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Hope and Glory, Queen and Country, Charles Laughton Festival and live music...
With our terrific friend, the talented author John Grant (Paul Barnett) and his wife Pam at Joey’s in Hewitt HOPE AND GLORY director John Boorman at Film Forum on Wednesday night for a Q & A of...
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Night Will Fall – 2014, Andre Singer
by Allan Fish (UK 2014 75m) DVD2 I peered into hell p Sally Angel, Brett Ratner, Stephen Frears d Andre Singer w Lynette Singer ph Arik Leibovich, Stephen Miller m Nicholas Singer narrated...
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’71’, ‘Map to the Stars’ and Childhood countdown on Monday Morning Diary...
Brilliant and electrifying British film, 71, set in Belfast during IRA-British army violence by Sam Juliano Still no reprieve from snow, ice and the coldest winter in many a year, though as I’ve...
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Wolf Hall – 2015 TV, Peter Kosminsky
by Allan Fish (UK 2015 350m) DVD1/2 Attempting a three card trick p Mark Pybus d Peter Kosminsky w Peter Straughan novels Hilary Mantel ph Gavin Finney ed David Blackmore, Josh Cunliffe m...
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ANTON CORBIJN’S ‘CONTROL’“Is my timing that flawed?”
© 2015 by James Clark You might say that Anton Corbijn was remarkably positioned to do justice to the brief and lugubrious life of British rocker, Ian Curtis, the writing and vocal dimension of a...
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L’Humanité – 1999, Bruno Dumont
by Allan Fish (France 1999 148m) DVD1/2 Life is really sick p Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat d/w Bruno Dumont ph Yves Cape ed Guy Lecorne m Richard Cuviller Emmanuel Schotté (Pharaon de...
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Wild Tales and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano Things at Wonders in the Dark have been looking up, what with Allan Fish’s long-awaited return to the ranks, the continued high-quality work of Jim Clark on every other Wednesday, and...
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The Holy Mountain – 1973, Alejandro Jodorowsky
by Allan Fish (Mexico 1973 112m) DVD1 Aka. La Montana Sagrada The master seeks the disciple p Roberto Viskin, Alejandro Jodorowsky d Alejandro Jodorowsky w Alejandro Jodorowsky ph Rafael...
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It Follows, Cinderella and trip to Mount Holly, NJ on Monday Morning Diary...
by Sam Juliano It does appear conclusively that the icy grip of one of the worst winter seasons has been disconnected and signs of spring have begun to surface. Sadly for those who have allergies...
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PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON’S ‘THERE WILL BE BLOOD’“Can everything around here be...
© 2015 by James Clark I want to begin dealing with this fairly recent film, having already attained to august singularity status in the eyes of legions of film folks, by committing the heresy...
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Peasant Symphony – 1944, Henri Storck, Maurice Delattre
by Allan Fish (Belgium 1944 115m) DVD2 (Belgium/France only) Aka. Boerensymfonie Four seasons and a wedding p Henri Storck d Henri Storck, Maurice Delattre w Henri Storck, Jacques de Schryver,...
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Seymour: An Introduction; The Red Army; Terrill Welch painting; weekend music...
by Sam Juliano Spring arrived without much fanfare this past week but was suddenly dispatched on Friday when five inches of snow fell on the metropolitan area, again proving that one can’t be...
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Winter Sleep – 2014, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
by Allan Fish (Turkey 2014 196m) DVD1/2 Aka. Kis Uykusu Flowers of the Steppes p Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan d Nuri Bilge Ceylan w Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan ph Gökhan Tiryaki ed Böra...
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Farrebique – 1946, Georges Rouquier
by Allan Fish (France 1946 90m) DVD2 (France/Belgium only) Aka. Farrebique, ou les quatre saisons A world untouched d/w Georges Rouquier ph André Danton ed Madeleine Gug m Henri Sauguet In 1983...
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Play ‘Great Kills’ with Joe Pantoliano; Wolf Hall; Pictures of the Old World...
Mark Rylance as Cromwell in masterful WOLF ALL. by Sam Juliano Spring is here, but the temperatures have still yet to comply with this fact of nature. As we move closer to April, we can only...
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HOU HSIAO HSIEN’S ‘MILLENIUM MAMBO’“You think I could work in a coffee shop?”
© 2015 by James Clark After exploring a number of films where protagonists seem to have brought down on their head difficulties so weighty as to suggest a mission impossible, I think it’s time...
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Interstellar – 2014, Christopher Nolan
by Allan Fish (USA 2014 169m) DVD1/2 Worrying about our place in the dirt p Lynda Obst, Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan d Christopher Nolan w Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan ph Hoyte van...
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The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – 2015, Andrew Jarecki
by Allan Fish (USA 2015 280m) DVD1 Be careful what you step in p Marc Smerling, Andrew Jarecki d Andrew Jarecki w Andrew Jarecki, Marc Sterling, Zachary Stuart-Pontier ph Marc Smerling ed...
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The Graceful Brute – 1962, Yuzo Kawashima
by Allan Fish (Japan 1962 96m) not on DVD Aka. Shitoyakana kedamono Putting the Renoir in the bedroom p Osamu Yoneda d Yuzo Kawashima w Kaneto Shindo ph Nobuo Munekawa ed Tatsuji Nakashizu m...
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For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogothon; Hungarian “White God”...
by Sam Juliano A most appreciable honor was bestowed on Wonders in the Dark this past week when our very good friends and distinguished film scholars Marilyn Ferdinand and Roderick Heath of...
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