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https://assets.mubicdn.net/images/film/22660/image-w1280.jpg?1525025131 Nick Gomez - Laws of Gravity (1992) Well, I don’t know. I think I’m fucked for american indie, permanently. (Oh wait, Ramin Bahrani is great!) And European literature and cinema got me there. Not a bad place to be, really. I mi...

https://cinemaderien.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/LeDossierOdessa1974-e1502153629898.jpg Ronald Neame, The Odessa File , 1974 Not as good as the other well-known adaptation of a Frederick Forsyth thriller, The Day of the Jackal , probably because the last minute revelation that the army captain sh...

A couple of documentaries then, one I liked, sort of, and one I really hated... Enjoy! https://www.siff.net/images/FESTIVAL/2022/Films/Features/RiotsvilleUSA.jpg Sierra Pettengill - Riotsville, U.S.A. (2022) Accomplished, sympathetic, but ultimately flawed documentary on the history of policing and ...

I requested a reseed of the 720 rip on KG a while back but nobody rose to the bait (or is the other earlier rip you snatched OK?). Whatever, looks like this is another one for the shopping bag. I'll take your word on Heidegger, never read a word of him. I always thought Sorge was a river in Switzer...

So yeah, thought I'd do a couple of writeups, linked thematically. And since one of the last guys I wrote about here a while back was Roger Michell, well, here we go: https://chlotrudis.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/enduring-1.jpg Roger Michell - Enduring Love (2004) A straight up adaptation of the...

https://media.internazionale.it/images/2022/05/24/171193-sd.jpg David Cronenberg, Crimes of the Future , 2022 Wiki (f*ck spoilers): "In an unspecified future, the disastrous effects of pollution and climate change have compelled the creation of significant advances in biotechnology, including the i...

https://spectrumculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cheyenne-autumn1.jpg John Ford, Cheyenne Autumn , 1964 What is it about John Ford that make otherwise hardboiled film critics able to forgive all kinds of schlock simply because it's John Ford behind the camera? Sorry mate, no amount of "stunni...

https://cdn.tv-programme.com/pic/episodes_wide/62/621251.jpg Ivan Passer, Cutter's Way , 1981 I should probably leave it to our man Henrik to go into details on this one, but I'll let the bloke from The Guardian rap a bit (don't know about that comparison to Who'll Stop The Rain myself, but..): htt...

https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.228bc72d5be2c7394dec2bdcd6f6fd30?rik=fSAiVpBwV0kBUw&riu=http%3a%2f%2f2.bp.blogspot.com%2f_akMMFxZDfq8%2fTL4eIl4PlKI%2fAAAAAAAAEn8%2fiMAQVjMb0Mw%2fs1600%2fNe%2ble%2bdis%2b%c3%a0%2bpersonne_2006_2.jpg&ehk=Wat2cDXEelJMV8af1k6AZ2irzz8eihQRb7bAi52%2bjtc%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=...

http://courte-focale.fr/Images/Munich%20Spielberg_3.jpg Steven Spielberg, Munich , 2005 "Gripping, shocking, unflinching, pessimistic, unforgettable" is the title of one IMDb punter review, but I wouldn't use any of those adjectives myself. Much prefer "stylish and well-intentioned action thriller ...

http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/pix/c/cr/crimewave_06.jpg Sam Raimi, Crimewave , 1985 To quote from the summary of this excellent and detailed review http://www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/bluray/c/crimewave_br.html : "Some will love it, others will hate it, many will find themselves not bothered ...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BXvy3X36wMc/VI4Bq94vC_I/AAAAAAAASNs/mMklfpwS8sQ/s1600/Film_292w_UnfaithfullyYours_original.jpg Preston Sturges, Unfaithfully Yours , 1948 I'm no fan of Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady is guaranteed to drive me into a homicidal fury - but he's smashing here as the intensely ann...

http://rarefilm.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Mannen-fran-Mallorca-AKA-Man-from-Majorca-1984-2.jpg Bo Widerberg, The Man from Mallorca , 1984 Wiki: "A robber calmly holds up a post-office in at 13 December. The policemen Johansson and Jarnebring are the first on the scene and they chase the robber...

I'll tell you, Jeffrey Bernard really got me going with the Irishman... https://p7.storage.canalblog.com/76/08/110219/128613937_o.png Peter Medak - The Ruling Class (1972) Well, I’ll start out with a lengthy quote from writer Ian Christie: “But what makes The Ruling Class exceptional (and difficult ...

Oh, and an RIP:



Time for a major Antonioni retread, I think.

https://www.theatermania.com/dyn/photos/theatermania/v1finw1200x0y0w1200h736/peter-oand39toole-in-jeffrey-bernard-is-unwell-88467.jpg Tom Kinninmont/Peter O’Toole - Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (1999) Ok, not the most filmically daring in concept or execution - a filmed performance of Keith Waterhouse...

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Sat Jan 22, 2022 7:18 am

Lucio Fulci, Manhattan Baby, 1982

You should thank me - you won't have to see it now

HA! I remember a malicious David Keenan on Francisco Lopez: "we listen to these things so you don't have to."

https://img.lemde.fr/2021/08/25/0/0/4822/3211/664/0/75/0/f84e67d_670008826-010-nth16a00-107.jpg Patricia Mazuy, Peaux de vaches , 1988 Proof that good things come to those who wait - with a Karagarga freeleech due shortly, I can't recommend this smashing new 1080 rip enough. It's a terrific film in...

I'm here, still, don't think differently! But it takes time to write about this: https://i0.wp.com/theartsofslowcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/capture_decran_2021-07-16_a_12.59.03.jpg?resize=1024%2C505&ssl=1 Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Memoria (2021) Whatever else 2021 was, it was an awesome ...

https://img.lemde.fr/2021/12/13/0/0/1600/1067/1328/0/45/0/307696c_199645679-4916100-jpg-r-1920-1080-f-jpg-q-x-xxyxx.jpg Radu Jude, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn , 2021 It's about so much more than a PTA meeting to decide the fate of Emi, an otherwise successful and respected history teacher at a p...