Month: May 2020

Today is World Turtle Day and a chance for humanity to consider what else we can do to help this wonderful animal. via Short film: Speedy the Turtle — Geek Native

Buster Keaton dressed as Hamlet during the making of the short film “Daydreams”, 1922 [889×730]https://ift.tt/2yradkg via /r/HistoryPorn || ibkeepr ||https://ift.tt/2WXzE6u via Buster Keaton dressed as Hamlet during the making of the short film “Daydreams”, 1922 [889×730] — Making Histolines

Back on my old now defunct blog, there was a short time when I would rent Netflix movies on disc and then give them a quick review in articles such as this. I didn’t do but a few of them because having to watch the films and write about them in such a short time […]… Continue reading From the Archives: The Netflix Reviews-Angels in the Outfield, Move Over Darling, Mommie Dearest — Licking The Envelope

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5YmC4YOWE_c%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent Here’s a later tape, one which has obviously been overrecorded with much later programmes, as the first few are from 1990, with the first one being Film 90 in which Barry Norman reviews: Goodfellas A Shock to the System Korczak Betsy’s Wedding There’s a report on the making of My Blue Heaven. It’s amusing… Continue reading Film 90 – The Late Show – Tomorrow’s World – The Return Of Mr Bean – Academy Awards 1985 – tape 133 — VHiStory

DATELINE: Nothing Ventured? Big Moment on Film. All good things must come to an end, and there may be no more edgy way to end another collection than with our first viewing of Andy Warhol’s 1963 salacious film called Blow-Job. No one knows whether this was pure acting, or impure acting. Since more orgasmic porno […]… Continue reading Warhol’s Salacious Classic Short — Ossurworld’s Irreverence, Irony, Insouciance & Iconoclasm

Sleepaway Camp (1983) – 5.12.2020 I have this movie on DVD as part of the “Survival Kit” including the first two sequels. My kit has the American Red Cross logo on the front that was eventually recalled. From 1983, this film still has that early 80’s aesthetics, a bit rough around the edges. It starts […]… Continue reading Movie Review: Sleepaway Camp (1983) — The Horror Desk

This post deals with the subject of suicide, harassment, and abuse. If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts please try contacting a suicide crisis center in you country. Apologies if this post isn’t written very cohesively, this is the first time I’ve written a long-form obituary before and dealt with some self doubt on if […]… Continue reading Rest in peace Hana Kimura — I say, you say, Heisei

For this film-by-film look at the career of Arnold Schwarzenegger, I’ve been watching his movies in a random order and jotting down a few thoughts. The Schwarzenegger Says quotations are taken from Total Recall (2012), Arnie’s brilliantly bonkers autobiography. Watched: 5 January 2020. Format: A DVD from my collection. Seen before? Yes. Sadly. Note: I’ve […]… Continue reading REDUX REVIEW: Batman & Robin (1997, Joel Schumacher) — Ian Farrington

This, for the time being, is my final entry in a series on art historian Michael Baxandall (1933–2008). The others are here: part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4. The series is in part a tribute. His work has had a sustained impact on my research–into artistic influence in transnational film practice, the […]… Continue reading The Art History of Michael Baxandall, Part 5: What Do We Do With Cognitivism? — Moving Patterns