Category Archives: Video
The Wormwood Star
Curtis Harrington’s rare film tribute to (oc)cult artist Marjorie Cameron
Nomi’s lament
“Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.”
The Student of Prague
Hanns Heinz Ewers’ 1913 film which “bridged the supernatural and the psychological”.
The Student of Prague
Hanns Heinz Ewers’ 1913 film which “bridged the supernatural and the psychological”.
The Bearded Heart
Dadaists v Surrealists: the final round.
Death in the Port Jackson Hotel
Vali Myers caught on film in 1972…
Menken on Warhol
A Factory tour by experimental filmmaker Marie Menken…
First Dick on film
…i.e. the first cinematic portrait of Richard Wagner, and possibly the very first feature film.
First Dick on film
…i.e. the first cinematic portrait of Richard Wagner, and possibly the very first feature film.
Remembrance of Things to Come
Facteur Cheval, anatomical models, mutilated war veterans, Parisian street scenes, Musidora, a Lumière brother, the Paris Exposition of 1937…
Remembrance of Things to Come
Facteur Cheval, anatomical models, mutilated war veterans, Parisian street scenes, Musidora, a Lumière brother, the Paris Exposition of 1937…
A Harry Smith Seance
Communing with (or at least capturing) the spirit of the American Magus.
Who Owns the World?
Brecht and Dudow’s ‘Kuhle Wampe’, the cinematic swan song of the New Objectivity.
Who Owns the World?
Brecht and Dudow’s ‘Kuhle Wampe’, the cinematic swan song of the New Objectivity.
Fast and Furious
…the life and times of Nina Hamnett – artist, model, legend.
Where the Muses Hold Sway
Another treasure from the British Pathé vaults…
The scent of paradise
This piece of Occidentalism is no more authentic than The King and I or Aida, but it’s refreshing to see a non-Western view of the West than vice versa.
The scent of paradise
This piece of Occidentalism is no more authentic than The King and I or Aida, but it’s refreshing to see a non-Western view of the West than vice versa.
Beni Terketme
‘Ne me quitte pas’, Jacques Brel’s most famous offering, isn’t a song for every day. If actually immured in the desperate emotions it evokes it is impossible to listen to, and if you’re having a good day, why ruin it?
Beni Terketme
‘Ne me quitte pas’, Jacques Brel’s most famous offering, isn’t a song for every day. If actually immured in the desperate emotions it evokes it is impossible to listen to, and if you’re having a good day, why ruin it?
