Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Next Lobotomy Room Film Club: The Star (1952) on 16 March 2023

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  / “Never has the Hollywood story been told so frankly … so boldly … so completely! Here is every woman who ever climbed the stairway to th...
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Sunday, 12 February 2023

Reflections on ... The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)

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Recently re-visited: The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968). Tagline: “Overnight she became a star. Over many nights she became a legend.”   Kl...
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Sunday, 29 January 2023

Reflections on ... All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)

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/ Pictured: Self Portrait 1st Time on Oxy, Berlin, 2014 by Nan Goldin / In Laura Poitras’ lacerating Oscar-nominated new documentary All th...
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Saturday, 28 January 2023

Next Lobotomy Room Film Club: Macao (1952) on 16 February 2023

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   There is no place like it on earth. Macao in the China Seas across the bay from British Hong Kong. Where gambling is the heavy industry a...
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Saturday, 14 January 2023

Reflections on ... Dolly Parton's Southern Style Banana Cake Mix

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  In 2022 the sugary high cholesterol collab of our dreams dropped when the Duncan Hines corporation and beloved Country & Western diva ...
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Wednesday, 4 January 2023

Next Lobotomy Room Film Club: This Woman is Dangerous (1952) on 19 January 2023

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  “Every inch a lady – until you look at the record! Part of her was Ritz – part of her was “racket” – all of her was exciting! Beth Austin ...
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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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