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Review of "Song Without a Name" by rogerco  

by: rogerco

Song Without a Name  

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on: 23 Dec 2021

No summary or description available

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Soft feelgood stuff  

by: rogerco

Minari  

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on: 18 Dec 2021

Not much really happens, a slice of life

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Mercifully not very horrific  

by: rogerco

Saint Maud  

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on: 27 Nov 2021

Not very good, but mercifully not very horrific

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Good example of Arty Slow  

by: rogerco

A White, White Day  

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on: 20 Nov 2021

Review extract: The filmaking is excellent, Ingvar Sigurdsson's performance as the brooding Ingimundur carries the film along and the granddaughter (Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir) is also very good. ...

Full review 115 words

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Movie making perfection  

by: rogerco

The French Despatch  

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on: 04 Nov 2021

Total joy to watch

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A Delicious Cocktail  

by: rogerco

Bacurau  

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on: 23 Oct 2021

Review extract: A film that almost defies categorisation. ...

Full review 55 words

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Rating "Sherpa"  

by: Roger CO

Sherpa  

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on: 22 Oct 2021

No summary or description available

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No idea why the title - but its a good'un.  

by: rogerco

Only the Animals  

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on: 22 Oct 2021

A story unwoven into different points of view

Full review 204 words

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Doggy life  

by: rogerco

Strays  

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on: 09 Oct 2021

Closeups of a doggy world in Instanbul

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Review of "Black Panthers"  

by: rogerco

Black Panthers  

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on: 07 Oct 2021

Historical interest with some useful revolutionary theory

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Review of "Salut les Cubains"  

by: rogerco

Salut les Cubains  

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on: 07 Oct 2021

Cuba 1963 cpatured in B&W photomontage

Full review 97 words

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Well it WAS a Crime  

by: rogerco

Le Crime de Monsieur Lange  

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on: 02 Oct 2021

Scenes of totally bizarre Parisian life in 1936

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Neither horrific nor thrilling  

by: rogerco

The Invisible Man  

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on: 25 Sep 2021

A fairly pedestrian horror-thriller with an unbelievable Mcguffin and a predictable plot

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Compelling Climbing Film  

by: rogerco

The Dawn Wall  

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on: 23 Sep 2021

So much happens in the back story but all adds to the main event

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Fascinating for a Dead Head  

by: rogerco

The Other One  

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on: 18 Sep 2021

Lots of really good archive material and interesting stuff Bob says.

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Feel-good Tears of Joy  

by: rogerco

Blinded By The Light  

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on: 11 Sep 2021

Almost impossible not to like, although the storyline is totally inevitable and unsurprising.

Full review 134 words

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Slow paced relationship western  

by: rogerco

First Cow  

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on: 04 Sep 2021

Not action packed, but quite engrossing

Full review 137 words

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You might wish you weren't  

by: rogerco

You Were Never Really Here  

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on: 22 Aug 2021

spectacularly failed attempt to make a noir-ish thriller

Full review 287 words

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Oh to be super rich  

by: rogerco

The Aviator  

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on: 07 Aug 2021

Review extract: Enjoyable look at Howard Hughes' middle life and the games the super-rich get up to. ...

Full review 119 words

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Is it happening here?  

by: rogerco

Collectiv  

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on: 25 Jul 2021

A compelling story with a sting in the tail.

Full review 57 words

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I Wasn't There  

by: rogerco

White Riot  

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on: 11 Jul 2021

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

Burning  

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on: 30 Jun 2021

Very slow, but not quite boring or tediously so

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A Good Story Well Told  

by: rogerco

Harriet  

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on: 20 Jun 2021

A good solid conventional movie dealing with the end days of slavery in the USA.

Full review 171 words

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A film about researching a film  

by: rogerco

Be Natural  

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on: 12 Jun 2021

Too much time spent on the details of the research, it could have been a good 30 minute film about Alice Guy.

Full review 259 words

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Soft, Slow, and Downbeat  

by: rogerco

Nomadland  

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on: 24 May 2021

Frances McDermont in the evening and morning sunshine

Full review 94 words

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