cover art

Posted on August 4, 2011 | Leave a comment

Theresa Russell in Insignificance. Nicolas Roeg. 1985.

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titles

Posted on August 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

Chaplin. 1940.

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losey directs

Posted on August 2, 2011 | Leave a comment

modesty blaise

Joe Losey directs Monica Vitti in Modesty Blaise. 1966.

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casino royale

Posted on August 1, 2011 | Leave a comment

“Guard girls protecting the nasty Dr. Noah, one of Woody‘s two roles in Casino Royale, include the appealingly unguarded Samantha Jewell, adjusting Tony Burnett’s bracelet.”

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la notte

Posted on July 31, 2011 | Leave a comment

Jeanne Moreau and Marcello Mastroianni in La notte. Antonioni. 1961.

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apple boutique

Posted on July 30, 2011 | Leave a comment

On this day in 1968 the fabs “tired of being shopkeepers” and closed their Apple Boutique in London after 7 months that cost them £240,000. The store’s remaining stock was given away to the fans queuing here.

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mad world

Posted on July 29, 2011 | Leave a comment

Films and Filming. February 1963.

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cute couple alert

Posted on July 28, 2011 | Leave a comment

Peter Bogdanovich and Polly Platt, who died yesterday at age 72 (,and Ryan O’Neal). 1971.

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record labels

Posted on July 27, 2011 | Leave a comment

This Is Hardcore. Pulp. 1998.

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on your sleeve

Posted on July 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

Original soundtrack to Jacques Tati‘s Trafic. Charles Dumont. 1971.

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