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Monday 27th February 2023

France 1988

Running time: 108 mins

The Story of Women

Une affaire de femmes

Director : Claude Chabrol

Film Summary :
Marie with 2 kids and war vet husband unable to work stumbles upon providing abortions to women as a way to increase income. It clearly wont end well. Based on a true story
Film Category
The 1980s
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Reviewed by rogerco, Streamed proj @ home on 27 Feb 2023

Review Summary :
A likeable hateable lead character

Gross Moral Turpitude

Not a great film but strangely uncomfortable as it raises questions both about the morality of what Marie is doing (probably acceptable in the circumstances) and her personal profiting from her actions (less acceptable) and her behaviour as a result towards both her husband and her children (unacceptable) and then the morality of the French state imposing moral standards and judicial murder.

Based on a true story, she really did loose her head in the end.



Thursday 23rd February 2023

UK 2022

Running time: 105 mins

The Outfit

Director : Graham Moore

Film Summary :
A cutter (tailor) has to use his wits to outmanoeuvre the mob one night in Chicago
Film Category
The 2020s
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Reviewed by rogerco, DVD proj @ home on 23 Feb 2023

Clever unpeeling of twisting layers

Basically a Mark Rylance vehicle the action all takes place within the confines of his two room shop. At first we may think he is just a cutter (one of the best) who came to Chicago after his shop in London burned down killing his wife and child.

But there is a lot more than that as various tropes



Saturday 18th February 2023

UK 2018

Running time: 100 mins

Wild Rose

Director : Tom Harper

Film Summary :
20 something glaswegian mum with 2 kids and a prison tag dreams of making the big-time in Nashville as a country singer.
Film Category
The 2010s
Film Tags

Reviewed by rogerco, DVD proj @ home on 18 Feb 2023

Review Summary :
Pretty formulaic, but well executed and performed.

Entertaining but Inconsequential

The Jessie Buckley Julie Walters mother-daughter tensions are well played, the story solid and avoids veering too far into cliche star-is-born territory. 



Thursday 16th February 2023

Jordan 2021

Running time: 92 mins

Farha

Director : Darin J. Sallam

Film Summary :
Based on true story of a 16 yo girl's experience of the Nakba when Palestinians were driven from their homelands by Israel (with British support)
Film Category
The 2020s
Film Tags

Reviewed by rogerco, Streamed proj @ home on 16 Feb 2023

Review Summary :
a powerful depiction of a horrific experience for a young girl

Intense and Harrowing

From the gentle opening and the introduction to the life of the comunity to the sudden disruption - anticipted by some but not expected right now by any - where the film takes a much darker turn in is initially engrossing and then gripping.



Saturday 4th February 2023

Germany 2022

Running time: 148 mins

All Quiet on the Western Front

Im Westen nichts Neues

Director : Edward Berger

Film Summary :
Intense action sequences punctuated by quiter moments always with an undercurrent of tension
Film Category
The 2020s
Film Tags

Rated by rogerco, Streamed proj @ home on 04 Feb 2023

Review Summary :
Very realistic (probably, what do I know) action sequences and excellent acting as the story trundles to its inevitable conclusion


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