#culver

Poule d'eau - Il construit un nid en forme de bol avec des roseaux et des tiges dans les feuillages au bord de l'eau et défend jalousement son territoire, surtout en période de reproduction.

and here are the two of us:

and here’s the lake with the mellow soporific soundtrack of rain on the leaves:

Common woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)

Phil’s bit: Having caught up with so much music through the pandemic, in the second half of this year I’ve moved my focus over onto movies. Like anyone, I like movies, but I concentrate so hard on music that I don’t get to see anywhere near enough of them (first ever viewings this week, for instance, include the likes of both the OG Terminator & Die Hard, although generally my tastes often waver between the unlikely twin peaks of low brow comedies & arthouse fare). 

I asked a couple of film-watching buddies for suggestions & this is the first of them, c/o Lee Stokoe aka Culver (also delve way back through this blog to find a music-centred interview with him from about 15 years ago). Varied stuff, although the general emphasis here is probably a bit different to my own! Over to Lee...

If I had to compile a balanced (not all Argento + Fulci) list of a kind of "representative" top 10:

Suspiria [OG]

City of the Living Dead

Xtro

Silip: Daughters of Eve

Shivers

Texas Chainsaw Massacre [OG]

Friday the 13th

The Turin Horse

Unwilling Lovers

Buio Omega/Beyond the Darkness

Should be in there but aren't for some reason:

Mad Max/Mad Max 2

Bonus Duo:

Confessions of a Pop Performer

The Fiend

But really, how do you narrow it down that much... there are no Leone westerns in there for a start... no Hammer, no Pete Walker, Jess Franco, Jean Rollin, Norman Warren...

Top xmas films?

DON'T OPEN 'TILL CHRISTMAS

SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT

CHRISTMAS EVIL

BLACK CHRISTMAS

SANTA CLAUSE CONQUERS THE MARTIANS

DIE HARD

GREMLINS

ON HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE