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Saturday 11th March 2017

Average rating from 2 reviews

South Africa 2006

Running time: 101 mins

Catch a Fire

Director : Phillip Noyce

Synopsis extract :
Based on true story of an apartheid era black man who gets terroristed by a white investigator and ...
Film Category
The 2000s (the noughties)
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 11 Mar 2017

Review of "Catch a Fire"

Excellent performances and a strong story mixing the personal and the political


Wednesday 8th March 2017

2013

Ida

Director : Pawel Pawlikowski

Synopsis extract :
1961. ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 08 Mar 2017

Review of "Ida"

A slow paced reflective film


Friday 3rd March 2017

2017

Hidden Figures

Director : Theodore Melfi

Synopsis extract :
NASA female black human "computers" (mathematicians) in 1961 rising against prejudice (colour and ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, Cabot Circus Bristol on 03 Mar 2017

Review of "Hidden Figures"

Inspiring feel-good film that doesn't seem to over romanticise and strongly takes the (black) female point of view. Very good.


Thursday 26th January 2017

2016

The Unknown Girl

Directors : Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Synopsis extract :
Young doctor in practice has late night call on surgery door which she doesn't answer and then ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, Arts Cinema Plymouth on 26 Jan 2017

Review of "The Unknown Girl"

Slice of life style film with a slight edge. Questions of morality and responsibility.


Friday 23rd December 2016

France, Brazil, Italy 2014

Running time: 110 mins

The Salt of the Earth

Directors : Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders

Synopsis extract :
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting ...
Film Category
The 2010s
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 23 Dec 2016

Review of "Salt of the Earth"

Extraordinary B&W photography would have made this stunning on ots own, but the story of the man's life and work including the return to his roots and recreating the forest which had been destroyed to pay for his and his sister's education and thus bring life back to the paradise he inhabited as a child make it a real tour de force.


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