Once is an Irish romantic drama that had a very modest budget (and ‘approach’ if I might add) and found Oscars success at the 2008 awards season. I have great affection for this movie not only because I had just…
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The Mosquito Coast – Peter Weir (1986)
Today on ‘Friday’s Finest’ we feature another compelling yet underrated Peter Weir film about the mysteries and forces of nature. The Mosquito Coast has just 6.6 on IMDB and 76% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was also a commercial…
Monos (2019) – Alejandro Landes (Colombian Entry for the Best International Feature Film – Oscars)
I normally reserve my movie reviews for Friday’s-Finest, but I hastily brought this one forward since I just saw Monos at the cinema and it has been selected as the Colombian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the…
Dogville (2003) – Lars Von Trier (Friday’s Finest)
This nearly 3 hour film which is set entirely on a sound stage and filmed like an intimate theatrical production would test just about anyone’s patience. I’m not going to lie. I bought the DVD brand new for about the…
20/8 – 26/8/19 Manson/Epstein, Tarantino, Springsteen & Humanity’s Future
Welcome back to Monday’s News on the March – ‘The week that was in my digital world’. Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties…Tom O’Neill WordPress article from Badfinger at PowerPop: Manson must have had…
Paris, Texas (1984) – Wim Wenders (Friday’s Finest)
Paris, Texas was one of the first indie movies I got addicted to watching….. although it kinda ripped my guts out. This film is an early warning to us all of how life can easily overwhelm without us realising it.…
A Separation (2011) – Asghar Farhadi (Friday’s Finest)
I had A Separation on the back-burner to watch for far too long and when I eventually saw this Academy award winner for best foreign film, I was kicking myself I hadn’t seen it sooner. It is currently sitting 9th…
Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975- Peter Weir (Friday’s Finest)
On Fridays I intend to post about relatively obscure movies which deserve in my estimation more widespread appreciation. They might be art-house, foreign or low budget films or a combination of all three. I have already posted about many films…
A Lovely Night – Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)
According to Oscar-nominated cinematographer Linus Sandgren, the roughly six-minute uninterrupted take, which was shot in September 2015 in Griffith Park overlooking Burbank, required a lot of careful planning. “We found a very remote spot — a paved road with no…
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