Nostalgie, based in Belfast, took the Best Short Film prize in the live action category at the Iftas.

But that's all part of the fun and the audience is in on it. They know I'm leaning hard into being a fusty, provincial middle-aged man, harder than I might in day-to-day life. That's part of the game.

I'd like to start this week's newsletter with an embarrassing confession: I hadn't seen "Titanic" before last weekend. In my defense, I'm 24, and cinema predates me by 100-and-some years. There's ...