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Rick Burin
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I write stuff (i Paper, Empire, Sight & Sound, Guardian, Line of Best Fit, Indicator Blu-ray). I like old movies, old books, old buildings and new music. Rep’d by The North Lit Agency.
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my brain hurts
Shabana Mahmood saying she knows the asylum system needs to be fixed as people shout racist phrases at her on the street
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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I don’t believe so. Apparently Tag Gallagher has a nicer print, but only released on DVD:
To give you an idea of its 'troubled' release history, here's a comment by Tag Gallagher from a private forum: "I know of two prints, both 16mm, of the Bigger Sky. One is mine, issued on Kinowelt and Montparnasse dvds. The other is (I believe) Scorsese's, shown on TCM and, I imagine but have not checked, Criterion. Mine has substantially better picture quality, but some surface wear. MoMA twice borrowed it, preferring it to "Scorsese's." Mine has a shot missing in "Scorsese's," but is lacking a few minutes in the cave. For the Montparnasse and Kinowelt dvds, we replaced the cave footage with a tape (Beta Il) of a TCM cablecast. Also a replaced end title from that cablecast. A few years ago, privatey, I replaced the cave footage, the end title and the start of the opening title from a dvd recording of the TCM cablecast. Also, I fixed a couple dozen frames with cue marks etc."
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Did a blurb for LWL’s ‘Rotters’ special this year:
A Canterbury Tale (Powell and Pressburger, 1944) - The Glue Man The Glue Man is at it again. His singular MO? Finding women who are out late and pouring glue in their hair. Enter three amateur detectives: a Tommy, a Yank and the Land Girl who just became the 11" victim. Yet which other rotters commit their crimes to protect the marriages of absent soldiers, increase attendance at educational lectures, and facilitate God's present-day miracles? The Archers' tale of wartime pilgrims is languorous, magical and fantastically strange, alive with the ghosts and games of the Garden of England, and illuminated by a unique imagination. The "halo" at the train station may be the most exciting five seconds in British film. And remember, if you get caught pouring glue on someone, you were "pouring knowledge into people's heads... knowledge of our country and love of its beauty."
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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David Beckham in check tweed with a beard and flat cap Prince Charles in brown cords and a flat cap
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Prince Charles in a kilt Beckham in a sarong
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Due to popular demand…
Prince Charles in grey Beckham in United’s grey kit
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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David Beckham as Prince/King Charles: a thread (I’m not doing a thread)
Prince Charles with his hair blown up in the middle by the wind Beckham with mohawk
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I love David Beckham far more even than the next man but come on m8
Asked whether he managed to speak to (King) Charles during the ceremony, Sir David said: "He was quite impressed with my suit. He's kind of the most elegantly dressed man that I know, so he inspired quite a few of my looks over the years and he definitely inspired this look.
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I saw this and thought of you
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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The four words that every man wants to hear
A credit card from the MGM film, Seven Sweethearts, reading: “Directed by FRANK BORZAGE”, next to a silhouette of a windmill.
November 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Perhaps the Frenchest thing I’ve ever seen, from the adultery set-up to the bobbed hair to the understated FIN. Whack it in a triple bill with 7th Heaven (1927) and Big City (1937) of films where taxi drivers flock to the rescue, to the detriment of the film. Starts well, runs out of steam. Bof.
Witness in the City (1959)
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The only reason to watch this is if you’re going to die in 108 minutes’ time
It’s a Wonderful Life (Abridged Edition) on Prime, promising “a shorter version of the Jimmy Stewart Christmas classic [sic] with a condensed ending but still contains all the sweetness and Christmas wonder”.
October 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Kalifornia (1993). Full of interesting ideas: principally true crime & transgressive art meeting the reality… tho since that reality is also highly stylised here, it doesn’t quite work. Beautifully shot, though, & at times very well acted. Pitt is pretty good, Forbes memorable, and Lewis spectacular
A bearded, psychotic Pitt, with Lewis as his irreparably damaged, childlike lover.
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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I have been admonished for criticising John Hinckley Jr online
Bluesky Account Behavior Hi there, A Bluesky account you control (@rickburin.bsky.social) has engaged in activity that violates our community guidelines for violent or threatening speech. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: • Threats of violence or physical harm: This includes threats or encouragement of violence against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public.
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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This is obviously the right decision – and was inexplicably poor form from the makers – but issuing these quotes following a verdict about how you’re not an objectionable snob is quite funny www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Our work is twisted into a false caricature of university elitism, ivory towers and self-interest." Mr Taylor said Philippa Langley's initiation of the project and "driving confidence" had made it possible for Richard Ill to be found. He added: "Hers was a remarkable contribution. But it did not extend to leading the archaeological search or scientific analysis, for which she was neither qualified nor experienced to lead. "I could have dropped Philippa's approach for help into the waste bin when it arrived in 2011, and there have been days over the last three years when I wished that I had. "But I didn't, and my decision to deploy the resources and expertise of the university enabled this search to happen."
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I don't think I like movies any more
Smilin’ Through (1941) *** The Frighteners (1996) *1/2 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) *** Fatal Beauty (1987) ** They Live (1988) **1/2
October 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Enjoyed this unpretentious Fox film, a Western variation on the studio’s violent ‘30s crime film, ‘Show Them No Mercy!’ Everyone involved is on solid if unspectacular form. Dudley Nichols dialogue, refined villain, Hathaway having fun with Jack Elam’s physicality. Insanely misrepresentative poster.
Rawhide (1951), with an early scene where Ty Power makes Susan Hayward stay off a stagecoach for her own safety misrepresented as a sexual assault.
October 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Only watched two old movies this month (wtf), so time for a bit of Borzage
Smilin’ Through (1941)
October 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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POV: Father Christmas has invited one lucky boy to the North Pole to watch him have a breakdown
Peter Hitchens, with white beard and black braces, doing his mad rant about daylight saving time for the millionth time
October 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Incredible accidental tagging from Allison Pearson here
A tweet from the deranged Telegraph columnist, Allison Pearson Allison Pearson ® @AllisonPearson Good news. Only another 9 months of Starmer as PM. He can't survive the historic humiliation of Labour being smashed in Wales. They may not get a single Senedd seat. The question is which of the numpties on the frontbench replaces him? Bereft of leaders. @martinkeown5 9:27 • 24 Oct 25 • 613K Views
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Broad church latest: Powell is one of the eight MPs who were at the centre of Labour Together during the McSweeney years. Phillipson was one of the other seven.
The Simpsons: the vats of various Duff beer brands, all containing the exact same beer
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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“Nothing to fear? Innocent have plenty to fear from Sir Keir’s digital stasi”
Will Smith talking to Eva Mendes in Hitch
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Anyone seen the Peter Hitchens biopic? Surely the worst casting ever. The only bit that rings true is when he charms Eva Mendes into bed by telling her that drug addiction isn’t real.
Will Smith in Hitch
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Fela Kuti, might delete later
Here he is
October 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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BANKS was great. Barnstorming ‘Meddle in the Mold’, ‘Contaminated’ and ‘Waiting Game’. New album has its duff songs, ideal for having a nice sit down, but her back catalogue is immense. Yes please
BANKS in white, backdrop in pink
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM