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An Artist Who Sails: In Conversation with Stella Marina
An artist who sails. In our interview, Stella Marina and I talk about braving a decade of life at sea and pure freedom, artistic inspirations and sailing on board Eda Frandsen. Read More
in Art, Interviews, Photography
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Jean Cocteau’s Fantastic Worlds
Come December, I am drawn to the fantastic worlds of Jean Cocteau, who found the supernatural quite natural, who found light in darkness and darkness in light. For winter is a time for introspection and reflection. Cocteau tells stories that can carry you away and bring you back to your own self. Read More
in Film, Film poster design
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The Birds, the Ultimate Hitchcock Heroine and the Grandfather Figure
It was sixty years ago, 1963. It was very rare that women enjoyed the prerogative of a sports car in movies. My favourite to this day remains Tippi Hedren in The Birds, driving her Aston Martin convertible on the meandering curves of Bodega Bay, free, liberated, a natural extension of her rapacious, bold nature. It’s a joy watching her control that car, especially that we are served the scene with a grain of Hitchcock humour. Tippi Hedren will always be the ultimate Hitchcock heroine. Read More
November Newsletter: Autumn Sea, The Maltese Falcon, and Budding Imagination
The November newsletter: autumn sea, The Maltese Falcon, and budding imagination Read More
in Books, Culture, Film, Newsletter
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Read Instead…in Print
Cary Grant’s Suit: Nine Movies That Made Me the Wreck I Am Today has humour in it. Just like a good film (that is not a comedy) has humour in it (like Hitchcock’s). Just like life (amidst hardships, tragedy, rises and falls) has humour in it. Todd McEwen writes from a very personal point of view. Movies are truly woven into his life and it’s absolutely thrilling to read how he meanders through some of the movies that have marked him in one way or another. Read More
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