byronic :: mad bad and dangerous to know

“For those of us whose identity (sexual, racial, national or otherwise) is involuntarily ambiguous, who have to make the best of our inauthenticity, David Bowie has been a kind of secular saint...

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“Here’s the thing about growing up: You don’t know when it happens until later, but if you could catch it, it would be an amazingly quick moment” - Wisdom can be found in the most unlik...

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suchasadaffair : > I’ll ask you one more time. Tell the truth. Are you a good boy? > A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT | Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014

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Excuse me for a moment, but just how well is Kenneth Branagh ageing?  

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About MeBA | MA | PhD Italian, Londoner. Ex lecturer in film, literature, theatre and cultural studies. Beginner in the film industry. I have also sinned in the realm of drama, although moderately.Favourite tagsanton chekhov | art | baseball | bruce springsteen | buster keaton | design | eddie izzard | federico garcia lorca | film | food | guys in ties | italy | john irving | london | music | my life | photography | politics | ralph fiennes | reviews | space | theatre | tigers | travel | whales | writing | Byronic [bai'ra:-nik] 1. Characteristic of, or after the manner of Byron or his poetry. 2. quasi-n. pl. [after Philippics.] Declamatory utterances or invectives in the style of Byron. 3. Byronic hero: prominent literary character type of the Romantic period, whose characteristics include: extraordinary intelligence and perception; high level of education and intellectual prowess; arrogance; cunning and manipulation; emotional conflictedness; moodiness; self-criticism and introspection; self-destructive behaviour; aesthetic sophistication; dark mysterious beauty; powers of attraction; seductiveness and sexual perversion; world-weariness; distaste for social institutions and norms; disrespect of social ranks; being an outcast, an outlaw, or an exile. Things You Should KnowYou don’t have to call me Doctor.I worship at the Church of Springsteen. I’m a card-carrying ophidiophobe.“This is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.” ContactEmail me (with anti-spam) Ask me a questionSend me your Guys in Ties My Other HomesFlickrFlavors.meInstagramJunkiePopMovies in FramesF*ck Yeah! Bruce Springsteen var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-12325227-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}

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Let me tell you a brief story about International Women’s Day. At 7am this morning I popped down to the local Budgens to get Lemsip because B is poorly (and it’s partly my fault as I’ve b...

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      Have you forgotten what we were like then       when we were still first rate       and the day came fat with an apple in its mouth       it’s no use worrying about Time...

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kateoplis : > The Book >  YES

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I adore Paul Thomas Anderson but really struggled with The Master, so I’m delighted to see we’re finally back on. IV presents some unusual characteristics for a PTA film, particularly where h...

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All happy families are happy in the same way, but ours is special. 

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If I rest for a moment near The Equestrian pausing for a liver sausage sandwich in the Mayflower Shoppe, that angel seems to be leading the horse into Bergdorf’s and I am naked as a table cloth...

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Lichtgrenze (light border), an installation to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall #BerlinerMauer. Between 1990 and 1991, aged 10, I first became aware of politics beyond ...

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AP Photo/Steffi Loos Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters Pawel Kopczynski / Reuters Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters AP Photo/Steffi Loos nevver : > Installation to ma...

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R.E.M. - Strange Currencies I don’t know why you’re mean to me When I call on the telephone And I don’t know what you mean to me But I want to turn you on, turn you up, figure you out,...

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“Everything is going so well. You bet on the downfall of this country and you won.” Forget The Great Beauty, forget I Am Love: Paolo Virzì’s Human Capital is the most perceptive and imag...

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britishfilminstitute : > You know you’ve made it when a laundrette pays tribute to you!  >  > PS: You can catch In The Mood For Love at BFI Southbank THIS MONTH >�...

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This is what I’m doing on Friday. It’s a crazy expensive ticket for a rep movie, but the price is right when it’s for the right cause: it’s hard to quantify just how much this film means...

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micdel : > “She’s a real Joe. You’ll fall in love with her like everybody > else.” > - Humphrey Bogart

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I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t fall asleep again. I read about Robin Williams and I’m saddened and shocked in ways that surprise me. If you had asked me eight hours ago to ...

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