Cult Clip: The Haunted Palace (1963)

During the sixties Roger Corman directed and produced a lot of terrific horror films based on the work of author Edgar Allen Poe, but one of his best films borrows its story from the work of H. P. Lovecraft. During its initial release The Haunted Palace was advertised as being a "Poe" film in order to attract the same audiences that had enjoyed Corman's earlier movies, but The Haunted Palace is actually based on Lovecraft's story The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

In The Haunted Palace Vincent Price plays Charles Dexter Ward and he delivers one of his most complex and chilling performances in the film. The Haunted Palace is often overlooked in favor of Corman's Poe films,  but that's a shame since it's one of the directors most interesting and creepy efforts. The original DVD is currently out-of-print and used copies fetch a high-price on Amazon. Hopefully a new DVD of the film will be made available soon. In the meantime you can enjoy the original trailer for the film posted below.

- Kimberly Lindbergs

TV Film Memorabilia magazine

Whilst out shopping today, I noticed (and indeed bought) TV Film Memorabilia magazine, which claims to be a publication for 'fans of TV, film & collectables from the 1960s to the present day'.

And while not everything in there appeals, it's certainly worth a browse, especially for fans of 60s TV. The current issue includes an extensive feature on The Avengers (and classic collectables and merchandise), vintage tie-ins from Adam Adamant, Monkees memorabilia, Batman vs The Green Hornet, a feature on 1967 and various buyer's guides for vintage items.

It does occasionally go a bit too sci-fi geek for my own tastes (and there's the worry that future issues might go a little too far that way), but this first issue is certainly worth a look in your local newsagents. It retails for £3.

Find out more at the TV Film Memorabilia magazine website

Classic Hammer movie posters reissued

Good news for fans of classic Hammer movies - the pick of the film posters have been officially reissued.

The posters are back in print to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of The Curse Of Frankenstein, with 12 classic images available over a period of time. All are of the original 'quad' size, litho printed on 170gsm paper and sold in a heavy duty black glossy tube.

The first four of the 12 available are The Curse of Frankenstein, Countess Dracula, Vampire Circus and our favourite, The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires (pictured above). The remaining titles will follow over the coming weeks - and if you subscribe to buy them all, you will also receive a free copy of The Curse Of Frankenstein/The Mummy poster. This will not be sold separately.

All retail for £19.99 each, with postage and packaging free to anywhere in the world.

Find out more at the Posters and Stuff website

Free Online Viewing!

The American Movie Classic television network is currently offering free online screenings of two great American thrillers from the sixties as part of their annual Halloween Monster Fest. You can watch Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 (1963) and Jack Hill's Spider Baby (1968) on their site just by visiting the links posted below:

Watch: Dementia 13 (1963)

Watch: Spider Baby (1968)

- Kimberly Lindbergs

Lindsay Anderson's O Lucky Man! comes to DVD

Lindsay Anderson's surreal musical satire O Lucky Man! (1973) is getting the deluxe DVD treatment this week from Warner Home Video. This is the first time O Lucky Man! has been made available on NTSC Region-1 DVD and it promises to be one of the most interesting DVD releases of 2007, along with Anderson's If.... (1968) which was also released on DVD earlier this year.

This impressive new two disc DVD set features a newly restored Anamorphic Widescreen print of the film, as well as many terrific extras including Audio Commentary by the film's star Malcolm McDowell, composer Alan Price and screenwriter David Sherwin, a new Feature-Length career profile on Malcolm McDowell called O Lucky Malcolm!, a vintage featurette about the making of the film called O Lucky Man! Innovations In Entertainment and the original Theatrical Trailer.

The O Lucky Man! (Two-Disc Special Edition) retails for $19.98, but it is currently on sale at Amazon for $14.99.

For more information please see Amazon

- Kimberly Lindbergs

Cult Clip: The Tenant (1976)

Few directors have made as many effective and horrifying films as the award winning Roman Polanski, and one of his best thrillers is The Tenant (Le Locataire, 1976) which he also starred in. The film tells the disturbing tale of a man (Polanski) who rents an apartment and is haunted by the knowledge that the previous tenant committed suicide there. He begins to suspect that the other tenants in the building may have had something to do with the suicide and as his suspicions grow, he seems to loose his grip on reality. The Tenant is currently available on NTSC Region-1 DVD from Amazon

- Kimberly Lindbergs

Win an Addams Family Volume Three DVD boxset

If you missed out on winning an Addams Family 2 DVD boxset, don't despair - we are now giving away Addams Family Volume Three DVD boxsets.

