Blogs about: Ken Russell
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Russell’s muscles
Electric Sheep were having a Ken Russell celebration and of course I just had to join in, with this piece, which attempts to tie together the critical opprobrium hurled at The Great Man with an apprec… more →
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Classic Music Reviews: Music from the Motion Picture Purple Rain by Prince and The Revolution
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wrote 3 days ago: Still one of the hottest albums ever made, with a touch of spirituality to wash away any lingering g … more →
Trailer for Ben Wheatley's 'A Field In England'
wrote 3 days ago: Really like the look of this. Echoes back to the free-form and psychedelic British movies of the lat … more →
'The Great Gatsby': Joyously over the top
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wrote 1 week ago: If you’ve seen a film by Baz Luhrman, you know the proper way to describe them is overindulgen … more →
"Summer Movies"
wrote 1 week ago: Summer Movies (The Summer of 1816, that is) Part I I’ve seen Ken Russell’s 1986 Gothic several times … more →
The British Are Coming!
wrote 2 weeks ago: We have British actors! - Glenda Jackson was born today in 1936. I think I first saw Ms. Ja … more →
Movie Quote of the Day - Women in Love, 1969 (dir. Ken Russell)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Rupert: Gudrun Brangwen. Gerald Crich. Tibby and Laura Lupton. Ursula Brangwen. Rupert Birkin. What … more →
In Christ There Is No East Or West
wrote 2 weeks ago: PART 1 I am sitting in a ratty armchair in a cafe called KOH TAO, or at least that is what is writte … more →
Dance for me
wrote 2 weeks ago: Nothing like a flimsy dress and a catchy tune to reel in the merovingian fishman… All I need t … more →
Movie Discussion: Ken Russell's The Devils (1971)
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Girl Meets Context: Throughout the month of May we will be watching 1970s films about cults and cons … more →
So. A devil in plain sight...
wrote 3 weeks ago: …or rather on a bookshelf. As I was walking through the history section of a bookshop today, m … more →
The Music Lovers (1970): Bi Siyah Kuğu İçin Ne Çektin Be Tchaikovsky
wrote 1 month ago: Türkçe adı Yalnız Kalpler olan Ken Russell’ın bu ünlü filmini 31. İstanbul Film Festivali programınd … more →
Red Eye-Kid Cudi ft. Haim
wrote 1 month ago: This is a video clip from the 1980′s psychedelic film “Altered States” directed by … more →
Vagabond + Tombstone = "Frère Jacques" in a Minor Key
wrote 1 month ago: Ken Russell clearly revered the composer Gustav Mahler. [ref]This post is dedicated to the late Dr. … more →
The Devils (1971)
wrote 1 month ago: Written, directed, and produced by Ken Russell. Based on the novel The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Hu … more →
Lisztomania (1975)
wrote 1 month ago: █ (*) Lisztomania | General | art house | musical | no subtitle | █ for phallus and sheer insanity | … more →
Ken Russell obit - Leeds Student (2011)
wrote 1 month ago: Maverick film-maker Ken Russell has died aged 84. Born in Southampton and brought up by an abusive f … more →
Blackpaint 384 - I Hate Lists.
wrote 2 months ago: Stoker Great film, directed by Park Chan-wook, starring Eva Wasikowska, which seems to be dividing … more →
I believe in what I'm doing whole-heartedly, passionately, and what's more, I simply go about my business. I suppose such a thing can be annoying to some people.
wrote 2 months ago: - Ken Russell … more →
Essay: Bad Music? I know What I Like
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wrote 2 months ago: Richard Gill is a teacher / musician / conductor who writes well and I’m not sure why that should be … more →
