Smashbomb

"I’ve probably seen this film more than any other. Nestor Almendros turned me on to it when I was looking for a DP to shoot Iguana. He recommended Luis Cuadrados, but I soon discovered he’d died of a brain tumor, having shot Spirit while 95 percent blind. He had his assistant describe the sets to him, then told him where to place the lights, and the intensity of each. The film itself is one of the greatest homages to movies ever made, but it’s also a poignant study of that traumatic moment in everyone’s childhood when you discover the reality of death."

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Erica Jong recommended Memories of a Catholic Girlhood in Books (curated)

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood

Mary McCarthy | 2011 | Biography, Religion

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"The nonfictional account of Mary McCarthy's idyllic childhood, cut short by the death of her parents. McCarthy was orphaned by the influenza epidemic that followed WWI; both of her parents died in a flash. She was then raised by her grandparents in Seattle. The wonderful thing she does in the book is to tell what happened, and then to write about what might have happened. It takes 'memoir' to a whole other level. It gives you a shot of adrenaline; it makes you ask yourself, 'What was the transformational moment in my life when my story really begins?'"

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CourtneyJayne Mulholland (7 KP) rated How to Hang a Witch (How to Hang a Witch, #1) in Books

Dec 12, 2020

Witches, history, girl power, salem, girls defending girls, what's not to like? (0 more)

Its salem like you've never seen it.

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Samantha Mather moves to Salem with her stepmother into her dads childhood house.
So with a last name like hers, when the descendants of the original witch families start mysteriously dying after her arrival its not surprising that she becomes a prime suspect.
Samantha overcomes alot of obstacles, and really finds who she is within this book.
Adriana mather is a complete inspiration and an amazing author and I can't wait to read more of her work.

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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Space: 1999 in TV

Sep 15, 2019 (Updated Sep 15, 2019)

Space: 1999

1975 | Sci-Fi

7.8

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Martin Landau (3 more)

Barbara Bain

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Moonbase alpha

So part of my childhood growing up in the 70s that I still remember this classic sci fi and according to the show the moon left eatrth orbit 13th September 1999 which would make it 20 years ago on Friday just been the effects are abit outdated by today's standards but that's part of its charm. Top notch acting from both Martin Landau and Barbara bain as the leads. And been remade on audio recently by big finish productions which I'm going to listening too in the future