Category Archives: Saturday Matinee

Saturday Matinee: Melancholia

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Luther Blissett

Melancholia Review By Ewan Gleadow Source: Cult Following Uncomfortable productions are the forte of director Lars von Trier. The allusions to and disquieting effect of his features and their focus is something to be realised in the prime of his … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Lessons of Darkness

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Luther Blissett

By Martin Purvis Source: The Film Sufi Werner Herzog’s documentary films lie at an extreme distance from the Anglo-American tradition of documentary filmmaking. Part of that distance can be linked to the distinction between two fundamental stances towards the depiction of … Continue reading →

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Two for Tuesday

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Luther Blissett

Mona Lisa Twins Muse

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Saturday Matinee: The Bear

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Luther Blissett

Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Source: Spirituality & Practice The Bear is an unusually involving story about animals that will give you a fresh perspective on their world. It is not a documentary nor is it the kind … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Holy Motors

Posted on May 6, 2023 by Luther Blissett

What do limos know that we don’t? By Roger Ebert Source: RogerEbert.com We know he lives in movies because we literally find him in one. Leos Carax’s much-debated “Holy Motors” begins with a man (Carax himself) asleep in bed, then … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Enter the Void

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Luther Blissett

Enter the Void and the Inhuman Condition By Matt Cipolla Source: RogerEbert.com “I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear … I was … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: 88

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Luther Blissett

A sinister Big Conspiracy backs a presidential candidate in 2024 –“88” By Roger Moore Source: Movie Nation In Oliver Stone’s 1991 film “JFK,” Donald Sutherland played a character only identified as “X,” the “explainer” who downloads most of the suspect … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes

Posted on April 15, 2023 by Luther Blissett

By Teresa Viera Source: Cineuropa Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes [+], Tiago Guedes’ fourth feature, premiered in Portuguese cinemas on 21 November. A cinematic adaptation of Tiago Rodrigues’ play of the same name, it portrays the transition from childhood to … Continue reading →

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