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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: 1984

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Luther Blissett

A scary reminder of how easily totalitarian ideas and ideals crop up in societies and take fierce hold. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Source: Spirituality & Practice Winston Smith lives on Airstrip One, a part of Oceania. … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: The Osterman Weekend

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Luther Blissett

Ahead of its time – brilliant, entertaining, insightful Review By nfaust1 Source: IMDB When this movie originally came out, five years after CONVOY (a muddled, but in many ways spectacular entertainment), many critics moaned that Peckinpah had yet again displayed … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Snowpiercer

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Luther Blissett

Snowpiercer (2013) is a film adaptation of French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette directed by Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Mother, Haemoo). The majority of the movie takes place on a perpetually globe-spanning train containing the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: The Plague Dogs

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Luther Blissett

Many of us may have read the Richard Adams book “Watership Down” or have seen the film adaptation, but less known is the film version of his even darker follow-up, “The Plague Dogs” (1982). Like a Disney film, it features … Continue reading →

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