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Vic Pratt @vicpratt.bsky.social · 8d

Your crumpled correspondent proudly plugging SHORT SHARP SHOCKS VOLUME 4 - out very soon on BFI
double disc Blu-ray. A plethora of peppery peculiarities are contained herein! Don't miss it.

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Vic Pratt @vicpratt.bsky.social · 9d

Having never had the opportunity to see this brilliant film at the Pictures, I'm looking forward to what will be the LONDON CINEMA PREMIERE of THE APPOINTMENT this Sunday...

Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · 11d

Not long now until this rare chance to see two fantastic BFI Flipside releases up on the big screen at Picturehouse Cinemas around the UK: THE APPOINTMENT (5-8 Oct) and FULL CIRCLE: THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (13-16 Oct). I can’t wait!

Image shows poster artwork for THE APPOINTMENT (1982, directed by Lindsey C. Vickers and starring Edward Woodward) and FULL CIRCLE: THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (1977, directed by Richard Loncraine and Starring Mia Farrow). Text reads: ‘Two BFI Flipside classics back on the big screen: October 2025’ with booking link at www.picturehouses.com

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · 11d

Not long now until this rare chance to see two fantastic BFI Flipside releases up on the big screen at Picturehouse Cinemas around the UK: THE APPOINTMENT (5-8 Oct) and FULL CIRCLE: THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (13-16 Oct). I can’t wait!

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · 15d

BOOK REVIEW: The films of Aleksandr Rou: Father of Soviet fairy-tale cinema: Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The films of Aleksandr Rou: Father of Soviet fairy-tale cinema

Published in Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Intellect Books @intellectbooks.bsky.social · 24d

💥New book review💥

Find out more about the book 👉ow.ly/971m50WXt28

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · 24d

I had to get a DVD from Germany to see it.

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Melbourne Cinematheque @melbcinematheque.bsky.social · 26d

Read Deborah Allison’s annotation on Macario (1960) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social
www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/fr...

From Märchenland to Mexico: Macario’s International Fairy-Tale Journey – Senses of Cinema

www.sensesofcinema.com

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · Aug 30

I wrote about one of my favourite films for @sensesofcinema.bsky.social‬. ‘From Märchenland to Mexico: MACARIO’s International Fairy-Tale Journey’. www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/fr...

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Graham Rickson 🇮🇪 @grahamrickson.bsky.social · Aug 5

Britain's greatest comic actor? Probably, for a decade or so: theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray... @studiocanal.com @vicpratt.bsky.social #petersellers #britishcinema #bfi

Bernard Cribbins, David Lodge and Peter Sellers in 'Two Way Stretch'

Peter Sellers in the film 'Heavens Above!'

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · Aug 4

She's very good! Loved what she did with the little fishes on the first page of my piece. Nothing more on the cards at the mo (although I have a bendy arm).

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · Aug 4

Vic just told me she designs the mag too. Is that right?

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · Aug 4

I wrote about weird and creepy title sequences in #RogerCorman movies for ‘Fantastic Fifties’ no. 25, which is out now from Hemlock Books and looks like a great issue. You can read more about the history and design of opening credits in my book ‘Film Title Sequences: A Critical Anthology’.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · Jul 31

Any reference to “damsel tied to the tracks like a silent movie” gets this still

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · Jul 28

If anyone's interested in reading my article about the 'Boys' Cinema Weekly' but doesn't have the institutional library access to make it past the paywall then please feel free to DM me.

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · Jul 28

Lovely to see you and delighted the plants have such an appreciative new home. For Pilea Peperomioides care tips, here's the book we mentioned - in which your plant's momma Pilea is pictured in her younger days: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KSG2GN7

The Pilea Peperomioides Handbook: An Illustrated Guide to Caring for Your Chinese Money Plant eBook : Stanwyck, Mary: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · Jul 26

Did some writing. My latest article, ‘“The Delight of Real Boys”: Male Role Models in the Silent-Era “Boys’ Cinema Weekly” Fan Paper’, is out now in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... @iamhist.bsky.social

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theartsdesk.com @theartsdesk.bsky.social · Jun 1

#ECLIPSE - #SimonPerry’s slippery 1977 psychological thriller starring #TomConti and #GayHamilton returns - @realjohncarvill.bsky.social is glad to see it back from the vaults after almost 50 years - now on #BFI #Flipside Blu-ray www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · May 22

Was METROPOLIS (1927) the purveyor of the cinema’s first robot? No! This week’s viewing: the 1919 American serial, THE MASTER MYSTERY, starring Houdini being outperformed by ‘Q’, the evil automaton.

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Vic Pratt @vicpratt.bsky.social · May 7

After the BFI Flipside Blu-ray launch screening of ECLIPSE, writer-director Simon Perry and key cast Tom Conti, Gay Hamilton and Gavin Wallace all joined me for a discussion. Edited highlights here...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_KA...

Tom Conti, Gay Hamilton and director Simon Perry on Eclipse | BFI Q&A

YouTube video by BFI

www.youtube.com

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · May 1

Aleksandr Rou’s lyrical MAY NIGHT (USSR, 1952), adapted from Gogol’s enchanting short story, ‘May Night, or the Drowned Maiden’ (1831), inspired by Ukrainian folklore and filmed in northern Ukraine. #AleksandrRou #FolkloreThursday

Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · Apr 17

I’m still pleasurably ruminating on ECLIPSE (1977), the latest BFI Flipside rediscovery, seen at BFI last night and followed by a very engaging cast and director Q&A hosted by @vicpratt.bsky.social. A strange, intriguing and unnerving Scottish chamber piece, restored and out on Blu-ray now.

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Vic Pratt @vicpratt.bsky.social · Apr 9

Simon Perry's strange, splendid ECLIPSE (1977) -
BFI Flipside Blu-ray 51: compelling performances by Tom Conti and Gay Hamilton! Sterling support from Gavin Wallace (age 9 1/2)! Eerie electronica! Rugged 'Coastal Gothic'! I've written about it here...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/ecl...

Eclipse: how a little-seen 1970s psychological thriller emerged from obscurity

Set in a lonely house on a Scottish clifftop, the windswept Tom Conti thriller Eclipse has returned from 50 years of obscurity. It now looks like a forerunner of Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men.

www.bfi.org.uk

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · Mar 22

A fascinating look behind the scenes of BFI Home Entertainment as Vic Pratt explains what a Blu-ray producer does. youtube.com/watch?v=BowM... @vicpratt.bsky.social

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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · Mar 11

Vic Pratt pays homage to villainous mad geniuses, introducing the entertainingly silly 'The Crimson Circle' at BFI Southbank earlier tonight. @vicpratt.bsky.social

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