Entertainment

Trailer: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is the first Iranian Vampire Western ever made, Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mash-up of genre, archetype, and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave — via Youtube

Craft, Entertainment

Han Solo + Princess Leia / Tom Burns

My daughter’s eyes went wide. She was sold on the idea. This could happen. But then she turned and looked at me, But what are you going to be? She thought for a second and said Well, if I’m a Han Solo, you should probably be Princess Leia, I guess… She looked at me with an implied question in her eyes. And, c’mon, if I immediately told her YES, a girl can be Han Solo, it would’ve been pretty hypocritical of me to say Nope, a boy can’t be Princess Leia. So, as quickly as I could, I said, That would be FANTASTIC. I totally should be Leia. And that’s exactly what I did. Because that’s what dads do — via The Good Men Project

Art, Entertainment

The Raymond Chandler Map Of Los Angeles / Herb Lester Associates

If you think maps are a boring relic of a bygone age since the arrival of GPS, you obviously haven’t discovered the work of Herb Lester Associates. Which means you probably need to invest in the company’s latest work, The Raymond Chandler Map Of Los Angeles.

It’s another gem of a design, this time by Paul Rogers, with words by Kim Cooper. As you might have guessed it is a guide to Chandler’s LA, as well as the world of his alter-ego, private detective Philip Marlowe. So a mix of locations from the books, the films and Chandler’s personal life.

All of that on an A2 (folded to A6) map, which is litho-printed in England on 100 per cent recycled paper. If you want one, it’s new on, retailing for just £4 — via Retro To Go

Craft, Entertainment

DIY Tom Baker Doctor Who Rug / Kat + Cam

We love Tom Baker. And we needed a new runner carpet for our hallway. Enter this easy DIY Doctor Who rug (for under $30). Our first project in our new house. This is a plain ol’ cheap beige runner carpet from Home Depot, painted to look like Tom Baker’s iconic Doctor Who scarf — via Our Nerd Home

Entertainment

The Pan-Universal Parental Reconciliation / The Middleman

Live recording of the cast reunion/live table read of the script for The Middleman: Volume 5 – The Pan-Universal Parental Reconciliation.

Crowdfunded in 2013 by legions of loyal Middlefans, the cast and writers of the ABC Family cult hit come back together — joined by special guest star Amber Benson — for a very special, one-time-only reunion to read the script for the new Middleman graphic novel — via Youtube