Almanac Cinema: My 25 Favourite Movie Opening Sequences (9-5)

Ian Wilson’s favourite opening sequences in film enters its top 10 with some iconic cinema from the 1960s to the 1990s and Brooklyn backdrops featuring prominently.

Almanac Music (and Poetry): ‘Lacrimosa’ from Mozart’s Requiem

Prose and poetry combine in this piece by KD about working as a cinema usher in Melbourne in the mid-1980s – the focus is upon one of his all-time favourite films and pieces of music.

Almanac Poetry: A Change in the Atmosphere

Kevin Densley describes this week’s poem as “full-on Gothic horror”; eat your heart out, Poe!