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Filmfatale: February 2012
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Monday, 13 February 2012. Back to the Future? The Golem, Faust, The Seashell and the Clergyman. Recently, I have seen three truly great silent films in London:. 1920) directed by Paul Wegener with Wegener himself playing the Golem screened as part of Jewish Book Week at King's Place and accompanied by a new musical score by Robin Harris who played the piano, with Laura Anstee on the cello. You can see a ten minute version here. Without the Harris score;. The Seashell and the Clergyman. I have also recent...
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Filmfatale: January 2014
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Thursday, 9 January 2014. Phantom of the Opera at Barts Pathology Museum. 1925) Despite the film's flaws (only Chaney had any acting talent, the story is a lesser Beauty and the Beast. Or Hunchback of Notre Dame. With a little Svengali thown in ),. Still it was a total experience, like being part of a piece of performance art. I highly recommend it. There are three more films to go: Silent Films at Barts Pathology Museum. I also saw an interesting take on the special relationship in A Yank at Oxford.
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Filmfatale: September 2014
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Wednesday, 3 September 2014. Watching Nicole Kidman's Face in Before I Go To Sleep. This was an utterly ludicrous film- completely implausible, bad script, tired material. The gratuitous violence against women is just so cheap and easy and what the hell was the point of that shrink? Now that is a feat. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Http:/ www.jennymcphee.com. The Star-Studded Farewell Episode — Screen Talk, Emmys Edition. Command Lines: On Andrew Bujalski's COMPUTER CHESS. View my complete profile. Shame (...
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Filmfatale: It's been a year....
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Sunday, 24 March 2013. It's been a year. And in that year since I've seen ten movies-. The delightful DECOY BRIDE directed by Sheree Folkson and starring Kelly Macdonald, David Tennant, and Alice Eve about a decoy bride in Scotland and well, you know what happens. The actors, the set, the concept, all of it is adorable and funny and smart and a perfect hommage to Powell and Pressburger's I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! Starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesy. I highly recommend it. Or is this a doppleganger?
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Filmfatale: The Iron Lady: Thatcher Devoid of Thatcherism
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Tuesday, 7 February 2012. The Iron Lady: Thatcher Devoid of Thatcherism. Guest Post By Leonard Quart. My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;. Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay. Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare. The lone and level sands stretch far away. But watching the film, one would never know that though she professed commitment to a meritocracy where class status would never be an obstacle, she opposed all redistributive programs. That she...
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Filmfatale: Watching Nicole Kidman's Face in Before I Go To Sleep
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Wednesday, 3 September 2014. Watching Nicole Kidman's Face in Before I Go To Sleep. This was an utterly ludicrous film- completely implausible, bad script, tired material. The gratuitous violence against women is just so cheap and easy and what the hell was the point of that shrink? Now that is a feat. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Http:/ www.jennymcphee.com. The Star-Studded Farewell Episode — Screen Talk, Emmys Edition. Command Lines: On Andrew Bujalski's COMPUTER CHESS. View my complete profile.
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Filmfatale: December 2011
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Saturday, 3 December 2011. King Kong, Godzilla. And all the sequels),. The Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno, The Andromeda Strain. The Day After Tomorrow. Three times (I'm a sucker for those scenes in the New York Public Libary). As anyone who has come to dinner at my house knows conspiracy theories are staples in my verbal diet. (Favorites: Chinatown, The Conversation,. Three Days of the Condor, Enemy of the State,. Films) So there was no way I wasn't running to see. I didn't fall asleep in Carnage.
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Filmfatale: January 2015
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Monday, 26 January 2015. My 2015 Movie Challenge: Beginning with Testament of Youth and Birdman. In the spirit of Joanne Walsh’s wonderful #Readwomen. Campaign devised in response to the distressing Vida Count. Tallying how (un)often women writers are published and reviewed, I’ve challenged myself: this year for every film I watch written or directed by a man I must watch another directed or written by a woman. Take the challenge with me and 2015 is sure to be a year of enlightenment. Http:/ www.jenn...
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Filmfatale: American Hustle: Doesn't pass the Bechdel Test and is a bit of a snooze.
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Monday, 6 January 2014. American Hustle: Doesn't pass the Bechdel Test and is a bit of a snooze. It's all hair and necklines. The script is all over the place, trying way too hard for little payoff. But the performances are generally very good, Christian Bale and Jeremy Renner in particular. Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence did the best they could with really very limited material. Their kiss pretty much sums up this movie: gratuitous. * *. Reminder: The Bechdel Test. Who talk to each other,. Margin Call ...
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Filmfatale: September 2010
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Sunday, 12 September 2010. Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors. Nevertheless, Lee Eunju is amazing to watch, her acting subtle and powerful. And though I have yet to understand all the hype about Hong Sangsoo and his apparantly fresh, funny, and surprising depiction of the male/female conundrum, there were enough inklings here of an alternative vision to make me want to do my best to see more of his films before the festival is over. Labels: Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors. Shame (a shame, waste ...
