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Category Archives: movies
On The Beach
I was surprised to stumble on the complete version of the Stanley Kramer film On The Beach posted on YouTube. The 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama had an enormous impact on me when I first saw the movie on television when … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, movies, USA
Tagged Anthony Perkins, Australia, post-apocalyptic cinema., Stanley Kramer
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Bookstore Tourism: Il mio tipo di posto
It’s been more than a decade since I’ve visited Florence, so you will have to forgive that I missed the grand opening to the amazing Libreria Giunti Odeon. This fabulous mash-up of a cinema, bookstore and cafe premiered in November … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Film, History, movies, Restaurants, Tourism
Tagged Firenze, Florence, Italy
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A 1000 Suns
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages will be well aware of my proclivity for all things Sci-Fi. My interests in the genre are wide-ranging and include everything from classic space operas to Black Mirroresque streamers. So, I was chuffed … Continue reading
Is there anything good to watch ?
If your household is anything like mine most evening include the question : “What are we going to watch ?” After becoming cord cutters, the question seems to come up more regularly than in the days of cable television when … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, apps, Film, movies, Tech
Tagged Films, streaming services, Television
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Ein Meisterstück Inspires Writing
The always quirky and entertaining director and screenwriter Wes Anderson has brought his trademark stylized aesthetic and offbeat storytelling to the Montblanc’s new ad campaign. Released to celebrate the centennial of the brand’s Meisterstück pen, the campaign film features Anderson … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Film, movies, Writing
Tagged Jason Schwartzman, Montblanc, pens, Wes Anderson
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Many years later, as he faced the firing squad…
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. I first read One Hundred Years of Solitude during my first year at university when I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, movies, South America, Writing
Tagged Columbia, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, magical realism, novels
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New York City is the best movie set in the world
Texas-born filmmaker Jordan Studdard grew up with dreams of living in New York City. Now that he’s been there for seven years, he created an homage to his adopted hometown with a wall-sized map of the city, dotted with tiny … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Film, Maps, movies, Tourism, USA
Tagged Cinema, Friends, New York City
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Dracula for laughs
I don’t care what some critics had to say about Francis Ford Coppala’s 1992 version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I thoroughly enjoyed the Grand Guigol meets Expressionist take on the iconic vampire tale. Sadly, I missed the 2022 theatrical re-release for the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, movies, Theater
Tagged Bram Stoker, Dracula, Francis Ford Coppala, Gary Oldman
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