Yes, the finest gothic comedy series returns once more, with another 21 classic episodes featuring Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Wednesday, Pugsley, Grandmama, Cousin Itt, Thing and their manservant, Lurch. There's also extras and commentaries too, including select scene commentaries by Thing and Cousin Itt.

It's available from 29th October 2007 for £29.99, but we have four boxsets to give away. The competition is hosted on our sister site Modculture - just follow the link below, enter your details and you'll be in the draw.

Enter the Addams Family DVD boxset competition

And if you want some clips and downloads, check out the official website.

Godard and Addams Family DVD boxset winners

Slightly later than expected, here are the winners of the Jean-Luc Godard and Addams Family 2 DVD boxsets.

Godard winners:
Emily Hutchinson Harrogate
David Atkinson Brighton

Addams Family winners:
Nic Brady Leeds
Richard Meldrum Cardiff
Liza Brozdowski Portsmouth
Deana Toon Banbury

I will be in touch with you all soon about your prizes. A new competition for the Addams Family 3 DVD boxset will start soon, alongside several other new competitions across Modculture, Retro To Go and Cinedelica.

Cult Clip: Mad Love (1935)

The great German character actor Peter Lorre appeared in a lot of terrific thrillers during his lifetime and one of the best films he made is Mad Love (1935; Karl Fruend). In this creepy classic Lorre plays a crazy surgeon named Dr. Gogol who is obsessed with a beautiful actress that happens to already be married to a concert pianist. When the woman's husband is terribly injured in a train accident that crushes his hands, she asks Dr. Gogol to help save him. Dr. Gogol replaces her husband's hands with those of a murderer and afterward tries to drive the man mad in order to have his wife all for himself.

Mad Love is currently available on NTSC Region-1 DVD as part of Hollywood's Legends of Horror Collection and you can see Peter Lorre as the mad Dr. Gogol in this terrific clip:

- Kimberly Lindbergs

James Bond Ultimate Casino Edition DVD set

I'm petty sure that if you wanted all the James Bond movies on DVD, you would have bought one of the numerous sets or reissues by now. But just in case you didn't, here's the latest set to tempt you - the James Bond Ultimate Casino Edition.

So, what do you get? Well, there's 'deluxe acrylic packaging' that holds 20 Bond movies from Dr. No through to Die Another Day, all as two-disc special editions, plus a two-disc version of 2006’s Casino Royale. And that's not all - it also includes two sets of branded Casino Royale playing cards and a complete set of poker chips from Carta Mundi, as seen in the film.

It retails for £199.99. If the casino add-ons don't really appeal, you can also pick up the James Bond Ultimate Collectors Box-Set for £149.99. Both are available from 12th November and indeed available now, heavily discounted for pre-order, from Amazon.

Find out more about the DVDs at Amazon.co.uk

DVD Review: Phantom Of Death (1987)

Regular readers will know we have flagged up the launch of the Shameless DVD label, which intends to dig out and reissue lost shockers and exploitation gems, all packaged in lurid 80s-style 'video nasty' sleeves.

The first releases are already on the shelves - one of which is Phantom Of Death. Directed by Ruggero Deodato (best known for Cannibal Holocaust) and with the tagline 'let the symphony of slaughter begin', you would in all honesty expect something of a bloodbath. But that's not actually the case.

DVD Review: Fear Is The Key (1972)

If you've encountered Fear Is The Key in the past, it's likely to be in the soundtrack section of your local record store - the excellent Roy Budd soundtrack got a reissue on the back of Get Carter's popularity. The film itself is rarely seen, despite having a really impressive pedigree.

Based on an early 60s novel by Alistair MacLean, it boasts an above average cast, headed up by Barry Newman, fresh from his role as Kowalski in the superb Vanishing Point, along with Cinedelica favourite Suzy Kendall, Ray McAnally (of Spindoe fame) and Ben Kingsley before the hair receded. So, based on a respected novel, top-notch soundtrack and solid cast, we can't fail can we? Well, yes we can.

DVD Review: Exiled (2006)

Though its style and production values can’t be faulted, Johnnie To’s latest film rarely strays outside standard HK action orthodoxy. Conflicting loyalties, betrayal and revenge are great themes, which is maybe why they’ve been addressed many times before in Asian crime cinema. It is in the occasional flashes of leftfield playfulness, scattered among long passages of well-heeled cliché, that Exiled makes its mark.

