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Films, music, video-games, pop culture ephemera
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weinberg
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Rest in peace, Drew Struzan. His movie posters are much more than marketing. They're some of the finest pop art you'll ever see. Look at this masterpiece:
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Design Room
6 days ago
For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from
@milkman.bsky.social
@shmuplations.bsky.social
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Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Icoās masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didnāt).
https://www.designroom.site/shadow-of-the-colossus-oral-history/
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So glad Vertigo is back and with new 100 Bullets too!
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Birmingham 81
11 days ago
Delta 5 performing Mind Your Own Business at Hurrah, NYC in 1980. This and other Hurrah concert recordings are available on a pay-to-view basis at
artclips.free.fr/PRIVATE-STRE...
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Emily C. Hughes
15 days ago
all the press around the Ed Gein show seems to insist that Robert Bloch used Gein as the inspiration for Norman Bates - itās become the accepted narrative - but hereās the thing: he didnāt!
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15 days ago
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Games That Weren't
16 days ago
A huge surprise today, with a preview recovery of the unreleased The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure on
#Amiga
. Dlfrsilver got in touch with Games That Weren't to share his recovery of this long lost game, and its hoped more can be found! Check it out at:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/the-...
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Cameron Yarde Jnr
16 days ago
Here's Patricia Routledge being given a Tony Award for Beat Actress In A Musical, which she won in a tie with Leslie Uggams, by Groucho Marx.
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I never pass an opportunity to read this story whenever it resurfaces.
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19 days ago
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TRANSDIFFUSIāļøN
20 days ago
30 September 1961. The Northern Scot reports that Elgin Town Council have decided ā late in the day and reluctantly ā that council tenants can put up aerials for the new Grampian TV which launches today... as long as they take them down immediately when the CATV system is upgraded.
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www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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Guardian Australia
27 days ago
Eat the rich ⦠before they eat you: in praise of body horror classic Society
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Eat the rich ⦠before they eat you: in praise of body horror classic Society
Hurtling towards a deranged finale, this 1989 obscenity follows a rich kid who grows suspicious of everyone around him ā and itās never felt more relevant * Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email The Substance, Together, Titane, Sick of Myself: body horror is having a bit of a resurgence lately. So what better time to revisit Brian Yuznaās slimy obscenity Society? Itās a movie that definitely thinks we should be taxing billionaires, and to make its point, Society throws an ending at you that you will never ā ever ā forget. Societyās entire reputation rests upon this finale and there is no discussion to be had without addressing the queasy and lurid final act. So please take this as both spoiler and content warning, and donāt blame me if you feel like your eyeballs need cleaning after seeing it. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/sep/24/eat-the-rich-before-they-eat-you-in-praise-of-body-horror-classic-society?CMP=aus_bsky
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Tom Reaganās Hat
28 days ago
Millerās Crossing is 35. Albert Finney had such a good time making Millerās Crossing that he turned up on his day off to appear in drag when Gabriel Byrne bursts into the ladies room.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
29 days ago
One of my favorite moments in the history of free speech: Larry Flynt publishing a satirical Campari ad featuring Jerry Falwell Sr. as an incestuous drunk who first had sex with his mother in an outhouse. Falwell sued. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court found that satire is protected speech.
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Katie Cook
29 days ago
Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didnāt work, scuffs the eraser didnāt pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and youāre allowed to try again.
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus
29 days ago
'Fantasia' rerelease poster, 1969 š½ļø
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Favourite 10 TV comedies, in no particular order. Jam Bottom The Venture Bros The Thick of It What We Do In The Shadows The Good Place Red Dwarf Trailer Park Boys The High Life Community
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Paul McAuley
about 1 month ago
Spotted in the Museum of Brands ā a rare example of an official David Lynch tie-in.
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I want all of these
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The Good, Me, The Bad, Myself and the Ugly Irene
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John Williams
about 1 month ago
This is good news. The TV Times is now included in the British Newspaper Archive.
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/tv-ti...
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TV Times in British Newspaper Archive
Explore and read 72160 pages of TV Times on the British Newspaper Archive, 26 years of history, local and international news stories, different and free sample issues to view everyday
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/tv-times
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The New York Times
about 1 month ago
Breaking news: Robert Redford, the big-screen idol turned Oscar-winning director, independent film advocate and environmental activist, died at 89.
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Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.
https://nyti.ms/4nEI1O1
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Rick Burin
about 1 month ago
Finally! Never put out on Blu-ray in the UK or US, so this is the first release since the DVDs in the noughties.
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Samira Ahmed
about 1 month ago
Delighted to inform you that Alan Moore is on tonight's BBC Front Row, discussing The Great When, psycho-geography, comics, fascism and the trouble with superheroes... 715pm Radio 4 or link after..
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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⨠A Goddess has NO KING āØ
about 1 month ago
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Vertigo knocked my socks off when I first watched it at uni. After 8 weeks of screenings chronologically working through his career, I thought I knew what to expect from a Hitchcock film.
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Colin Smith
about 1 month ago
The great Maurice Sendakās original poster art for 1982ās āImagination Celebrationā at Washington DCās John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, alongside the final printed version.
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Dan Sheehan
about 1 month ago
Raymond Scott,
#BOTD
in 1908, was a fascinating guy. He invented some of the earliest electronic instruments, collaborated with Jim Henson and the Muppets, and with Berry Gordy of Motown fame. Gordy bought an Electronium from Scot (like the one pictured) in 1969. 3/
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Alex Steed
about 1 month ago
I need more folks to know that Brooke Smith of Silence of the Lambs fame (she's instructed to put the lotion in the basket) was a member of the 1980s New York Hardcore scene and a photographer who documented that scene prolifically. She has a book called Sunday Matinee, which is absolutely stunning.
