Film Reviews Blog

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Sunday 28th July 2019

Synopsis extract :
A bio-pic with many of the flaws of the genre - attempts to get too many iconic moments in, ...
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Rated by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 28 Jul 2019




Saturday 13th July 2019

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A biopic that doesn't fall into the usual traps. ...
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 13 Jul 2019

Review of "The Happy Prince"

A wonderful of telling the story of Oscar Wilde through the lens of his last days in Paris. Excellent acting throughout and very convincing relationships. Fascinating insight into his last years and days after his release from Reading jail. Told largely in flashbacks so be prepared to do a bit of work to understand the chronological sequence of events if you do not already know his story. A tale of love, redemption, celebrity and decline



Saturday 29th June 2019

2018

Dogman

Director : Matteo Garrone

Synopsis extract :
Italian. ...
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Rated by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 29 Jun 2019




Saturday 15th June 2019

2017

Zama

Director : Lucrecia Martel

Synopsis extract :
I wrote a review but lost it and now can't remember much apart from it being pretty tedious. ...
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Rated by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 15 Jun 2019




Sunday 2nd June 2019

Synopsis extract :
A seemingly wealthy greek family going bankrupt pin their hopes on their daughter getting engaged ...
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Reviewed by Roger, Classic Film Club, Southbank Arts Centre Bristol on 02 Jun 2019

Review of "A Matter of Dignity"

A little slow paced in the editing of some slightly wooden moments but an engaging portrait of things descending into tragedy. There is not a happy ending, and the hope that the daughter will see the error of her ways is not fullfilled. The rich are shit and always were. It is a greek tragedy. Cacoyannis went on to direct Zorba the Greek