Dr Retro
@retroramblings.bsky.social
Writer, film historian, lecturer, freelance bonus feature creator, Wild, Wild Podcast co-host, husband and father, your man in Beijing
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“WhatsApps show Oleg Voloshyn, a former pro-Russian member of the Ukraine parliament, discussing money apparently set aside for Coburn while he was bribing Gill.”
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
“WhatsApps show Oleg Voloshyn, a former pro-Russian member of the Ukraine parliament, discussing money apparently set aside for Coburn while he was bribing Gill.”
Troll 2 in 4K, with an essay by me on the joys of Filmirage, only from @vinsyn.bsky.social:
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Troll 2
2025 Subscribers: This is included in your subscription package.
Flash Pre-Order Absolutely Everything, All VS, and Secret VS customers: This is included in your package.
This special limited edition
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November 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Troll 2 in 4K, with an essay by me on the joys of Filmirage, only from @vinsyn.bsky.social:
vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
Only 20 minutes to go before I spent too much money on @severinfilms.bsky.social stuff and then immediatly feel remorse when I think about how I'm going to try and fit any of it into my already too-full house.
a cartoon of spongebob using a computer with a wanted poster on the wall
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob using a computer with a wanted poster on the wall
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November 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Only 20 minutes to go before I spent too much money on @severinfilms.bsky.social stuff and then immediatly feel remorse when I think about how I'm going to try and fit any of it into my already too-full house.
Cinema Retro are re-running a review I wrote ten years ago about this fun spy thriller from Don Sharp:
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November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Cinema Retro are re-running a review I wrote ten years ago about this fun spy thriller from Don Sharp:
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Marvellous stuff from June Whitfield as Miss Marple in this star-studded adaptation.
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Whodunnits - Miss Marple - The Body in the Library - BBC Sounds
The amateur sleuth sets out to discover who murdered a mystery blonde.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Marvellous stuff from June Whitfield as Miss Marple in this star-studded adaptation.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Just bought two big film posters at a market in Beijing. One is an early Jet Li Shaw Brothers film, and the other one is a pretty obscure one with a very dramatic image. They were not as cheap as I'd hoped to find, but still very pleased with both of them. There were dozens more...
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Just bought two big film posters at a market in Beijing. One is an early Jet Li Shaw Brothers film, and the other one is a pretty obscure one with a very dramatic image. They were not as cheap as I'd hoped to find, but still very pleased with both of them. There were dozens more...
Me, running away from problems...
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Me, running away from problems...
Sad news about Pauline Collins. She may be Shirley Valentine for most people, but she will always be the traumatised, fame--hungry dancer at the heart of Secrets of a Windmill Girl for me.
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Pauline Collins, star of Shirley Valentine, dies aged 85
Her family said she died peacefully in her London care home having had Parkinson's for several years.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Sad news about Pauline Collins. She may be Shirley Valentine for most people, but she will always be the traumatised, fame--hungry dancer at the heart of Secrets of a Windmill Girl for me.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We're back with another episode. This time we are discussing Liliana Cavani's The Year of the Cannibals, which features no actual cannibals, as far as we can tell.
Available on all good podcast platforms as part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social:
open.spotify.com/episode/7C4w...
Available on all good podcast platforms as part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social:
open.spotify.com/episode/7C4w...
The Year of the Cannibals (I cannibali, Liliana Cavani, 1969)
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November 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
We're back with another episode. This time we are discussing Liliana Cavani's The Year of the Cannibals, which features no actual cannibals, as far as we can tell.
Available on all good podcast platforms as part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social:
open.spotify.com/episode/7C4w...
Available on all good podcast platforms as part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social:
open.spotify.com/episode/7C4w...
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Thank you to everyone amplifying this. It's massively appreciated.
Join us for a special Film Stories event in London to celebrate our 500th episode, with tickets now on sale. More information right here:
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Film Stories 500 | Join us in London for a very special event
Join us for a special Film Stories event in London to celebrate our 500th episode, with tickets now on sale. More information right here:
filmstories.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Thank you to everyone amplifying this. It's massively appreciated.
Encouraged by @goonpod.bsky.social I watched It's Trad, Dad! and had a great time with it. It's just hard to believe that a bunch of teenagers would get so excited about bands covering songs that even sounded old when their own parents were kids.
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"Ring a Ding Rhythm" / "It's Trad, Dad" (1962)
YouTube video by TheVintageMan
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November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Encouraged by @goonpod.bsky.social I watched It's Trad, Dad! and had a great time with it. It's just hard to believe that a bunch of teenagers would get so excited about bands covering songs that even sounded old when their own parents were kids.
youtu.be/2O1b8evO2fs?...
youtu.be/2O1b8evO2fs?...
Bruce Lee on display in the absolutely massive China Film Museum in Beijing.
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Bruce Lee on display in the absolutely massive China Film Museum in Beijing.
A Chinese student asked me yesterday if she could interview me for a project about being a virgin.
