The FILM IN WORDS Netflix Film of the Week: helping you navigate the filmic minefield of the nation’s favourite video streaming service. Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter IS PARIS FOR LOVERS? Decades of marriage have left Nick and Meg Burrows disillusioned with one another. The roaring fires of youthful passion have diminished to faint, fading […]
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Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter BAD BOYS… AND GIRLS Though the investigative exploits of American made detective shows and the distinctly dark leanings of Nordic Noir have penetrated the collective consciousness of television audiences situated upon both sides of the Atlantic like a rusty hunting knife would a helpless antler adorned teen’s vital organs, one […]
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Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter A MODERN WAY OF LETTING GO Jacques Tati is one of European cinema’s most celebrated cinematic personalities. Embodying the roles of both director and star of a number of beloved french farces exhibiting the befuddled exploits of the umbrella toting Monsieur Hulot, Tati’s work made an art form out of […]
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Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter HARD TIMES Bosnian filmmaker Danis Tanović is no stranger to bleak subject matter. His 2001 picture, No Man’s Land was an abrasive and darkly comic portrayal of the Bosnian War and two soldiers facing imminent death inside one of the conflict’s many inhospitable battlefield trenches. The picture also revealed Tanović […]
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The FILM IN WORDS Netflix Film of the Week: helping you navigate the filmic minefield of the nation’s favourite video streaming service. Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter GONE HUNTIN’ Cusack and Cage: two names which are stamped upon many film lovers’ fondest cinematic memories and vast home-video collections – for better or worse. The zany, […]
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Dead and Buried by Brody Rossiter A story of buried passions, a heinous crime, and a seemingly impossible fight for justice amidst the lawlessness of a land plagued with deep-seated corruption, Argentine crime-thriller, The Secret in Their Eyes, is a powerful and slickly produced example of world cinema at its finest and most compelling. […]
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