Monday, 24 August 2026

Reflections on ... The Silent Scream (1979)

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Recently watched: The Silent Scream (1979). Tagline: “Terror so sudden there’s no time to scream”. (Interestingly, this film is also someti...
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Thursday, 20 August 2026

Reflections on ... Teresa la ladra / Teresa the Thief (1973)

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I’m always moaning about how difficult it is to see Monica Vitti’s Italian comedies in the UK – and now the British Film Institute here has ...
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Thursday, 23 July 2026

Reflections on ... Mirror, Mirror (1990)

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  Recently re-visited: teen-focused supernatural horror movie Mirror, Mirror (1990).  If you’re roughly my age (Gen X), you probably have a...
Thursday, 21 May 2026

Reflections on ... Solomon and Sheba (1959)

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  Recently watched: wildly historically inaccurate 1959 Technicolor Biblical epic Solomon and Sheba. (Tagline: “The mightiest motion pictur...
Monday, 11 May 2026

Grace Jones' Nightclubbing (1981) album turns 45

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  “Grace Jones’ Nightclubbing album was the hippest record of 1981 … a reinvention of Roxy Music’s too-much-too-soon ennui, with sublime re...
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Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Reflections on ... Blood Ceremony (1973) aka The Legend of Blood Castle

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Recently watched: Blood Ceremony (1973) aka Ceremonia sangrienta aka The Legend of Blood Castle. Tagline: “A Nightmare Tale of Depravity!...
Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Reflections on ... Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

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  Recently watched: the flawed, fascinating Sylvia Scarlett (1935) by the dream trio of Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and director George C...