Vic Pratt
@vicpratt.bsky.social
Films, TV, books, music, comics, arts, Blu rays, DVDs, VHS tapes, 9.5mm, old stuff. 16, 33, 45, 78, 80 RPM records. The Junior 'Sooty' Xylophone. Crumbling paper. Co-author of THE BODIES BENEATH: THE FLIPSIDE OF BRITISH FILM & TELEVISION.
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Trailer for Daniel Farson's Guide to Britain: Volume 1 | Dual Format Edition out on 16 Feb | BFI
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There's some corking stuff on 1950s - 1960s pop culture in this latest release in the BFI Video Rediffusion range - on dual format Blu ray/DVD! First stop, The Cavern Club...straight from the fridge, Dad...
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IT’S NANCY’S THURSDAY
WE JUST LIVE IN IT
WE JUST LIVE IN IT
February 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
IT’S NANCY’S THURSDAY
WE JUST LIVE IN IT
WE JUST LIVE IN IT
There's some corking stuff on 1950s - 1960s pop culture in this latest release in the BFI Video Rediffusion range - on dual format Blu ray/DVD! First stop, The Cavern Club...straight from the fridge, Dad...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rENw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rENw...
Trailer for Daniel Farson's Guide to Britain: Volume 1 | Dual Format Edition out on 16 Feb | BFI
YouTube video by BFI
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:44 AM
There's some corking stuff on 1950s - 1960s pop culture in this latest release in the BFI Video Rediffusion range - on dual format Blu ray/DVD! First stop, The Cavern Club...straight from the fridge, Dad...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rENw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rENw...
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My latest article is out today: ‘Juvenile Enculturation in a Time of Change: The Early Years of the “Boys’ Cinema Weekly”’ out today in Journal of Modern Periodical Studies. doi.org/10.5325/jmod...
January 26, 2026 at 7:59 PM
My latest article is out today: ‘Juvenile Enculturation in a Time of Change: The Early Years of the “Boys’ Cinema Weekly”’ out today in Journal of Modern Periodical Studies. doi.org/10.5325/jmod...
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Yes! Black Angel is great - there's a lovely cleaned-up version on the BFI's new Short Sharp Shocks Blu-Ray, Vol 4. Highly recommended. Salut @vicpratt.bsky.social...
January 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Yes! Black Angel is great - there's a lovely cleaned-up version on the BFI's new Short Sharp Shocks Blu-Ray, Vol 4. Highly recommended. Salut @vicpratt.bsky.social...
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Juraj Herz’s THE NINTH HEART (Czechoslovakia, 1979) proved a worthy follow up to the previous year’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Bonus points earned for the fabulous opening titles by Eva Švankmajerová and Jan Švankmajer.
January 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Juraj Herz’s THE NINTH HEART (Czechoslovakia, 1979) proved a worthy follow up to the previous year’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Bonus points earned for the fabulous opening titles by Eva Švankmajerová and Jan Švankmajer.
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Thanks Vic. The Appointment is astonishingly good. RIP Lindsey and condolences to friends and family.
Lindsey Vickers, the lovely chap who made THE APPOINTMENT, has died. I've written a tribute to him here:
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
Lindsey Vickers obituary: onetime feature director behind rediscovered British horror The Appointment
The British director, who has died at 85, only got one shot at a feature film and it never had a cinema release, but The Appointment was rediscovered 40 years later and won fans in Martin Scorsese, Gu...
www.bfi.org.uk
December 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Thanks Vic. The Appointment is astonishingly good. RIP Lindsey and condolences to friends and family.
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In SSS vol. 4 @vicpratt.bsky.social and William Fowler ramp it up for disc 2 with some spicy teatime shorts including an atmospheric rescore by the Begotten. But then drops the all time classic, Frisbee. 🥏 ‘Jimmy!’
December 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In SSS vol. 4 @vicpratt.bsky.social and William Fowler ramp it up for disc 2 with some spicy teatime shorts including an atmospheric rescore by the Begotten. But then drops the all time classic, Frisbee. 🥏 ‘Jimmy!’
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A new review in for my book about Aleksandr Rou.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A new review in for my book about Aleksandr Rou.
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We began our annual fairy tale film season with the very groovy, live-action folk revival adaptation of THE SNOW MAIDEN (Snegurochka, dir. Pavel Kadochnikov, USSR, 1968).
December 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We began our annual fairy tale film season with the very groovy, live-action folk revival adaptation of THE SNOW MAIDEN (Snegurochka, dir. Pavel Kadochnikov, USSR, 1968).
