A bit of news first: my story that asks the question “what if Christopher Marlowe wrote like an Elizabethan Hunter S. Thompson?”AKA “Fear and Loathing in Deptford,” is featured at the World SF Blog. World SF is dedicated to posting links, news and original content related to science fiction, fantasy, horror and comics from around…
Category: Tuesday’s Overlooked Films
Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V: Pop Hive & Galway Races
Happy Valentine’s Day to my sweetie xxx Glad I could spend at least part of the day with you 🙂 Good news from Mr B, who shared the link from Dark Valentine Press who now lists the Drunk on the Moon collection as forthcoming this spring (so just around the corner). Also my Fall-inspired noir…
Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V: Red Cliff
O for a muse of fire that would ascend / the highest brightest heaven of invention / a kingdom for a stage, princes to act / and monarchs to behold the swelling scene… There aren’t many pieces I can quote from memory (I gave the habit of misremembering every quote to my main character Ro…
Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V: Delius
Another in the Ken Russell oeuvre: another composer too. Unlike the Elgar film, this is a fully embodied story and not just a biographical overview. Written with the assistance of Eric Fenby, Frederick Delius‘ amanuensis in his final years, it gives us a personal insight into the composer at a specific point in his life….
Tuesday’s Overlooked Films: Ken Russell’s Elgar
The BBC has been pulling out a bunch of Russell films from the vault in a grudging sort of admiration for the filmmaker’s passing, including a doco on his life, A Bit of a Devil. So my DVR seems to be filling up with an assortment of things (which means I’ll finally see The Boyfriend)….
Tuesday’s Overlooked Films: The Devil and Miss Jones
A few things to mention before I get to this lovely little film: the BOGO sale at Trestle continues! I have a new short horror story coming out, “Yuletide Feast,” which will be up soon: it’s actually a rather old story that I stumbled across, realised had never been published, so shined up and sent…
Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V: Penda’s Fen
Big birthday wishes to my li’l brother, Bertie. He wouldn’t want me posting a picture that was not pre-approved or artfully touched up, so I will refrain from posting that pouty school photo from when he was about seven… Much as I might be tempted. Today’s overlooked A/V owes a big thanks to Mr B,…
Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V: Brett’s Holmes
We had thought to head out to the islands today but the winds put the kibosh on that idea. So we may head out to the movies, which reminds me it’s time for Tuesday’s overlooked films or in this case, television. With all the attention being given to the new Sherlock and the Guy Ritchie…
Tuesday’s Overlooked Films: The Long Kiss Goodnight
I got into a discussion on Twitter with Anne Billson about Finnish music and films, and we both lamented the lack of love in Hollywood for Renny Harlin when people like Ridley Scott continue to be trumpeted. I suppose I have a weakness for a Finnish director who always manages a little nod to his…
Know-vember: Todd Mason
Todd, of course, shows up here frequently whether as a fellow participant and sometime host of Friday’s Forgotten Books and the host of Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V or just as one of the regular kibitzers. He’s on the left in this picture from a family wedding. 1. What’s the first thing you do upon waking in…
K. A. Laity 