Vic Pratt
@vicpratt.bsky.social
Films, TV, books, music, comics, arts, Blu rays, DVDs, VHS tapes, 9.5mm, old stuff. 16, 33, 45, 78, 80 RPM records. The Junior 'Sooty' Xylophone. Crumbling paper. Co-author of THE BODIES BENEATH: THE FLIPSIDE OF BRITISH FILM & TELEVISION.
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Vic Pratt
@vicpratt.bsky.social
· Oct 2
Not long now until this rare chance to see two fantastic BFI Flipside releases up on the big screen at Picturehouse Cinemas around the UK: THE APPOINTMENT (5-8 Oct) and FULL CIRCLE: THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (13-16 Oct). I can’t wait!
Having never had the opportunity to see this brilliant film at the Pictures, I'm looking forward to what will be the LONDON CINEMA PREMIERE of THE APPOINTMENT this Sunday...
Lindsey Vickers, the lovely chap who made THE APPOINTMENT, has died. I've written a tribute to him here:
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
Lindsey Vickers obituary: onetime feature director behind rediscovered British horror The Appointment
The British director, who has died at 85, only got one shot at a feature film and it never had a cinema release, but The Appointment was rediscovered 40 years later and won fans in Martin Scorsese, Gu...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Lindsey Vickers, the lovely chap who made THE APPOINTMENT, has died. I've written a tribute to him here:
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
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So weird to see my dad’s school bestie on a cover in Fopp! @vicpratt.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So weird to see my dad’s school bestie on a cover in Fopp! @vicpratt.bsky.social
Your crumpled correspondent proudly plugging SHORT SHARP SHOCKS VOLUME 4 - out very soon on BFI
double disc Blu-ray. A plethora of peppery peculiarities are contained herein! Don't miss it.
double disc Blu-ray. A plethora of peppery peculiarities are contained herein! Don't miss it.
October 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Your crumpled correspondent proudly plugging SHORT SHARP SHOCKS VOLUME 4 - out very soon on BFI
double disc Blu-ray. A plethora of peppery peculiarities are contained herein! Don't miss it.
double disc Blu-ray. A plethora of peppery peculiarities are contained herein! Don't miss it.
Having never had the opportunity to see this brilliant film at the Pictures, I'm looking forward to what will be the LONDON CINEMA PREMIERE of THE APPOINTMENT this Sunday...
Not long now until this rare chance to see two fantastic BFI Flipside releases up on the big screen at Picturehouse Cinemas around the UK: THE APPOINTMENT (5-8 Oct) and FULL CIRCLE: THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (13-16 Oct). I can’t wait!
October 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Having never had the opportunity to see this brilliant film at the Pictures, I'm looking forward to what will be the LONDON CINEMA PREMIERE of THE APPOINTMENT this Sunday...
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Not long now until this rare chance to see two fantastic BFI Flipside releases up on the big screen at Picturehouse Cinemas around the UK: THE APPOINTMENT (5-8 Oct) and FULL CIRCLE: THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (13-16 Oct). I can’t wait!
September 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Not long now until this rare chance to see two fantastic BFI Flipside releases up on the big screen at Picturehouse Cinemas around the UK: THE APPOINTMENT (5-8 Oct) and FULL CIRCLE: THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (13-16 Oct). I can’t wait!
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I wrote about one of my favourite films for @sensesofcinema.bsky.social. ‘From Märchenland to Mexico: MACARIO’s International Fairy-Tale Journey’. www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/fr...
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I wrote about one of my favourite films for @sensesofcinema.bsky.social. ‘From Märchenland to Mexico: MACARIO’s International Fairy-Tale Journey’. www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/fr...
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One of my dad’s short films made in 1967 is included on the BFI’s new Short Sharp Shocks blu-ray release! Thanks to @vicpratt.bsky.social for choosing and restoring the film 🎥
August 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One of my dad’s short films made in 1967 is included on the BFI’s new Short Sharp Shocks blu-ray release! Thanks to @vicpratt.bsky.social for choosing and restoring the film 🎥
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Britain's greatest comic actor? Probably, for a decade or so: theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray... @studiocanal.com @vicpratt.bsky.social #petersellers #britishcinema #bfi
August 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Britain's greatest comic actor? Probably, for a decade or so: theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray... @studiocanal.com @vicpratt.bsky.social #petersellers #britishcinema #bfi
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I wrote about weird and creepy title sequences in #RogerCorman movies for ‘Fantastic Fifties’ no. 25, which is out now from Hemlock Books and looks like a great issue. You can read more about the history and design of opening credits in my book ‘Film Title Sequences: A Critical Anthology’.
August 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I wrote about weird and creepy title sequences in #RogerCorman movies for ‘Fantastic Fifties’ no. 25, which is out now from Hemlock Books and looks like a great issue. You can read more about the history and design of opening credits in my book ‘Film Title Sequences: A Critical Anthology’.
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Recommended!
Did some writing. My latest article, ‘“The Delight of Real Boys”: Male Role Models in the Silent-Era “Boys’ Cinema Weekly” Fan Paper’, is out now in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... @iamhist.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Recommended!
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If anyone's interested in reading my article about the 'Boys' Cinema Weekly' but doesn't have the institutional library access to make it past the paywall then please feel free to DM me.
July 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If anyone's interested in reading my article about the 'Boys' Cinema Weekly' but doesn't have the institutional library access to make it past the paywall then please feel free to DM me.
Recommended!
Did some writing. My latest article, ‘“The Delight of Real Boys”: Male Role Models in the Silent-Era “Boys’ Cinema Weekly” Fan Paper’, is out now in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... @iamhist.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Recommended!
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Had some bad brain fog this morning and then I filmed @vicpratt.bsky.social for an exciting new @arrowvideo.bsky.social release and now I feel way better… probably because he and Debbie gave me some new plants! 🪴
July 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Had some bad brain fog this morning and then I filmed @vicpratt.bsky.social for an exciting new @arrowvideo.bsky.social release and now I feel way better… probably because he and Debbie gave me some new plants! 🪴
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Was METROPOLIS (1927) the purveyor of the cinema’s first robot? No! This week’s viewing: the 1919 American serial, THE MASTER MYSTERY, starring Houdini being outperformed by ‘Q’, the evil automaton.
May 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Was METROPOLIS (1927) the purveyor of the cinema’s first robot? No! This week’s viewing: the 1919 American serial, THE MASTER MYSTERY, starring Houdini being outperformed by ‘Q’, the evil automaton.
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#ECLIPSE - #SimonPerry’s slippery 1977 psychological thriller starring #TomConti and #GayHamilton returns - @realjohncarvill.bsky.social is glad to see it back from the vaults after almost 50 years - now on #BFI #Flipside Blu-ray www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...
June 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#ECLIPSE - #SimonPerry’s slippery 1977 psychological thriller starring #TomConti and #GayHamilton returns - @realjohncarvill.bsky.social is glad to see it back from the vaults after almost 50 years - now on #BFI #Flipside Blu-ray www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...
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Did some writing. My latest article, ‘“The Delight of Real Boys”: Male Role Models in the Silent-Era “Boys’ Cinema Weekly” Fan Paper’, is out now in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... @iamhist.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Did some writing. My latest article, ‘“The Delight of Real Boys”: Male Role Models in the Silent-Era “Boys’ Cinema Weekly” Fan Paper’, is out now in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... @iamhist.bsky.social
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Updated the living room display bookcase...
It now features the BFI Flipside collection!
Just missing number 16 and number 51... Both will be with me later this week though! 🙏
An incredible collection of British cinema 🇬🇧❤️
#PhysicalMedia #Bluray #BFI @vicpratt.bsky.social @annodracula.bsky.social
It now features the BFI Flipside collection!
Just missing number 16 and number 51... Both will be with me later this week though! 🙏
An incredible collection of British cinema 🇬🇧❤️
#PhysicalMedia #Bluray #BFI @vicpratt.bsky.social @annodracula.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Updated the living room display bookcase...
It now features the BFI Flipside collection!
Just missing number 16 and number 51... Both will be with me later this week though! 🙏
An incredible collection of British cinema 🇬🇧❤️
#PhysicalMedia #Bluray #BFI @vicpratt.bsky.social @annodracula.bsky.social
It now features the BFI Flipside collection!
Just missing number 16 and number 51... Both will be with me later this week though! 🙏
An incredible collection of British cinema 🇬🇧❤️
#PhysicalMedia #Bluray #BFI @vicpratt.bsky.social @annodracula.bsky.social
I'm too old and square to be on TikTok but delighted to discover that singer-songwriter superstar CHARLI XCX has given Lindsey Vickers' THE APPOINTMENT- BFI
Flipside 44 - a rave review and loves THE LAKE too! The kids are alright! Dig it!
tiktok.com/@charlixcx/v...
Flipside 44 - a rave review and loves THE LAKE too! The kids are alright! Dig it!
tiktok.com/@charlixcx/v...
June 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'm too old and square to be on TikTok but delighted to discover that singer-songwriter superstar CHARLI XCX has given Lindsey Vickers' THE APPOINTMENT- BFI
Flipside 44 - a rave review and loves THE LAKE too! The kids are alright! Dig it!
tiktok.com/@charlixcx/v...