Turned out she was just mispronouncing vegan.
Turned out she was just mispronouncing vegan.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
A Chinese student asked me yesterday if she could interview me for a project about being a virgin.
Turned out she was just mispronouncing vegan.
Turned out she was just mispronouncing vegan.
Just been introduced to the beautiful work of Russian animator Yuri Norstein. This is a gem of a film:
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Hedgehog in the Fog - Yuri Norstein (2K RESTORATION) (1975)
YouTube video by Yuri Norstein Archive
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November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Just been introduced to the beautiful work of Russian animator Yuri Norstein. This is a gem of a film:
youtu.be/ktlFHSJ941o?...
youtu.be/ktlFHSJ941o?...
The latest commentary recorded by your favourite cult Italian film podcast is coming soon on this new blu ray from @kinolorber.com and Raro Video:
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Young, Violent, Dangerous | Kino Lorber - Experience Cinema
Paul, Joe and Louie are three young men from good families who decide to go on a bloodthirsty and pointless crime spree, much to the dismay of Paul's girlfriend (Eleonora Giorgi) and the local police ...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The latest commentary recorded by your favourite cult Italian film podcast is coming soon on this new blu ray from @kinolorber.com and Raro Video:
kinolorber.com/product/youn...
kinolorber.com/product/youn...
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Jared Leto was pivotal in getting #TronAres made, but it seems he also had the script changed to turn his minor villain into its new hero…
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Tron: Ascension | The shelved Legacy sequel and the Quorra story we never got
Jared Leto was pivotal in getting Tron: Ares made, but it seems he also had the script changed to turn his minor villain into its new hero…
filmstories.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Jared Leto was pivotal in getting #TronAres made, but it seems he also had the script changed to turn his minor villain into its new hero…
filmstories.co.uk/features/tro...
filmstories.co.uk/features/tro...
New episode of Wild, Wild Podcast now available! We cover the early work of Lina Wertmuller, the first women to be nominated for best director at the Academy Awards, as well as sing the praises of Italian pop sensation Rita Pavone:
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Rita the Mosquito (Lina Wertmüller, 1966)
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October 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
New episode of Wild, Wild Podcast now available! We cover the early work of Lina Wertmuller, the first women to be nominated for best director at the Academy Awards, as well as sing the praises of Italian pop sensation Rita Pavone:
open.spotify.com/episode/1bDq...
open.spotify.com/episode/1bDq...
It might just be because I’m tired, but I loved this so much I actually had tears in my eyes by the end.
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Drama on 4 - High Cockalorum - BBC Sounds
Jeremy Dyson's original comedy drama about a humble man and a Hollywood star.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
It might just be because I’m tired, but I loved this so much I actually had tears in my eyes by the end.
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I reviewed this release of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from @imprintfilms.bsky.social over on Cinema Retro. In short, it's great:
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October 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I reviewed this release of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from @imprintfilms.bsky.social over on Cinema Retro. In short, it's great:
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www.cinemaretro.com/index.php/ar...
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Thank you to @retroramblings.bsky.social for this great review of Richard Scheib's A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic!
"[A]nother left field, entertaining film book from Headpress".
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"[A]nother left field, entertaining film book from Headpress".
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BOOK REVIEW: "A VIEWING GUIDE TO THE PANDEMIC: DEPICTIONS OF PLAGUE AND PANDEMIC ON FILM AND TV" BY RICHARD SCHEIB - Cinema Retro
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October 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thank you to @retroramblings.bsky.social for this great review of Richard Scheib's A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic!
"[A]nother left field, entertaining film book from Headpress".
www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...
"[A]nother left field, entertaining film book from Headpress".
www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...
This handsome thing has just been announced by @vinsyn.bsky.social, featuring an essay in the accompanying booklet by me!
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death
2025 Subscribers: This is included in your subscription package.
This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard split box + slipcover combo (designed by Tony Stell
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October 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This handsome thing has just been announced by @vinsyn.bsky.social, featuring an essay in the accompanying booklet by me!
vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
Just submitted a booklet essay for an upcoming release of a late-in-the-cycle spaghetti western.
October 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Just submitted a booklet essay for an upcoming release of a late-in-the-cycle spaghetti western.
Something tasty is coming soon from historian and cool dude Eugenio Ercolani:
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www.ulule.com/cannibalworl...
Cannibal Worlds + The Last Cannibal World in 4K
The definitive book about the most controversial movie genre ever made, with more than 50 exclusive interviews.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Something tasty is coming soon from historian and cool dude Eugenio Ercolani:
www.ulule.com/cannibalworl...
www.ulule.com/cannibalworl...
My review of a new book from Headpress Publishing is now live on Cinema Retro:
www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...
www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My review of a new book from Headpress Publishing is now live on Cinema Retro:
www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...
www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...
Did anyone else find it weird that Strictly paid tribute to Top of the Pops this evening?
September 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did anyone else find it weird that Strictly paid tribute to Top of the Pops this evening?