Jon Gamble
@jongrumble.bsky.social
Grizzly Socialist, retired civil servant, PCS ARMs member, CAMRA member, jazz fan and movie buff. No war but class war. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Since it’s #Noirvember, an aptly named novel for this Friday by David Goodis from 1954. Goodis made into films like DARK PASSAGE with Bogart and Bacall, THE BURGLAR with Duryea and Jayne Mansfield, and even Truffaut’s French masterpiece SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER. #BlackFriday #filmnoir
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Since it’s #Noirvember, an aptly named novel for this Friday by David Goodis from 1954. Goodis made into films like DARK PASSAGE with Bogart and Bacall, THE BURGLAR with Duryea and Jayne Mansfield, and even Truffaut’s French masterpiece SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER. #BlackFriday #filmnoir
Extraordinary vintage colour cinematography from Jack Cardiff in Western Approaches from 1944. A delicious dark comedy with Danny Glover in To Sleep With Anger. The White Disease is a forgotten masterpiece from 1938. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Extraordinary vintage colour cinematography from Jack Cardiff in Western Approaches from 1944. A delicious dark comedy with Danny Glover in To Sleep With Anger. The White Disease is a forgotten masterpiece from 1938. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky
The Outcasts and The Reflecting Skin are two forgotten folk horror gems. Wild at Heart is a tepid watch for me. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The Outcasts and The Reflecting Skin are two forgotten folk horror gems. Wild at Heart is a tepid watch for me. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky
Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova in her self-choreographed solo performance, The Dragonfly. Circa 1915-16
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova in her self-choreographed solo performance, The Dragonfly. Circa 1915-16
The Rocking Horse Winner takes it over A Bullet for the General by a short head. BftG is a deep red spaghetti western set in revolutionary Mexico. TRHW is a truly spooky, atmospheric vintage horror which leaves the rest standing. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The Rocking Horse Winner takes it over A Bullet for the General by a short head. BftG is a deep red spaghetti western set in revolutionary Mexico. TRHW is a truly spooky, atmospheric vintage horror which leaves the rest standing. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky
I can't pick a winner. Lon Chaney in the 1941 The Wolf Man was hugely influential but is pure ham and cheese. The Ghost Story was like a bad TV movie. Jack Nicholson in a small role steals the show in The Raven. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky #halloween #horror
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I can't pick a winner. Lon Chaney in the 1941 The Wolf Man was hugely influential but is pure ham and cheese. The Ghost Story was like a bad TV movie. Jack Nicholson in a small role steals the show in The Raven. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky #halloween #horror
Ruhrkampf" (Ruhr Struggle) - Barthel Gilles. Egg tempera and oil on wood panel. 1930. The artist portrayed armed revolutionary workers in battle against government soldiers. The work was based upon the real world event known as the "Ruhr Struggle" or "March uprising".
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Ruhrkampf" (Ruhr Struggle) - Barthel Gilles. Egg tempera and oil on wood panel. 1930. The artist portrayed armed revolutionary workers in battle against government soldiers. The work was based upon the real world event known as the "Ruhr Struggle" or "March uprising".
Cats were a popular vehicle for political satarists: the perception of them as cunning. The title Dignitaries flags the work as satire, as does the contented smirk of the handsome striped cat who is toying with his victim before devouring it.
Gerhard MARCKS
Dignitaries
(Hohe Herrschaften)
1921
Gerhard MARCKS
Dignitaries
(Hohe Herrschaften)
1921
October 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Cats were a popular vehicle for political satarists: the perception of them as cunning. The title Dignitaries flags the work as satire, as does the contented smirk of the handsome striped cat who is toying with his victim before devouring it.
Gerhard MARCKS
Dignitaries
(Hohe Herrschaften)
1921
Gerhard MARCKS
Dignitaries
(Hohe Herrschaften)
1921
The Hidden Room (aka Obsession) with an icy, sinister Robert Newton is my film of the week. Peter Cushing also makes a formidable Holmes in Hammer’s bovine outing. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky #halloween
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The Hidden Room (aka Obsession) with an icy, sinister Robert Newton is my film of the week. Peter Cushing also makes a formidable Holmes in Hammer’s bovine outing. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky #halloween
This week's offering has two obscure British 1980s horrors sandwich with a classic noir and an arthouse love letter to Paris filling. Xtro is my movie of the week - a gory sci-fi/horror mash-up. Van Hefflin is a close second monster. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky
October 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This week's offering has two obscure British 1980s horrors sandwich with a classic noir and an arthouse love letter to Paris filling. Xtro is my movie of the week - a gory sci-fi/horror mash-up. Van Hefflin is a close second monster. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky
The standout film of the week is the low budget adaptation of HP Lovecraft by Andrew Leman which captures both the cosmic dread and existential anxiety of The Call of Cthulhu. Carnal Knowledge is also pretty bleak in its own way. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The standout film of the week is the low budget adaptation of HP Lovecraft by Andrew Leman which captures both the cosmic dread and existential anxiety of The Call of Cthulhu. Carnal Knowledge is also pretty bleak in its own way. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky
Working my way through my Moviedrome unwatched list but a forgotten Italian masterpiece of the Italian Civil War (1943-45) and a "don't go knocking on the doors of strangers" slowburn, gory horror got in the way. You can't live on a diet of cult candy. Bella ciao
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Working my way through my Moviedrome unwatched list but a forgotten Italian masterpiece of the Italian Civil War (1943-45) and a "don't go knocking on the doors of strangers" slowburn, gory horror got in the way. You can't live on a diet of cult candy. Bella ciao
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
The Agitator (Otto Rühle Speaks), 1920. Oil on canvas
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Otto Rühle (1874-1943) was a German Marxist active in opposition to both the First and Second World Wars, and a founder with along with Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Franz Mehring of the Internationale group.
