Monthly Archives: April 2011
28/04/11 Mostly Links – 28 April 2011
by Indy Datta So, if you haven’t got an invitation to the wedding, you’ll be wanting to see a movie this weekend, right? Disney’s Marvel imprint has obliged by opening Kenneth Branagh’s Thor on both sides of the Atlantic, to overwhelmingly positive reviews. I liked the trailer. Even Natalie Portman is good in it, although [...]
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27/04/11 Game of Thrones
by Yasmeen Khan HBO’s new adaptation of George RR Martin’s novel “A Game of Thrones” begins by opening a gate onto one of the most memorable sights in the Seven Kingdoms – the Wall. We’re led into this new world by the men of the Night’s Watch. They take us through a cramped tunnel, lit [...]
Tags: Game of Thrones
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26/04/11 Watching Bertolucci’s 1900
by Matthew Turner Warning: mildly NSFW images after the fold. Dedicated film fans everywhere know that there is something immensely rewarding about devoting an entire day to watching a lengthy piece of epic cinema, surrounded by like-minded film obsessives. For me in the last decade, such experiences have included: the Apu Trilogy (at the Curzon [...]
Tags: 1900, Bernardo Bertolucci
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22/04/11 A Pause for Breath
We’re taking the long weekend off, but we’ll be back in full effect on Tuesday, with a look at Bernardo Bertolucci’s bonkers farmers v fascists epic 1900.
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21/04/11 You Were Expecting Someone Else?
by Ricky Young If one were to believe the online comments sections of national newspapers, the return of Doctor Who in 2005 led to more raped childhoods than any other programme except Jim’ll Fix It. ‘They’re doing it all wrong!’ was the cry. Podgy men in their thirties couldn’t wait to focus their ire upon [...]
Tags: Doctor Who
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20/04/11 Mostly Pop – April 2011
by Mr Moth Britney Spears – Till the World Ends Britney! Yeah, Britney’s back again. Hurrah! There’s something fascinating about Britney Spears; the self-destructive bête noire of the glossies never seems to connect to the airbrushed dolly of the videos. She’s fat! She’s a terrible mother! She’s bald! She has terrible skin! She’s losing it! [...]
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19/04/11 Doctors vs prophets
by Neil Hargreaves I failed to make it past the introduction to Edward Said’s Orientalism when I first encountered it at University. Since then I have fingered and then abandoned more than one copy in second-hand bookshops, telling myself that I would need to make time for it one day. A couple of months ago [...]
Tags: Edward Said, Orientalism
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18/04/11 Killing the Dead: Revolution on Film
by Niall Anderson For a brief period in the late 60s and early 70s, it looked as though the revolution would be televised, and not only that, it would be produced, directed and paid for by Hollywood. These were the years of Zabriskie Point (featuring Black Panther Kathleen Cleaver), Medium Cool (which wove into its [...]
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15/04/11 Mostly Links – 15 April 2011
by Indy Datta I should start with a couple of links in memory of Sidney Lumet, who died this week after almost six decades of directing film and television. Not as revered as some film makers who have achieved rather less, he was the epitome of the Hollywood craftsman, and his filmography has more than [...]
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14/04/11 Meek’s Cutoff
by Indy Datta The almost sensational Meek’s Cutoff – which tells the story (loosely based on historical facts) of a small group of emigrants on the Oregon Trail who take the eponymous diversion from the main trail under the dubious guidance of lushly bearded blowhard Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) – seems, in isolation, to be [...]
Tags: Kelly Reichardt, Meek's Cutoff
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