Film maker, film critic, film teacher, film lover, fool for filmhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mlofyn7uh22jCinematographer Mario Bava goes all film noir: https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/funny-af/12 May 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlofyn7uh22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mlm4vw7vok2cA short disquisition on tit-for-tat routines. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/bliss-diss/11 May 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm4vw7vok2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mldz62cpyk2jThis bloody country.08 May 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldz62cpyk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mlcbv6wpkc2dLove Molly Haskell but her Laurel & Hardy diatribe seems bizarrely off-base to me. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/stan-and-molly/07 May 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcbv6wpkc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mkur5e36l22dThree nightmare visions of a female future. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/misstopia/02 May 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkur5e36l22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mkqhji7pd22pCensored scenes from Laurel & Hardy, first in a regular series. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/thing-one/30 Apr 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqhji7pd22phttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mk73mi5pp22yI finally read Akutagawa's In the Grove and Rashomon. Great, a whole other contradictory version of what happened! https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/04/23/beyond-the-grove/23 Apr 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk73mi5pp22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mjul2tanqk27You owe it to yourselves to see the most horrible, destructive and chaotic silent comedy ever: dcairns.wordpress.com19 Apr 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjul2tanqk27https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mjpxa3now22kGiven my love of Italian cinema and especially comedy, crazy it's taken me this long to see GUARDI I LADRI. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/the-fat-blue-line/17 Apr 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpxa3now22khttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mjninvhwtk2mRobert Heinlein made some predictions. How's he doing? https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/the-way-the-future-wasnt/16 Apr 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjninvhwtk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mjiavufdfc2dCatherine Spaak sexy and funny and near-psychopathically committed to her complicated love life in LA BUGIARDA. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/pants-on-fire/14 Apr 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjiavufdfc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mji573tum224"I was cured, all right."14 Apr 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mji573tum224https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mjffiy3ags2sTORA TORA AND STILL MORE TORA! https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/tora-tora-and-more-tora/13 Apr 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjffiy3ags2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mjalpt2kpk23Billy Bletcher, pursued by a giant lobster. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/lobster-role/11 Apr 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjalpt2kpk23https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mj2qmquwl22dDavid Melville Wingrove returns (eternally) with more Cinema de Papa: Cocteau! Delannoy! Marais! https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/papa-knows-best-e-is-for-the-eternal-return/09 Apr 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2qmquwl22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3miwwiooxks2ntracing the Michael Powell-James Finlayson connection. If there is one. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/doh/07 Apr 2026 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwwiooxks2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3minughngls2aThe loud opinions of Tarantino collide with an unproduced script by the Coens. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/on-spec/04 Apr 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3minughngls2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3milkqklptk2eProud and chuffed to have contributed a video essay to this beauty: https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/own-trumpet-dept/03 Apr 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3milkqklptk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3miejb2zv2k2wTwo fantastic monologues by Charles Laughton, buoyed up by judicious use of reaction shots. What's the story? Edward Dmytryk has one he wants to sell you. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/listeners/31 Mar 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3miejb2zv2k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mi7agdlwok2fClaude Miller's GARDE A VUE very very fine. Creepy crime actorfest. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/03/28/throw-the-bokeh-at-him/29 Mar 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7agdlwok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mhycrxxt7c26THE STRANGE AFFAIR is strange all right, also problematic. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/a-girl-called-fred/26 Mar 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhycrxxt7c26https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mhuyqkj2sk2cHippFest 2026 offered Anna May Wong at her VERY best, beyond anything I expected from her. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/song-sung-blue/25 Mar 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuyqkj2sk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mhnb3mjyk22tMore @HippFest! https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/babies-peggies/22 Mar 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnb3mjyk22thttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mhi46xwcg22qTwo Maurices (Elvey and Tourneur), two Alans (director Crosland and character Breck) and three Sherlocks, all in a single day @Hippfest https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/ideal-holmes/20 Mar 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhi46xwcg22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mhfozlyfdc25HippFest day 1! Grim but beautiful up north. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/outlawed/19 Mar 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhfozlyfdc25https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mhbtmrhlqk27In my memory (not what it was, admittedly) SPHERE and OUTBREAK are the same film. Am I correct?17 Mar 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbtmrhlqk27https://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mh2pidekqc2dVictor Mature hangs up his socks to dry in TIMBUKTU. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/03/15/all-this-and-timbuktu/15 Mar 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh2pidekqc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcairns.bsky.social/post/3mh2h2hif522nHOLD THAT BLONDE! seemed like it might be terrible but it was actually heaps o' fun. https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/03/14/theft-in-the-lurch/14 Mar 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:wb6mrortlpqeq6e422rr3xgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh2h2hif522n