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Fascinating for a Dead Head
by: rogerco
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The Other One
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on: 18 Sep 2021
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Lots of really good archive material and interesting stuff Bob says.
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Feel-good Tears of Joy
by: rogerco
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Blinded By The Light
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on: 11 Sep 2021
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Almost impossible not to like, although the storyline is totally inevitable and unsurprising.
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Slow paced relationship western
by: rogerco
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First Cow
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on: 04 Sep 2021
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Not action packed, but quite engrossing
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You might wish you weren't
by: rogerco
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You Were Never Really Here
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on: 22 Aug 2021
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spectacularly failed attempt to make a noir-ish thriller
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Oh to be super rich
by: rogerco
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The Aviator
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on: 07 Aug 2021
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Enjoyable look at Howard Hughes' middle life and the games the super-rich get up to. ...
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Is it happening here?
by: rogerco
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Collectiv
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on: 25 Jul 2021
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A compelling story with a sting in the tail.
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I Wasn't There
by: rogerco
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White Riot
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on: 11 Jul 2021
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Fascinating glimpse of something that I wasn't really aware of despite living in London at the time.
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Strange but unsatisfying
by: rogerco
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Burning
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on: 30 Jun 2021
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Very slow, but not quite boring or tediously so
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A Good Story Well Told
by: rogerco
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Harriet
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on: 20 Jun 2021
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A good solid conventional movie dealing with the end days of slavery in the USA.
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A film about researching a film
by: rogerco
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Be Natural
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on: 12 Jun 2021
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Too much time spent on the details of the research, it could have been a good 30 minute film about Alice Guy.
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Soft, Slow, and Downbeat
by: rogerco
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Nomadland
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on: 24 May 2021
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Frances McDermont in the evening and morning sunshine
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Don't loose your paddle
by: rogerco
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Deliverance
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on: 22 May 2021
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Has held up well as a good story well told.
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Convincing view of a real issue
by: Roger CO
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County Lines
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on: 15 May 2021
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A chunk of English social realism
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What a brilliant Mayor
by: rogerco
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Mayor
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on: 08 May 2021
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Exemplary local politician - overcoming extraordinary difficulties to run a city under an occupying hostile force with good grace and a very hands-on approach.
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Ethnic Cleansing in the Education System
by: rogerco
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Education
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on: 06 May 2021
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An education for the viewer about use of Educationally Sub Normal as a tool of ethnic cleansing in London Schools in the 1980s
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It Rings True
by: rogerco
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Alex Wheatle
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on: 04 May 2021
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Although it is quite short (or possibly because of that as the others all have scenes that go on far too long), this is the most satisfying of the Small Axe set. ...
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Traitor or Pioneer?
by: rogerco
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Red White and Blue
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on: 01 May 2021
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A true story well told
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A slow burn
by: Roger CO
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Fire at Sea
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on: 28 Apr 2021
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A strange film that observes but does not really engage with either of its subjects - and the two don't really meet.
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Feels like documentary
by: Roger CO
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Songs My Brothers Taught Me
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on: 25 Apr 2021
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Life in the 'other' america - the flyover corner of the flyover states.
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An autobiographical fiction
by: Roger CO
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Pain and Glory
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on: 22 Apr 2021
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if hat is seen did not happen does that make it less true?
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Gonna Have a House Party, got rhythm, come sing de blues.
by: Roger CO
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Lovers Rock
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on: 21 Apr 2021
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Best film of a party ever
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The battle was won, but the war rages on.
by: Roger CO
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Mangrove
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on: 17 Apr 2021
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Institutionalised racism creates strong community, which can prevail
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Seventy Years of Oppression
by: rogerco
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A World Not Ours
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on: 12 Apr 2021
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Anyone who claims Israel is not an apartheid state is an idiot
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This gives noir thrillers a bad name
by: rogerco
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Under the Silver Lake
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on: 04 Apr 2021
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Pretty much a load of tosh
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Inspirational, but 6 years old
by: rogerco
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Demain
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on: 22 Mar 2021
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It used to be possible to believe a better world was achievable - but is it?
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