Saturday, 1 August 2026

Happy Yorkshire Day!

Roundhay Garden Scene (Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, 1888)


Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, 1888)

Friday, 31 July 2026

July 2026

Best First Viewings:
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (Judy Rymer, Sam Neill, 1995) - R.I.P. Sam Neill (1947-2026)
Beggars of Life (William A. Wellman, 1928)
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
The Dance of the Damned Women (Ingmar Bergman, 1976)
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (D.W. Griffith, 1912)
The Shepherd of the Hills (Henry Hathaway, 1941)
The Growler Story (John Ford, 1957)
The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, 1948)
Seeing in the Rain (Chris Gallagher, 1982)
Stellar (Stan Brakhage, 1993)

Books Read:
Making Ryan's Daughter: The Myths, Madness and Mastery by Paul Benedict Rowan
Open Range - Negotiating a Traditional Western in the 21st Century by Johannes Steinl (Seminar paper, eBook edition)
A Practical Guide to Happiness in Adults on the Autism Spectrum: A Positive Psychology Approach by Victoria Honeybourne
John Ford, Revised and Enlarged Edition (Movie Paperbacks) by Peter Bogdanovich
Stagecoach (BFI Film Classics) by Edward Buscombe
The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend by Glenn Frankel
Obsession by Lionel White
The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes by C.S. Lewis
Cat Chaser by Elmore Leonard
Bergman on Bergman: Interviews with Ingmar Bergman by Ingmar Bergman, Stig Björkman, Torsten Manns, Jonas Sima

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

June 2026

Best First Viewings:
To Save Her Soul (D.W. Griffith, 1909)
Two Friends (Jane Campion, 1986)
Paper Trail (Don Hertzfeldt, 2026)
EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Special Screening (Naoyuki Asano, 2026)
The Devil's Hand (Maurice Tourneur, 1943)
The Halliday Brand (Joseph H. Lewis, 1957)
Monte Walsh (Simon Wincer, 2003)
Mists of Time (Patrick Carey, 1968)
Pistol Duel (Gabriel Veyre, 1896)
Barbarella (Roger Vadim, 1968)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (Anthony Mann, 1964)
David Lean: A Self Portrait (Thomas Craven, 1971)

Books Read:
They Also Serve by Donald E. Westlake (short story/ebook)
The Risk Profession by Donald E. Westlake (short story/ebook)
Confessions by Saint Augustine
Hombre by Elmore Leonard
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (BFI Film Classics) by Lucy Fischer
A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata