Holger Haase

Indulged in some Shaw Bros action last night with EXECUTIONERS FROM SHAOLIN.
It feels like a sequel to Chang Cheh's SHAOLIN TEMPLE that tells the events leading up to the destruction of the Shaolin Temple whereas this film continues the story from then on.

Poster for LA VÉRITÉ

Poster for COUTURES

Poster for DOSSIER 137

Caught three films over the weekend at the Cork French Film Festival.
LA VÉRITÉ by Henri-Georges Clouzot was a revelation with regards to Brigitte Bardot, an absolutely stellar performance in a dramatic role.

Totally hooked on this series.
I was a fan of Cork author Catherine Ryan Howard from the very beginning.
The series differs quite a bit from her novel but all the changes actually make sense in the context of this adaptation.
And, yes, I may have developed a little crush for Dove Cameron.

Edwige Fenech with shoulder-length auburn hair sits barefoot on the ground beside large terracotta plant pots and leafy greenery. She leans against a light-colored wall, wearing a patterned robe or shawl draped loosely around her shoulders, revealing a red garment underneath. She looks toward the camera with a calm, slightly pensive expression in a relaxed outdoor setting.

#FenechFriday

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Horror film poster for The Stylist. A close-up of a woman’s face lit in cold blue tones, staring directly at the viewer. The right side of her face is streaked with dripping red blood. She holds a pair of hairdressing scissors close to her eye, suggesting a threatening or obsessive tone. The film title “THE STYLIST” appears in bold red letters at the bottom.

Proof if any was needed that films don't need a huge budget to look super stylish. After this production will definitely check out more by @jillsixx.bsky.social

1917 illustrated poster for Das indische Grabmal by Thea von Harbou. Stylized artwork shows two men riding an elephant, one reclining in colonial attire and the other seated upright. Bold decorative patterns in orange and yellow frame the elephant. Text reads “Neuester Roman von Thea von Harbou” and references the 1918 volume of Gartenlaube.

Vintage German book cover of Das indische Grabmal by Thea von Harbou. Yellow border with red band reading “Roman von Thea von Harbou” and a small “1 Mark” price badge. The central black-and-white film still shows a man in a suit facing a woman in a sheer, ornate dress who touches his lapel; a statue stands in the background. “Uhlen-Bücher” appears along the bottom.

Two images for Thea von Harbou's novel "Das indische Grabmal" (The Indian Tomb): the first showing an advertising from 1917 promoting the serialised print in the magazine "Die Gartenlaube" in 1918; the second a book version coinciding with the second film adaptation from 1938.

Same here

That's insane dubbing over a music video

Totally agree. This is the first time I am getting this. I am very thankful for the chance to get auto translated subtitles when necessary but auto dubs are cringe. This was a video that interested me but that I also wanted to use to practice my Italian comprehension.

WTF? Just started watching an Italian language YouTube video and it was auto dubbed into English! Not impressed.

If you want to give me choice, sure bring it on.

Make it default and require me to change the settings, then kindly please fuck off.

Note to self: find alternatives to saying "super happy"

Super happy about my contributor copy of FANTOMAS RETURNS! from Eureka Entertainment.

Mabuse’s drunk cousin no one acknowledges at reunions gets caught stealing shots in Franco’s zero f*cks given DR. M SCHLÄGT ZU (1972), a spatially spontaneous maybe coastal maybe border town inept cowpoke hunts panther dancer nabbing sad FrankenKong krimi mid quickie with giallo. #FrancoFebruary

Agree. Always loves this production

Couverture du livre avec des ronds colorés et le visage du Diabolik de Bava découpé par dessus

Mini-Thread sur mes dernières trouvailles de brocante et d'enchères en bouquins :
1/ Un roman Diabolik édité en 1968 par Diable Noir.

I always loved that show. Started listening to it a few years ago over the Vincent Price guest appearance

Yes but the Bob Bailey ones cover the period in the image

Posters for the last four films watched (from left to right): Challenge of the Masters Fox and his Friends (Faustrecht der Freiheit) The Imaginary Wuthering Heights (2026)

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched... a day late

Vintage-style promotional graphic for the old-time radio series Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (1955–1960). On a bright red textured background, a large tilted title card reads “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 1955–1960 Old Time Radio.” At top left is a small black-and-white portrait of Bob Bailey with the text “Bob Bailey stars in.” On the right, an illustrated noir detective in a trench coat and fedora holds a revolver. On the left, a silhouetted woman stands in profile, and a chalk outline of a body appears near the bottom center. Text also reads “Produced and Directed by Jack Johnstone” and “Eazy’s Old Time Radio,” with a small Hartford logo in the upper right.

Listening to some eps of YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR. It's been a while since I last came across an insurance investigator as the hero of a crime story or thriller. It used to be a wonderful trope. Totally bonkers of course: Take a job with a dull public image and turn it into an action packed story.

The Mad Executioners Fri 27 Mar 2026 | 92 mins – West Germany 1963 – Subtitles Director: Edwin Zbonek Starring: Hansjörg Felmy, Maria Perschy and Dieter Borsche A shadowy figure known as “The Executioner” is terrorising ...

Looking forward to experiencing THE MAD EXECUTIONERS locally in the cinema at @triskelartscentre.bsky.social on March 27.

Prior to the film I will provide a little introduction about the Krimi genre in general and this production in particular.

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The Red Army Faction on the screen The Baader Meinhoff aka Red Army Faction on film. Either direct depictions, documentaries or fictional takes that talk about the milieu that influenced them.

My latest @letterboxd.social list is on one of my current obsessions, the Baader Meinhoff aka Red Army Faction on the screen. Direct depictions, documentaries or fictional takes that talk about the milieu that influenced them. Turns out there's far more than I thought
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Had the pleasure of watching three silent Sherlock Holmes movies with Eille Norwood in our local arthouse cinema. More than 100 years later he is still one of the best actors in this role. Even his disguises are still much more convincing than many of those in later adaptations.

Spot on. I rarely every read samples of a book when it sounds interesting but given recent experiences I'll need to check out a few pages prior to purchase from now on. Had hoped for a quiet night's reading but just ended up annoyed and still haven't even started a book I genuinely want to continue

First person present is the worst!!! In the last hour I gave up on two recent crime novels just two or three chapters in as I couldn't handle the third person present style of writing. And I'm the kind of person who rarely ever gives up on a book but just couldn't hack it. It was such awful writing

That mirrors what I noticed. Yes, when done well it can add immediacy but most times I just don't find it's done well and just sounds awkward.

Is it my imagination or are more books these days written in the present tense than ever before? Cause apart from one or two notable exceptions I absolutely loathe that style of writing instantly. I find it unreadable for a work of fiction.

Die seltsame Gräfin/The Strange Countess (1961) Margaret Reedle (Brigitte Grothum) accepts a position as companion to the eccentric - and unfortunately named - Countess Moron (Lil Dagover)...

Dashed off a quick review for "Die seltsame Gräfin/The Strange Countess" (1961)

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Yes, at this stage they definitely moved quite a bit away from Edgar Wallace