Recent content by Doctor Strange

I found a steal at the local flea market yesterday - a famous-model photographic tripod, early 70s vintage but in outstanding condition... for ten dollars. (These go for $80 to $150 on eBay.) The "Tiltall" is heavy duty aluminum and steel beast, a post-war product that's justly famous. I...

Edward, you might recall that I was very favorably impressed with the WPG A-2 replica for the price: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/what-price-glory-replica-a-2-review.96597/ I ended up selling mine to a friend because its trim-but-long cut didn't really work on my short/wide frame...

The Return (2024) If you're a lifelong fan of The Odyssey like me, you'll want to see this retelling of the last act of the story. Ralph Fiennes plays Odysseus washing up on the shores of Ithaca as human wreckage, a hardened soldier with PTSD after 20 years of war and wandering. This broken...

A very recent (2025) SF/horror flick, Companion. This is pretty much your usual sexbot-goes-rogue story, but it's not the typical dreck. (Wifelike, anyone?) It features a clever script and good performances, with a couple of interesting surprises. It's no classic on the level of Ex Machina...

A couple of b/w FILM photos I recently took for an opening-this-weekend exhibition about the decline and resurgence of Beacon, NY. Three other photographers shot with digital gear, but the venue director also wanted some old-school film images. This is my first time with photos in a proper art...

I saw this film theatrically in its original run... oddly enough, on the actual date when the film shows Wells arriving in 1979! I like the film a lot... apart from its horribly schlepped-out third act, with the whole police and Amy's roommate suspense sequence. That's just an exhausting...

Past Lives (2023) A solid little indie picture, probably the best dramatic film I've seen in the last couple of years. This was my second viewing, but I don't think I posted the first time. Past Lives is an assured, fascinating first feature from writer/director Celine Song - I'm going to...

Frank, some of us long-timers (25+ years for me!) are still reading everyday but don't have much to write about. I'm retired with little disposable income, so I'm way past my period of buying jackets and hats regularly, and I can't really comment on the current market. I don't watch as much...

Worf, I remember seeing the broadcast of the Dan Curtis/Jack Palance version of Dracula and enjoying it... But the seventies TV adaptation of Dracula that's really worth seeking out is the 1977 BBC Count Dracula with Louis Jourdan and Frank Finlay. You've seen that one, haven't you? Despite...

Um, I don't think he's referring to the Akubra Cattleman, but to the traditional cattleman crease seen on many western hats, which features long center and side dents.

Edward... Don't get your hopes up about Renfield. It's essentially a one-joke idea, mainly notable for giving Nic Cage a shot at grotesquely overplaying Dracula. And we've discussed AMC's Interview with the Vampire series and how every decision they've made to take it further from a straight...

Edward, I dragged myself to a theater to see Nosferatu and I was underwhelmed. Don't get me wrong, I like Robert Eggers' films, especially The VVitch, but I didn't think he brought enough new/interesting aspects to this version. I've been a huge Dracula fan forever (I had a Bela Lugosi...

I've been wearing the Sterkowski wool "Fiddler" I got last month quite a lot. More than my usual fedoras or my old B!Wear wool caps.

I'm sure I posted this on this thread MANY years ago. Alas, it's just anecdotal, but it seems appropriate to follow what Jon Crow said: I had two blue N3-Bs with orange linings, both purchased from the same Bronx Army-Navy store about five years apart, that I wore through high school and...

The Elvis cap is really more of a summer or three-season wearer. It's lined, but it's only made of cotton and includes four vent grommets. I already put it away for winter. In contrast, the Fiddler is unvented wool. Its warmth seems comparable to the two B!Wear wool newsboy caps I've worn...