Set in Macau in 1998 (the year before the territory was returned to the PRC by Portugal), the film opens during a hit on former gangster Wo. The two hitmen, it transpires, are old friends of the man they’ve been ordered to kill by ruthless Boss Fay. After a curiously non-lethal gunfight, they make peace with Wo and his two defenders, the group effectively becoming a quintet of fugitives from Boss Fay’s organisation.

Now masterless, the five seek jobs with the help of an unscrupulous hotelier, but cannot elude Fay’s network for long. He and his agents finish the job on Wo, whose wife then seeks revenge on the remaining four, unaware that they were trying to protect her husband. Assailed on all sides, the ronins finagle a final showdown with Fay and his associates. It is as bloody, as graceful and as acrobatic as scholars of To’s filmography would expect.

Coming soon: Spirits Of The Dead (1968)

What do you get if you mix the directorial skills of Federico Fellini, Louis Malle and Roger Vadim with the acting of Jane and Peter Fonda, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp and Brigitte Bardot? You get Spirits of The Dead, which is getting a reissue from Arrow Films.

It's a period piece from 1968, with the three directors producing shorts based on the stories of Edgar Allen Poe, covering themes of guilt, lust and greed - Vadim directs Metzengersten, Malle follows up with William Wilson and Fellini closes with Toby Dammit.

We'll hopefully have a review online before the release date, which is down as 5th November 2007.

Arrow Films website

Paul Smith wind-up Dracula and Frankenstein

Looking for something a little different to show off this Halloween? How about a wind-up Dracula and Frankenstein?

Both are available from Paul Smith and have the looks of the classic movie interpretations. Just wind them up and watch them hobble about the table.

Sadly, there's no sound from these 10cm figures, but as they're only £5 each, you can't really complain. And yes, we do know it's really Frankenstein's monster, not Frankenstein!

Find out more at the Paul Smith website

Via Retro To Go

Cult Clip: Nosferatu (1922)

No introduction needed here, Nosferatu is still the most menacing interpretation of the Dracula story ever to hit the big screen, despite being well over 80 years old.

The definitive version of Murnau's expressionist classic is being made available by Eureka as part of its Masters Of Horror series, fully restored and for the first time, with its original score. Expect a review from us soon - but in the meantime, check out the new trailer.

Smashing Time at the NFT

Another 60s gem gets a rare one-off screening at the NFT - Smashing Time.

Possibly showing as part of a George Melly tribute (he had a hand in the scripting), the movie is the ultimate swinging 60s flick, with Lynn Redgrave and Rita Tushingham starring as two young girls from Bradford, looking to live the swinging London dream on Carnaby Street. They want the modelling jobs, the clothes and the lifestyle - and eventually get it, but entirely by accident. Is it worth it? Well, you'll have to watch the film to find out.

The organisers also hope to have Rita Tushingham for a Q&A after the screening, so well worth making the effort to get down. It's on Tuesday 20th November at 6.15pm.

More about this event at the BFI website

Check out a clip from Smashing Time

Flesh Eating Zombie Play Set

Ever wanted to make your own zombie movie? Well, now you can with this Flesh Eating Zombie Play Set.

All the figures are glow in the dark, including a nice mix of grave risers, crawlers, hippies, businessmen and a particularly evil-looking dog. Just about everything you need except for a couple of survivors to terrorise - you can always use a couple of toy soldiers or a Lego man for that.

Available online, the set can be yours for £14.95.

Find out more at the IWOOT website

Shameless reissues Killer Nun (1978) and Torso (1973)

Two more sleazy shockers on the way from the newly-launched Shameless label - Killer Nun (1978) and Torso (1973).

Giulio Berruti's Killer Nun has a reputation that precedes it, with Anita Ekberg as said nun (Sister Gertrude), fresh out of brain surgery and at work in a hospital. But all is not well - and the reign of terror that the drug-fuelled Sister Gertrude initiates, not to mention her appetite for sex, means big problems for Mother Superior. Originally banned in the UK, and denounced by Mary Whitehouse, it's release here is uncut.

Rare showing of The Party's Over (1963) at the Barbican

The Barbican is currently running Seduced - Sex and Censorship in the Cinema, a series of banned or censored films from cinema's colourful past. And jumping out from the programme is The Party's Over from 1962.

