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Pass Me the Red Tape – A Masterpiece is Trying to Escape
by Allan Fish Is there anything more frustrating in this God forsaken world than red tape, that seemingly endless commodity that allows bureaucracies, lawyers and even blood relatives of artists to...
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“May the odds be ever in your favor”: GARY ROSS’ THE HUNGER GAMES
© 2012 by James Clark Just as Holy Motors kicks off with a man waking in the middle of the night, screaming, “No! No! No!” in face of a spectre of historical malignancy, a seemingly smaller-gauge...
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40. A Dance to the Music of Time 1997
by Allan Fish (UK 1997 415m) DVD2 Twentieth Century Blues p Alvin Rakoff d Christopher Morahan, Alvin Rakoff w Hugh Whitemore novels “A Question of Upbringing”, “A Buyer’s Market”, “The...
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How I’ll Remember Gerry Anderson
By Bob Clark Celebrity deaths, so the common wisdom of the morbidly curious goes, usually come in threes, and this past Christmas was no exception. We lost two of our best character actors in Jack...
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1971 – Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp Actress,...
by Allan Fish Best Picture The Last Picture Show, US (7 votes) Best Director Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange (6 votes) Best Actor Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange (7 votes) Best Actress Jane...
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Sandy Hook Elementary, Lori Moore, Tabu, Django Unchained and Les Miserables...
by Sam Juliano 2012 is on it’s last legs, and for many it’s a year better left to expire without looking back. Sure there were high points, artistic accomplishment and personal goals met, but tragedy...
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Bold gambits pay off in rapturous “Les Miserables”
by Sam Juliano ‘Those who do not weep do not see’ -Victor Hugo Art is manipulative. Whether its creator’s intent is to spur humor or consternation, or move the...
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39. Longford 2006
by Allan Fish (UK 2006 93m) DVD1 Call me Frank p Helen Flint d Tom Hooper w Peter Morgan ph Danny Cohen ed Melanie Oliver m Robert Lane Jim Broadbent (Lord Longford), Samantha Morton (Myra...
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38. Blue Remembered Hills 1979
by Allan Fish (UK 1979 75m) DVD2 The land of lost content p Kenith Trodd d Brian Gibson w Dennis Potter Colin Welland (Willie), Michael Elphick (Peter), Helen Mirren (Angela), Janine Duvitski...
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Tales From the Big Screen: 2012 Retrospectives
By Bob Clark At the end of every cinematic year, there’s always the question of where certain movies fit in the rank and file of top ten listings, and the like. Do you list a film based on the year it...
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1972 – Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp Actress,...
by Allan Fish Best Picture The Godfather, US (9 votes) Best Director Ingmar Bergman, Cries and Whispers (8 votes) Best Actor Klaus Kinski, Aguirre, Wrath of God (6 votes) Best Actress Liza Minnelli,...
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Not Fade Away, Black Narcissus and The Son of Man on Monday Morning Diary on...
by Sam Juliano The new year is upon us. The past year at WitD featured a spectacularly-successful comedy countdown that attracted page views, comments and some of the best-written pieces in the...
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The Ten Best Films of 2012
by Sam Juliano 2012 may have been a year to forget, because of the horrific tragedies that underlined life as we know it, and for that reason we leave it with no misgivings, hoping that somehow there...
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37. Talking Heads 1988/1998
by Allan Fish (UK 1988/1998 429m) DVD2 Is that yoga? p Innes Lloyd, Mark Shivas d Alan Bennett, Stuart Burge, Giles Foster, Tristram Powell, Patrick Garland, Gavin Millar, Udayan Prasad w Alan...
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Representing the Little Men
by Allan Fish It’s said that it was Orson Welles’ favourite moment in Citizen Kane. The reporter Thompson sat in Bernstein’s office as the Chairman of the Board kills the time that’s the only thing...
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“Don’t get so carried away by your reputation…”: QUENTIN TARANTINO’S ‘DJANGO...
© 2013 by James Clark We can always count on Quentin Tarantino to challenge us with a daring film. Hitherto the dare concerned digesting heavy odds weighing upon integrity massively at odds with...
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Jaime’s Top 20 Films of 2012
by Jaime Grijalba. 2012 was a very interesting year. For some people it was worse than the plague, and for others it was filled with satisfactions and personal goals reached, for me it was something...
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36. The ‘Up’ Series – 1964/1970/1977/1985/1991/1998/2005/2012
This is a one off topping of my own post, but reading will explain why… by Allan Fish (UK 1964/1970/1977/1985/1991/1998/2005 715m) DVD1/2 Aka: 7 Up, 7 Plus 7, 21 Up, 28 Up, 35 Up, 42 Up, 49 Up Give me...
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More Tales From the Big Screen: 2012 Late Releases
By Bob Clark Last week I posted my favorite retrospective screenings of 2012, showcasing the kinds of rereleases unique to the New York art-house circuit, along with the occasional wide or touring...
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1973 – Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp Actress,...
by Allan Fish Best Picture The Spirit of the Beehive, Spain (3 votes) Best Director Victor Erice, The Spirit of the Beehive, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, World on a Wire TV & Martin Scorsese, Mean...
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