Robert Hensley-King (@robertusrex.bsky.social)

Robert Hensley-King

@robertusrex.bsky.social

Toronto | Research, writing, teaching: film | Fan of music and literature.

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Robert Hensley-King

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theguardian.com‘We did everything wrong!’ The tragedy of the hit-free band behind Blondie’s Hanging on the TelephoneThey gigged wildly, helped other groups to fame and their songwriting brilliance gave Blondie a signature track. Could a deathbed wish now see the Nerves finally making it big?

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The Cats of Istanbul

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Blackie ❤️| A Brave Black Istanbul Cat 🐈‍⬛ #cat #cats #catsofbluesky #catpics #catlover #Blueskyねこ部 #caturday #nature #kittens #catsofistanbul #photography #catsky #istanbul #kitten #streetphoto #streetphotography #photographersofbluesky #naturephotography #blackcat #blackcats

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#NP

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#TheCureFriday

youtu.beA Few Hours After This...YouTube video by The Cure - Topic

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On Wednesdays we wear black

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theguardian.comVeggie Thursdays and vegan surprises! How Ghent became a plant-based paradiseIn 2014, 13% of the population of this Belgian city described themselves as flexitarian. This year, 83% did. Here is how everyone was convinced to eat their greens – and love them

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Cheers!

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My Uber is here

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Come closer and see…

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Holiday weekend 😉

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theguardian.com‘We look like soft, made-up blokes, but we’re really tough’: Duran Duran on 80s excess, tabloid scrutiny and their Halloween glow-upThey spent their heyday on yachts, then rolled up their sleeves in the wilderness years. Ahead of a Halloween show at the O2, pop’s great survivors explain their staying power

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This Twilight Garden live in New York #TheCureFriday

youtu.beThe Cure - This Twilight Garden - Live multi cam - Madison Square Garden 2016YouTube video by David N Johnson

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Nobel Prize

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BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”

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On Wednesdays We Wear Black

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theguardian.com‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose‘When I couldn’t do the spitting scene, Sean took me aside and said: “Ron, if you don’t actually spit in my face, we’ll be here all day.” So I let one fly – and kept having to redo it’

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The end of the weekend is approaching… Cheers!

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#NowPlaying

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#NowPlaying

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Happy Friday!

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My pansies made it to October

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theguardian.com‘We wanted it to be a battlecry’: how Republica made 90s anthem Ready to Go‘The day Saff came into the studio with red hair, I said, “We’re gonna be massive!” It was the missing link’

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Happy Sunday

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#TheCureFriday

youtu.beTHE CURE - Cold ( Live On Paris Studio Davout (1982)YouTube video by Old School Legacy

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theguardian.comMy dad was a monster! Sara Karloff on reviving Frankenstein, 95 years onBoris Karloff’s daughter and composer Michael Shapiro, whose musical score for the 1931 film is finally coming to London, talk about how it became a much-loved classic

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21 Sept

theguardian.com‘Being in Madness kept some of them out of jail’: how the baggy-trousered nutty boys made a guerrilla cinema classicFrom a jail-inspired light sabre fight to the moment a sax-player flew, Take It or Leave It brilliantly captured the band’s grimy origins. Will the film’s return see it finally honoured as a music mov...

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20 Sept

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19 Sept

Back to crates and pints… Cheers!

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14 Sept

My next film at #TIFF26

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14 Sept

variety.comCamera-Shy Chrissie Hynde on Finally Allowing a Definitive Doc to Be Made About the Pretenders, Bowing in Toronto: ‘I Just Wanted to Be in a Band. I’ve Never Graduated Beyond That Initial Interest in ...Chrissie Hynde and director Joss Crowley talk about persuading her to talk for 'Pretenders,' an overdue band documentary at the Toronto Film Festival.

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13 Sept

Never mind Glastonbury’s ‘teatime legends’, I’m off to a brunch premiere of Pretenders this morning at #TIFF26

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12 Sept

Cheers!

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12 Sept

#TheCureFriday (transferred)

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#TheCureFriday (On Saturday😊) All I Want youtu.be/dljRQjwDq8M?...

youtu.beThe Cure - All I Want - Madison Square Garden NYC NY 2016-06-19 HD1080YouTube video by allbearsrule

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11 Sept

Starting soon #TIFF26

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11 Sept

#TIFF26

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9 Sept

Share A Smile 😁🖤

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Albums200

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7 Sept

The site is no more, I’m carrying on (sorry) and reveiws will b on Substack now, thanks if u read the latest. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited albums200.substack.com/p/bob-dylan-...