Mark J. Blackman

So, #NeonShortFilm by myself and @roxy_holman will play before the impeccable #TheLongGoodFriday’s @ArrowFilmsVideo screening @ThePCCLondon next Thursday evening. My film in front of one of my all time favourites? #filmmaking #win #london #scifi #shortfilm

To the @TfL bus driver who told my wife and I the bus would divert so we should get off — and then continued on the route it was supposed to. Whilst also shouting “cunt” as we stepped off for asking if he was sure about the diversion. Class act.

Wife out of town and I fucking KNOW this is how she sees me solo-dadding when she shuts her eyes…

This morning I taught my son to vogue. I’m 41 and he’s 21 (months). Not sure either of us knew we had such skills.

Feeling like absolute death after a half dozen vaccination jabs & emotionally wiped by #fleishmanisintrouble which the wife and I just finished. The latter played peekaboo with the more restless elements of my soul. Kaplan for the win of wins. Stellar.

For the next four weeks I shall only be going vintage spherical open gate.

Yep. Could not adore @byNWR_official's #CopenhagenCowBoy more. It's Grimm, immaculately arrogant and patience rewarding swathes of silence and light absolutely slayed. The exact tonic I needed. Series 2 @netflix . Please.

The highlight of this Xmas day has been my 72 year old mother’s absolute fucking delight in finally beating my wife at a game of cards. “I can go in peace now” she gloated.

More award wins for I LIVE WITH THE DEVIL that I directed last year. Terrific news for the impeccable @cassiebradleycb who's picked up best Actress at the Best Indie Film Awards & the whole team for Best International Short Film at the 13th Underground Film Awards! TRAILER 👇

I am making tiny six-cheese and chorizo melts and having the absolute best time.

Dreamt I met and hung out with Powers Boothe, first on a flight and then in the Mexican desert where we casually saved a child from quicksand and then invented a new kind of in-camera Texas Switch for pendulous & bazooka-focussed stunt flips. Hoping today’s as eventful as that.

Introducing my wife to Double Impact. Sometimes wonder if I’m a good husband because she’s never seen it or she’s a terrible wife for the same reason.

Once got into a fist fight defending Nemesis when I was about twelve. Pyun was one of the guarantees of quality when growing up, like Hickox, like Band. The right kind of imagination. Infectious spectacle, regardless of any limitation. RIP

About to watch The Card Counter. Because I need something chewy.

Day one of three filming in an underground car park. In Qatar. Hot and moody. Location’s pretty warm too…

DCEUghhhhh…

Revisited Prince of Darkness for the millionth time with the wife. Arguing any Carpenter as the best is tough as fuck but when it comes to arguing a favourite I THINK this pips it. For me it’s his To Live and Die in L.A. Just gets better every time. His best dialogue for sure.

If only Truss had the smarts to go Jones in that interview… “It’s time to erase that mistake.”

Hope they’re catching up over some plastic pasta and fibreglass flan… #RIP