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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 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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