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Month: June 2023

The skull beneath the skin

The first X-rated film I saw was The Long Good Friday. It was 1981, I was nineteen, and a little apprehensive about the promised violence that only someone of the age I had now attained was permitted to see. The opening scenes of the film were confusing. Money was being changed hands, clearly illicitly. TheRead More

Luke McKernan June 16, 2023October 6, 2023Leave a comment

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