This 1965 French adaptation of the Henry James ghost story was apparently made for TV but looks about as good as anything cinematic of its era. It’s slow but steadily builds a mood until its mysteries are revealed. (And no, the sudden appearance of a black-and-white minstrel is not one of them. Though that might be the most disturbing thing I’ll see tonight.) More…
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A short and wild anime feature to start the Important Cinema Club 24-Hour Horror Movie Mind Melter, with fighting and demons and a time-police astronaut and oodles of gore. And I’ll tell you one thing Japanese appropriation of Irish folklore gets very right: fairies are assholes. More…
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Fellow movie weirdos: it’s less than 24 hours till Important Cinema Club’s 24-Hour Horror Movie Mind Melter! Tune in tomorrow from 3pm UTC at twitch.tv/importantcinemaclub #aside
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Was about to head out to the shops, before I checked the weather app and finally heard the rain splashing on the skylight above me. I’ll get wet tomorrow… #aside
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I work in the “Information & Communication” sector and I can only wish I made this much! > @CSOIreland #aside
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I’m privy to a promo of the new Vastum LP out next month (I’ve already ordered the vinyl) and it’s expectedly immense #music > 20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/inward-to-gethsemane #aside
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Found an olive green frog as big as my palm in the back garden this evening. Wish I’d had my camera with me #aside
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There’s a rookery in the row of trees opposite our house and they are being especially noisy this morning #aside
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The second one of these I’ve really enjoyed. See? Horror can be good without being mean-spirited! Mike P Nelson’s two-parter is especially effective, and is probably about as long as it needs to be. More…
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When Ursula von der Leyen is on her way back from meeting Bibi, she might as well stop to leave flowers on Slobodan Milošević’s grave #aside
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LP reissue of Up on the Sun arrived today and it sounds great to these ears. Easily one of my top 10, maybe top five favourite albums (this is my fourth physical copy of it, too) #music #aside
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19 degrees my arse; it’s cold and foggy up here this evening. Weather app says 13km visibility but I can’t see more than 100 metres up the road #aside
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Reader, I pre-ordered them anyway (well, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets, at least) > @MacDara #aside
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There’s a lot of CGI BS in this propaganda pic masquerading as a creature feature (but aren’t they all?) yet also a handful of genuinely brilliant bits that’ll make you go, “Ah yes, this is indeed a Ben Wheatley film.” More…
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Only one purchase for me this #BandcampFriday: Palm’s (RIP) Rock Island on milky clear vinyl #music #aside
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Those new Metallica LP reissues look nice, but not €40 nice #aside
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Yesterday’s post had the Fear of Music LP I wanted, and it would be mint too…if not for the staple the seller accidentally put through the outer and inner sleeves when packing it > @MacDara #aside
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A documentary as staid as its fascinating subject appears, for better or worse. More…
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I’ve been enjoying Winning Time (RIP) and this makes the perfect accompaniment; it’s like one long shoot interview getting into the nitty gritty of basketball’s kayfabe era. More…
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‘The poster is a lie’ notwithstanding, this would have been a far, far better movie if Steve James were the one doing the exterminating, instead of spending most of his scenes wrapped head to toe in bandages till Robert Ginty literally pulls his plug. More…
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Finally getting a listen to the Let It Bleed edition of The Replacements’ Tim and my immediate impression is, “It’s a seventies rock record.” Ed Stasium do Candy Apple Grey next #music #aside
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Received a (legit) invite to breakfast and a clothing launch in Saint-Tropez. Flights and accommodation not included, alas #aside
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Was confused why I can’t book train tickets past 9 December on the Irish Rail site but I think I found the reason: they’ve got a new timetable in the works from the 10th that’s still open for consultation. Note I had to join those dots myself; they don’t make it easy, do they? #aside
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Custom emoji disappeared from the work Slack this morning and it is CHAOS, I tell you #aside
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I half-watched this one on TV many moons ago, so my impression of this grand-conspiracy ’70s paranoia thriller was blown away by the actual plot, which is a lot less exciting but far more plausible: NASA needs a successful mission to Mars to secure its future funding, but a penny-pinching contractor means they’re left with a fucked life-support system (think of all those ‘PPE’ contracts at the start of the pandemic) so they have to fake it. More…
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Even with the addition of nearly two hours of deleted and bonus interviews, it’s all a bit dull in hindsight. Just read the book for the stories to really come alive — and watch The Kid Stays in the Picture, the Robert Evans biopic, for an appropriately flashier take on this kind of thing. More…
