Fassbinder Pt 2: more suffering, more despairA while back I did a humble little blog on five of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s films, all part of my — ahem — extremely…Mar 22Mar 22
Freezeframe cinema; or, where’s the comfort in watching lots of films?If a film is a movie (yuk) or a motion-picture (less yuk), then it’s not, by definition, a frozen image. That would be er, photography. But…Dec 28, 2024Dec 28, 2024
I didn’t shoot Andy Warhol, but I did read Valerie Solanas’s SCUM Manifesto and laughed out loud…Yes, that’s right, last week I picked up Valerie Solanas’s slim volume and read a good part of it hurtling down the Victoria Line to sunny…Jun 8, 2024Jun 8, 2024
Ug mug tug dug: Alexander Trocchi’s Cain’s BookAnd I feel just like Jesus’ son …Apr 11, 2024Apr 11, 2024
Kaurismäki: the extrasAs a little epilogue to my recent er, must-read Kaurismäki blog, here are ten extra bits. Stuff I began to notice after watching a…Jan 7, 2024Jan 7, 2024
Pushing our buttons; or why Kaurismäki is a hopeless romanticYeah man, I guess this is all kind of obvious. But anyway, having just watched/rewatched five of Kaurismäki’s films — Shadows In Paradise…Dec 28, 2023Dec 28, 2023
Hatred from everyone, everyone: five from FassbinderEarlier this year I was mentioning how I’d watched Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Love Is Colder Than Death as part of a six-strong grouplet…Nov 14, 2023Nov 14, 2023
The problem of Keiller’s Robinson trilogyThree full-length films comprised almost entirely of fixed-camera shots, some held for prolonged periods; a total absence of “action” and…Jun 3, 2023Jun 3, 2023
Six from the 60s: surfing the new wave in search of love, hate, jazz and jokesFor reasons too obscure to go into, I’ve spent the last six nights watching a film a night from the sixties. Specifically: six films from…Jan 21, 2023Jan 21, 2023