Guy Hamilton and Anthony Perry’s beatnik era tale stars a young Oliver Reed as part of the bad crowd known as 'the pack', whose lifestyle happens to appeal to the daughter of a businessman living in London.

So why banned? Well, the wild parties, drink and a hint of necrophilia (yes, really) saw it fall foul of the censor, with the film getting a release after a few cuts in 1965, the last time it has been on general view.

The film will be introduced by producer Anthony Perry when it shows on 22nd October at 7:15pm.

Find out more at the Barbican website

Shootist classic Bollywood t-shirt

Tonic Clothing is an ethical clothing label, offering a range of t-shirts, polo shirts, hoodies and bags. I'm not wild about a lot of the designs on the site, but I do like this Shootist t-shirt.

At first glance, you might think this is a Scarface t-shirt, but it's actually Amitabh Bachchan, star of 1979 Bollywood blockbuster The Great Gambler. The shirt is made from ethically-sourced cotton, with the design sat rather smartly at the bottom left-and corner.

Sized from small to large, you can pick one up for £2.

Find out more at the Tonic Clothing website

DVD Review: Edvard Munch (1973)

Peter Watkins’ groundbreaking biopic of the troubled Norwegian proto-expressionist is an intense, cerebral work in which naturalistic performances and virtuoso direction make up for excessive running time and repetitive use of nonlinear chronology. Strong meat and long meat, the film demands attention and patience of its viewers, who are rewarded with an uncompromisingly downbeat portrayal of the circumstances (chiefly illness, critical rejection and heartbreak) which nurtured one of the great symbolists.

Like Watkins’ earlier The War Game (1965), commissioned then banned by the BBC, Edvard Munch is a faux-documentary with wilfully anachronistic elements. Much footage is shot hand-held, the principals often seem ‘aware’ that they are being filmed, and the narrative scenes alternate with to-camera interviews. That this modern format is co-opted to tell a late-19th-century story gives the piece an insistent subjectivity, a nagging intimation that all narrative is unreliable. It would likely have been approved of by arch-subjectivist Munch.

However the film takes as its primary source the previously unpublished diaries of Munch himself, read verbatim in voiceover by Geir Westby (whose turn as the artist is suitably ashen and taciturn). The defamiliarising form of the film is therefore offset by the historical accuracy of its content, allowing for a composite of breadth and intimacy effectively unique in biographical filmmaking.

Coming soon: The Who - Amazing Journey on DVD

Out on November 5th 2007 is a two-disc DVD set of The Who's finest moments coupled with rare footage of the band and band members - Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who and Six Quick Ones.

Directed by Paul Crowder, Amazing Journey is the lead feature, telling the story of the band through the music, footage, new interviews with the band, celebrity fans and musicians, plus recently-discovered concert footage, from I Can't Explain to the band's most recent tour and recordings.

The Six Quick Ones disc focuses on each individual band member, with a fifth part looking at the mod scene and the pop art movement and a final segment where legendary filmmakers The Pennebakers film the band in the studio recording material for the Then And Now album.

DVD Review: Grindhouse Trailer Classics

Want to check out some grindhouse titles, but not sure where to start? Grindhouse Trailer Classics should be your first port of call.

For those of you unsure of what grindhouse entails, let's just say it's another word for exploitation. Movies that come under the grindhouse banner today are likely to have been made in the 60s and 70s, mainly (but not exclusively) in the US and probably screened in downmarket cinemas in American cities.

These were low budget movies, made for cheap thrills and a fast buck, squeezing in sex, violence, gore or all three if possible. Not to mention the odd nazi, alien and Hell's Angel. Making the film was one thing, getting people in to see it was another. That required a catchy title, a hard-hitting poster and a trailer that could convince a prospective punter that this wasn't just another low-rent bloodbath.

Cult Clip: Disco Godfather (1979)

Here's the plot - a retired police officer becomes a celebrity DJ in the disco boom of the late 70s. But all is not well - a strange new drug is sweeping the streets, killing the Godfather's nephew.

Which sets things up for a kung-fu-filled revenge flick, as the Disco Godfather takes to the streets to deal with the dealers, nipping back behind the decks now and then to spin some tunes for the disco massive.

Enjoy...

Testcard TV - more free movies and TV shows online

We very much enjoyed Joox during its short existence, but it had one flaw - it hosted a large amount of  film and TV without the owners' permission. That isn't the problem with Testcard TV.

