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Hey Nostradamus: Conner O’Malley’s American Dream

O’Malley’s videos feature the wild plot twists and whiplash juxtapositions of a short-attention-span culture; watching them can be as abrasive as…

1 month ago

Rose of Nevada | Mother Mary | Vox Lux (2018)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Mark Jenkin’s Rose Of Nevada and David Lowery’s Mother Mary. For Film…

1 month ago

Michael review – legacy management 101

Forget all the bad stuff you ever knew about Michael Jackson. Wipe it from your mind. If you happen to…

1 month ago

Departures review – the turbulent journey of…

Like boarding a flight for somewhere promising, only to be met with an emergency landing, Departures never quite reaches the emotional depth…

1 month ago

Diamanti review – a joyful meta-melodrama…

“Do you have any idea of what you will do with this vaginodrome?” A film director is surrounded by at least…

1 month ago

The Wizard of the Kremlin review – ludicrous and…

If an almost-three-hour is-it-spoof-is-it-not directed by a French auteur starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin sounds a bit odd, just wait until…

2 months ago

The Stranger review – filmed like a laconic,…

A confession: I am really not a fan of the French filmmaker Franoçois Ozon. He seems like a lovely chap. Literate, passionate, with…

2 months ago

Father Mother Sister Brother review – an astute,…

Clothing is central here – the fashion house Saint Laurent produces. At the front door, the three discover that they’re…

2 months ago

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – even worse…

Regrouting blackened bathroom tiles; filling out a commercial tax return; cleaning the mouldering leaves out of a clogged storm drain; grudgingly buying…

2 months ago

Fuze review – popcorn fair that fizzles out…

For those not intimately familiar with the topographical and historical minutiae of the UK, the relatively blasé way in which…

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