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Next in our annual fairy tale film season: MOROZKO (Father Frost, dir. Iurii Zheliabuzhskii, USSR, 1924), released shortly before the escalating political war against fairy tales saw them disappear from Soviet screens for more than a decade.
December 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Next in our annual fairy tale film season: MOROZKO (Father Frost, dir. Iurii Zheliabuzhskii, USSR, 1924), released shortly before the escalating political war against fairy tales saw them disappear from Soviet screens for more than a decade.
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We continued our fairy tale film season with THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN (dir. Bretaigne Windust, US, 1957). This Technicolor musical extravaganza was the first pre-recorded made-for-TV feature film. Claude Rains sings, and even dances a little. (Ignore the 1966 poster’s claims of Eastmancolor!)
December 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We continued our fairy tale film season with THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN (dir. Bretaigne Windust, US, 1957). This Technicolor musical extravaganza was the first pre-recorded made-for-TV feature film. Claude Rains sings, and even dances a little. (Ignore the 1966 poster’s claims of Eastmancolor!)
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Producer/puppeteer Lou Bunin’s little-known feature adaptation of ALICE IN WONDERLAND (dir. Dallas Bower, France/UK, 1949) centres on delightful stop-motion animation amid strikingly minimalist sets. I especially liked the giant puppy.
December 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Producer/puppeteer Lou Bunin’s little-known feature adaptation of ALICE IN WONDERLAND (dir. Dallas Bower, France/UK, 1949) centres on delightful stop-motion animation amid strikingly minimalist sets. I especially liked the giant puppy.
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Juraj Herz, Czechoslovakia, 1978) is a macabre marvel: the first screen adaptation I’ve seen that comes close to rivalling Jean Cocteau’s seminal 1946 adaptation.
December 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Juraj Herz, Czechoslovakia, 1978) is a macabre marvel: the first screen adaptation I’ve seen that comes close to rivalling Jean Cocteau’s seminal 1946 adaptation.
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We revisited NEW ADVENTURES OF PUSS IN BOOTS (Aleksandr Rou, USSR, 1958) for yesterday’s fairy-tale film offering: Rou’s first venture into the genre after the ‘film famine’ of the post-war years. Pictured: the ever-wonderful Lidiia Vertinskaia.
December 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We revisited NEW ADVENTURES OF PUSS IN BOOTS (Aleksandr Rou, USSR, 1958) for yesterday’s fairy-tale film offering: Rou’s first venture into the genre after the ‘film famine’ of the post-war years. Pictured: the ever-wonderful Lidiia Vertinskaia.
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I missed this last month. The Appointment is an amazing film. I wish we could get a Region A release of the Region B blu-ray put out by BFI a couple years ago.
Lindsey Vickers, the lovely chap who made THE APPOINTMENT, has died. I've written a tribute to him here:
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
Lindsey Vickers obituary: onetime feature director behind rediscovered British horror The Appointment
The British director, who has died at 85, only got one shot at a feature film and it never had a cinema release, but The Appointment was rediscovered 40 years later and won fans in Martin Scorsese, Gu...
www.bfi.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I missed this last month. The Appointment is an amazing film. I wish we could get a Region A release of the Region B blu-ray put out by BFI a couple years ago.
Lindsey Vickers, the lovely chap who made THE APPOINTMENT, has died. I've written a tribute to him here:
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
Lindsey Vickers obituary: onetime feature director behind rediscovered British horror The Appointment
The British director, who has died at 85, only got one shot at a feature film and it never had a cinema release, but The Appointment was rediscovered 40 years later and won fans in Martin Scorsese, Gu...
www.bfi.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Lindsey Vickers, the lovely chap who made THE APPOINTMENT, has died. I've written a tribute to him here:
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
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So weird to see my dad’s school bestie on a cover in Fopp! @vicpratt.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So weird to see my dad’s school bestie on a cover in Fopp! @vicpratt.bsky.social
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.
double disc Blu-ray. A plethora of peppery peculiarities are contained herein! Don't miss it.
October 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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.
double disc Blu-ray. A plethora of peppery peculiarities are contained herein! Don't miss it.
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...
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!
October 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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...
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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!
September 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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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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...
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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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One of my dad’s short films made in 1967 is included on the BFI’s new Short Sharp Shocks blu-ray release! Thanks to @vicpratt.bsky.social for choosing and restoring the film 🎥
August 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One of my dad’s short films made in 1967 is included on the BFI’s new Short Sharp Shocks blu-ray release! Thanks to @vicpratt.bsky.social for choosing and restoring the film 🎥