Archive - John Bleasdale Writes On Film

I don’t know if the turn of the decade had much of an impact on me.

May 8 •

April 2025

Letterboxd and the Generation Game

The illusion of completeness and cinephilia

Apr 21 •

Moving the Goalposts

I used to have a blog called “A Success-Shaped Hole Called Failure.” The idea behind the name of the blog - which by the way didn’t publish anything of…

Apr 1 •

March 2025

Is this the best British film for years?

Mar 16 •

The Religious Atheist

How I Lost God and Found Religion

Mar 11 •

February 2025

January 2025

When I was a kid, certain dates in the future sounded futuristic.

Jan 31 •

An experiment in autobiography

Jan 10 •

December 2024

Not watching the news as a lifesaving decision

A post-election survival guide

Dec 30, 2024 •

October 2024

Why do I want to watch what I don't want to watch

Gore and Wet Death

Oct 20, 2024 •

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