Category: Films
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The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde, animated
Canadian company Potterton produced an animated version of Oscar Wilde’s the Selfish Giant in 1971. It is the story of a giant who walls off his garden to keep children out. The plight of one little boy convinces him to change his ways. (Read more about Oscar Wilde animations at Open Culture)
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The Place Beyond the Pines, film review
Schenectady, NY, is the place beyond the pines but it takes a back seat to the main actors who dominate the story from the start.There’s a bit of an attempt to keep the characters in the background by filming them walking in to their scenes from the back but I don’t think it succeeds. The […]
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Tyrannosaur, reflection
Paddy Considine made his directorial debut in the 2008 BAFTA winning short film Dog Altogether about a violence-fuelled man and a charity worker. Tyranossaur is an expansion of that film and explores the relationship in which the charity worker’s character is being abused. Olivia Colman’s role in Paddy Considine’s new movie is not a surprise. […]
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Arrietty, review
Be quiet and loving and fearless. – Buddha Both bravery and cowardice need fear to exist. When you are fearless you are somewhere outside of this concept, like a five month old baby about to roll off the bed without understanding that there is any danger. You don’t have to overcome fear – bravery – […]
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The Tree of Life, reflections
I saw the Tree of Life at a baby friendly cinema session and I watched it while either holding, feeding or walking my daughter up and down the aisle. Also while crying because the movie made me weep. But then it’s easy to pull the heart strings of someone who has just had a baby. […]
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Synecdoche, we all live in a house on fire
I saw Synecdoche, New York, by Charles Kaufman, at the Watershed in Bristol, alone, following a double Glenfiddich in the bar area. Thursday night a couple of years ago. See a Review if you’d like but what I’m sharing is what comes to mind, and what makes me smile, whenever I remember it. We all […]
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