Andrew Burke
@aaburke.bsky.social
Mostly posts about film and television, architecture and design, music and photography. Professor. Dept. of English, U of Winnipeg. he/him.
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not to be all "oh yeah well what about the OTHER awesome old timey-sounding '70s canadian shipwreck folk song" but if you pay attention to the lyrics of "The Mary Ellen Carter" it is surprisingly detailed and precise about marine insurance underwriting and drysuit salvage operations
Ok I had no idea the Edmund Fitzgerald was a contemporary thing for the song, this is like his Toby Keith 9/11 song but about transporting taconite pellets
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
not to be all "oh yeah well what about the OTHER awesome old timey-sounding '70s canadian shipwreck folk song" but if you pay attention to the lyrics of "The Mary Ellen Carter" it is surprisingly detailed and precise about marine insurance underwriting and drysuit salvage operations
I never realized that the cover of Sloan's Navy Blues was based on a Polish film poster from 1959: posteritati.com/poster/35428...
Night Train Original 1959 Polish A0 Movie Poster
Original 1959 Polish A0 poster by Wojciech Zamecznik for the film Night Train (Pociag) directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz with Lucyna Winnicka / Leon Niemczyk / Teresa Szmigielowna / Zbigniew Cybulski.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I never realized that the cover of Sloan's Navy Blues was based on a Polish film poster from 1959: posteritati.com/poster/35428...
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WAC wrong-headedness
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
WAC wrong-headedness - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Some of you will know that I have been very involved over the past months with attempts to reverse the wrong-headed changes to access at the BBC Written Archives Centre (above, with...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
WAC wrong-headedness
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
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TONIGHT! A YEAR IN A FIELD screens at Winnipeg's Dave Barber Cinematheque at 5:15pm as part of the Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival. See the trailer below:
youtu.be/37-oipXz2WE?...
youtu.be/37-oipXz2WE?...
A YEAR IN A FIELD - Teaser
YouTube video by Spectacular Optical
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November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
TONIGHT! A YEAR IN A FIELD screens at Winnipeg's Dave Barber Cinematheque at 5:15pm as part of the Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival. See the trailer below:
youtu.be/37-oipXz2WE?...
youtu.be/37-oipXz2WE?...
Being John Smith available this week via Le Cinéma Club: www.lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/...
BEING JOHN SMITH a film by JOHN SMITH.
A free, curated platform streaming one film every week.
www.lecinemaclub.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Being John Smith available this week via Le Cinéma Club: www.lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/...
I just watched Undercurrent and loved it. This Lincoln Center season of films by Kōzaburō Yoshimura looks so good. www.filmlinc.org/daily/flc-an...
FLC Announces “Kōzaburō Yoshimura: Tides of Emotion,” a Retrospective of Overlooked Filmmaker from the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema, December 5–11
Film at Lincoln Center announces “Kōzaburō Yoshimura: Tides of Emotion,” a retrospective of 13 films by one of the most accomplished yet underappreciated figures of the golden age of Japanese cinema.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I just watched Undercurrent and loved it. This Lincoln Center season of films by Kōzaburō Yoshimura looks so good. www.filmlinc.org/daily/flc-an...
the budget, in all its emphasis on (and funds for) recruiting assistant professors internationally, seems completely oblivious to the fact that there are any number of candidates domestically who are as strong as anyone else. it is an interesting kind of national self-loathing.
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
the budget, in all its emphasis on (and funds for) recruiting assistant professors internationally, seems completely oblivious to the fact that there are any number of candidates domestically who are as strong as anyone else. it is an interesting kind of national self-loathing.
Reading up on the Listers and Letterboxd controversy, which invites all kinds of questions about the drive for cinematic big years, the desire for lifers, what counts as a film, the politics of platform moderation, and a whole bunch of other things.
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reading up on the Listers and Letterboxd controversy, which invites all kinds of questions about the drive for cinematic big years, the desire for lifers, what counts as a film, the politics of platform moderation, and a whole bunch of other things.
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Wow I never knew the original subtitle
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Wow I never knew the original subtitle
The BBC Archives have uploaded Ken Russell's The Lonely Shore, which he made for Monitor in 1962, to YouTube. I have always wanted to teach it alongside Marker's La Jetée, since they are nearly contemporaneous and complement each other in intriguing ways: youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...
1962: What Was Britain Like Before the Apocalypse? | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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October 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The BBC Archives have uploaded Ken Russell's The Lonely Shore, which he made for Monitor in 1962, to YouTube. I have always wanted to teach it alongside Marker's La Jetée, since they are nearly contemporaneous and complement each other in intriguing ways: youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...
An incredible clip. youtu.be/0qvtAVvfAGU?...
Françoise Hardy - Je changerais d'avis (Tilt Magazine - Diffusion 01/01/1966)
YouTube video by FrancoiseHardyVEVO
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October 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
An incredible clip. youtu.be/0qvtAVvfAGU?...
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The power of synchronicity when doing research. I randomly purchased the April 1952 "Popular Photography" from eBay for a project where I'm tracking the number of companies that were selling commercial films to the home market. This issue is not digitized as far as I can tell.
