As I'm currently reading Luke Turner's 'Men at War', I wanted to check out some of the "classic" war films and those films that I may have watched on a Sunday afternoon as a kid. Not sure I ever saw this one though.
Knowing very little about it beforehand, the convoluted plot with so many twists and turns surprised me. It's certainly an enjoyable romp with some solid set pieces such as the cable car fight. Plotwise, it keeps you…
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Where Eagles Dare 1968
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Battle of Britain 1969
My parents showed me this film as a very small child, to show what our family went through (as they're from East London and the docks area). Probably my earliest film memory alongside Disney films, and I had not seen it since. My only memory is of the disfigured real-life pilot that Susannah York's character meets briefly, as i think that may have scared me a little.
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Good-Time Girl 1948
The BFI Player is a treasure chest of films from the archive and trawling around pulls up some gems. This excellent controversial (and I think banned in some places) post-war British thriller-meets-social realism drama pulls no punches in it's depiction of what was known as juvenile delinquency. There's also strong parallels with 'Last Night in Soho': A young girl takes attic logdings in a boarding house with an overpowering landlady, and gets seduced by a stylish wide boy who works…
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My Secret World: The Story of Sarah Records 2014
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Until today, I didn't know of the existence of this music documentary, but with a resergence of interest in a "twee" aesthetic via some style press articles and various recent posts, it popped up in a feed.
Bristol based label Sarah Records was Claire Wadd and Matt Haynes, who put out 100 releases (which were predominantly 7" singles, but also compilations, fanzines and even a board game) from 1987 to 1995. Having grown out of DIY and…Translated from by
