Film maker, film critic, film teacher, film lover, fool for filmhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mvzd6ifpvk2mA new thing by me. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/hitting-the-street/21 Sep 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzd6ifpvk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mvmu7745rk25Felt oddly nice to be watching my first of 97 Yoji Yamada films on his 97th birthday! https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/09/16/tanking/16 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmu7745rk25https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mus5fynwnk2vBig piece on Edward Dmytryk at Columbia. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/09/05/neat-trick-dmytryk/05 Sep 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus5fynwnk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mud3umz7lk23Enjoyed writing about Bernard "Mad" Vorhaus for this big red book: https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/the-big-red-book/30 Aug 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mud3umz7lk23https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mtxzdd4vkk26gofund.me/9d13bae3c https://gofund.me/9d13bae3c26 Aug 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxzdd4vkk26https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mtt3xiuack24DOUGLAS GORDON BY DOUGLAS GORDON, not so much a documentary, more an open-plan labyrinth. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/goldfingers/24 Aug 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt3xiuack24https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mtkdh3f42c2eOne of the best films I saw at Edinburgh International Film Festival was THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING, based on a story that may be somewhat familiar to classic movie fans... https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/20/an-education/20 Aug 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkdh3f42c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mthtiduk322cA good biographical-critical look at comics titan Harvey Kurtzman just played at Edinburgh. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/mad-world/19 Aug 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthtiduk322chttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mteyduybkk2uDavid Melville WIngrove provides another swooning guest post on classic French cinema, this time tackling Jacques Becker's delirious FALBALAS: https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/papa-knows-best-f-is-for-falbalas/18 Aug 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteyduybkk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mt32dbjro22bMy first two films at Edinburgh Film Fest both featured John Hannah and dildos used as throwing weapons. Coincidence? Yeah, I'm going with coincidence. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/hannah-and-his-sisters/14 Aug 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt32dbjro22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3msztf3gyjs2aFINE https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/la-dolce-vita-day-8-night-8-day-9/14 Aug 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msztf3gyjs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mstnl5fsts2zDelon! Bronson! Japrisot! https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/long-con/11 Aug 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstnl5fsts2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3msnyagbnqs2i#CheesyMovies EAST OF EDAM; REVENGE OF THE CHEDDAR; WHEN DINOSAURS ROULADE EARTH; BRIE GODFATHERS; MUNSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR; ROQUE IV09 Aug 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnyagbnqs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3msnvxaqkck2bI didn't know a week ago that Scottish comedian Rikki Fulton made two silent movies in the fifties. I know now. Am I happier for it? https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/the-sunday-intertitle-whaaa/09 Aug 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnvxaqkck2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mslv7m3ml22qWolf Mankiewitz's satire on the British film industry is pretty spicy. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/08/wolf/08 Aug 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslv7m3ml22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3msguikti6c2mTwo nautical comedies starring Awful British Comedians: https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/06/britannia-waives-the-rules/06 Aug 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msguikti6c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mseih3d3hk22Is HEAT hot? It has its points. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/mann-on-fire/05 Aug 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseih3d3hk22https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3msbtmtaboc2bWatching HEAT and I'm sorry but I don't believe that a cop would say "Let's violate his ass right now," without clarifying his intent.04 Aug 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbtmtaboc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mrz72dxq3c2vI'm pretty bad at watching Tarkovsky but this one was somewhere between a gruelling arse marathon and a real transfiguring experience. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/long-longing/01 Aug 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrz72dxq3c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mrwststr522qSubtitling is an art, not a science. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/aztec-camera/31 Jul 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwststr522qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mrmoaop2ak2tA Richard Matheson TV thriller that isn't Duel but IS rather good. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/dead-stopover/27 Jul 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmoaop2ak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mrkjluezlk2iThe makers of the 1911 L'ODDYSSEA get some cyclops things right that Nolan, with a 116 year advantage, still struggles with. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/the-sunday-intertitle-polyphemus-perversity/26 Jul 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkjluezlk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mrdv57m3yc25If you only read one review of THE ODYSSEY, here is one review of THE ODYSSEY. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/23/the-oddity/23 Jul 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdv57m3yc25https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mrajgx7b4s2qA piece I did about Brit director Anthony Kimmins: https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/kimmins-and-goings/22 Jul 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrajgx7b4s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mquomftrh227This is a piece I wrote for the Locarno Film Festival on the semi-admirable, semi-deplorable Val Guest. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/foul-pest/17 Jul 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquomftrh227https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mquece6a4s2hI used to make 20-minute video essays, like a person. But now the two most recent are about 45 mins and another, yet to be announced, is an hour forty-five. But I feel it would take longer to make them shorter.17 Jul 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquece6a4s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mqfmmmjmf22lDouble Indemnity... doubled! https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/double-double-indemnity/11 Jul 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfmmmjmf22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mqbmyqj2s22pRichard Dix, Fay Wray, and a bunch of stand-ins are the stars of IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/sticks-nix-dick-dix-pix/10 Jul 2026 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbmyqj2s22phttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mpwj3luc3s25Marcello Matroianni has been at it for a full week. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/la-dolce-vita-day-7-night-7/05 Jul 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwj3luc3s25https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mpssvan2sk2zMy follow-up piece to Fiona's piece on BACKROOMS. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/07/03/the-yellow-wallpaper/04 Jul 2026 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpssvan2sk2z