October, 2019

music

October 2019 Music

Here’s some music I’ve been listening to this month that’s new to me… of at least I think it’s new to me:

blog, art

As soon as I heard that the Tate was exhibiting a “once in a generation” collection of William Blake’s work, I knew it was an event I simply couldn’t miss. I’ve read a great deal of Blake’s poetry and taught Songs of Innocence and Experience a couple of times –…

RECENT MOVIES

The Omen, 1976 - ★★★★★
I remember being allowed to stay up to watch The Omen as a child when it was first broadcast on TV. Watching it again decades later is a real treat. It’s nearly 50 years old but still stands up as an occult thriller. What I like most about the movie… Read more »
Source: Letterboxd - Gary Hollingsbee | Published: 30/09/2022 - 9:33 pm
Thor: Love and Thunder, 2022 - ★★½
It’s not as bad as the reviewers who saw it at the cinema made out. Yes, it’s a monstrous spaghetti monster of a mess and the one-note humour monotonous (especially the constant self-mockery) but it looks wonderful and has a great deal of entertainment value. Christian Bale performs a fantastic… Read more »
Source: Letterboxd - Gary Hollingsbee | Published: 08/09/2022 - 2:12 pm
Nope, 2022 - ★★★½
Fascinatingly weird encounter between something inexplicable and a small group of characters working on the fringes of the Hollywood movie industry. The main plot involving horse-wrangler OJ and his sister, Emerald, is engaging enough but is oddly combined with a strange sub-plot presenting the unsettling effect of a traumatic incident… Read more »
Source: Letterboxd - Gary Hollingsbee | Published: 27/08/2022 - 8:49 am