Saturday, August 29, 2015

Who's That Girl?


Photographer: Matt Weber

Esther de Jong


ph: Paolo Roversi

A day in the life, Aug 27


A day in the life, Aug 27, sidewalk cracks

Monica Cosac


ph: Tibi Clenci

New York


Tanya Dziahileva


ph: David Vasiljevic

First Lines: Michael Gilbert - Smallbone Deceased


First will be set out the Parties, each by his full name and address and by a Description, as, Lieutenant - Colonel in His Majesty's Grenadier regiment of Footguards, Solicitor to the Supreme Court of Judicature, Clerk in Holy Orders, Butcher, or as the case may be and (where of the female sex) wife, widow, spinster or feme sole.

Lupita Nyong'o


A day in the life, Aug 26


A day in the life, Aug 26, objet trouvé

Grace Anderson


New Stuff: Hollow Triumph


Another one from the Film Noir series, a lot more to come soon, since they're currently on offer to a reduced price.

Jamie van Dyke


New Stuff: The Bride of Frankenstein


After having recently rewatched Frankenstein I just had to get the continuation.

Jenna Pietersen


The General Died at Dawn (1936)


Amid the anarchy of China, an American mercenary tangles with a ruthless warlord.

Exotic adventure drama has good atmosphere, excellent production value and a good cast, but is a bit slow-going, and the finale outstays its welcome.

Halliwell**: "Heavy-going but very decorative studio-bound intrigue which seems to take place on the old Shanghai Express sets with an extra fusion of dry ice. An intellectual's picture of its day."

Maltin***1/2: "Fine, atmospheric drama of Oriental intrigue..."

Bettie Page


Friday, August 28, 2015

New Stuff: Mats Gustafsson


I missed getting this album at Mats Gustafsson's performance in Landshut last month - there were only a few copies and quickly sold out.

Who's That Girl?


Art: Isa Genzken

Auguste Abeliunaite


ph: Julia Noni

A day in the life, Aug 25


A day in the life, Aug 25, sidewalk pattern

Marianne Faithfull


New York


Tiiu Kuik


First Lines: Mary Stewart - Nine Coaches Waiting


I was thankful that nobody was there to meet me at the airport.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Flo Dron


A day in the life, Aug 24


A day in the life, Aug 24, friends

Nicole Kidman


ph: Peter Lindbergh

The AristoCats (1970)


With the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country.

Not quite on level with previous Disney masterpieces, this animated feature nonetheless delights with harmless humour, loveable characters and less sentimentality. 

Halliwell**: "Cartoon feature, a moderate example of the studio's work after Disney's death, with rather too few felicitous moments."

Maltin***: "Derivative of earlier Disney animated features but entertaining just the same."

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Frankie Rayder


New Stuff: Mette Rasmussen


Freejaazblog says. "Rasmussen's and Corsano's profound understanding of the liberating power of free, creative music is impressive. Strongly recommended."

Anais Pouliot


Safe Haven (2013)


A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

Mediocre and schmaltzy tearjerker that adds some mild thriller elements; it does have good photography and some suspense, but is otherwise unremarkable.

Maltin**1/2: "...has the requisite small-town scenery and romantic fireworks but adds thriller elements...Hallström manages to keep the Hallmark greeting card schmaltz to a minimum, mixing in some genuine suspense. Duhamel is appealing but Hough won't make us forget Meryl Streep anytime soon." 

Who's That Girl?


Photographer: Paul Graham

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Alma Jodorowsky


ph: Jill Ann Wolf

A day in the life, Aug 23


A day in the life, Aug 23, sidewalk landscape

Matilda Price


New York


Miranda Kerr


First Lines: Reginald Hill - Underworld


'...the paddy broke down and we had to walk nearly the full length to pit bottom and there was a hell of a crowd there already and tempers were getting frayed.

Alana Kuznetsova


ph: David Slijper

Window faces


Regensburg, August 2015

Olivia O'Driscoll


ph: Karen Inderbitzen-Waller

A day in the life, Aug 22


A day in the life, Aug 22, objet trouvé

Gloria Dimitrova



New Stuff: Melanie


Some of her songs bring back memories...

Elena Melnik


The AristoCats (1970)


A favourite from my childhood (cats!), I haven't seen it again since it was released in 1970.