Movies and Music for Christmas… and Beyond

It's already December again. For some years I've posted recommendations for recent BluRay/DVD releases and CDs that might prove useful for anyone wondering what to buy as gifts for Christmas. Since they seem to have been fairly popular posts, I'm doing so again – and I’ve added a couple of books, too. (Please note that … Continue reading Movies and Music for Christmas… and Beyond

Into the Unknown: A different film called Twilight

Back in the late 1990s, at the London Film Festival, I dimly recall having seen – and been both befuddled and beguiled by – a long, slow, monochrome film of The Postman Always Rings Twice. György Fehér’s Passion (Szenvedély) was considerably artier and more enigmatic than any of the earlier versions of James M Cain’s … Continue reading Into the Unknown: A different film called Twilight