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Rick Burin
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I write stuff (i Paper, Empire, Sight & Sound, Guardian, Line of Best Fit, Indicator Blu-ray). I like old movies, old books, old buildings and new music. Rep’d by The North Lit Agency.
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RIP Udo Kier, you are doing something weird and amusingly offputting in Heaven now.
Hustler River Phoenix and his client, Hans, in My Own Private Idaho (Van Sant, 1991) An ill-looking Udo Kier, with a glimpse of his outlandish body, in The Kingdom: Series 2 (von Trier, 1994)
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Being reintegrated into society after one of my lockdowns. Went to see my old nu-folk fave, Ruth Notman, at Green Note. An utterly lovely time.
Ruth Notman singing Hold Back the Tide, Johnny, with the rest of her trio.
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Me talking to Me talking to
my Corbynite my Blairite
mutuals mutuals
Tony Benn on a bench, smoking his pipe Jeffrey Epstein’s friend, Peter Mandelson, holding a rose
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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I’d just like to see this in the next two months, surely that’s not too much to ask 🏏
The greatest man alive, Joe Root, celebrating a century
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Ah
The Ashes: England in dire trouble at 160-6 as Brook falls Australia v England - 1st Test, Day 1 BBC Radio 5 Live
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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I did drop him a line back when he posted this, with, “Didn’t you report me to my employer for being sarcastic to you online” but he was too busy to confirm either way
Simon Clark... @SirSimonCla... 23 Jun 2021 Replying to @LesleyKaton @DouglasUnwin @Stephenson_Ryan @Conservatives I believe in freedom of speech, including the right to offend, limited only by the principles set out by John Stuart Mill. Jun 23, 2021 • 5:28 PM UTC
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Would have given Andrew Marr the perfect comeback: “at least i’m not mates with a fuckin paedo”
Andrew Marr’s famous/notorious interview with Noam Chomsky
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Eat my goal
Completed me reading challenge in’ I?
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Perhaps we could revive Operation Clark County next
Last Updated: Thursday, 4 November, 2004, Did Guardian turn Ohio to Bush? Was it "the Guardian wot swung it" is the somewhat tongue-in-cheek question for analysts following George Bush's presidential election victory. Specifically, was the "Guardian Effect" to blame for the pro-Bush swing in one Ohio county? In the run up to the US presidential election, the left-wing paper identified the area as a vote-swingers hotspot. Under Operation Clark County, it began a letter-writing campaign which aimed to give people outside the US a say in the election.
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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“It’s because I believe every bill should be debated by the Commons”
“yeh i’m not sure that’s how this looks”
Sexual harassment • This article is more than 7 years old Tory MP Christopher Chope blocks progress of upskirting bill Christchurch MP is sole objector to proposal to make it a crime to take photos up skirts
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Is this Christopher Chope again
• The US House votes 427-1 to compel the justice department to release all of its Jeffrey Epstein files
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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my brain hurts
Shabana Mahmood saying she knows the asylum system needs to be fixed as people shout racist phrases at her on the street
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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I don’t believe so. Apparently Tag Gallagher has a nicer print, but only released on DVD:
To give you an idea of its 'troubled' release history, here's a comment by Tag Gallagher from a private forum: "I know of two prints, both 16mm, of the Bigger Sky. One is mine, issued on Kinowelt and Montparnasse dvds. The other is (I believe) Scorsese's, shown on TCM and, I imagine but have not checked, Criterion. Mine has substantially better picture quality, but some surface wear. MoMA twice borrowed it, preferring it to "Scorsese's." Mine has a shot missing in "Scorsese's," but is lacking a few minutes in the cave. For the Montparnasse and Kinowelt dvds, we replaced the cave footage with a tape (Beta Il) of a TCM cablecast. Also a replaced end title from that cablecast. A few years ago, privatey, I replaced the cave footage, the end title and the start of the opening title from a dvd recording of the TCM cablecast. Also, I fixed a couple dozen frames with cue marks etc."
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Did a blurb for LWL’s ‘Rotters’ special this year:
A Canterbury Tale (Powell and Pressburger, 1944) - The Glue Man The Glue Man is at it again. His singular MO? Finding women who are out late and pouring glue in their hair. Enter three amateur detectives: a Tommy, a Yank and the Land Girl who just became the 11" victim. Yet which other rotters commit their crimes to protect the marriages of absent soldiers, increase attendance at educational lectures, and facilitate God's present-day miracles? The Archers' tale of wartime pilgrims is languorous, magical and fantastically strange, alive with the ghosts and games of the Garden of England, and illuminated by a unique imagination. The "halo" at the train station may be the most exciting five seconds in British film. And remember, if you get caught pouring glue on someone, you were "pouring knowledge into people's heads... knowledge of our country and love of its beauty."
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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David Beckham in check tweed with a beard and flat cap Prince Charles in brown cords and a flat cap
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Prince Charles in a kilt Beckham in a sarong
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Due to popular demand…
Prince Charles in grey Beckham in United’s grey kit
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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David Beckham as Prince/King Charles: a thread (I’m not doing a thread)
Prince Charles with his hair blown up in the middle by the wind Beckham with mohawk
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I love David Beckham far more even than the next man but come on m8
Asked whether he managed to speak to (King) Charles during the ceremony, Sir David said: "He was quite impressed with my suit. He's kind of the most elegantly dressed man that I know, so he inspired quite a few of my looks over the years and he definitely inspired this look.
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I saw this and thought of you
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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The four words that every man wants to hear
A credit card from the MGM film, Seven Sweethearts, reading: “Directed by FRANK BORZAGE”, next to a silhouette of a windmill.
November 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Perhaps the Frenchest thing I’ve ever seen, from the adultery set-up to the bobbed hair to the understated FIN. Whack it in a triple bill with 7th Heaven (1927) and Big City (1937) of films where taxi drivers flock to the rescue, to the detriment of the film. Starts well, runs out of steam. Bof.
Witness in the City (1959)
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The only reason to watch this is if you’re going to die in 108 minutes’ time
It’s a Wonderful Life (Abridged Edition) on Prime, promising “a shorter version of the Jimmy Stewart Christmas classic [sic] with a condensed ending but still contains all the sweetness and Christmas wonder”.
October 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Kalifornia (1993). Full of interesting ideas: principally true crime & transgressive art meeting the reality… tho since that reality is also highly stylised here, it doesn’t quite work. Beautifully shot, though, & at times very well acted. Pitt is pretty good, Forbes memorable, and Lewis spectacular
A bearded, psychotic Pitt, with Lewis as his irreparably damaged, childlike lover.
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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I have been admonished for criticising John Hinckley Jr online
Bluesky Account Behavior Hi there, A Bluesky account you control (@rickburin.bsky.social) has engaged in activity that violates our community guidelines for violent or threatening speech. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: • Threats of violence or physical harm: This includes threats or encouragement of violence against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public.
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM