Last night I watched 'American Fiction' (2023), Dir. Cord Jefferson. An intelligent satire on American cultural issues mostly from an Afro-American perspective. I enjoyed it very much. Here's the trailer...
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'Scoop', which is Netflix's take on Emily Maitlis's interview with the Duke of York I think 4 stars would be fair. It's ironic that, after what the people on Newsnight thought was a triumph, the programme has been subject to well publicized cut-backs.Comment
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And there was me thinking it was a dramatzation of Evelyn Waugh's novel .
Seriously, I don't think I'd enjoy it as I like the Duke of York and I don't like Emily Maitlis.Comment
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Are you seeking a quiet, contemplative, 150 minutes of slow-cinema, populated by characters of Austenesque sensibility, pondering the vast, still, vistas of the Australian desert and the mysteries of the internal combustion engine? Then you might be tempted by Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. But you’d be disappointed.Comment
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I saw this on Monday at the BFI IMAX and would agree with your summary.Originally posted by Belgrove View Post
"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
Lady Bracknell The importance of Being EarnestComment
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La Chimera - recommended.Comment
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The Eternal Daughter, Joanna Hogg's latest film is I think, her best, though my own favourite remains Archipelago. I was surprised to hear that The Souvenir is the most highly praised of her filme as, for me , it was step backwards in some ways, more conventional and less original than her others. So I was very pleased to find The Eternal Daughter so satisfying. Perhaps I should warn that misogynists are unlikely to enjoy it
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‘Restless Natives’. I showed this movie on 16mm to a local group of cinema fans using two beautiful Bell and Howell projectors in my possession. The audience absolutely loved it and cheered when I muffed the first changeover!
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'RAMS' - an oddly affecting Australian film on Film 4 starring Sam Neill, Michael Caton and Miranda Richardson. I must admit I found it difficult to decide who to side with !Comment
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I hadn't heard of 'RAMS' , but I will look it up. I like films which do not tell ius what to think, but leave it to us to decide. 'Doubts', is one, a film about an alleged scandal in a 1950s catholic high school ; and 'Asylum' another, also set in the 1950s, about a sort of prison-hospital for people judged 'guilty but insane' . Splendid performances from Natasha Richardson and Hugh Bonneville. In both cases, alternative interpretations are possible.Comment
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I didn't learn much I didn't know about the Green Book from watching 'Green Book' on BBC i-player last night, but it was a very entertaining watch. Terrific performance from Viggo Mortenson as Italian night club bouncer Tony Lip who takes a job driving Mahershala Ali's Dr Don Shirley on a two-month tour down south. Set in '62 and based on their actual relationship, the film watches their relationship grow in what was a most enjoyable road movie.
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Mrs C and I took a trip into Dundee today and caught the Paul McCartney film 'On Hand Clapping'. Filmed in Abbey Road studios in 1974 this one-hour film has live takes on such Macca, and Wings, classics as 'Maybe I'm Amazed', 'Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five', 'Jet', 'Bluebird' among others. His performance throughout is extraordinary, in my opinion - you can see the music running through him. If you like McCartney, I recommend you check it out.
Off to see 'The Outrun' on Monday with the excellent Scorcher Rohan in the lead role - I read the book and thought it terrific, and having recently returned from Orkney, I look forward to seeing the Islands on film.Comment
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Lee Miller - a superb film, but rather harrowing. It shows photographs which were censored after WWII.
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We went to see 'Lee ' last week and I thought I was nowhere as near as good as it was made out. The problem is that she is not very sympathetic and the film navigates her famous photos in a way that is quite clunky. The English colleague from Vogue is really played in a really hammy fashion.
Having been to the cinema on about 6 occasions over the summer, it is disappointing hoe average many of these films are. .'Blink Twice' was dreadful and a film about Carherine Parr seemed to play fast and loose with history. The latest Alien and Twister films were enjoyable but a derivative. Lee was the best of the bunch but Band of Brothers struck me as far more credible I covering WW2.Comment
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It seems to me that the most difficult thing in a film is to find a good ending. I often enjoy a film but feel I'd have done the ending differently.Comment
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