September 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The power of synchronicity when doing research. I randomly purchased the April 1952 "Popular Photography" from eBay for a project where I'm tracking the number of companies that were selling commercial films to the home market. This issue is not digitized as far as I can tell.
Watched the Barney Miller episode with Kenneth Tigar in it last night and since learned that he is a translator (Brecht, Wedekind) as well. www.imdb.com/name/nm08630...
Kenneth Tigar | Actor, Soundtrack
Known for: The Avengers, Lethal Weapon 3, Creator
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October 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Watched the Barney Miller episode with Kenneth Tigar in it last night and since learned that he is a translator (Brecht, Wedekind) as well. www.imdb.com/name/nm08630...
Mr Keyes, I’m a Medford man, Medford,Oregon. Up in Medford we take our time making up our minds.
Porter Hall (September 19, 1888 – October 6, 1953) #WhatACharacter
October 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Mr Keyes, I’m a Medford man, Medford,Oregon. Up in Medford we take our time making up our minds.
I do like the new Cate Le Bon, but do I sound old if I admit that Cyrk remains my absolute favourite? www.newyorker.com/culture/pop-...
The Uneasy Prophecies of Cate Le Bon
The Welsh musician’s latest album, “Michelangelo Dying,” offers strange solace in chaotic times.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I do like the new Cate Le Bon, but do I sound old if I admit that Cyrk remains my absolute favourite? www.newyorker.com/culture/pop-...
Super excited to see Rose of Nevada. Not sure if anyone picked it up for distribution in Canada, but I am hoping that Mongrel or Films We Like might have grabbed it. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Rose of Nevada review: Tide travel
Vividly shot on 16mm, Mark Jenkin’s film about two Cornish fishermen who return from sea to find they have slipped 30 years in the past is a tale of the fantastic, but it’s rooted in the bleak politic...
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October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Super excited to see Rose of Nevada. Not sure if anyone picked it up for distribution in Canada, but I am hoping that Mongrel or Films We Like might have grabbed it. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
I do highly recommend Hlynur Pálmason's NEST, which is up for free at Le Cinéma Club this week: www.lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/...
NEST
NEST a film by HLYNUR PÁLMASON.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I do highly recommend Hlynur Pálmason's NEST, which is up for free at Le Cinéma Club this week: www.lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/...
An incredible cover. That yellow.
“Doris Day cuts up” on Good Housekeeping in October 1965
October 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
An incredible cover. That yellow.
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It's the 40th anniversary of the release of @throwingmuses.bsky.social's "Doghouse Cassette", the blueprint for their debut album that was recorded with the help of Gary Smith and Geoff Patterson. #TMDoghouse40 Every cassette inlay was colored by hand.
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It's the 40th anniversary of the release of @throwingmuses.bsky.social's "Doghouse Cassette", the blueprint for their debut album that was recorded with the help of Gary Smith and Geoff Patterson. #TMDoghouse40 Every cassette inlay was colored by hand.
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Remembering Kris Kristofferson (1938-2024) ....Kris Kristofferson parks his bike at Oxford University, where he studied English literature as a Rhodes Scholar.
October 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Remembering Kris Kristofferson (1938-2024) ....Kris Kristofferson parks his bike at Oxford University, where he studied English literature as a Rhodes Scholar.
News via @sabzian.bsky.social that Hartmut Bitomsky has died. I've, embarrassingly, seen only a few of his works, but there's no doubt he's central to the history of the essay film. sabzian.be/news/hartmut...
Hartmut Bitomsky (1942-2025)
The German writer, film critic, documentary and essay filmmaker Hartmut Bitomsky has passed away.
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September 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
News via @sabzian.bsky.social that Hartmut Bitomsky has died. I've, embarrassingly, seen only a few of his works, but there's no doubt he's central to the history of the essay film. sabzian.be/news/hartmut...
Cold Journey is a remarkable film and this new Blu comes with important extras like Defalco’s Bird of Passage as well. Essential.
In the latest edition of SHINY THINGS, I look at the new @cipictures.bsky.social Blu-ray of COLD JOURNEY -- a forgotten film that more than deserves this level of consideration.
No Way Home
In which Norm marks Canada's Indigenous People's Day by spinning up Canadian International Pictures' new Blu-ray of COLD JOURNEY.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Cold Journey is a remarkable film and this new Blu comes with important extras like Defalco’s Bird of Passage as well. Essential.
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Happy 40th birthday to Just Like Honey by The Jesus and Mary Chain - released as a single on this day in 1985
September 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Just Like Honey by The Jesus and Mary Chain - released as a single on this day in 1985
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Today I am loving this 1968 cover of Jazz Journal
September 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today I am loving this 1968 cover of Jazz Journal
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A semi-regular reminder that all our photos on Flickr Commons are public domain - you don't need to ask us to use them in any way you can imagine! Though we do love hearing about how you've used them, so you can let us know if you want
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Explore British Library’s 1,073,564 photos on Flickr!
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September 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A semi-regular reminder that all our photos on Flickr Commons are public domain - you don't need to ask us to use them in any way you can imagine! Though we do love hearing about how you've used them, so you can let us know if you want
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/