While many may have taken up a chorus of Auld Lang Syne as the clock struck midnight on the new year, few likely knew the meaning of the words first put to paper by Robbie Burns back in 1788. The old… Read More ›
1940’s
I Reveal Myself, One Mask at a Time: New Year’s Eve Costume Inspiration
From The Masque of the Red Death to Eyes Wide Shut, the masked ball has been a fixture of our collective imaginations since the late medieval period, waxing and waning in popularity throughout Carnival celebrations in the 15th century, Renaissance Italy in the 16th… Read More ›
Silent Sundays: The Devil’s Hand (1942)
Still from 1942’s La Main du Diable (released as The Devil’s Hand in the UK and Carnival of Sinners in the USA), directed by Maurice Tourneur (via les sources d’une île). Related Posts: – Silent Sundays: Madam Satan (1930) – Silent Sundays: Trepanation (1944) – Silent Sundays: La Bibliothèque Infernale (1860)
The Year of Halloween 