North by Northwest
North by Northwest is one of my favourite films of all time. It has it all, Cary Grant, a pretty woman, baddies, trains, planes, cars and intrigue.
Films
Sunday Cinema: The Blonde Comet
The Blonde Comet is a 1941 film starring Virginia Vale and William Halligan, it follows the story of Beverly Blake (Virginia Vale), the daughter of a wealthy tire manufacturer.
Classified Moto 1982
This 30 second ad spot is a retro creation showcasing their XV920 custom that lit up the moto-tubes last year.
Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli
Anyone who grew up in the ’60s, ’70s or ’80s and says they didn’t want to be just like Fonzi is either a liar, a miscreant or a woman. All these years later the “Fonzie Touch” is a still a popular term, used to describe the habit of hitting electrical equipment in order to make it work.
Easy Rider
Easy Rider is one of those films that defined a genre, it was released in 1969 and many people don’t know that it was actually written Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern.
Sunday Cinema: The Kid Auto Race
https://youtu.be/hBkKtXs06zg?t=9 This film, named ‘Kid Auto Race‘, set a couple of significant milestones in cinema history. It was the first time the world ever…
Silodrome Sunday Cinema: The Atami Run
In a country with so many phenomenal motorcycles built right around the corner it’s a testament to the British motorcycle industry of old that even 40 or 50 years after being built these…
Deus Ex Machina by Fuel TV
Deus Ex Machina has a Bali base of operations that is a valhalla for people who’s perfect life Venn diagram consists of sun, motorcycles and the sea.
Silodrome Sunday Cinema: Run Angel Run
This innovate biker chase from the film Run Angel Run is almost a quintessential example of late-60’s early-70’s cinema.
Silodrome Sunday Cinema: Dimitri Coste Races The Catalina GP
This short film covers the Catalina GP through the eyes of Dimitri Coste, the race had not taken place for 52 years up until this point with the last race having been held in 1958.
Passo a Due – A Short Film
This film is a beautiful, slow-paced sojourn through the streets of Rome, if you’ve ever been to the Italian capital this short movie will evoke memories that perhaps snapshots couldn’t.
La Mer de Pianos – The Sea of Pianos
Though not inline with our usual features we talked about this film a great deal and decided that anyone who appreciates the intricate engineering and sense of history that goes into vintage motorcycles and automobiles will be touched by this wonderful short film by Tom Wrigglesworth and Mathieu Cuvelier.