Matt Barber

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Another niche post - but I’m pretty sure the Chorus in the 2017 RSC Henry V is cosplaying John Barton.

And a sign of how progressive his documentaries were - the poster for Titicut Follies has been flagged as adult content on here.

RIP Frederick Wiseman. Titicut Follies and High School were groundbreaking documentaries - but for my money, Ex Libris and National Gallery are his masterpieces. Two epic films that dissect, with surgical precision, the value of public funded art and knowledge.

So by that logic - folk horror would also have to be grounded in the real world as well.

I think so? For me it’s about the distinction between folklore in the real world and ‘folklore’ recreated in a fantasy world. The latter is a kind of simulation of folklore, which I’m guessing would then just be ‘fantasy’. For folklore to be folklore it has to have a source in the real world.

Front cover of PD James’s The Black Tower

Front cover of Anthony Trollope’s The Warden

Niche post - but I’ve just realised that PD James’s The Black Tower is a pastiche of Trollope. It’s The Warden with murders.

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

I love that Prince Andrew had a codename email address to avoid suspicion and all the emails are like 'Had to spend the weekend at Balmoral, Mother wants me to look after the corgis, my brother's here too - not Edward, but Charles, you know the heir apparent.'

This - but also Lab should look to the Libs in Canada as a template for tackling the right AND boosting popularity. The more Trump tries to blackmail us, the more Reform and the Tories will come across as Quisling appeasers who, if given power, will simply cave to all of Trump's desires.

What better way for the randomiser to inaugurate Blakes 7 into the Who Review Extra canon than by choosing the story where Paul Darrow meets the Doctor? Our thoughts on City at the Edge of the World:

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It's going to be another busy week on the Strangers feed this week as we make our way through the back end of the seasonal break - but here's a taster of what's coming up in January and beyond...

The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.

We couldn't let Christmas pass without checking in on the latest Knives Out Mystery from Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man:

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Traditional nativity scene with extra Bok this year…

Next week on Strangers in Space...

It's Week 2 of The War Between the Land and the Sea, there's a new Knives Out Mystery to talk about, there will be two volumes of Hammer retrospective and we'll be choosing our first Blakes 7 review

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Did week one of the latest Doctor Who spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea, run aground, take flight, or sink without trace?

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Barry Lyndon turns fifty this week. We thought we'd mark the occasion by taking another look.

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Did the first RTD era ever go too far and forget it was family entertainment? Join JR, @jonarnold.bsky.social, @mattbarberuk.bsky.social and @stephenhatcher.bsky.social to find out...

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“Is there anyone in Rome who has not emailed Jeffrey Epstein!?”

Looking forward to it!

This. With the main series, mystery and a lack of info works, because we all know the fixed structures and can speculate. With Turf and Surf - no info leads to no speculation.

Of course, to Doctor Who fans, East Hagbourne is:

#CineHistorians host @ckjsweeney.bsky.social on the similarities between Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman (1975) #filmsky

Not by isolating the drum track, presenting it specifically as evidence and only comparing that? You would compare the whole new piece to the old - in the way it’s intended - then make the criticism. Ideally you would even compare - you’d just take the new version and decide if you liked it or not.

I appreciate that and your opinion is valid - I read your post last week and felt the same but resisted commenting then. I stand by my view that it’s taking their work out of context unfairly. You wouldn’t just a piece of music by isolating the drum track and complaining that it sounded electronic.

☝️This - but I’d go further. Taking individual frames and posting a comparison in this way seems rather unfair and slightly disrespectful to the restoration team. They’re not working for a minority of fans to analyse the footage frame-by-frame.

‘The Lost King’ to be changed after Steve Coogan, Baby Cow, Pathe settle defamation case Academic Richard Taylor sued filmmakers over his portrayal in the 2022 film.

Good. Maybe they should apologise as well?

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If ever there's a time to acknowledge a doctorate, it's in a news article about a posthumous doctorate being awarded. This from BBC News: