Posted on October 19, 2021
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2021 Director: Jane Campion Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Frances Conroy, Keith Carradine, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon Words – Rhiannon Topham. Jane Campion is a master of atmospheric melodrama. Her latest, The Power of the Dog, is an incredibly textural… Continue Reading “The Power of the Dog”
Category: LGBT+, Reel Steel, Women in FilmTags: 2021, Adaptation, Benedict, Campion, cinema, Cumberbatch, dog, Dunst, feature, film, Jane, Kirsten, McKenzie, movie, novel, of, Power, review, Savage, The, Thomas, Thomasin, Western
Posted on October 9, 2021
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2021 Director: Jeymes Samuel Cast: Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Idris Elba, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield Words: Rhiannon Topham. The Harder They Fall opens with a clear message: “While the events of this story are fictional… These. People. Existed.” This serves as a… Continue Reading “The Harder They Fall”
Category: BAME Cinema, Reel SteelTags: 2021, Beetz, BFI, cinema, Delroy, Elba, Fall, feature, festival, film, genre, Harder, Idris, Jeymes, Jonathon, King, Lakeith, Lindo, Majors, movie, Netflix, Regina, review, Samuel, Stanfield, The, They, UK, Western, Zazie
1954 Director: Akira Kurosawa Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Kosugi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba Words – Christian Abbott. All great films can be traced back to other works of… Continue Reading “Seven Samurai”
Category: In Retrospect, Japan, Reel Steel, World CinemaTags: 1954, 2020, 7, Akira, BFI, cinema, classic, feature, film, Homepage, Japan, Japanese, Kurosawa, Magnificent, Mifune, movie, review, Samurai, Seven, The, Toshiro, Western
2007 Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Starring: Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald Words – Nathan Scatcherd In a filmography which – it could comfortably be argued – boasts several absolutely essential films, The Coen Brothers’ 2007 adaptation of… Continue Reading “No Country For Old Men”
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