BillF

I very much like Stuart Davis's work, but American painters of his era are rarely seen here, unfortunately. Don' t I remember some of his with jazz themes?

Chapman Pincher David Steel Gerda Mayer

Dionne Quintuplets Quintus Horatius Flaccus Horace Silver

Nikki Iles Miles Wanda Farr

I haven't watched Bad Education yet, so I've been warned! My little trick is to keep Wikipedia's plot summary at the ready! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Education_(film)

Fats Sadi All the Sad Young Men Jimmy Gloomy

Yes, talky and too plot-driven for my tastes. ( I always have difficulty with intricate plots.) "Las peliculas de Almodovar son muy complicadas" ("Almodovar's films are very complicated") says the teacher on the Spanish course I'm doing at the moment. I agree with you about Cruz - magnificent!

Worzel Gummidge Gene Gammage Gammer Gurton

For real ear strain you had to be listening c.1960 in Britain to Willis Conover presenting "The Voice of America Jazz Hour". Well worth putting up with the static ! AFN (American Forces Network) was another ear teaser carrying the sounds that the BBC shunned.

Other favourites are Stamboul Train, A Gun for Sale, The Confidential Agent, The Ministry of Fear, The Heart of the Matter and The End of the Affair.

Big Wiilie Magoon Melvyn Bragg Swervin' Mervyn

Returned to this little gem after just a year, plus relevant sections of the Fitzgerald biography.

The Everly Brothers Michael Eavis Elvis Costello

Joe Castro Astronuts Cosmo di Medici

Randy Oglesby Walter Gropius Dr Feelgood

Leonard Cheshire Richard Lester Danish Ali

John Barth Taps Miller Soapy Sam

Brothers Grimm Dave Tough Joseph C Harsch

Lefty Driesell Claude Rains Shower Posse

Often said to be Almodovar's best, but of those I've seen I prefer Talk to Her.

Vaughan Williams Lark Ascending Philip Larkin

Dubya Dumbo

Barry Lyndon is currently getting a cinema re-airing in this part of the world.