Archive for the ‘film’ Category
The Innocents
My new year’s hangover was eased somewhat today by drinking tea, eating crumpets and watching The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961) on the 2006 DVD release of the film by the BFI.
This was the second time I’ve seen the film, the first being a screening at the BFI a couple of years back. It’s a remarkable [...]
F# A# 39
It’s maybe not surprising that music from a year from winter’s collection often turns up in films, radio or television. This Christmas we’ve had a bit of the Christian Wallumrød Ensemble — I think ‘Wedding Postponed’ from A Year from Easter as the background music for an advert for Radio 4’s serialisation of A Christmas [...]
Christmas on Mars
Yesterday I saw Christmas on Mars, the Flaming Lips‘ film which has finally been released after a seven year gestation period. Going on my experience of the Lips’ music and shows I was expecting a piece of gentle psychedelic whimsy but this was altogether much darker.
The story focuses on a group of astronauts on a [...]