I can’t exist by myself because I’m afraid of myself, because I’m the maker of my own evil.
POSSESSION (1981) dir. Andrzej Żuławski
Favorite Film from Every Year
1954: Creature from the Black LagoonWe didn’t come here to fight with monsters. We’re not equipped for it. We came here to find fossils.
Ten Notorious French Pirates
Piracy has involved many nationalities over the centuries, but one of the prominent groups in the medieval and early modern periods was the French pirates, who terrorised the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean. French writers often preferred to use the term filibuster (filibustier) and corsair (corsaire) for pirates who operated as privateers, and here are presented ten such figures who have made their mark in the annals of crimes at sea.
