Elaine Kraf

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Blue Lights Gleaming & Walls of Flaming Orange: The Lost Novels of Elaine Kraf

As Elaine Kraf's The Princess of 72nd Street is added to the Penguin Modern Classics roster, Kat Lister re-examines the author's legacy and talks to Kraf's daughter about putting together the pieces of the life of one of the most neglected and most radical novelists of the 1970s

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Memories Of The Future: Terminator Salvation Reviewed

As the Terminator franchise gets a gritty reboot in the style of _Batman Begins_ and _Casino Royale_ Dave Moats misses the fantastical future alluded to in the early films.

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Why We Should Listen To Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Score As Musique Concrete

Following the sad passing of Master of Horror Tobe Hooper, Charlie Brigden talks to composer Wayne Bell about the work that went in to the soundtrack of his most infamous and terrifying work, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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Simon Jablonski’s Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column

This week Simon Jablonski reviews John Carpenter's The Ward, as well as The Portuguese Nun and NEDS

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Preview: Thirty Years of Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth’s fifth album – and defining statement – is being given the tribute it’s long deserved with a new film by Lance Bangs and a new cut of Charles Atlas’ seminal doc, Put Blood in the Music

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Footage At The Borderlands: Horror Writer Adam Nevill’s Cinematic Baker’s Dozen

With his new novel 'Lost Girl' out now, horror author Adam Nevill recommends his favourite recent horror films to Sean Kitching. You are going to want to work through this list.

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Never Say Never: Idris Elba And The James Bond Casting Controversy

Brogan Morris examines the recent fuss over the idea of Idris Elba being cast as James Bond and argues that there hasn't ever been a 'true' portrayal of the iconic spy.

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Comfort Of Strangers: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wandering 2010s

To mark the release of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's To The Ends of The Earth, Patrick Preziosi explores how the new film contextualises and capitalises on the director's last decade

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Pet Shop Boys Share Live Cover Of Blur’s ‘Girls & Boys’

Their take on the track features on a new concert DVD release

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A Family Affair: Claire Denis’ 35 Shots Of Rum Reviewed

Legendary auteur Claire Denis' intimate portrait of a Parisian family is that rare film with a mostly black cast that doesn't make race its focus. Antoinette Fernandez examines the triumphs and pitfalls of this little gem

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Ultraviolence: On Color Out Of Space And Adapting Lovecraft

With Richard Stanley's new take on HP Lovecraft's material in cinemas with Color Out of Space, now is the time to wrestle with the horror author's difficult legacy, finds Mary Beth McAndrews

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Samurai Of The Beholder: Kurosawa’s Legacy Reassessed

With the Blu-Ray box set of Kurosawa's influential Samurai films available now, David Moats analyses the director's influence on Hollywood and wonders whether it could have been very different

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Fuller Beans: A Fuller Life Reviewed

Nick MacWilliam reviews a new documentary on the iconoclastic director of Shock Corridor, Sam Fuller

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Clark’s Desert Boo: Larry Clark’s Marfa Girl Reviewed

Patrick Smith ponders controversial director Larry Clark's latest offering

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No Image: A King Rocker Conversation with Stewart Lee, Michael Cumming And Robert Lloyd

Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee bring the story of Robert Lloyd and The Nightingales through insightful, lively conversations – and Neil Fox has one of his own with all three to celebrate the release

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Mickey Rourke Interviewed: Plus Hollywood’s Greatest Comebacks

Chris Roberts gets personal with Mickey Rourke and The Quietus remembers more of cinema's greatest comeback stories

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Love Floods In: Jeanie Finlay’s Seahorse

Jeanie Finlay's latest documentary focusing on a 30-year-old transgender man who wants to have a baby finds light in the journey, finds Katie Goh

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Elaine Kraf

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Blue Lights Gleaming & Walls of Flaming Orange: The Lost Novels of Elaine Kraf

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A Family Affair: Claire Denis’ 35 Shots Of Rum Reviewed

Ultraviolence: On Color Out Of Space And Adapting Lovecraft

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Fuller Beans: A Fuller Life Reviewed

Clark’s Desert Boo: Larry Clark’s Marfa Girl Reviewed

No Image: A King Rocker Conversation with Stewart Lee, Michael Cumming And Robert Lloyd

Mickey Rourke Interviewed: Plus Hollywood’s Greatest Comebacks

Love Floods In: Jeanie Finlay’s Seahorse

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Blue Lights Gleaming & Walls of Flaming Orange: The Lost Novels of Elaine Kraf

Help Support The Quietus in 2025

Most Popular

The Multitudes in Us: Kae Tempest’s Favourite Records

Sheer Momentum: Jack Barnett of These New Puritans’ Favourite Music

The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 (In Association with Norman Records)

Uneasy on the Ear: An Interview with Lola De La Mata

Inner Ear: Serbian Music for April by Jakub Knera

Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums

“This is My Happening – and it Freaks Me Out!”: 10 of the All-Time Weirdest Rock’n’Roll Movies

Reissue of the Week: The Three E.P.’s by The Beta Band

Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

Simulation Dismantled: Beside Myself by DJ Haram

Songs Are Syringes: Kristin Hersh On Her Favourite Tracks

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

Previously Read

Memories Of The Future: Terminator Salvation Reviewed

Why We Should Listen To Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Score As Musique Concrete

Simon Jablonski’s Weekly Independent Cinema Reviews Column

Preview: Thirty Years of Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation

Footage At The Borderlands: Horror Writer Adam Nevill’s Cinematic Baker’s Dozen

Never Say Never: Idris Elba And The James Bond Casting Controversy

Comfort Of Strangers: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wandering 2010s

Pet Shop Boys Share Live Cover Of Blur’s ‘Girls & Boys’

A Family Affair: Claire Denis’ 35 Shots Of Rum Reviewed

Ultraviolence: On Color Out Of Space And Adapting Lovecraft

Samurai Of The Beholder: Kurosawa’s Legacy Reassessed

Fuller Beans: A Fuller Life Reviewed

Clark’s Desert Boo: Larry Clark’s Marfa Girl Reviewed

No Image: A King Rocker Conversation with Stewart Lee, Michael Cumming And Robert Lloyd

Mickey Rourke Interviewed: Plus Hollywood’s Greatest Comebacks

Love Floods In: Jeanie Finlay’s Seahorse

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