Starburst Memories: Zona
There’s been so much talk of Tarkovsky’s STALKER around here recently that you’d think someone liked the film. Geoff Dyer certainly does. His latest book ‘Zona’ revolves around Tarkovsky’s “The […]
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Starburst Memories: The Vizable Edge
During my brief tenure at the Edge Hill College film society, I started a magazine of ‘Film and Media’ to promote the society and to fill the void left by […]
Starburst Memories: Vanity Fair Hollywood Special
“So tonight, enjoy yourselves, because nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.” Billy Crystal – at the […]
Starburst Memories: Visual Dictionary – redressing the balance.
STARBURST MEMORIES: Little White Lies – Apocalypse Now
This may seem an odd edition to the Starburst Memories slot, given that it was only published recently, the dust has only just managed to settle on Dirk’s archive edition, […]
Starburst Memories: The Star Wars Visual Dictionary
There’s nothing that gets Dirk more excited than Star Wars ephemera. A recent bequest to Dirk’s ever-expanding library is Dorling Kindersley’s wonderful Visual Dictionary. After a clear-out of her garage, […]
Starburst Memories: Star Wars Holiday Special
At the September (2011) gathering of Dirk’s Film Club we had a comedy double bill. There was HIGH FIDELITY – amusing rather than rib-tickling – followed by STAR WARS: HOLIDAY […]
Starburst Memories: Films and Film-making Jubilee Edition
This post is a different from other Starburst Memories for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it doesn’t feature a genre-magazine, FILMS AND FILM-MAKING occupied that middle-brow region presently occupied by […]
Starburst Memories: Horror Classics – The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Its the Summer Blockbuster season at the cinema and Dirk has been taking a break from The World of Film over the past couple of weeks as I have been […]
Starburst Memories: The Projection Room – Hitch Intros
Previously, Dirk got dewy eyed about The Projection Room, Bolton School Film Society, which was the original source of this website back in 1999, when anything seemed possible, as long […]
The Dirk Malcolm Alternative 