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around the edges a commonplace book of notes by andrew curry which don t fit in my futures blog skip to content around the edges a commonplace book of notes by andrew curry which don t fit in my futures blog prog rock at the proms the bbc s proms celebration of prog rock was a flashback to the 1970s not all of it was good 1970s bbc proms emerson lake and palmer peter hamill prog rock yes the major and the minor billy wilder s first film as a director in hollywood is the lightest of comedies ginger rogers has to pretend to be a 12 year old child because it s the only way to get home 1940s films billy wilder ernst lubitsch ginger rogers ray milland the accordionist s son bernardo atxaga s novel has an innocuous title but it is a basque coming of age story in which the scars of the spanish civil war play out in the next generation 1960s spain basque country bernardo atxaga fiction hanging out at the jailhouse howard hawks film 1957 rio bravo is rightly celebrated as one of the finest westerns but it s more interested in relationships than action hangout pictures howard hawks jason guriel john wayne quentin tarantino rio bravo westerns bob dylan and duncan and brady duncan and brady is a black murder ballad from 1890s st louis based on a true story there s more to the story than meets the eye bob dylan martin simpson paul clayton st louis secrets under the surface alfred hitchcock s wartime thriller shadow of a doubt is about uncovering the dark secrets of those who we think we know alfred hitchcock film noir joseph cotten teresa wright the third man wilder s tale of occupied berlin billy wilder s post war film a foreign affair has the structure of a romantic comedy but in post war occupied berlin no one gets away that easily berlin billy wilder comedy jean arthur john lund marlene dietrich there s always room at the top david lean s early british film hobson s choice is a comedy in which bullies are faced down and talent gets its rewards 1950s audience loved it 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