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Literature, cinema, classical music, art, Slavonic stuff, Shostakovich, Canadiana

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Seeing it on Tuesday. May manage to fill some pixels with an opinion.

08.03.2026 18:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
UIKSARINGITARA / WRONG HUSBAND
UIKSARINGITARA / WRONG HUSBAND YouTube video by Western Arctic Moving Pictures

Itโ€™s always worth sticking around for the credits. This is the first film Iโ€™ve seen that included a credit for the people keeping watch for approaching polar bears. youtu.be/XHx3GsodHGs?...

05.03.2026 18:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A ยฝ review of King Solomon's Mines (1985) GolGlobโ€™s loving homage/(rip-off) of Raiders of the Lost Arkย is, in almost all departments, a shadow of its model. Chamberlain has a certain wry charm but lacks Fordโ€™s machoness or his outrageous conv...

I made it through the first one, but there are limits. boxd.it/64C3HR

05.03.2026 16:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sputnik and Chaika are nine today.

02.03.2026 03:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Lamb to the Slaughter (Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected. Season 1. Episode 4)
Lamb to the Slaughter (Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected. Season 1. Episode 4) YouTube video by New Forward language school

It was also adapted for a 1979 episode of โ€œTales of the Unexpectedโ€, with Susan George. youtu.be/3SQCHIR6VMY?...

02.03.2026 02:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œYou werenโ€™t there, man! You werenโ€™t thereโ€ฆโ€

01.03.2026 07:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Odd decision. Tracking, kerning and hyphenating the long paragraph could have pulled up the last three words.

28.02.2026 16:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Letterboxd posters from four films. The Stuntman(1980). The Gentlemen (2019). Privilege (1967). Network (1976)

Letterboxd posters from four films. The Stuntman(1980). The Gentlemen (2019). Privilege (1967). Network (1976)

#Letterboxdfriday. Three great and interesting films. And a Guy Ritchie.

28.02.2026 07:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did she do them for Margate as well? I know some of the Triennial stuff is โ€œrepurposedโ€ so it doesnโ€™t entirely surprise me.

26.02.2026 07:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

P-p-p-Penguin

24.02.2026 04:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He will be completely free to create an art work telling the history and heritage of the Saudi kingdom, including a list of all the people who have been beheaded.

21.02.2026 17:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A news report on the arrest of Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten, and below it, an advert for free and discounted pizzas at Pizza Express.

A news report on the arrest of Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten, and below it, an advert for free and discounted pizzas at Pizza Express.

19.02.2026 18:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor!

19.02.2026 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A scene from the X-Files with Michael J Anderson, perhaps better known as the Dancing Man from โ€œTwin Peaksโ€.

A scene from the X-Files with Michael J Anderson, perhaps better known as the Dancing Man from โ€œTwin Peaksโ€.

David Duchovny as DEA Agent Denise Bryson, in โ€œTwin Peaksโ€, but probably better known for โ€œThe X-Filesโ€.

David Duchovny as DEA Agent Denise Bryson, in โ€œTwin Peaksโ€, but probably better known for โ€œThe X-Filesโ€.

Weird crossover moment. Currently working our way through โ€œTwin Peaksโ€ and โ€œThe X-Filesโ€.

On two consecutive nights, we getโ€ฆ

19.02.2026 06:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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John Leman Riley (@johnlemanriley) If you like Canada, birds, fronted adverbials and sentence fragments.

If you like Canada, strange landscapes, birds, fronted adverbials or sentence fragmentsโ€ฆ substack.com/@johnlemanri...

18.02.2026 20:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think identifying whether itโ€™s the same swan is a mute point.

18.02.2026 01:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The English and the Irish who, famously, spent hundreds of years getting along just fineโ€ฆ

15.02.2026 20:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Mountains of Madness.

14.02.2026 05:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weโ€™re being nice and continuing to sell them almost all the potash they need to grow food, though they are of course cozying up to those nice people in Russia and Belarus as an alternate sourceโ€ฆ

11.02.2026 19:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m not surprised that people parade their ignorance on Letterboxd, but I am constantly amazed that they pay to become Patrons in order to do it.

08.02.2026 01:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I confess that when they showed the Glen Powell trailer I did not mute my โ€œYeah, is it as good as โ€˜Kind Hearts and Coronetsโ€™?โ€

07.02.2026 20:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yesterday at โ€œSend Helpโ€. Moments of mild peril elicited mutterings of โ€œOh no!โ€

07.02.2026 19:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hommage.

07.02.2026 19:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sadly, many of the objections will not be to the idea, but the location. โ€œSure, lock up the immigrants - but not anywhere near my house!โ€

04.02.2026 20:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As opposed to โ€œAlienโ€, where he agreed to the studioโ€™s idea of doing a directorโ€™s cut and then went around telling everybody he didnโ€™t like it and they should stick to the theatrical.

31.01.2026 22:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m giving hundreds of millions of pounds to international corporations to protest against deeply entrenched money and gross capitalismโ€

31.01.2026 20:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are lots of lovely people in every state (including friends) who would, Iโ€™m sure make great Canadians, but with secession, we donโ€™t get to pick and choose.

29.01.2026 00:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You want to take a chance?

He โ€œwasnโ€™t going to get in for a second termโ€โ€ฆ

29.01.2026 00:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When the North West Angle proposed secession, voters changed their minds when they were offered better fishing rights. Which is the depth of their commitment to being โ€œCanadianโ€.

29.01.2026 00:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump voters alone would be the fifth biggest Canadian province.

29.01.2026 00:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0