The Birkbeck Arts Review

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[historicaltimes]

Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev with Vladimir Putin, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 1994

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[pulpcovers]

Son of the Saddle http://bit.ly/2RadOrH

[historicaltimes]

227 gallon teapot above the Oriental Tea Company shop in Boston, Massachusetts, 1934

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[historicaltimes]

Patty Hearst robbing the Sunset District branch of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco, April 15, 1974. This was the first image that emerged of the heiress after she was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

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[historicaltimes]

French woman pours a hot cup of tea for a British soldier fighting in Normandy, 1944

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[theartofmoviestills]

The Roaring Twenties | Raoul Walsh | 1939

[theartofmoviestills]

North by Northwest | Alfred Hitchcock | 1959

[pulpcovers]

Two Loves For A Lady http://bit.ly/2GU0phI

[thewisecrackingtwenties]

THE WOMAN FROM HELL (1929)

Luciferian Mary Astor

[lizbianismo]

MARY ASTOR

[movieposteroftheday]

UK quad for SANSHO THE BAILIFF (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1954)

Designer: unknown

Poster source: Heritage Auctions

[pulpcovers]

The Love Racket http://bit.ly/2IJAyty

[pulpcovers]

Numbers Girl http://bit.ly/2HdRSts

[pulpcovers]

Experiment In Murder http://bit.ly/2wgM0tf

[pulpcovers]

Wavelink: Death! http://bit.ly/2wgwnSw

[movieposteroftheday]

Polish poster for THE PASSENGER (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy/Spain, 1975)

Designer: Bartlomiej Kuznicki

Poster source: Posteritati

[life]

Legendary French actress Jeanne Moreau well known for her roles in french new wave cinema has passed away at the age of 89 in Paris, France. She is pictured here during a visit to New York in 1960 by the great LIFE photographer Gjon Mili. (Gjon Mili—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegends #JeanneMoreau #RIP

[thebirkbeckartsreview]

Jeanne Moreau RIP.  

It was her performance in Jules et Jim which had every school boy falling in love with the French New Wave and Jeanne herself, even though she was much older than us.  RIP JM.  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/31/jeanne-moreau-star-of-jules-et-jim-dies-aged-89