The Sunday dozen

John Wyver writes: As I manage to do on most Sundays here is a collection of links to stuff that I have found interesting and rewarding over the past week. The header image, which seems suitably seasonal, is ‘Paddling at the beach in Zandvoort’ by the German firm of Knackstedt & Näther, from 1900 – 1905; the image is part of the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. • Red & Black – Hollywood Left and the Blacklist: Ehsan Khoshbakht’s retrospective for this year’s Locarno Film Festival could not be more timely; I’m not there, but the full and tantalising list of films means I can recreate much of it at home; see also the press release for background, and there is a six-part podcast as well. • Turbulent waters – The cinema of Jean Epstein: a welcome introduction to the French filmmaker by Leonardo Goi for MUBI Notebook. • Careless whispers: what really happened between George Michael and Lindsay Anderson? The Wham! movie producer reveals all: a great tale by Martin Lewis for the…