Friday, 30 December 2022

Farewell, Vivienne Westwood (8 April 1941 – 29 December 2022)

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“If in doubt, dress up. Don’t ever dress down – you’ll be so disappointed.”   Farewell to fashion visionary, doyenne of punk, iconoclast ...
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Saturday, 26 November 2022

Next Lobotomy Room Film Club: Bell, Book and Candle (1958) on 15 December 2022

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  On Thursday 15 December the Lobotomy Room film club returns with a festive presentation – with an occult twist!  I don’t know if anyone bu...
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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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