Just had a marvellous day showing films at Aston Hall as part of this year’s Book Bash, along with special guest and old friend Paul Shallcross who went down a storm accompanying the joyous mayhem of Laurel and Hardy. We’ll be back there tomorrow, without Paul but with a oneoff screening of animated feature Eleanor’s Secret. Next week we’ll be giving away a couple of DVDs of the film on the blog, and will also post a couple of photos from the event.

There was a disappointing lack of Rapture today, but to get you in the ‘end of days’ mood here are some snaps from last week’s Post-Apocalyptic Walk-In Movie.

The other night my daughter gave me back a sliver of the edge I thought I’d lost, by stomping downstairs and demanding that I turn this down:

…From back in the day when shooting a music video meant daft dancing, graffiti and lots of crash zooms. Tonight I’m showing a little selection of early 90s videos as part of an Eastside knees-up at VIVID called Cakeology, also featuring such Birmingham luminaries as DJ Gershwin and Jock Lee. And if you’re sauntering through the rag market in search of an adapter or some sari fabric this weekend, bear in mind that twenty years ago the place looked like this.

Just been sent the link to this amazing helmet-cam view of a downhill bike race in Valparaiso, Chile. Listen to your heart-rate going up as you watch it…

Reminds me of the sports-car view of early morning Paris in C’etait un Rendezvous, but with a stronger sense of imminent death. The dog cameo is brilliant, and I swear about halfway through you can actually hear the rider chuckle.

Via Film Ficciones.