HI there. I’m coming out of temporary slumber to present this video which appeared in my you tube feed recently which I thought was very engaging. It is a piece by radical feminist and socialist Tatiana McGrath written by Andrew…
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17/12 – 23/12 incl. Woody Allen, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Lynyrd Skynyrd
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Woody Allen – A Real Package of What Not To Say Interview excerpt from the Dick Cavett show: Although the title of this video…
Phar Lap (1983) – Simon Wincer (Friday’s finest)
Sub Editor: We have two versions ready to go. If he wins, “Australian wonder horse beats the world.” News writer: And if he loses? Sub Editor: “New Zealand horse fails in Mexico.” (Referring to Phar Lap’s last race in…
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) – George Clooney (Friday’s finest)
Edward R. Murrow: We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract,…
I Origins (2014) – Mike Cahill (Friday’s Finest)
This week on Friday’s Finest we showcase another recent low budget – independent Sci-Fi movie called I-Origins. Like last week’s movie The Man From Earth, this movie probes profound questions about the human existence. I-Origins is a highly original movie…
26/11 – 2/12 incl. Movie stars, Little Books, The Moon, The Buddha and Jazz
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Deepfake Roundtable: Cruise, Downey Jr., Lucas & More – The Streaming Wars | Above the Line Roundtable video discussion at Collider Videos: With the…
The Man From Earth (2007) – Richard Schenkman (Friday’s Finest)
Imagine you are at an impromptu farewell party for a work colleague and it becomes a mysterious interrogation and the retiring scholar whom you are fare-welling reveals he has a longer and stranger past than you could possibly imagine. The…
Remains of the Day (1993) – James Ivory (Friday’s Finest)
Stevens: In my philosophy, Mr. Benn, a man cannot call himself well-contented until he has done all he can to be of service to his employer. Of course, this assumes that one’s employer is a superior person, not only in…
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Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
The Goodbye Girl (1977) – Herbot Ross (Friday’s Finest)
The Goodbye Girl is the first US film we have featured on ‘Friday’s finest’ for a while. I’m very partial to it because it is one of my mother’s favourite films. Also the film’s theme song was my favourite from…
Wild Tales (Argentina 2014) – Damián Szifron
Recently we discussed an Argentine movie called The Secret in their Eyes which won best foreign film at the 2010 Academy awards. Today we jump forward to look at an other Argentine movie which was shortlisted / nominated for the…
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