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Vic Pratt
@vicpratt.bsky.social
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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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Vic Pratt @vicpratt.bsky.social · 6d
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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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · 9d
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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Vic Pratt @vicpratt.bsky.social · 5d
A man’s not dressed without one.
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Vic Pratt @vicpratt.bsky.social · 5d
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 · 6d
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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Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social · 9d
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 · 9d
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 · 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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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · Aug 28
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 🎥
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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
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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Vic Pratt @vicpratt.bsky.social · Jul 28
Recommended!
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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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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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Vic Pratt @vicpratt.bsky.social · Jul 28
Recommended!
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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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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · Jul 28
Had some bad brain fog this morning and then I filmed @vicpratt.bsky.social for an exciting new @arrowvideo.bsky.social release and now I feel way better… probably because he and Debbie gave me some new plants! 🪴
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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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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 · 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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Edgelord Papa @papalazarou.bsky.social · Jul 20
Updated the living room display bookcase...

It now features the BFI Flipside collection!

Just missing number 16 and number 51... Both will be with me later this week though! 🙏

An incredible collection of British cinema 🇬🇧❤️

#PhysicalMedia #Bluray #BFI @vicpratt.bsky.social @annodracula.bsky.social
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Vic Pratt @vicpratt.bsky.social · Jun 11
I'm too old and square to be on TikTok but delighted to discover that singer-songwriter superstar CHARLI XCX has given Lindsey Vickers' THE APPOINTMENT- BFI
Flipside 44 - a rave review and loves THE LAKE too! The kids are alright! Dig it!
tiktok.com/@charlixcx/v...
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Eamonn McGuinness @emcguinness.bsky.social · May 29
Amazing what lurks in the bowels of Prime Video. Nice to see @desperate-living.bsky.social and @vicpratt.bsky.social popping up in this. @severinfilms.bsky.social
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Watch Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant | Prime Video
The first in-depth study of film-maker David Hamilton Grant, who was jailed for distributing
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Vic Pratt @vicpratt.bsky.social · May 7
Birthday greetings to the legend that is Richard O'Sullivan
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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
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Bob Fischer @bobfischer.bsky.social · May 6
Watched this last night, the latest BFI Flipside release. Salut @vicpratt.bsky.social as ever for digging this out - it's a dark and moody gem with a lovely synth soundtrack, beautiful location work and Tom Conti being unexpectedly chilling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fva...
New trailer for Eclipse (1977) starring Tom Conti | BFI Flipside | Out on Blu-ray 21 April
YouTube video by BFI
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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.
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Sebastiaan @sebastiaanpeters.bsky.social · Apr 4
#LastFourWatched A #Kurosawa kinda week. Shout-out to @vicpratt.bsky.social and the team at #BFI, for the amazing 4K UHD editions of Yojimbo & Sanjuro! Just stunning, like it was released yesterday. Definitely the best version of these films I’ve ever seen.
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Pat Ashe @patrickashe.bsky.social · Mar 29
Watching Cooking Price-Wise, the Vincent Price cooking show. It is wonderful.
Vincent Price in a 1970’s kitchen about to cook some potatoes. His version of Fish Fillets Nord Zee, poached fish with various other foods served in a mashed potato dykes.
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