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Late to the news of the death last month of Ed Barger, best known to me as producer on the Meat Puppets’ earliest stuff as well as with the LA art-punk collective Monitor. But he was also producer and benefactor of the embryonic DEVO in their shared hometown of Akron, Ohio. His former partner Laurie O’Connell, one of the brains behind Monitor, posted a touching tribute here #music > Facebook.com/WorldImitation #aside
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First viewing since, if I remember it right, I saw it at the IFI upon release. I did a double-take when I noticed it’s dated 2014 as it feels a lot older, before Slint’s big mid-2000s reunion tour even. And I’m going to knock down my previous score a bit as it’s only “OK” to me now. More…
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Ah, the Rocktober reissues got me again! Just put Fun House, Remain in Light and Marquee Moon on the credit card #aside
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Pretty disappointing to receive a delivery from a shop without the primary items you ordered, sigh… #aside
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Catching up on #AEWCollision and wow, the low attendance is really obvious. And on a college campus, with the first semester well under way? That’s not good #aside
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#NowPlaying Palm - Nicks and Grazes (on fancy limited ‘Away Kit’ vinyl). I completely missed that they’re breaking up and just played their last show two nights ago. What a loss! #aside
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Tomb Mold trying to out-fusion VoidCeremony on their new album, I hear #aside
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Oh, it’s ‘the local kids have bought their bangers from Jonesborough’ season already. Jazzed for the next two months of random nightly explosions… #aside
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So, it turns out Google Calendar has a limit on repeat-forever events, but the Calendar app on my Mac just ignores that and keeps repeating, which resulted in a messed-up duplicate work calendar. My fix was go to the last date of the event in GCal before the duplication starts in Mac Calendar, set the event to end on that date (not before making a note of any subsequent changes from the usual schedule) then start a new repeat event from the next appropriate day (and any edits as necessary) #aside
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Just got stung four times by two different wasps in the back garden. I’m in bits but I’d be far worse if Bee wasn’t here to help me #aside
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Managed to pull the big weeds in the back garden before it got too uncomfortable to carry on. Screw this, we’re making margaritas #aside
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Just walked to the supermarket five minutes from the house and back and I’m pouring with sweat. It’s too much! #aside
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I might not get home till 1am but BIG|BRAVE were worth it #music #image
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Welp, my bus is already half an hour late so I’ll be missing Jessica Moss’ set supporting BIG|BRAVE tonight #aside
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Unconfirmed report that Stains guitarist Robert Becerra died on Friday. One of the greatest you’ve probably never heard, because the band’s sole album is nigh on impossible to find #aside
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Anyway, it’s #wrestling and I’m still not fully convinced the official statement from AEW isn’t part of some elaborate work, which in fairness would be very much in keeping with the ‘Bret in ’97’ thing #aside
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The #CMPunk drama has been dragging #AEW down but it’s sad that it’s come to this, especially since he had the makings of a good ‘Bret in ’97’ thing going, he was in better ring shape and seemed motivated. He also seems like a person with his heart in the right place but a temperamental baby when it comes to navigating the business behind the curtain #aside
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It’s got dudes in flares and a horn-parping funk soundtrack and a whole bit around people queueing for a pay phone, but the most Seventies aspect of this film is the man slapping a hysterical pregnant woman into labour (and then the baby is stillborn). It’s like ‘misogyny’ was a check box for these things. And yet, it’s still a better, more stylish action thriller than the more recent film with the same title that I will never see because come on. More…
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Under the weather so I won’t be at the Codeine show in Dublin tonight. In lieu of that, here’s a full live set from one of their first reunions in 2012. #video
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Well I’ll be damned, it’s episode 32 of Enlarged Heart Radio, now streaming with another hour of interesting sounds for your ears. More…
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Just got a promo link for the new #Sprain album (while the vinyl I ordered is on the way). Please note it has not one but two tracks that run over 24 minutes. (This might be a way-off-the-mark reference, but I’m hearing a Mark Eitzel influence on the vocals here) #aside
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No one asked Saraya the easy kayfabe question: she didn’t beat the champion to win the title, so when is she giving Hikaru Shida a shot so she can prove herself? #aside
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#AEWAllIn was a great show but let’s be honest: that Penta injury spot was ethically dubious. And the fact no one has brought it up at the media scrum says everything about that kind of thing #aside
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#AEW missed a trick not having a child outside the stadium saying “Adam Cole is going to win, whether he wants to or not!” #AEWAllIn #aside
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