Our Zoom Date with Wes Anderson’s Sign Painters
It feels like a lifetime ago that were spying on the film set for The…
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Remember that time the Motion Picture was Invented (and Everyone was Naked)?
One of my favourite things about Eadweard Muybridge, the man who gave us the moving…
Miniature Must-Have Du Jour
It all started when I was looking to source a miniature French to English dictionary…
He Made the Most Beautiful Films of All Time and They Put Him in Prison For It
It was a pretty epic Round Table, albeit one held in vain. Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc…
A Brief Compendium of Lost Albums, Stolen Songs and Unreleased Music
If there is anything that can make a strident music fan salivate in anticipation, it’s…
Her Legs Should’ve been Registered as Deadly Weapons
The first time I saw this Cyd Charisse dancing was on a VHS copy of…
Django’s Journey: The Making of the Nomadic King of French Swing
Django Reinhardt was a legendary jazz musician and considered by some the greatest guitarist who…
Refine your Moodboard with this 1970s French Fairytale
These are a few of my favourite things about a 1970s French musical called “Donkey…
Have you heard about the world of Habibi Funk?
Perhaps you remember the feeling of unearthing a really great gem at the record store…
The Forgotten Houseboat Hotels of Kashmir
There was a time when these floating hotels that have rested on the lakes of…
I’m with the Band (and their Private Jet)
”If you were operating at the top echelon of the record business, you had to…
Tracing the Real Betty Boop back to a Notorious Bootlegger’s Club in 1920s Harlem
The 1920’s in Paris may have been roaring, but over in Harlem, they were stomping.…