I came across this just now and was really struck by it. It’s from a Russian film called ‘Mirror’ by Andrei Tartovsky. I’m not familiar with his work but, in quite an obvious way, it really reminded me of some David Lynch short films I watched recently. Those in turn are heavily influenced by the [...]
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I can’t believe I only just discovered Isabella Rossellini’s mental educational shorts on the subject of animal mating practises (thanks to Twitter user Manalicream for pointing me towards them, follow him [here] for tales of China, cats and other unusual bits and bobs). They are utterly insane but totally beguiling and it’s not just the [...]
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At some point over the weekend I spent many hours plundering YouTube for so-shit-they’re-amazing ’90s music videos with my friends. We were hunting for classic r’n’b, hip-hop, reggae and dancehall and OMG I forgot how good this shit is. Freakin’ awesome outfits for a start (seriously, sometimes I watch House Party just to get outfit [...]
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I like random things on the internet and so when I spotted this Formspring thingy popping up on twitter I thought I’d try it out. It basically allows people to ask me questions anonymously and there’s obviously been a tonne of pervy ones which I’ve gamely answered (all a bit tongue in cheek), some seriously [...]
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As Hollyoaks (now available in HD) blares out of my tellybox, I’m so so glad that films like The Cremator exist in my world. Hollyoaks may like to break the fourth wall every now and again, like a film student who just found out what “breaking the fourth wall” means, but it’s a prime example [...]
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