Sunday, January 31, 2021

The Heist of the Century (2020)

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  ☆ ☆ ☆ The Heist of the Century (2020) – A. Winograd Commercial film-making Argentina-style – which is to say, not all that different fro...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938)

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  ☆ ☆ ☆  ½ Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938) – E. Lubitsch Although not rivalling Lubitsch’s masterpieces and filmed immediately before two o...
Friday, January 22, 2021

The Bigamist (1953)

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  ☆ ☆ ☆  ½ The Bigamist (1953) – I. Lupino More of a melodrama than a film noir, as directed by Ida Lupino who also takes one of the three...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Family Romance, LLC (2019)

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  ☆ ☆ ☆  ½ Family Romance, LLC (2019) – W. Herzog When a student from his “Rogue Film School” told Herzog about his idea for a film based ...
Friday, January 15, 2021

The Vast of Night (2019)

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  ☆ ☆ ☆ The Vast of Night (2019) – A. Patterson We are in the midst of an Amazon Prime (Australia) free trial and I have been searching fo...
Thursday, January 7, 2021

Hollow Triumph (1948)

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  ☆ ☆ ☆  ½ Hollow Triumph (1948) – S. Sekely/P. Henreid A.K.A. The Scar.   Paul Henreid is a gangster just out of jail who decides to rob ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Imagine the Sound (1981)

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  ☆ ☆ ☆  ½ Imagine the Sound (1981) – R. Mann If you like free jazz, then this one is for you.   It isn’t your typical talking head doco b...