Andrew Male

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Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.

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New phone wallpaper

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. . . was going to put in a word for this film (an overlooked gem) but then remembered Ms P. (@mariephillips.bsky.social) had already said pretty much everything I wanted to. And w/ considerably more eloquence.

Picked this one for the cast alone (Stanwyck, Mason, Gardner, Charisse…), and boy was it worth it: East Side, West Side (1949) boxd.it/6qqi0d

Review of ‘East Side, West Side’ (1949) ★★★★½boxd.it Everyone is terrific in this intelligent melodrama in which wronged wife Barbara Stanwyck tries to win back her husband, James Mason, from the clutches of sex bomb Ava Gardner, while beginning to ask…

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Ah yes. It's the women who are to blame. I see now. Secret Service target of misogynistic backlash after Donald Trump assassination attempt - on.ft.com/3WoB6gQ

Secret Service target of misogynistic backlash after Donald Trump assassination attempton.ft.com [FREE TO READ] Right-wing commentators and politicians blame diversity and inclusion policies for alleged security failings

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Overjoyed to announce I have an in-depth piece on James Brown’s 70s era and the making of The Payback in the new MOJO wick Nick Cave on the cover. I think I t’s one of the best things I’ve ever written. I also have an interview with the godlike David Yow at the back! Magazines are good.

I’m sorry, but if you don’t say this to your dog/cat you really haven’t read the pet-owner guide properly.

I DID A *BIIIIIG STRETCH* AND MY HUMAN SAID, “BIIIIIIG STRETCH!” THE RITUAL IS COMPLETE

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timeline cleanse hat tip @penryu.bsky.social

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When the boss asks to see my plan to boost revenue this quarter

I’m thinking up some wild and cheerful contraptions meant for the amusement of all

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I hate it when something *almost* happens and you get all the bad part but none of the good part. Like burning a cake. Still have to clean the kitchen. Don't get to eat cake.

What our dog smells of today: a soggy bag of penny sweets salvaged from a rock-pool full of brown seaweed.

What our dog smells of today: a damp rubber plimsoll full of pencil shavings that has been left too long in the overheard locker of an old Soviet airliner.

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the general vibe at the moment

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Kevin Fowley’s A Feu Doux EP was sent to @andrewmale.bsky.social to review. Versions of the traditional French songs that his mum used to sing him as a child. My mum sang them to me too, and his beautiful rendition of Ne Pleure Pas, Jeanette moved me to tears. Out July 26. youtu.be/340vMqZn4mI?...

Kevin Fowley – Ne Pleure Pas, Jeannette [OFFICIAL VIDEO]youtu.be Pre-order 'À Feu Doux' from Basin Rock:https://www.basinrock.co.uk/records/kevin-fowly-a-feu-doux/https://kevinfowley.bandcamp.com/album/feu-doux'Ne Pleure P...

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The linked post on wallpaper movies is something you might not think you need to read, but if you grew up in the 1970s and have bad thoughts of your childhood and the aesthetic that surrounded you, believe me, you need to read it. It's cathartic, one of those I-never-knew-I-needed-this posts.

Yes, the art direction is superb (it's one of the Great Wallpaper Movies), and so are the actors. multiglom.com/2012/11/09/t...

THE TOP TEN WALLPAPER MOVIESmultiglom.com I grew up with wallpaper and it was scary. Some parts of it were fuzzy to the touch or disagreeably lumpy; yet other parts threatened to peel away from the wall altogether, most likely to reveal somet...

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“These things always happen when I eat veal” is now my favourite movie line. Jean Arthur is torn between Melvyn Douglas and Fred MacMurray - who is given to cutting capers - when she discovers she has one too many husbands. Splendid. Thanks to @andrewmale.bsky.social & @mariephillips.bsky.social

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Angela Lansbury in a publicity photo for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

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Recorded because they discovered that they were neighbors in Manhattan and dug each other's music.

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An absolute treat of a B Movie for this Friday night - The Narrow Margin (1952) boxd.it/6RtpWH

Review of ‘The Narrow Margin’ (1952) ★★★★★boxd.it A five star B movie, tight as a banana skin. Charles McGraw is the cop charged with safely accompanying mob widow Marie Windsor to the grand jury where she’s going to testify. They take the train…

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I've spent a lot of time watching Shelley Duvall over the past week, and she was never less than electrifying, and a pleasure to watch, even in the smallest role. This piece went out on @guardianfilm today just hours before we heard the sad news. Hope I did her justice. RIP.

I ranked the films of Shelley Duvall. It was even more of a pleasure than I'd anticipated. She is great. www.theguardian.com/culture/arti...

Happy 75th birthday Shelley Duvall: her best films – ranked!www.theguardian.com The seven-time muse of Robert Altman has made only two movies in the past 25 years. We celebrate the best of her 20th century filmography, from her killer role in The Shining to her zonked-out cameo i...

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We’re all just trying to find the guy who did this

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how it feels to live in america

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Thank you for this insight, expert sports journalist

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It is not that anyone here would be interested at all, he lied, but the #CocteauTwins have just hours ago revamped and updated their YouTube page to finally include all their official videos over the years, in hi-def at that. So. You know. Not that anyone here would be interested as I said.

Cocteau Twinswww.youtube.com

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Remarkable coincidence when someone is showing you some incubators. (From The New Yorker, July 1st 2024)

“Call me!” she said, unwittingly quoting a line from Moby Dick almost word for word.

Remarkable coincidence when someone is showing you some incubators. (From The New Yorker, July 1st 2024)

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It’s a good weekend to be half English half French 💪 www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to thirdwww.theguardian.com New Popular Front predicted to get 172-192 seats, with Marine Le Pen’s far-right RN and allies down in third

🧵 This is how I remember Twitter. A news story being dissected intelligently and wittily with no whataboutery and no-one interrupting. It won’t last but I’ll enjoy it while it does.

Because what you *really* want when you choose to go the theatre on the night of a big England match, is to watch the football.

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okay here me out: what if it was autumn

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People often ask me - "have you got that picture of Cary Grant in uniform with a puppy poking out of the pocket?" Yes, they do. They rush up to me in the streets, it's true. Well, yes. Yes, I do. And here it is.

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You lied to me, Raf

Rationally, I know Sunak is not responsible for the rain, but I can't shake the feeling that we won't get a proper summer until the Jonah prime minister has been thrown overboard.

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What my dog smells like today: a rusty biscuit tin, found in the basement, still with a quantity of ginger snaps inside it

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Letterboxd last four watched. Three downright masterpieces, and one supposedly romantic comedy with the least appealing male lead imaginable