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Books. Movies. Books about movies. Movies about anything. He/him. Seem to be drawn mostly to crime (film noir, Krimi, all kinds of capers) and classic comedy. Developing a bit of a James Mason fixation.
Post an image that will always make you laugh.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Post an image that will always make you laugh.
Working my way through this set. Dr Mabuse drowned at the end of the first film and got blown to smithereens at the end of the second, so I guess we won’t be seeing him again. Phew!
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Working my way through this set. Dr Mabuse drowned at the end of the first film and got blown to smithereens at the end of the second, so I guess we won’t be seeing him again. Phew!
Great interview. The Einstein drawing Peter mentions was on his art website, but wasn’t on sale as a print, so I asked if there was any chance of getting one run off. A couple of months later, he dug it out. (Never got a Don Shula, though.)
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Great interview. The Einstein drawing Peter mentions was on his art website, but wasn’t on sale as a print, so I asked if there was any chance of getting one run off. A couple of months later, he dug it out. (Never got a Don Shula, though.)
(l to r) Jeffrey Epstein’s next door neighbour, Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend and (on the floor) the man who innocently asked, “While we’re all here, how about opening them files?”
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
(l to r) Jeffrey Epstein’s next door neighbour, Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend and (on the floor) the man who innocently asked, “While we’re all here, how about opening them files?”
I can’t remember if I ever saw the show, but I know I was reading the comic book a few years later on holiday on the south coast of England.
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I can’t remember if I ever saw the show, but I know I was reading the comic book a few years later on holiday on the south coast of England.
Will get right on it after bunny's bedtime.
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Will get right on it after bunny's bedtime.
Witness In The City (1959) Boileau-Nartejac (Les Diaboliques, Vertigo) among the writers. The city is Paris, the witness met Lino Ventura leaving after killing his wife’s murderer. Now he has to go, too. Sympathy for Ventura drains away through the night. Don’t mess with the cabbies. #Noirvember
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Witness In The City (1959) Boileau-Nartejac (Les Diaboliques, Vertigo) among the writers. The city is Paris, the witness met Lino Ventura leaving after killing his wife’s murderer. Now he has to go, too. Sympathy for Ventura drains away through the night. Don’t mess with the cabbies. #Noirvember
Night Of The Following Day (1968) finds Marlon Brando in great shape, his career not so much. From a Lionel White book, as was Kubrick’s The Killing. Another overly elaborate plan for a crime goes wrong due to human frailties, bad luck. Richard Boone is a scary man. Frustratingly slight. #Noirvember
November 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Night Of The Following Day (1968) finds Marlon Brando in great shape, his career not so much. From a Lionel White book, as was Kubrick’s The Killing. Another overly elaborate plan for a crime goes wrong due to human frailties, bad luck. Richard Boone is a scary man. Frustratingly slight. #Noirvember
Kicking off #Noirvember tonight with a new one to me: The Night Of The Following Day (1968) which looks very watchable, but also looks quite bad. Brando, Richard Boone and the wonderful Rita Moreno.
November 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Kicking off #Noirvember tonight with a new one to me: The Night Of The Following Day (1968) which looks very watchable, but also looks quite bad. Brando, Richard Boone and the wonderful Rita Moreno.
Bought a tray to stop eating off a plate on my lap. Loaded up with curry, glass of milk. Exiting kitchen tried my usual routine - switch off light with left elbow, hook door shut with right foot. It all started to slide. Panicked. Did a Jack Douglas routine. Everything everywhere. Last year, age 60.
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Bought a tray to stop eating off a plate on my lap. Loaded up with curry, glass of milk. Exiting kitchen tried my usual routine - switch off light with left elbow, hook door shut with right foot. It all started to slide. Panicked. Did a Jack Douglas routine. Everything everywhere. Last year, age 60.
There’s more loving care on show here than most theatrical runs get these days..
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
There’s more loving care on show here than most theatrical runs get these days..
Laxdale Hall is a fun little movie that shows up on Talking Pictures about a small Scottish community taking on the London establishment. Sweet romance in it between Prunella Scales as the village schoolteacher and Fulton Mackay (later to play Ben in Local Hero) as a smitten civil servant.
October 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Laxdale Hall is a fun little movie that shows up on Talking Pictures about a small Scottish community taking on the London establishment. Sweet romance in it between Prunella Scales as the village schoolteacher and Fulton Mackay (later to play Ben in Local Hero) as a smitten civil servant.
This is how you make a movie poster.
October 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is how you make a movie poster.
I’m glad Medvedev got such a fun hat to wear when he won in Kazakhstan, the spindly, greetin’ faced choob.
October 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I’m glad Medvedev got such a fun hat to wear when he won in Kazakhstan, the spindly, greetin’ faced choob.
Police Python 357 (1976) I didn’t know going in that this was another version of The Big Clock, previously redone as No Way Out. Volatile cop Yves Montand tries to find his secret lover’s killer before he’s framed for the crime himself. Always had a soft spot for this slightly bonkers plot.
October 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Police Python 357 (1976) I didn’t know going in that this was another version of The Big Clock, previously redone as No Way Out. Volatile cop Yves Montand tries to find his secret lover’s killer before he’s framed for the crime himself. Always had a soft spot for this slightly bonkers plot.
Might need a back-up path to qualification.
October 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Might need a back-up path to qualification.
Incredibly late to the party, but watched Série Noire (1979) last night and can’t get over how mesmerising Patrick Dewaere was in it. Now want to see everything he ever did.
October 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Incredibly late to the party, but watched Série Noire (1979) last night and can’t get over how mesmerising Patrick Dewaere was in it. Now want to see everything he ever did.
Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future.
October 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future.