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Poster by Luke Insect & Kenn Goodall.<\/em><\/p>\n In recent years I’ve had little patience for British cinema: too much dour “realism” with little of Alan Clarke’s vitality, too many comedies that aren’t funny, too many Hollywood calling cards, too much Colin Firth… So it’s been a pleasure to see Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio<\/em> followed this month by Ben Wheatley’s A Field In England<\/em>, a pair of films that stand out by daring to be different in a medium which seems to grow more creatively conservative with each passing year. A Field In England<\/em> adds to the micro-genre of weird British films set around the time of the English Civil War. In place of witchfinders and devil worshippers we have magic, murder, madness, and a field of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Wheatley, like Strickland, takes risks that wouldn’t be allowed with a bigger budget which makes me excited to see what they’ll be doing next. A Field In England<\/em> is already out on DVD & Blu-ray<\/a>. The trailer is here<\/a>. The director talked to Mat Colegate<\/a> about the genesis of the film (spoiler alert). There’s more big hats and cloaks in this list<\/a> of ten 17th century films.<\/p>\n \u2022 “I like to look at men\u2026the way they look at women,” photographer Ingrid Berthon-Moine<\/a> says about her pictures of sculpted testicles.<\/p>\n \u2022 Roger Dean has finally sued James Cameron<\/a> over the designs for Avatar<\/em>. Will be interesting to see how this one turns out.<\/p>\n \u2022 Google has taken its Street View cameras to Battleship Island, “the most desolate city on earth<\/a>“.<\/p>\n \u2022 The strange fantasy novels of Edward Whittemore<\/a> are available again in digital editions<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Julia Holter<\/a> talks about her forthcoming Gigi<\/em>-inspired album Loud City Song<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Pinterest: Maneki-neko<\/a>, the beckoning cat of good fortune.<\/p>\n \u2022 Beautiful Books<\/a>: Decorative Publishers’ Cloth Bindings.<\/p>\n \u2022 The abstract paintings of Hilma af Klint<\/a> (1862\u20131944).<\/p>\n \u2022 Lee Brown Coye<\/a> illustrates August Derleth in 1945.<\/p>\n \u2022 Bill Laswell’s discography<\/a> intimidates the collector.<\/p>\n \u2022 Mix of the week: Kit Mix #23 by Joseph Burnett<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Soundcarriers: Last Broadcast<\/em><\/a> (2010) | Signals<\/em><\/a> (2010) | This Is Normal<\/a><\/em> (2012)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Poster by Luke Insect & Kenn Goodall. 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