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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 38m

Holy shit, this DVD box set thing is getting out of control in the best way possible. Having just watched not so good copies of two out of three of these films, this is a box set l would love to have.

secondrun.bsky.social @secondrun.bsky.social · 6h

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 1d

More 1970s Australian horror comics.

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 1d

Britain was hugely influential in the creation of the new wave of science fiction. But unlike America, virtually none of these texts made it to the screen. THE FINAL PROGRAMME is one of the very few exceptions.

Art & Hue @artandhue.bsky.social · 1d

The sci-fi film "The Final Programme" opened on this day in 1973 at the ABC 2 Edgware cinema in London. artandhue.com/scifi

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

10/7/71: The French Connection (D Friedkin/DP Roizman)
w/Hackman, Scheider, Rey
More:
@pulpcurry.bsky.social: crimereads.com/50-years-rea...
@kphipps3000.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/the-french-c...
We favor, but @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social w/must-read dissent: www.slantmagazine.com/film/caveman...

Caveman Valentines: The French Connection, Dirty Harry, & Straw Dogs - Slant Magazine

Straw Dogs is about man’s quest to identify himself as masculine through the self-actualizing power of violence.

www.slantmagazine.com

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 1d

It’s nasty but good.

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 1d

🔥👇

Dominic Pettman @dominicpettman.bsky.social · 1d

Going to tell me students this was Baudrillard.

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 1d

Certainly in the 1970s & 1980s. Yeah, there are a smattering of others but v few

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 1d

Britain was hugely influential in the creation of the new wave of science fiction. But unlike America, virtually none of these texts made it to the screen. THE FINAL PROGRAMME is one of the very few exceptions.

Art & Hue @artandhue.bsky.social · 1d

The sci-fi film "The Final Programme" opened on this day in 1973 at the ABC 2 Edgware cinema in London. artandhue.com/scifi

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 1d

More 1970s Australian horror comics.

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 1d

Evergreen post

Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · Sep 23

Today’s object of cultural obsession. Great film as well. Not my copy and I would be curious if anyone has read it.

Cover of David Craig’s novel, THE SQUEEZE

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 2d

“Who knows the ways of the human heart?”

Last night l watched Neil Jordan’s THE CRYING GAME for the 4th or 5th time (?). A lot of great performances in it but, for me, Jim Broadbent’s character steals the film, despite having very little to do. This line, in particular, l think about all the time

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 1d

Sick of them, too.

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 2d

Kind of bored with Mark Gatiss now.

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. I mean, big League of Gentlemen fan, but enough is enough

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 2d

Kind of bored with Mark Gatiss now.

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 2d

“Who knows the ways of the human heart?”

Last night l watched Neil Jordan’s THE CRYING GAME for the 4th or 5th time (?). A lot of great performances in it but, for me, Jim Broadbent’s character steals the film, despite having very little to do. This line, in particular, l think about all the time

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 2d

CP would be the closest. Others, SWP, RCP had influence in some cities, but none were mass

Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 2d

Depends what you mean by mass. None of them have really been ‘mass’

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 5d

You might enjoy this

crimereads.com/hardboiled-b...

The Massively Popular, Mostly Forgotten Craze for American Style Noir in WWII-Era Britain

Mickey Spillane’s I, The Jury, is often cited as a controversial mid-century crime novel. The book that introduced Mike Hammer sold only a few thousand copies when it was released in hardback in 19…

crimereads.com

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 5d

This almost brought a tear to my eye. A small but important victory.

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 6d

America, you must know by now, celebrities will not save you.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6d

Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 6d

America, you must know by now, celebrities will not save you.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6d

Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 7d

Yes

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 7d

Renato Casaro poster illustration for Italian release of Norman Jewison’s ROLLERBALL (1975).

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 7d

❤️

Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 10d

Louis Armstrong serenading his wife Lucille at The Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, 1961

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