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Sunday 31st March 2019

2017

Custody

Director : Xavier Legrand

Synopsis extract :
Custody battle reveals past issues and future problems.
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 31 Mar 2019

Review of "Custody"

French. Can't remember enough about it to rate it.


Wednesday 13th March 2019

2017

Loveless

Director : Andrey Zvyagintsev

Synopsis extract :
Alienation in the westernised russian middle class. ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 13 Mar 2019

Review of "Loveless"

Another slice of life from the director of Leviathan and The Return. Slow paced. Is it a satire? The characters are completely loveless moving through the modern world.


Thursday 21st February 2019

2017

Crowhurst

Director : Simon Rumley

Synopsis extract :
Enter the first single handed round the world race, ill prepared, under resourced, under pressure ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 21 Feb 2019

Review of "Crowhurst"

Stunning portrait of a man driven literally under by pressure of circumstance.


Saturday 26th January 2019

2018

The Ballard of Buster Scruggs

Director : Ethan Coen

Synopsis extract :
Six episodes of life in the old west presented as tales in a cheap story book. ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, Netflix proj @ home on 26 Jan 2019

Review of "The Ballard of Buster Scruggs"

Cohen brothers on top form. Six episodes of life in the old west. Chock full of western movie tropes and references. A lot of death - five of the stories end with the main character dying


Thursday 24th January 2019

2017

The Nile Hilton Incident

Director : Tarik Saleh

Synopsis extract :
Cairo, 2011, cusp of a revolution, routinely corrupt system including police, a girl gets murdered ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 24 Jan 2019

Review of "The Nile Hilton Incident"

Very well made, subtitled, based on a true story. The detective has real flaws as well as virtues, the backdrop doesn't intrude.


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