TOM HENDY
TOP TEN: WESTERN MOVIES
It is an absolute anomaly of mine that I love Westerns. I can't account for it. It's so opposite to my usual taste but there's something...
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TOM HENDY
- Jun 25, 2022
- 5 min
TOP TEN: EUROVISION SONGS 2022
This is a little late to the party because Eurovision 2022 season is well and truly over (even the live on tapes have all been released...
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TOM HENDY
- Oct 4, 2021
- 5 min
TOP TEN: HITCHCOCK FILMS
Spoiler alert: you're going to be mad. I'm going to say it upfront Psycho and Rear Window do not feature on my list. Does that mean they...
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TOM HENDY
- Aug 18, 2021
- 5 min
EL HAZARD 2: THE MAGNIFICIENT WORLD
Whatever you liked about the first OVA, you won’t find it here. Don’t bother. I enjoyed the first OVA, it’s nothing spectacular but it’s...
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TOM HENDY
- Aug 14, 2021
- 4 min
ENNEAD
This hidden gem is surprisingly addictive and there’s a lot more to this webtoon than you’d expect. In case you don’t know (I didn't...
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TOM HENDY
- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
EARWIG AND THE WITCH
Well, it's not the worst thing I've ever seen, but I can't say it's good either. One of my favourite thing about Ghibli films is that...
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TOM HENDY
- Jan 20, 2021
- 2 min
NINJA SCROLL
I feel a bit mixed on this anime. On paper, it's exactly the opposite of everything I like in anime. But I'm trying to branch out a bit...
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TOM HENDY
- Dec 28, 2020
- 15 min
RANKING STUDIO GHIBLI'S FILMS
I've finally done it! I’ve seen all the Ghibli feature films, every single one. NOTE: This is just my personal opinion. I’m not trying to...
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TOM HENDY
- Nov 26, 2020
- 2 min
PUPARIA
Puparia is a stunningly beautiful short that's well worth your time, all three minutes of it. The biggest selling point here is the...
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TOM HENDY
- Oct 17, 2020
- 18 min
GENDER-BENDERS, HERMAPHRODITES AND THE ANDROGYNOUS
When you sit down and watch the fluffy and lighthearted 'Finding Nemo' you don't realise the complex balance of the clownfish 'harem'...
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TOM HENDY
- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
BEARDSLEY REANIMATED
I recently came across an amazing find for you fellow aesthete-lovers. A short film by Chris James called "After Beardsley" (1982). I had...
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TOM HENDY
- Oct 17, 2020
- 8 min
THE GIRL WHO CRIED WOLF
Once upon a time there was a young boy. As a lot of young boys like to do, he enjoyed playing tricks on the gullible villagers in the...
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TOM HENDY
- Oct 16, 2020
- 25 min
MEDUSA AND THE BEAUTY OF HORROR
Our lives are filled with horror, whether this is being accosted by thugs down dark alley or looking at a particularly unpleasant bank...
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TOM HENDY
- Oct 16, 2020
- 6 min
THE HOMO-UNCONSCIOUSNESS: AN ANALYSIS OF "FIGURE D'ETUDE"
Having won the prestigious Prix du Rome in 1834, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, a pupil of Ingres, journeyed to L’Academie de France to learn...
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TOM HENDY
- Oct 16, 2020
- 17 min
MELANCHOLIA & MATHEMATICS
In the early 19th century, Wackenroder and the Nazarenes re-appropriated Albrecht Dürer by characterizing him as a nationalist figure and...
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TOM HENDY
- Jul 13, 2020
- 2 min
FATHER GOOSE (1964)
It's fluff, silly box-office fodder but it's quite possibly one of the most charming films ever made; it should be treasured. In the...
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TOM HENDY
- Jul 13, 2020
- 2 min
VERTIGO (1958)
I am currently trying to work my way through all of Hitchcock's films. I am currently up to having seen 19 of them. Vertigo was the 19th....
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TOM HENDY
- Jul 12, 2020
- 27 min
THE BOREDOM OF ART
Amongst the jackals, panthers, bitches, Apes, scorpions, vultures, serpents, Yelping, howling, snarling, groveling monsters In the...
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TOM HENDY
- Jul 12, 2020
- 3 min
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
Time for my mini-post and I'm going vastly off-topic from my usual theme but this really struck a chord with me (pun intended). I am...
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TOM HENDY
- Jul 12, 2020
- 4 min
PATALLIRO!
PAPAN-GAPAN!: For me, Patalliro is a ‘grower’ not a ‘shower’ - it’s an acquired taste but in my opinion it’s one that’s worth acquiring...
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