Sci-Fi Surrealist Art
This is a loosely defined style of art that I am completely obsessed with. Some of my favourite examples include: ’50s/’60s paperback covers by artists like Steele Savage and Carlos Ochagavia; The incredible… Read More
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Chris Dedrick/Free Design Tribute
We were saddened last month to learn about the death of Chris Dedrick, band-member and main songwriter in one of our all-time favourite groups, The Free Design. The extremely talented film director/actor/writer Sarah… Read More
Whit Stillman Disco Mix
The films of Whit Stillman might not be for everyone, but they certainly do the trick for us. Plenty has been written, often in quite some depth, about the themes and issues dealt… Read More
House, a 1977 film by Nobuhiko Obayashi
At the weekend I picked up an intriguing Masters of Cinema DVD. The 40-page accompanying booklet – featuring an essay and stills from the film – led me to expect great things, and… Read More
Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll
About a year ago I posted a little piece about Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields, a BBC Radio 4 documentary on Cambodian pop of the 1960s and early 70s, and in it… Read More
Tigon Films
Mei Yau and I have recently become utterly fixated on the horror films produced by the British production company Tigon in the 1960s and ’70s. If you want my take on the appeal… Read More
Pasolini’s “Arabian Nights” and the mystery actress
I recently watched the excellent BFI reissue of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Arabian Nights (aka Il fiore delle mille e una notte) and found it to be a typically Italian mix of the breathtaking… Read More
