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Documentary about Space Age Inspired Design

Mar 30th 2010 by Christopher

Film Atomic Lounge is a 90 minute documentary that looks back at the Space-Age inspired architecture, design, fashion, and lifestyle of post-WWII America. The film will explore the conditions that led to a unique time in history when Americans experienced a dual sense of optimism for the future and fear of impeding nuclear holocaust. This period represents the critical point in the Western world when a culture of sincerity, confidence and conformity gave way to a general atmosphere of irony and pessimism. More information about the documentary at Scribble Media. ( continue reading... )

The Cocktail Nation - Queens Of Vintage

Episode 266    May 12th 2013

This week we talk to the publisher of an online magazine called Queens Of Vintage, her name is Lena Weber and recently she interviewed me in her kings of vintage portion of the website so I thought we should have her on to talk vintage culture and the English scene. Plus the best exotica and lounge music from across the globe.

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Roy Budd Plays the Get Carter Theme

Mar 26th 2010 by Christopher

Film Get Carter starring Sir Michael Caine was released in 1971 and is most likely the best and most well known British gangster movie ever made. Not only does it create an excellent gritty, eerie and gloomy 1970s gray industrial look – but also features a very tasty score by composer and jazz musician Roy Budd, a musical prodigy already having completed a vast musical repertoire at the young age of 8. The above videos document Mr. Budd playing the main theme for the movie accompanied with the opening scene and under it the original uncut trailer for the movie. If ( continue reading... )

A Great List of Retro Christmas Themed Movies

Dec 24th 2009 by Christopher

A Great List of Retro Christmas Themed Movies
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Film Claudia from The Paris Apartment have compiled a list of great Christmas movies from the past that will no doubt get in anyone the perfect holiday jingle-jangle mood! Classics such as Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas and Holiday Inn are just a few of these retro gems from times gone by. Head over to her blog to see the full list of movies. Happy ( read more... )

Classic Exploitation Movies

Dec 18th 2009 by Christopher

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Film Exploitation films are usually films that exploit a certain part of for instance popular culture and everyday life such as ethnicity, zombies, bikers or even sex. These types of films were especially common in the 1960s and 1970s, screened at drive-ins and grind houses and by a few years later often gaining a cult reputation and a horde of followers. The plot in these movies ( read more... )

Three Classic Sci-Fi Movies from the Past

Oct 30th 2009 by Guest

Three Classic Sci-Fi Movies from the Past
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Film Contributor Klara have been busy time traveling into the golden age of science fiction, on a mission to find three classics that will please and catch the imagination of the readers of Ultra Swank. So, head out to the launchpad and strap your self in, our rocket’s first stop is the moon! Destination Moon (1950) – The next rocket we build is going to the ( read more... )

Visual Accoustics Celebrates Photographer Julius Shulman

Oct 14th 2009 by Christopher

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Film This documentary about the life of famed photographer Julius Shulman looks very appealing to me. If you have been reading my earlier architecture posts you will immediately know who I am referring to. Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away this ( read more... )