Flipside 44 - a rave review and loves THE LAKE too! The kids are alright! Dig it!
tiktok.com/@charlixcx/v...
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Amazing what lurks in the bowels of Prime Video. Nice to see @desperate-living.bsky.social and @vicpratt.bsky.social popping up in this. @severinfilms.bsky.social
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Watch Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant | Prime Video
The first in-depth study of film-maker David Hamilton Grant, who was jailed for distributing
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May 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Amazing what lurks in the bowels of Prime Video. Nice to see @desperate-living.bsky.social and @vicpratt.bsky.social popping up in this. @severinfilms.bsky.social
watch.amazon.co.uk/detail?gti=a...
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Birthday greetings to the legend that is Richard O'Sullivan
May 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Birthday greetings to the legend that is Richard O'Sullivan
After the BFI Flipside Blu-ray launch screening of ECLIPSE, writer-director Simon Perry and key cast Tom Conti, Gay Hamilton and Gavin Wallace all joined me for a discussion. Edited highlights here...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_KA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_KA...
Tom Conti, Gay Hamilton and director Simon Perry on Eclipse | BFI Q&A
YouTube video by BFI
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May 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
After the BFI Flipside Blu-ray launch screening of ECLIPSE, writer-director Simon Perry and key cast Tom Conti, Gay Hamilton and Gavin Wallace all joined me for a discussion. Edited highlights here...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_KA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_KA...
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Watched this last night, the latest BFI Flipside release. Salut @vicpratt.bsky.social as ever for digging this out - it's a dark and moody gem with a lovely synth soundtrack, beautiful location work and Tom Conti being unexpectedly chilling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fva...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fva...
New trailer for Eclipse (1977) starring Tom Conti | BFI Flipside | Out on Blu-ray 21 April
YouTube video by BFI
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May 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Watched this last night, the latest BFI Flipside release. Salut @vicpratt.bsky.social as ever for digging this out - it's a dark and moody gem with a lovely synth soundtrack, beautiful location work and Tom Conti being unexpectedly chilling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fva...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fva...
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I’m still pleasurably ruminating on ECLIPSE (1977), the latest BFI Flipside rediscovery, seen at BFI last night and followed by a very engaging cast and director Q&A hosted by @vicpratt.bsky.social. A strange, intriguing and unnerving Scottish chamber piece, restored and out on Blu-ray now.
April 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I’m still pleasurably ruminating on ECLIPSE (1977), the latest BFI Flipside rediscovery, seen at BFI last night and followed by a very engaging cast and director Q&A hosted by @vicpratt.bsky.social. A strange, intriguing and unnerving Scottish chamber piece, restored and out on Blu-ray now.
Simon Perry's strange, splendid ECLIPSE (1977) -
BFI Flipside Blu-ray 51: compelling performances by Tom Conti and Gay Hamilton! Sterling support from Gavin Wallace (age 9 1/2)! Eerie electronica! Rugged 'Coastal Gothic'! I've written about it here...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/ecl...
BFI Flipside Blu-ray 51: compelling performances by Tom Conti and Gay Hamilton! Sterling support from Gavin Wallace (age 9 1/2)! Eerie electronica! Rugged 'Coastal Gothic'! I've written about it here...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/ecl...
Eclipse: how a little-seen 1970s psychological thriller emerged from obscurity
Set in a lonely house on a Scottish clifftop, the windswept Tom Conti thriller Eclipse has returned from 50 years of obscurity. It now looks like a forerunner of Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men.
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April 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Simon Perry's strange, splendid ECLIPSE (1977) -
BFI Flipside Blu-ray 51: compelling performances by Tom Conti and Gay Hamilton! Sterling support from Gavin Wallace (age 9 1/2)! Eerie electronica! Rugged 'Coastal Gothic'! I've written about it here...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/ecl...
BFI Flipside Blu-ray 51: compelling performances by Tom Conti and Gay Hamilton! Sterling support from Gavin Wallace (age 9 1/2)! Eerie electronica! Rugged 'Coastal Gothic'! I've written about it here...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/ecl...
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#LastFourWatched A #Kurosawa kinda week. Shout-out to @vicpratt.bsky.social and the team at #BFI, for the amazing 4K UHD editions of Yojimbo & Sanjuro! Just stunning, like it was released yesterday. Definitely the best version of these films I’ve ever seen.
April 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#LastFourWatched A #Kurosawa kinda week. Shout-out to @vicpratt.bsky.social and the team at #BFI, for the amazing 4K UHD editions of Yojimbo & Sanjuro! Just stunning, like it was released yesterday. Definitely the best version of these films I’ve ever seen.