Sold out.

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I am tired. I learnt everything too late. Everything was always one jump ahead of me.

One of the best reasons to go to the Tate was to see this in all its glory #RIP

It was a close, sultry day: devoid of sunshine, but with a sky too dappled and hazy to threaten rain: and our place of meeting had been fixed at the guide-stone, by the cross-roads.

‘I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way’: Kathleen Turner’s best films – ranked!

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Nope

The worthy woman bustled off, and I crouched nearer the fire; my head felt hot, and the rest of me chill: moreover, I was excited, almost to a pitch of foolishness, through my nerves and brain.

Wednesday

Out of the Fog (1941) dir. Anatole Litvak Ida Lupino

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"Why Marilyn Matters More Than Ever" #MarilynMonroe #MM100

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Age yourself with a childhood crush.

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I've been busy in my usual way trying to build up my own special retreat from the world, with a few books and pictures, my two glass fish and so on.

#Caturday Clubbin' 📷Simon Lee

No More Orchids, an early Carole Lombard film was based on a novel of the same name by Grace Perkins (who wrote Night Nurse and Ex-Mistress as Dora Macy). The film demonstrates that often the best thing Pre-Code Hollywood did to a novel was to squeeze it into a 75-minute box. neglectedbooks.com/?...

What was the last book you read?

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Solidarity with Duffy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Review - Marilyn Monroe at the NPG #marilynmonroe #exhibition #npg #london substack.com/profile/3177...

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#bestfilminlondontoday June 5 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com guide to rep cinema scene. THE MISFITS (Huston, 1961), centrepiece of the Monroe season, starts extended run at BFI Southbank capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/05/capi...

Watched Billy Wilder’s The Seven Year Itch (1955) I loved it. Most of the Letterboxd reviews pan it because they wanted more Marilyn but got Tom Ewell’s paranoid drunk delusional creep husband instead. But I think Ewell is great at portraying the 1950s American male at its most dismal.

I'm delighted to tell those of you who expressed interest that @sightsoundmag.bsky.social has put my cover story "The Marilyn Moment: Monroe at 100" online in its entirety. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

We are go for a walk today. We go dance to night.

Sid? Murder me? Absurd! What are the facts? Sid has set his heart on a fish and chip shop. He's asked me if I will lend him the money. I have refused and he's reading about perfect murders. Do you really think that is enough evidence? Well it's good enough for me mate, I'm off?

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I got the feeling that I was surrounded by a pack of timid tigers waiting to spring the moment anybody is in trouble or hasn't any money. But tigers are better-looking, aren't they?

If she desired to go, she might: the nuisance of her presence outweighs the gratification to be derived from tormenting her!’

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Postcard from my collection, sent 1912.

On the eve of the centennial celebrations marked for June 1, here's a piece on the changing perceptions of #MarilynMonroe in today's @bostonglobe.com Ideas section. #MM100 #FilmSky #MovieSky

A reminder that, even when surrounded by established greats, it's impossible to keep your eyes off the graduate of the Copacabana School of Dramatic Art - then near the start of her movie career. Marilyn Monroe in ALL ABOUT EVE (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950). Born on this day 100 years ago.

#MarilynMonroe #Marilyn100 #MM100 If you're a fan of Marilyn - two invaluable/staple sources should be All Things Marilyn & The Marilyn Monroe Video Archives. allthingsmarilyn.buzzsprout.com www.youtube.com/@marilynmonr...

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My May reading. Highlight: Slumlord #BookSky📚

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Best friends. 💕 Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Walter Connolly and Carole Lombard taking a break on set of Howard Hawks's TWENTIETH CENTURY (1934)

Land of my ancestors

In the run-up to #MarilynMonroe100, here's a review I wrote of MARILYN AND HER BOOKS by @gailcrowther.bsky.social out today @theamscho.bsky.social theamericanscholar.org/books-are-a-...

New on the blog today, I've written about THE LADY BANDIT by Emilia Pardo Bazán (tr. Robert M. Fedorchek). I loved these darkly comic tales of fair-weather servants, trigger-happy priests and a notorious robber who finally meets her match! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/05/28/t...