The service is an aggregator or indexer of content hosted on 3rd party platforms such as Google Video, YouTube or on mainstream broadcaster websites from around the world. Nothing is hosted by Testcard TV - so presumably that sidesteps a particularly deep legal hole.

After undergoing a month of testing, the service is now available to all - which means you can access free online tv, movies, shows, cartoons, music videos and more, on either a PC or Mac - just as long as you have the divX player installed. You can even sign up to save your favourites or send to friends.

Looks like that day at work just got a little bit brighter.

Find out more at the Testcard TV website

Coming soon: Sapphire and Steel Special Edition

I have very vague memories of  Sapphire and Steel - as a small child, I found it just plain weird, but as an adult, this bizarre time travelling series might well prove a lost classic.

It's being reissued as Sapphire and Steel The Complete Series Special Edition, with Joanna Lumley and David McCallum starring in the title roles as  two superhuman agents, assigned to safeguard the structure of Time, using their powers to protect block evil forces from the past and future. It was written by PJ Hammond, the man behind the excellent Ace Of Wands, reason enough to give it a second chance.

The new DVD set also features a new documentary about the show, image galleries, original paperwork and scripts and the designer's original floor plans in PDF format.

Expect it from 5th November, priced at £59.99.

Find out more about the DVDs at Amazon.co.uk

Via Retro To Go

Cult Clip: Switchblade Sisters (1975)

I'm currently enjoying (if that's the right word) Grindhouse Trailer Classics, with a review to follow very soon. But just to give you a taste, here's one of the less bloodthirsty shorts - Switchblade Sisters.

As you can imagine from the title, it's the girl gang from hell. In fact 'even the cops were afraid..' claims the voiceover. Never seen the full movie, but it's just made my wants list. Enjoy...

10 Questions with Tim Lucas

The name Tim Lucas should be familiar to many movie fans. His film reviews have appeared in countless magazines such as Film Comment, Cahiers du Cinema, Fangoria and Cinefex, and you can find his insightful essays and audio commentary included with many popular horror DVDs. He's also a novelist and comic book author. Tim currently writes for Sight & Sound and he has published and edited the award winning magazine Video Watchdog for many years.

His recent project is an impressive 1128 page book called Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark. This "12-pound labor of love" delves deeply into the rich life and fascinating film career of the Italian fantasy and horror director Mario Bava who's responsible for many genre classics including Black Sunday (1960), Danger: Diabolik (1968), Blood and Black Lace (1964), Kill... Baby, Kill! (1966), Planet of the Vampires (1965) and Bay of Blood (1971). Tim was kind enough to answer some of my questions about Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark in the first of a new on-going feature here at Cinedelica called 10 Questions.

Book review: London Film Location Guide

As a film nerd buff, I don't just like some films, I get obsessed with them. And on the evidence of the London Film Location Guide, author Simon R.H. James is very much from the same mould.

This is detail over and above the call of duty. 276 pages and something like 750 films about London featured, dating from the 1920s through to the present day - an exercise that's taken the author the best part of 10 years to complete. And if that sounds a little too much to deal with, you'll be pleased to know that there's a film index, postcode index and even a street index to help you through the mass of movies featured.

Cult Clip: The Manster (1962)

The Manster (1962) opens with an American reporter in Tokyo being sent to interview a Japanese scientist working on bizarre experiments in his mountain laboratory. When the doctor realizes that the hapless reporter is the perfect subject for his next experiment, he drugs the man and injects him with a serum that gradually transforms him into the hideous "Manster." Great over-the-top acting and wild special effects for the time make The Manster a true cult classic and one of the most entertaining B-movies released in the early sixties. Lurking under its seemingly trivial surface is an interesting and offbeat commentary on American/Japanese relations following WWII.

This international production was directed by George P. Breakston & Kenneth G. Crane, and it's currently available on NTSC Region-1 DVD from Retromedia at Amazon. The Manster got a lot of airplay on American late-night television in the seventies and one of my favorite moments from the movie can be seen in this great clip:

- Kimberly Lindbergs

The Prisoner 40th Anniversary Special Edition

Another anniversary, this time The Prisoner, which was first screened 40 years ago - reason enough for Network to release The Prisoner 40th Anniversary Special Edition.

Unfortunately, I can't get too excited, as I was one of the people that purchased The Prisoner: The Ultimate Collection DVD boxset just two years ago and although the new version adds some additional extras and promises newly-restored imagery, there isn't enough there for me to consider buying again. But if you haven't yet bought The Prisoner on DVD, you may well think differently.

