Paul C. Dobbs

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One of the more remarkable films that I have seen in the last five or so years. Irene Papas gives an all-time performance as Clytemnestra. The film is a striking mix of the epic and intimate, and the only film comparison that sprung to mind was Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc.

I didn't know Ashby and Wexler were in on this, but it figures. Such a good looking and well constructed picture

The poster for In the Heat of the Night (1967), directed by Norman Jewison, featuring the tagline: "They got a murder on their hands. They don't know what to do with it!"

JW: In the Heat of the Night (1967, dir. Norman Jewison). I'd seen this once before, albeit 30-plus years ago, but I only learned today about the sequels, the first of which saw Sidney Poitier reprise his role, in film that borrows for its title his famous line here: "They Call Me Mister Tibbs!" 1/5

Saw this a lot on TV in the 80s/90s but not since then. It IS handsome and well done indeed. Steiger is great and has the most interesting character I think. His reaction to the slap is as memorable as the slap. He's a man on a journey. Great support too; Warren Oates, Scott Wilson, memorable turns

Nice. You're right about how the mood and atmosphere is more important than the story, and about how good the score is in supporting that. The female vocal had a theremin-like feel, reminded me of the Star Trek theme. Very spooky and effective

Wonderful. One of my favourite Sopranos momentss is when Uncle Jun just gets up and sings out the blue. It was such a surprise the first time I saw it. What a scene. Happy birthday, Dominic Chianese!
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Helsinki. A lovely space done by designers and there's hardly anyone there. There are loads of padded benches you can lie down flat on and go to sleep

Burmese Days might be his best novel-as-a-novel, as opposed to novel-as-political statement. Aspidistra is great too, really wildly funny. Both deserve much more attention i think. His other pre-war novel, Coming up for Air is very oddly conceived though and doesn't work at all

Yes, it takes a big stab at the sexual politics of the time, as well as the changing class structure. It's a film where the personal is very political, and it definitely informs Parasite as you say. Those two themes are still central to Korean society and cinema

I'm not a huge fan of Catatonia as a band, but Cerys is a great singer, a really physical singer, who can go off like a rocket. It's a head voice when she does, but it comes right from the bottom of the lungs, and it is pure and uninhibited and absolutely full of beans, which is what I love ❤️

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Welsh has always been the best British accent for me. Ivor the Engine, Gladys Pugh, the lovely guide who took us around Caernarvon Castle that time, and mostly Cerys Matthews, especially the way she said Road Rage. Been listening to it on a loop all day
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What a strange and disquieting film. I'm still trying to get my head around that ending. It's a great social snapshot of a rapidly changing country too

Director Kim Ki-young’s landmark film has influenced the likes of Bong Joon Ho and his brilliant PARASITE (2019).
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I think Parky had big a problem with women doing sex on screen. He was similarly nasty to Helen Mirren in an early interview (though he treated her like royalty later after she'd become a national treasure)

Fat City, and yet it seems like exactly the sort of film he would direct. His wild grin is written all over it. I agree, it's such a brilliantly strange and random filmography he has

I'd definitely watch this again before I watched Tom Jones. It's a barrel of fun, and Hurt is really eating it up, as is the rest of the cast. I even liked Robert Morley, who I usually can't stand. It makes no sense that Huston directed this somewhere between Reflections in a Golden Eye and....

I knew the story of David Haggart, as he killed someone escaping from Dumfries tolbooth, which is around where I grew up. We don't have many famous people in that part of the world. So, noted thief and rogue Davey, was, well, noted. I didn't know there was a film of his life.

This scared seven shades out of me. Works as a novel of characters in a changing country too. A great book

Lupino poses standing in fashionable long-skirted dress with fur-lined collar.

Ida Lupino fashion portrait, 1941

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He spoke six languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Italian, Spanish, French, and English

Volodymyr Palahniuk, aka Jack Palance
The Big Knife (1955)

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"I love the smell of beer"

Devil's Roof by Throwing Muses

Nice. Huck is one of the great voices

The sexual politics are not so much mid-20th century as prehistoric, but it does make sense within itself, though you will have to adjust your world view. It's quite a bold film; the story is nothing, the subtext everything, and Lupino is riveting

There's sinisterly mechanical line readings, a cryptic diary, Howard Duff as a looming sex pest, and a dreamy air of threat that reminded me of Maya Deren's 1943 avant-garde short, Meshes of the Afternoon

Ida Lupino reflected in four full-length mirrors

Lupino's character is supposed to be looking for traces of her mysterious predecessor, but really it's the key to her own repression. Reminded me in that way of The Innocents, which wouldn't be made for another eight years

Poster for Jennifer. Ida Lupino being embraced by - or threatened by? - Howard Duff. Tagline reads DID JENNIFER FEAR HIS FINGERS AT HER THROAT... or the burning caress of his lips?

Jennifer (1953). Dressed up as a Rebecca-style mystery, this is really something more enigmatic. Long, wordless sequences of Ida Lupino roaming the insides of a cavernous Xanadu-like SoCal mansion, the Kane aura reinforced by wizard James Wong Howe photography

YouTube video by daltalek Stella Street - Filthy Beast

Mick and Keef and Dirk Bogarde as imagined by Stella Street. This show punctured many of my heroes. Seriously, Bogarde was one of the boldest and most interesting screen presences of his day. A really complex talent
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