By Kubrick's Beard

Tracks For Life

Published on 2011-11-18 12:00:00

Teenage Fanclub - The Concept (single version)Bandwagonesque (1991)

Playing Catch Up - Best Films of 2009 - #46 Tales from the Golden Age

Published on 2011-11-16 12:00:00

As part of ongoing series I continue my countdown of the best films released in UK Cinemas in 2009.   #46 - Tales from the Golden Age (Constantin Mungiu/Cristian Popescu/Hanno Hofer/Ioana Uricaru/Razvan Marclescu)"Humour is the absence of terror, and terror is the absence of humour."Did you hear the one about the Romanian village committee that got trapped on a carousel, or the one about the doctored photo to make Nicolae Ceauşescu taller than the president of France?  No?&n

Snap-Shot #2 - One Movie, One Shot

Published on 2011-11-15 12:00:00

A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger, 1946)"Position - nil, repeat nil. Age - 27, 27, did you get that? Very important. Education - interrupted, violently interrupted. Religion - Church of England. Politics - Conservative by nature, Labour by experience. What's your name?"