Before Dirk Malcolm’s World of Film there was The Projection Room, Bolton School’s Film Society. There had been film societies at the school in the past, but this incarnation was […]
“I saw a film today, oh boy!” I would have loved to have been able to talk about my favourite film “Vertigo”, but Derek Malcolm got their first and this […]
One of the notable aspects of THE ICE STORM is the brilliant performances that Lee manages to get from his younger cast members. The film may not have launched the […]
For the record, I want it noting that this is not listed under the ‘Objects of Desire’ series of Starburst Memories. I am a ‘new man’ – Mrs Dirk said […]
“Dear Lord, thank you for this Thanksgiving holiday. And for all the material possessions we have and enjoy. And for letting us white people kill all the Indians and steal […]
I didn’t read FAMOUS MONSTERS in 1980. I was too busy studying the classified ads in SMASH HITS. There were adverts for clothes that were impossible to buy from STOLEN […]
The moon is waxing on the werewolf fortnight, this Friday Five rounds off the celebrations. Dirk has been away on holiday and has returned suitably refreshed with an overwhelming desire […]
An American Werewolf In London (GB1981, Landis), I have always been quite fascinated with lycanthropes in film, as was mentioned in an earlier article, the first horror film I ever […]
Since the dawn of language there have been stories about transformations. And from Ovid to Kafka, Western European literature has been fascinated with the literal and figurative change from humans […]
There was time when STARBURST was appealing to the FANGORIA market and the AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON issue (No. 40, Volume 4, Number 3, 1981) has a cover that is […]
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