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Otto Rühle (1874-1943) was a German Marxist active in opposition to both the First and Second World Wars, and a founder with along with Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Franz Mehring of the Internationale group.
September 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The Agitator (Otto Rühle Speaks), 1920. Oil on canvas
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Otto Rühle (1874-1943) was a German Marxist active in opposition to both the First and Second World Wars, and a founder with along with Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Franz Mehring of the Internationale group.
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Otto Rühle (1874-1943) was a German Marxist active in opposition to both the First and Second World Wars, and a founder with along with Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Franz Mehring of the Internationale group.
September 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Otto Dix (German, 1891–1969)
"Self-Portrait Smoking", 1913
Oil
#OttoDix #SelfPortraitSmoking #GermanExpressionism #NeueSachlichkeit #OttoDixArt #PortraitArt #Expressionism #ModernArt #ArtWithAttitude #20thCenturyArt #ArtistQuote #ArtHistory #Painting #WeimarArt
"Self-Portrait Smoking", 1913
Oil
#OttoDix #SelfPortraitSmoking #GermanExpressionism #NeueSachlichkeit #OttoDixArt #PortraitArt #Expressionism #ModernArt #ArtWithAttitude #20thCenturyArt #ArtistQuote #ArtHistory #Painting #WeimarArt
July 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Otto Dix (German, 1891–1969)
"Self-Portrait Smoking", 1913
Oil
#OttoDix #SelfPortraitSmoking #GermanExpressionism #NeueSachlichkeit #OttoDixArt #PortraitArt #Expressionism #ModernArt #ArtWithAttitude #20thCenturyArt #ArtistQuote #ArtHistory #Painting #WeimarArt
"Self-Portrait Smoking", 1913
Oil
#OttoDix #SelfPortraitSmoking #GermanExpressionism #NeueSachlichkeit #OttoDixArt #PortraitArt #Expressionism #ModernArt #ArtWithAttitude #20thCenturyArt #ArtistQuote #ArtHistory #Painting #WeimarArt
George Grosz (German, 1893-1959)
Der Stammtisch, ca. 1928 - 1930. Watercolor and ink on Paper, 59 x 46 cm. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
Der Stammtisch denotes a table in a restaurant or café that is reserved for a particular group of people who meet regularly to discuss politics.
Der Stammtisch, ca. 1928 - 1930. Watercolor and ink on Paper, 59 x 46 cm. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
Der Stammtisch denotes a table in a restaurant or café that is reserved for a particular group of people who meet regularly to discuss politics.
June 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
George Grosz (German, 1893-1959)
Der Stammtisch, ca. 1928 - 1930. Watercolor and ink on Paper, 59 x 46 cm. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
Der Stammtisch denotes a table in a restaurant or café that is reserved for a particular group of people who meet regularly to discuss politics.
Der Stammtisch, ca. 1928 - 1930. Watercolor and ink on Paper, 59 x 46 cm. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
Der Stammtisch denotes a table in a restaurant or café that is reserved for a particular group of people who meet regularly to discuss politics.
George Grosz, The Agitator, 1928
June 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
George Grosz, The Agitator, 1928
June 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Rudolf Schlichter (German, 1890-1955)
Strike in Berlin (Grand Palais, Paris), 1920. Watercolor, pencil on paper. Moscow, Rushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The works of this artist were shown in the 1937 exhibition of degenerate art organized by the Nazis.
Strike in Berlin (Grand Palais, Paris), 1920. Watercolor, pencil on paper. Moscow, Rushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The works of this artist were shown in the 1937 exhibition of degenerate art organized by the Nazis.
June 18, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Rudolf Schlichter (German, 1890-1955)
Strike in Berlin (Grand Palais, Paris), 1920. Watercolor, pencil on paper. Moscow, Rushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The works of this artist were shown in the 1937 exhibition of degenerate art organized by the Nazis.
Strike in Berlin (Grand Palais, Paris), 1920. Watercolor, pencil on paper. Moscow, Rushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The works of this artist were shown in the 1937 exhibition of degenerate art organized by the Nazis.
Konstantin Korovin, Nightlife on the Rue Venis, Paris
June 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Konstantin Korovin, Nightlife on the Rue Venis, Paris
June 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Tamsin Greig is electric in this production. #thedevilandthedeepbluesea #rattigan
May 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tamsin Greig is electric in this production. #thedevilandthedeepbluesea #rattigan
May 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
