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1955: Marilyn Monroe captured on film by a 15-year-old

“The film from which these stills were taken was shot by Peter Mangone, aged 15.  Marilyn Monroe, aged 29 had just divorced Joe DiMaggio and was living at the Gladstone Hotel.  Peter had been skipping classes to stake out the star and take photographs.  On this ...

Bleep Blap Bloop

In the battle of the sexes, have you ever wondered who makes a better laser-gun sound effect? Or who can mutter the best light saber sound? Or are guys better than girls at sound effects? Filmmakers Marcella Coad and Paul Constantakis put these questions to ...

Advent Thanksgiving: Nico and Warhol as Batman and Robin

by Rhian Bowley on DECEMBER 3, 2011 in ADVENT, WORDS My Advent Thanksgiving series is a series of posts about stuff I liked in 2011. Music, books, tv, games, handsome gentlemen – you get the idea. Have you already seen these? Quite possibly the best photos I’ve seen this year (thank you Chris) these ...