Category Archives: Film

November newsletter: Aftermath, Circus Mirandus and Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud

    Photos: Classiq Journal     “I remember that winter because it had brought the heaviest snow I had ever seen. Snow had fallen steadily all night long and in the morning I woke in a room filled with … Read More

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Just the right girl: Gloria Grahame in “In a Lonely Place”

”In a Lonely Place”, 1950. Columbia Pictures   Humphrey Bogart wanted Lauren Bacall for the part. The Studio wanted Ginger Rogers. Nicholas Ray wanted Gloria Grahame. He was right. In a Lonely Place wouldn’t be the film that it is … Read More

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In conversation with artist Tatsuro Kiuchi

Illustration by Tatsuro Kiuchi   Tatsuro Kiuchi is a Tokyo-based illustrator, painter and educator. He is one of the most influential illustrators in Japan, having contributed an extraordinary variety to the field and to the visual culture of our time. … Read More

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October newsletter: Beautifully dark Scandinavian autumn, a short bedtime story, and The Man from Laramie

    Photos: Classiq Journal     ”Savoring the promise of autumn just begun.” Callum Robinson, “Treasure”       Viewing Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 1974 Martin Scorsese I love how different this film is from Martin Scorsese’s other … Read More

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“I Like My Use of Colour in It”: Nicholas Ray on the Costumes of Johnny Guitar

There is a sequence in Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar where the lawmen all wear black. Joan Crawford appears in white. It is a crisp and striking visual moment, all the more so since it is a Western noir in color. Read More

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