It’s a scene with giant, tap-dancing noses from the Royal Opera’s production of Dmitri Shostakovich’s 1928 opera, The Nose. You can watch here. No, really, it’s exactly that–giant, tap-dancing noses and you know you want to see it! (Via Artalogica / Michele Banks & Robin Bobcat on Bluesky).
The journey from unfair to unjust is a twisted maze, one littered with false starts and dead ends; it’s also, significantly, the journey undertaken in Labyrinth, from childhood to adulthood, powerlessness to power.
“It’s not so much where to begin as when, though in London the distinction between time and space broke down centuries ago. There’s a cast of wanderers, visionaries, and itinerants, the self-educated and self-published, a long lineage of cranks and outcasts, mostly penurious, always opinionated, stretching away into […]
Hitchcock gets a lot of credit for his mystery and suspense films, rightfully so, but sometimes that credit goes as far as erasing the writers who came up with the mysteries, twists, dark jokes, thrills and stories Hitchcock built his films on. Hitchcock himself gave credit where it was due. He put writers’ names on screen for everyone to see. But if film history has taught us anything, it’s that credits, dedications and acknowledgments are not enough to keep women both trans and cis, genderqueer and nonbinary people from disappearing from memory and history.
It’s a Halloween tradition–or should be–the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula! “I feel it my duty to set the record straight regarding a number of erroneous statements made recently concerning the events I am about to describe. I refer in particular to a spurious […]
At the Victora & Albert Museum, curators unbox historic tarot decks! “Unbox six historic tarot card decks with curators Ruth, Beckie & Josephine and explore the rich and mysterious history of tarot — from its origins in 15th-century Europe to its modern use in spiritual practices. In this […]
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The Cultural Gutter 