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Friday 28th July 2023

2023

Running time: 105 mins

To the Last Ukrainian

unlisted director

Film Summary :
Documentary about the sources of the war in Ukraine and the European responses
Film Category
The 2020s
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Rated by Roger CO, on 28 Jul 2023



Thursday 27th July 2023

USA 2022

Running time: 104 mins

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Director : Daniel Goldhaber

Film Summary :
A group of young eco-activists blow up an oil pipeline in West Texas
Film Category
The 2020s
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Reviewed by rogerco, Streamed proj @ home on 27 Jul 2023

Enjoyable eco-thriller with happy ending

Andreas Malm's excellent book of the same name dealt with why to do it, this film shows how to make it happen. The 8 characters all have a different back-story and motivation, they are all more-or-less young, and have all reached a point where it seems like the logical thing to do. Together they form an effective team with the usual interpersonal tensions sometimes getting in the way. 



Saturday 15th July 2023

2022

Running time: 110 mins

The Banshees of Inisherin

Director : Martin McDonagh

Film Summary :
In an isolated Irish island community two friends fall out with tragi-comic consequences
Film Category
The 2020s
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Reviewed by rogerco, DVD tvscreen @ Woodfield on 15 Jul 2023

Review Summary :
A strange tale about male friendship and change

Strange & unlikely but oddly compelling

Obviously well photographed and directed 'tis a slender and unlikely tale but oddly compelling. Touching and exploring several deep questions - am I a dull fellow, what is a friend, what is the meaning of our endless numbered days with all of the civilised baggage stripped away by the limitations of the environment in which the characters operate - pertpetual sunset, minimal social contact - there is something of the Samuel Beckett about it.



Wednesday 12th July 2023

USA 2023

Asteroid City

Director : Wes Anderson

Film Summary :
Curious events in a 50s desert town (population 87) in USA around a meteorite and an alien visit
Film Category
The 2020s
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Reviewed by rogerco, Bodmin Cinema on 12 Jul 2023

Review Summary :
...but ultimately not very good. Strangely unsatisfying

Very Wes Anderson...

Stylistically very like his previous (The French Dispatch)  but not nearly as engrossing. Possibly the mlieu was less interesting (France trumps the Arizona desert almost anytime), possibly the nested stories were less well integrated (the write, the rehersal and staging of the play, and the story told by the play), but somehow less satisfying.

Lots of nice touches, but it didn't add up to a hill of beans.



Thursday 6th July 2023

USA 2013

Running time: 110 mins

Nebraska

Director : Alexander Payne

Film Summary :
Son takes confused Dad on trip to Lincoln Nebraska to collect $1M that he hasn't won
Film Category
The 2010s
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Reviewed by rogerco, DVD proj @ home on 06 Jul 2023

Review Summary :
Pretty dull road movie with good B&W photography

Gentle and Dull

Makes you glad you are not living in America. Very like the other more recent film about getting old - Lucky, the Harry Dean Stanton swansong - it gets an extra star for the photography, but aside from that it has very little merit. The acting was pretty good I suppose, but the absence of story, or interest in, or identification with, the cultural milleu killed it stone dead.



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