For the uninitiated, Patrick McGoohan is Number 6, imprisoned in a mysterious location called The Village, rebelling against his unnamed captors and their attempts to extract information from him or make him conform. If that sounds straightforward, trust me, it really isn't - The Prisoner is one of the strangest shows ever to hit the small screen. But at the same time, one of the most fascinating.

Withnail and I photography exhibition at the BFI

It's fair to say that Withnail and I is a modern-day cult classic, but not that modern - the film is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and to celebrate, the BFI is hosting a Withnail and I photography exhibition.

The man behind the still images is renowned motion picture photographer, Murray Close. He will be showing classic images and 30 unseen black and white stills from the film. In addition, a limited edition full colour giclée print of Grant and McGann in their roles (pictured here) will be available to purchase.

You can check out the exhibition in the BFI Southbank foyer from 27th September - 15th October, where you'll also catch a screening of the movie on 8th October.

Find out more at the Murray Close website

BFI website

Flipside presents How The West Was Weird

Forget those sleep-inducing, Sunday afternoon westerns, The Flipside are hosting something a little more way out in October at London's BFI - How The West Was Weird.

You see, the Old West was really a dark place, a lonely place and a violent place - something not forgotten by a select bunch of directors. And from Sunday 7th October, you can see how the west really was won. Read on for the season details...

The Great Silence (Il Grande Silenzio)
Aka The Big Silence
Italy - France 1968
Dir Sergio Corbucci
English Language Version 101 mins

Stark, bleak and enigmatic, this legendary Italian film is an eye-opening antidote to the Hollywood western mythos. Mysterious mute bounty hunter Silence searches the snowy mountain wastes for crazed killer Tigrero, essayed with gusto by the brilliant Klaus Kinski, to the accompaniment of one of Morricone's most hauntingly memorable scores.
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It Ain't City Music
USA 1973 Dir Tom Davenport 15 mins
A revealing portrait of the National Country Music Contest, Virginia, filled with raw performances - and that's just the spectators - for the camera.

Thurs 11th Oct 18:00 NFT1
Sun 14th Oct 20:30 NFT3

Coming soon: Peter Whitehead and the Sixties

Earlier this year, the NFT highlighted the work of film maker Peter Whitehead, a leading light in the 60s counter-culture movement. And to follow that up, the BFI is issuing Peter Whitehead and the Sixties. This doesn't include his most famous work - Tonite Let's All Make Love in London - but it does include first releases for two of Whitehead's other 60s movies and a host of extras, with a total running time of around three hours.

The movies are Wholly Communion (1965) and Benefit of the Doubt (1967). The first of those records the gathering of US and European beat poets at London's Royal Albert Hall for the International Poetry Incarnation, recording the appearances of Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, Harry Fainlight, Alexander Trocchi and others, courtesy of a borrowed camera and the knack of being in the right place at the right time. Benefit of the Doubt is Whitehead filming a controversial new play, US, by radical theatre director Peter Brook, as well as challenging Britain’s relationship to America during the Vietnam War.

Pam Grier Ringer Tee

Fiftyseven-thirtythree is a new silkscreen tee company working out of Oakland California. According to their shop info, they "use images of people who were originals or broke through some pre-existing barrier or stereotype"  for their designs. The beautiful black American actress Pam Grier is definitely a great example of a woman who broke down some pre-existing barriers in Hollywood and you can celebrate her accomplishments with this terrific Pam Grier Ringer Tee designed by Fiftyseven-thirtythree.

The design sells for $25.00 and is available for women and men in various sizes. They ship to anywhere in the world, but you must contact them for a shipping quote if you live outside the U.S.

To see more of Fiftyseven-thirtythree's great designs please visit their official shop at Etsy.

Fiftyseven-thirtythree

- Kimberly Lindbergs

60s and 70s Swedish cinema at the ICA

Under 18s look away now!  The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in London is hosting a season of Swedish Erotica from the late 60s to early 70s.

The series opens on 4 October with season curators Klubb Super 8 presenting an entertaining guide to how Sweden liberated cinema, taking in the silent era, Bergman's films of the 1950s, the sex-ed films of the 60s and the swinging sexploitation fare of the 70s.

The season also includes a screening of the 1974 thriller “A Cruel Story” aka “They Call her One Eye” which inspired the Daryl Hannah character in Kill Bill.

Further details of the season can be f