddaews2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mlq4zefwa22sVery sad to hear of the passing of the great composer Yuji Ohno, whose work outside of the Lupin III anime series include The Inugami Family and Proof of the Man. After producing the Yusaku Matsuda Game trilogy blu-rays for Arrow, I immediately hunted down their soundtrack CD on a trip to Japan. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq4zefwa22shttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mlq4vhfvas2sAnd we need a full ban of insidious gambling ads on British TV. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq4vhfvas2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3mlibzoi5lc2bChrome - an even worse crime against humanity than sneaking a U2 album onto your hard drive. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 07:58 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlibzoi5lc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3ml6wasmvsc2kWhat the bejesus is this?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6wasmvsc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jaspersharp.bsky.social/post/3ml6ible2q22pDevastated to learn of the passing of Tony Stella, a great fan of Japanese cinema and my go-to artist when commissioning for the blu-rays I'm working on. This is a real shock.06 May 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:24mhwbowdwbk6om25tbq2i66/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6ible2q22p