Roma (2018)
I recently wrote about an original Netflix release, The Apostle, and how I feared that films that have limited theatrical releases may affect the ultimate viewing pleasure of that film.… Continue reading "Roma (2018)"
Tag: Drama
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Shoplifters (2018)
Quite often a film can be built up with unreasonable expectations, which was what I feared would be the case from the latest offering from Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda, Shoplifters.… Continue reading "Shoplifters (2018)"
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).
Martin Scorsese has never been a stranger to controversy. In 1981 John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan having been apparently inspired by an infatuation with Jodi Foster and Scorsese’s 1976 film Taxi Driver in which Robert De Niro’s… Continue reading "The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)."
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All About Nina (2018).
In a very small independent film, writer Eva Vives makes her feature length directorial debut with All About Nina. It tells a compelling story of Nina (the fabulous Mary Elizabeth… Continue reading "All About Nina (2018)."
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Three Colors: Red (1994).
Valentine is a model, living alone in a small apartment. By day she works and does ballet to keep fit. At night she pines after Michel, her distant, paranoid and… Continue reading "Three Colors: Red (1994)."
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Three Colors: White (1994).
***SPOILER WARNING*** I must admit, if I’d watched Three Colors: White in isolation, I probably would’ve dismissed it. It’s an interesting film which generates a fair few laughs and more than… Continue reading "Three Colors: White (1994)."
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First Man (2018).
Though not the awe-inspiring adventure that some might hope for or expect from a film about Neil Armstrong stepping out onto the moon (an historical event that took a surprisingly… Continue reading "First Man (2018)."
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939).
One of the innate powers of film is the ability to take a subject which is steeped in the culture, politics, language and values of a particular place or country,… Continue reading "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)."
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The Truman Show (1998) – A tale of Reality TV told when it was still just fantasy.
*** SPOILER WARNING *** One of the most significant themes in film history involves the questioning of reality, of what is real. It’s a sub-genre of film which crosses various main… Continue reading "The Truman Show (1998) – A tale of Reality TV told when it was still just fantasy."
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).
F. W. Murnau’s 1927 classic Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is a film about sex and love, about lust and family, about money and poverty. It is a paean of marriage, a film… Continue reading "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)."