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Monday 22nd March 2021

France 2015

Running time: 118 mins

Demain

Reviewed by rogerco, DVD proj @ home on 22 Mar 2021

Review Summary :
It used to be possible to believe a better world was achievable - but is it?

Inspirational, but 6 years old

Much better than I was expecting - well organised and interesting content strung together in 5 chapters leading to the conclusion another world is possible, and the first green shoots of that new world already exist.

Many documentaries dealing with this broad subject (ecological and climate emergency response) are either overly preachy and focused on one aspect of the problems, or simply onanistic filmmaking exercises that are ultimately part of the problem.

This one however manages to tread that delicate line between the two and provides some new (for 2014) insights

But that now (2021) begs the question what has happened since 2014 when it was being shot. Those first green shoots are still around, albeit in desperate need of watering and feeding, but everything bad has got worse - much worse. Why?

It used to be possible to believe a better world was achievable - but is it still? This might lead you down the path of concluding that physical destruction of infrastructure is now a necessary step.




Saturday 20th March 2021

UK 2019

Rocks

Director : Sarah Gavron

Reviewed by rogerco, Streamed proj @ home on 20 Mar 2021

Review Summary :
Teenage girl having to cope with life near the bottom

Another troubled child story

Occasionally hard to understand what the girls are saying - partly the veritie style and partly the modern youth-speak - but the story is clear enough and the lead character easy to like and feel you understand.

Ending nicely ambiguous - I think she did let her brother go. 




Tuesday 9th March 2021

Average rating from 2 reviews

UK 2019

Running time: 141 mins

Mr Jones

Director : Agnieszka Holland

Rated by Roger CO, on 09 Mar 2021




Monday 8th March 2021

USA 1947

Running time: 104 mins

A Double Life

Director : George Cukor

Film Summary :
An actor's involvement with the characters he plays
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Reviewed by rogerco, Streamed proj @ home on 08 Mar 2021

Review Summary :
Not bad Hollywood standard movie.

Good screen acting representing bad stage acting

Well the stage acting was awful - as was presumably the norm at the time. Some of the morality of the story is dubious - the cop out ending where Tony (Ronald Coleman) is excused from facing the consequences of his actions is dubious, as is the use of the waitress as a proxy to be murdered in place of Brita (Signe Hasso), his co-star on stage and one-time wife.

Putting that aside it's a good story well filmed (as you'd expect from Cukor) that moves along nicely. Four stars only by not judging it by today's standards - otherwise it would be 2 at best.




Sunday 7th March 2021

USA 2020

Running time: 151 mins

Laurel Canyon

A place in time

Director : Alison Ellwood

Film Summary :
2 part documentary. The Laurel Canyon music scene 1966-1976
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Rated by Roger CO, on 07 Mar 2021