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FILMS — NOVEMBER 2025

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(Lean 1957) The Bridge on the Riv­er Kwai
(Leach 1983) The Pirates of Penzance
(Pathé bros. 1908) La Vie chez les Lapons
(de Chomón 1908) The Lunatics
(Méliès 1908) Long Dis­tance Wire­less Pho­tog­ra­phy [Pho­togra­phie élec­trique à distance]
(McGowan 1963) The Lit­tlest Hobo [orig­i­nal series]: Ep.30 ― Double-Cross
(Hus­ton 1963) The List of Adri­an Messenger
(1908) The Last Car­tridge, an Inci­dent of the Sepoy Rebel­lion in India
(Pathé Frères 1908) The Island of St. Kil­da, Scot­land [L’Île de St Kilda]
(Horn 1965) Lost in Space: Ep.8 ― Invaders from the Fifth Dimension
(Coop­er 1908) Dreams of Toyland
(Deed 1908) Le cos­tume blanc
(Spiel­berg 1975) Jaws
(Polan­s­ki 1965) Repulsion

First-time listening for NOVEMBER 2025

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26963. (Clan­nad) Legend
26964. (Johann Got­tlieb Nau­mann) Piano Con­cer­to in B‑f
26965. (Great Big Sea) Fortune’s Favour
26966. (Clan­cy Broth­ers & Dublin­ers) Irish Drink­ing Songs
26967. (Zap Mama) Zap Mama
26968. (Clan­nad) Macalla
26969. (Jón Leifs) Geysir, pre­lu­dio per orches­tra, Op.51
26970. (Great Big Sea) Safe Upon the Shore

READING — NOVEMBER 2025

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25464. (Sebas­t­ian Sali­cru) Emo­tion­al Free­dom Tech­niques in Men­tal Health Care [arti­cle]
25465. (Patrizia Nanz) What Kind of Inno­va­tion for Europe’s Future? Uni­ver­si­ties as 
. . . . . Anchors for a Rad­i­cal Change [arti­cle]
25466. (Mark Lil­la) The Reck­less Mind ― Intel­lec­tu­als in Politics
25467. (Philip Men­sah) Strength­en­ing Mar­itime Secu­ri­ty for Ocean Sus­tain­abil­i­ty within 
. . . . . Namibia’s Green Econ­o­my Tran­si­tion [arti­cle]
25468. (Her­shey H. Fried­man) The Edu­ca­tion Irony: When Col­lege Degrees Lead to 
. . . . . Unem­ploy­ment, Mind­less Think­ing, Debt, and Despair [arti­cle]
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Image of the Month — NOVEMBER 2025

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FILMS — OCTOBER 2025

Posted by on October 31, 2025 No comments

(McGowan 1963) The Lit­tlest Hobo [orig­i­nal series]: Ep.17 ― Hon­ored Guest
(Alt­man 1970) Brew­ster McCloud
(Mar­shall 1953) Houdini
(Clax­ton 1972) Night of the Lepus
(1907) Van­cou­ver Street Scenes
(de Chomón 1907) The Red Spectre
*(Miyaza­ki 1989) Kik­i’s Deliv­ery Ser­vice [魔女の宅急便]
(Guy 1907) Le Bal­lon dirige­able ‘Le patrie” [The Diri­gi­ble “Home­land”]
(Mof­fat 2018) Pock­et­man and Cargoboy
(Stan­ley 1965) Lost in Space: Ep.7 ― My Friend, Mr. Nobody
(Omori 1989) Godzil­la vs Biol­lante [ゴジラVSビオランテ; Goji­ra tai Biorante]
(Epstein 1984) The Times of Har­vey Milk

First-time listening for OCTOBER 2025

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26951. (Ayako Hot­ta-Lis­ter) The Japan­ese Koto
26952. (Great Big Sea) Courage & Patience & Grit
26953. (Hein­rich Isaac) Motet: Optime pastor
26954. (Hein­rich Isaac) Motet: Tota pul­chra es
26955. (Hein­rich Isaac) Motet: Regi­na caeli laetare
26956. (Hein­rich Isaac) Motet: Res­ur­rexi et adhuc tecum sum
26957. (Hein­rich Isaac) Motet: Vir­go prudentissima
26958. (Clan­nad) Fuaim
26959. (Q‑Feel) Q‑Feel
26960. (Miles Davis) Cookin’
26961. (Clan­cy Broth­ers & Rob­bie O’Connell) Tunes ‘n’ Tales of Ireland
26962. (Fer­ruc­cio Busoni) Con­cert­stück for Piano & Orches­tra, Op.31a

READING — OCTOBER 2025

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25458. (Richard J. Evans) Hitler’s Peo­ple ― The Faces of the Third Reich
25459. (Erik Ring­mar) Order in a Bor­der­less World: Nomads Con­front Glob­al­iza­tion [arti­cle]
25460. (Dim­itrij Mlekuž Vrhovnik) Neolith­ic and Cop­per Age Set­tle­ment Dynam­ics in 
. . . . . the West­ern Carpathi­an Basin and the Alps [arti­cle]
25461. (Mon­i­ca Ittusard­ju­at) The Scarf and the But­ter­fly ― A Graph­ic Mem­oir of Hope 
. . . . . and Heal­ing [ill. Coco Apun­nguaq & Scott Plumbe]
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Image of the Month — OCTOBER 2025

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FILMS — SEPTEMBER 2025

Posted by on September 30, 2025 No comments

(Ran­jith 2014) Madras
(Elve­bakk 2014) Bal­let Boys
(McGowan 1963) The Lit­tlest Hobo [orig­i­nal series]: Ep.14 ― The Silent Witness
(1903) French Food Com­e­dy [unknown title]
(Mann 1955) Marty
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First-time listening for SEPTEMBER 2025

Posted by on September 30, 2025 No comments

25441. (Gary M. Fein­man & Lin­da M. Nicholas) Teoti­hua­can and Oax­a­ca ― Assessing 
. . . . . Pre­his­pan­ic Rela­tions [arti­cle]
25442. (Nivi­aq kor­neliussen) Homo Sapi­enne [tr. Inès Jorgensen]
26946. (Alessan­dro Stradel­la) Lib­er­a­trice del Popo­lo Hebreo, Ora­to­rio [d. Ferrari; 
. . . . . Pic­co­lo, Franzetti, Norrington]
26947. (Great Big Sea) Turn
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