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray
about 1 month ago
Oh sure the new 9,000-brick Death Star is all very nice, but itās some way off the 20,000-brick city Norman Mailer built for the cover of Cannibals and Christians in 1966.
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Story of the Cover: The Mile High City on Norman Mailer's 'Cannibals and Christians' 1966 - Flashbak
Story of the Cover: The Mile High City on Norman Mailer's 'Cannibals and Christians' 1966
https://flashbak.com/story-of-the-cover-the-mile-high-city-on-norman-mailers-cannibals-and-christians-1966-53871/?c=382cf8ac-ef73-4c6b-9fc7-602dd95fd367
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The filmmakers appear to be pulling out all the stops to make me not want to watch a Tron movie.
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Steve Coogan, best known for his role in the Observation round of The Krypton Factor (1989)
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about 2 months ago
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I became obsessed with seeing A Clockwork Orange after taping this from channel 4.
youtu.be/Sg2tCj93cGY?...
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Ryan Estrada
about 2 months ago
Who's the worst cartoon character? I vote Henry, the dad from Dennis the Menace. He's a mask deliberately invented to whitewash the identity of his creator, Hank Ketcham, one of the worst men to ever make comics. It's gonna take a thread.
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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
about 2 months ago
NEW ALBUM NEWS Public Works and Utilities, the sixth Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan album will be released on Friday 10 October via
@castlesinspace.bsky.social
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MidCenturyCinema
about 2 months ago
8/22/90: Pump Up the Volume, w/Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis Peak entry in this genre & v thoughtful Killer soundtrack - āŖ@theerikawolf.bsky.social:
albumism.com/features/pum...
More: Rosenbaum, w/a rave:
jonathanrosenbaum.net/2024/12/pump...
@mangiotto.bsky.social
:
decider.com/2019/09/05/p...
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āPump Up The Volumeā Still Shines In Its Exploration of Depression and Trauma
Pump Up the Volume is a hopeful fantasy of what happens when the ārightā lonely guy gets a voice.
https://decider.com/2019/09/05/pump-up-the-volume-still-shines-in-its-exploration-of-depression-and-trauma/
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Christopher Wickham
2 months ago
L: The front cover of the 3007th issue of the Dandy, which broke the record for longest running comic by number of issues published in the world. R: The front cover of the New Year's Day 2000 issue (no. 3032), which, when you look at it closely, is obviously an unused cover for issue 3007!
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Anne Billson
2 months ago
A cracking list from
@marbleicehook.bsky.social
. The Czech time-travelling farce Tomorrow Iāll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) is the most delightful Hitler-related film you're ever likely to see.
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10 great Eastern European sci-fi films
From Stalker to Hard to Be a God: as a wild Czech New Wave sci-fi farce surfaces on Blu-ray, we survey the unhinged dystopias and mind-bending metaphysics of the best science fiction films from Easter...
https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-eastern-european-sci-fi-films
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Colin Smith
2 months ago
David McKeeās splendid cover for July 5th 1967ās Punch, offering medal designs for the counter-cultureās adoption of old military uniforms. I just donāt know how satirical it was intended to be, but those medals are pure playful pop art & Iād love to hang a full set on my study wall.
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I will never understand how Gremlins 2: The New Batch flopped on theatrical release.
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Cabel Sasser
3 months ago
A remarkable 1987 article about āQ5ā, a consultancy that, iāve now learned, seems singularly responsible for the mass bland-izing of cartoons when i was a kid. I remember the sudden and mysterious Jeanine swap-out in The Real Ghostbusters! this explains so much.
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
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Sometimes you can come across things online that make you stop and go...what?!
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Michael Varrati
3 months ago
It's the birthday of the late, great maestro of the macabre, Mario Bava. I think it's indisputably fair to say that Bava was one of the single most significant fright filmmakers of all time. Not only did he alter the course of Italian horror, but horror in general. He also made it far sexier.
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Sasha's Retrobytes š³ļøāā§ļø
almost 2 years ago
Did you know... There's a Fifth Element racing game? Well, it's *inspired* by the movie. But yes, remember those scenes of the art deco scifi hover cars? Kalisto said well, let's make a game of that: New York Racer! I like how all the racers are just anyone with a face who appeared in the movie.
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Found a knock-off Rubiks Magic in The Works today, i.e., the toy I kept breaking until my parents could no longer be arsed returning it to Matchbox for a replacement.
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HappyToast
3 months ago
15 years since they teased a Goon movie that never happened :(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZocX...
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The Goon Comic-Con Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by TrailerDelinquent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZocXLa6qrsg
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TRANSDIFFUSIāļøN
3 months ago
It's here! Our 180-page book all about ITV children's programmes (Ā£10) or the book with the Plus Pack of ITV ephemera facsimiles (Ā£20)! Buy now, get it delivered in SEPTEMBER.
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Look-out!
Celebrating ITV's programmes for children | Check out 'Look-out!' on Indiegogo.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/look-out
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Alastor Stuart
3 months ago
Hey
@mattfnwallace.bsky.social
? I feel like this might be your sort of thing.
www.3djoes.com/the-gi-joe-r...
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The G.I. Joe Rolodex: The Digital File Card Repository
Click on a file card below to view that file card full screen. Then use the thumbnails at the bottom or your arrow keys to skip through.
https://www.3djoes.com/the-gi-joe-rolodex-the-digital-file-card-repository.html
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Tim Waggoner
3 months ago
For those saying the new Superman movie is too woke, 1950s Superman would like a word with you.
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Lev Parikian
4 months ago
Because thereās never a bad time to share Chuck Jonesās rules for the Road Runner, here are Chuck Jonesās rules for the Road Runner
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