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Pretty Pink Patty's Pictures
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Recently viewed movies by an unrepentent film fanatic -- seldom the latest blockbusters but an eclectic selection from silents through classics through modern horror.
Recent Posts
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Having writtten about "Company of Wolves" recently, I thought it might be about time to revisit director Neil Jordan's later flirtation with the horror genre, although this was a flick that left me strangely vacant after my first and only previous vi...
Exiled (2006)
I won't pretend to be any great expert on Hong Kong cinema, although I have seen probably several hundred Hong Kong movies over the years, sufficient to know who I like and what I like. It seems to me that it is no longer the hotbed of innovation tha...
Catching up with the New Stuff
In between Festival screenings and believe it or not a couple of other cinema visits (which I'll skip for the time being -- interesting as they were), I have been using my downtime to catch up on the latest premiere showings on satellite TV. Leaving ...
London Film Festival - the final days
Well, that's that for another year. On balance, a mixed bag but one with its share of goodies, and I'll be back for more next year, as always with great anticipation:Underground (1928) and J'Accuse (1919): We viewed these two silents on consecutive n...
The Company of Wolves (1984)
Yes, I know, I'm supposed to be continuing my London Film Festival reviews, but I had a long-standing appointment for this date. Joe Valdez of This Distracted Globe decided to organise a blogathon to celebrate the 25th anniversary of "The Terminator"...
London Film Festival (Continued)
So what is there to say about the five Festival films I have viewed since last writing? Well, it probably says a lot about me that four of these could be classified as fantasies and it is true that I have a soft spot for fairy tales, flights of the i...

