Sunday, 2 October 2022

Reflections on ... Blonde (2022)

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/ Pictured: Marilyn Monroe photographed by Ben Ross, 1953 / Quick thoughts on Blonde (2022), Andrew Dominik’s ultra-divisive speculative Ma...
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Thursday, 29 September 2022

Next Lobotomy Room Film Club: Dear Dead Delilah (1972) on 20 October 2022

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  October means Halloween (or “gay Christmas” for those in the know) – which means as per tradition, this month the Lobotomy Room film club ...
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Friday, 16 September 2022

Reflections on ... Aline (2020)

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  I was in Canada (for the first time since 2017) between 31 August – 7 September. On the Air Canada flight from London to Montreal I finall...
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Friday, 9 September 2022

Reflections on ... The Gypsy Rose Lee Show

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Oldshowbiz is the essential Tumblr account of comedian turned author and astute show business historian Kliph Nesteroff devoted to “Showbi...
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Sunday, 28 August 2022

Reflections on ... The Sex Symbol (1974)

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  Sure, excitement is buzzing over Blonde (Netflix’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ speculative 1999 Marilyn Monroe biography drops on 23...
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Monday, 18 July 2022

The Next Lobotomy Room Film Club: Passport to Shame (1958) on 28 July 2022

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This month the Lobotomy Room film club (our motto: Bad Movies for Bad People) presents for your delectation tense, irresistibly trashy black...
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Friday, 24 June 2022

Reflections on ... Summer Storm (1944)

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  Recently watched: Summer Storm (1944). Tagline: “The Most Beautiful Woman God Ever Forgot to Put a Soul Into!”   “George Sanders and Li...
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