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Category Archives: Rare Reviews
Review: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (BFI London Film Festival)
By all that is sane and fair, Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited adaptation of Cervantes’s monumental comic novel- Don Quixote, is finally here. While the film’s sheer existence is a cause for celebration, keeping the long and arduous journey to the screen … Continue reading
Russian Film Week II: Pagans (2017)
In the post-screening Q&A for Pagans, lead actor Valentin Samokhin and director of photography/producer, Maxim Trapo sketched out the origins of the film. The picture initially started life as a play (written by Ann Yablonskaya) that was performed twice a month in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Ann Yablonskaya, Ingmar Bergman, Lera Surkova, Maxim Trapo, Pagans, Russian Film Week, Theatre, Valentin Samokhin
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Russian Film Week II: All Will End Soon (2017)
All Will End Soon is the directorial debut from Aleksei Rybin, who previously worked in the Russian film industry as a screenwriter as well as being the guitarist for the Soviet rock band- Kino. The picture is a dramatic illustration of … Continue reading
Russian Film Week II: Attraction (2017)
Attraction is a seismic outburst of a movie. Like many of the science fiction pictures that have pervaded the history of cinema, its lens is sharply focused on the illumination of a prevalent issue and theme. In the pre-screening Q&A, … Continue reading
Brief Consideration: Twin Peaks: The Return (Part Seven- 2017)
Rarely does an episode of television inspire me to pick up my virtual pen; let alone use it to heap praise with absolute rhapsodic merriment about a medium, which I look upon with suspicion and fear. However, Part Seven (There’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Dale Cooper, David Lynch, Diane, Laura Dern, Laura Palmer, Mark Frost, Mr C, Part Seven, Season 3, Showtime, The Return, Twin Peaks
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Initial Impression: Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
While I still can’t decide whether the season finale of Twin Peaks: The Return was audacious or disappointing, I do think it’s foggy and elusive conclusion burns brightly with a universal truth. Even with the best intentions, grief cannot be … Continue reading
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Tagged Dale Cooper, David Lynch, Finale, Fire Walk With Me, Laura Palmer, Mark Frost, Season 3, Showtime, Twin Peaks
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Concise Reviews: The Planet of the Apes Series (1968-1973)
Planet of the Apes The 1968 classic is an earnest science fiction film that is as concerned with its debates as much as the unravelling of its culture and society. The film is held together by a weighty central performance … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, blogging, Cinema, film, films, movie, movies, Writing
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Concise Review: The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
The Deep Blue Sea is the cinematic equivalent of seeing an intense flame flicker and eventually extinguish in a mournful manner. The film charts the passionate affair that Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz) has with a former Second World War RAF … Continue reading
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