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| 6 Sep 2017 |
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| 31 Aug 2017 |
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5 Sep
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| The Big Knife |
| The tender trap of Hollywood is explored in Robert Aldrich's The Big Knife, lovingly released by Arrow Academy and examined here by clydefro. |
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5 Sep
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| The Day of the Jackal |
| Edward Fox is a professional hit man hired to assassinate President De Gaulle in Fred Zinnemann's superb 1973 film version of Frederick Forsyth's first novel. Slarek revisits a favourite film looking better than ever on Arrow's new Blu-ray. |
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1 Sep
2017 |
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| A Tribute to Tobe Hooper |
| Last weekend we lost one of the true masters of horror when The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director Tobe Hooper passed away at the unripe age of 74. Slarek pays tribute to a man who genuinely changed the face of horror cinema. |
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29 Aug
2017 |
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| The Reckoning |
| Director Jack Gold, most famous for his TV work, specifically on The Naked Civil Servant, directs Nicol Williamson in a compelling revenge movie which in its own context took many daring steps. Camus goes up North to take care of business… |
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29 Aug
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| The Deadly Affair |
| James Mason is George Smiley – oops, I mean Charles Dobbs – in screenwriter Paul Dehn and director Sidney Lumet's brooding but compelling 1966 film adaptation of John Le Carré's first novel. Slarek hangs out with troubled intelligence agents on Indicator's very fine new Blu-ray. |
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24 Aug
2017 |
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| The Mourning Forest |
| A young woman who has recently lost her son takes a job in a care home where she slowly bonds with an elderly victim of Alzheimer's disease in Kawase Naomi's captivating minimalist drama, recently released on dual format by Masters of Cinema. |
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19 Aug
2017 |
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| Atomic Blonde |
| With a canny choice of roles in the last few years, South African Hollywood star, Charlize Theron has helped redefine the action heroine. After the success of Wonder Woman, Theron is carrying the baton with some alacrity. Camus applauds the female spy… |
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4 Aug
2017 |
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| Clash |
| To conflicts and divisions of post-revolutionary Egypt are grippingly explored in Mohamed Diab's tense, thought-provoking and claustrophobic record of 12 hours in the back of a police van. Slarek sweats it out with the protestors on the Blu-ray in Arrow's impressive dual format set. |
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4 Aug
2017 |
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| Psycho II |
| Is making a sequel to a bona fide classic the act of a (ahem) lunatic or a once acolyte to the master whose confidence in honouring the original was high? Camus reconnects with Psycho II and his much missed close friend, director Richard Franklin… |
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3 Aug
2017 |
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| The Fabulous Baron Munchausen |
| 26 years before Terry Gilliam's distinctive take on the adventures of master yarn-spinner Baron Munchausen, celebrated Czech director Karel Zeman delivered what remains the most distinctive Munchausen film of all, which shines on Second Run's superb Blu-ray. |
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24 Jul
2017 |
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| Westfront 1918 and Kameradschaft |
| G.W. Pabst's 1930 anti-war drama, Westfront 1918, and his 1931 plea for international unity, Kameradschaft, are two of the best and most forward-looking films you're likely to see all year. Slarek salutes the films, their humanist message, and Masters of Cinema's superb Blu-ray. |
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24 Jul
2017 |
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| Mickey One |
| The oft-neglected Mickey One finds Arthur Penn channeling the French New Wave with star Warren Beatty ably committing as the existentially trapped title character. Emerging from the shadows amid fits of paranoia, clydefro sizes up the film's Blu-ray debut in this limited edition release from Indicator. |
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23 Jul
2017 |
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| War for the Planet of the Apes |
| Having worked my way through the two prequels in anticipation of the third in the trilogy, I found I’d got ape-fatigue so didn’t run to the cinema for War for the Planet of the Apes. Big mistake. Camus salutes a timely film about tyranny. |
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21 Jul
2017 |
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| Dunkirk |
| Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is as epic as the historical reality it portrays. As known properties, franchises and sequels dominate our cinemas, he seems to be working alone right now making original, big budget movies. Camus is seriously impressed… |
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18 Jul
2017 |
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| A tribute to George A. Romero |
| Following the sad news that George A. Romero, one of the founding fathers of modern horror and the originator of zombie movie as we know it today, Slarek pays tribute to one of his very favourite filmmakers and a man whose work helped shape his moviegoing youth. |
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