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The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)

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Lockout (2012)

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Emilie Warnock is the daughter of the American president. She goes to an outer-space prison in which...

Movie Metropolis (309 KP) rated The Shining (1980) in Movies

Jun 10, 2019

Stanley Kubrick was an absolute mastermind when it came to directing and watching his films are like a masterclass in movie-making magic. Sure, he was apparently very difficult to work with at times and on the set of The Shining in particular drove one cast member to near madness.

Based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, The Shining is a 1980 horror classic. It’s not particularly scary anymore, but at the time, it was a deeply unnerving film set in a bleak mountain location. Look out for an incredible performance from the legendary Jack Nicholson if you haven’t seen it before. The cast member driven to madness? That would be Shelley Duvall.

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Wild Hares and Hummingbirds: The Natural History of an English Village

Stephen Moss

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The village of Mark on the Somerset Levels is a watery wonderland, rich in wildlife: rooks and roe...

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume eight

Ellen Datlow

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A town is held hostage by an unholy bargain made by some of the inhabitants; a party game on...

Stephin Merritt recommended Once In A Very Blue Moon by Nanci Griffith in Music (curated)

Once In A Very Blue Moon by Nanci Griffith

1984 | Country

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"Texan singer-novelist Nanci Griffith doesn't compromise with her audience. I once heard her reverse-heckle a fan shouting out requests, retorting in her Tweety-Bird voice, "I don't come to where you work and yell at you!" Like all her first several albums this one is lyrics-heavy, with folk-country accompaniment (Dobros, lap steel, Bela Fleck's banjo), and the stories take precedence over the genre, to the point where she actually criticises country. The black housewife narrating 'Mary & Omie' reports "And I thank my Omie for taking me out of the South." Take that, Stephen Foster! Like the very different Mother Fist, this 1986 album is dedicated to Truman Capote (among others), and every song is a story song, full of car-jumping daredevils, lovelorn young widows, and of course touring musicians bored in buses, staring out into the endless falling snow. "

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