Gareth Negus watches Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard share a special relationship in World War II drama, Allied. That’s an actual line from the film, by the way.
Monoglot Movie Club: Not Catching Your Drift
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them. This episode: Dubai, October 2016.
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The Spirit of Christmas (Adverts)
MrMoth is not about to pretend that the world hasn’t gone to shit, but he is about to ignore it. Just for a bit. Come on. It’s Christmas advert time.
Dog Eat Dog
Ricky Young looks at Paul Schrader’s latest offering, and tries not to get skeeved out as he does so.
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Gimme Danger
Paul Duane reviews Gimme Danger, eventually.
What sounds to you like a big load of trashy old noise is in fact the brilliant music of a genius; myself. (Iggy Pop on a Canadian TV talk show in 1977)
Many years ago, the glorious Detroit-based zine Motorbooty ran a special History Of The Stooges issue which seamlessly intertwined complete fiction presented as fact (a Stooges Wax Museum housed in a stately home that was formerly the home of the White Panther Party, and featuring such exhibits as the actual peanut butter jar from the Cincinnati Pop Festival incident) with factual-seeming articles which, God only knows, may have been completely made up, such as an oral history of the house in which the band lived during their most glorious, pre-heroin period, a place commonly known as Stooge Manor or The Fun House. Continue reading Gimme Danger
Mostly Links
Today we start with a still from the set of the festive John Lewis ad.
CBeebies: Choose Your Own Advantage
Just when he thought he was out of CBeebies Land, they pulled Mr Moth back in…
Kes
As Ken Loach’s Cannes-garlanded I, Daniel Blake continues to draw audiences and make headlines, Masters of Cinema bring us a timely Blu-ray revival (in the shops today) of Loach’s beloved second film. Indy Datta runs the rule.
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Jim Eaton-Terry’s spirit is moved by Jude Law’s Pope Show
When I volunteered to review the Jude Law Pope Show it was, I admit, largely for comedy reasons. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a more preposterous elevator pitch for a show. Jude Law, who will forever be the kid from Shopping, as the Pope? The idea, coupled with on set photos of Law in his papal robes and, even better, his special Pope Hat TM , has been making me laugh for months. Continue reading #judelawpopeshow
London Korean Film Festival 2016
The UK’s 11th annual celebration of Korean cinema begins in London tonight. Spank The Monkey presents a preview.
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