Tag Archives: storytelling

Every Picture Tells A Story: Krazy Kat Klub, Washington D.C. (1921)

Source: Imgur The Krazy Kat Klub (from Wikipedia)  The Krazy Kat Klub (alternatively, Krazy Kat Club, Krazy Kat Klubb, etc.) was a Bohemian cafe, speakeasy and nightclub that operated at No. 3 Green Court near Washington, D.C.’s Thomas Circle during the early decades of the 20th Century. The club was run by portraitist and theatricalContinue reading “Every Picture Tells A Story: Krazy Kat Klub, Washington D.C. (1921)”

100 film classics of the new century selected by 177 film critics

Many people lament the death of ‘real cinema’ and ‘real films’ because of the number of people now downloading films illegally.  This means that the investment into film is jeopardised by piracy. Although the same was said about cinema being dead when Television first came out as well, right? Could streaming TV and films beContinue reading “100 film classics of the new century selected by 177 film critics”

Have a Creepy Haloween Won’t You

Here are some curated images from Reddit’s Creepy Old Pics a subreddit that will give you the creeps for sure. Haloween is really about the Pagan ritual of Sammhuin, although some people claim that Haloween has Christian roots, there is no denying that the two Haloween and Sammhuin  are culturally interrelated. The idea of aContinue reading “Have a Creepy Haloween Won’t You”

Book Review: Winterwood by Patrick McCabe

This was an unusual little book. I think many people will be familiar with McCabe from his other incredibly popular and critically acclaimed work of literally fiction, the Butcher Boy which was published back in 1992 and subsequently turned into a film. This was the story of a confused and wayward young boy who unwittinglyContinue reading “Book Review: Winterwood by Patrick McCabe”

Tilda Swinton is an iconoclast, rebel and an alien of the best kind

In 2014, actress actress Tilda Swinton was awarded with the Rothko Chapel Visionary Award at the The Rothko Chapel, which is home to fourteen of Mark Rothko’s paintings. This luminous chapel is a spiritual and human rights center whose mission is “to inspire people to action through art and contemplation, to nurture reverence for the highest aspirationsContinue reading “Tilda Swinton is an iconoclast, rebel and an alien of the best kind”