Tag: Author: David G. Hughes

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The cult of Diana Spencer returns to the silver screen, and suffering ensues

Spencer (Pablo Larraín, 2021, UK-US)
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Road rage thriller Unhinged follows its pulp convictions to a satisfying conclusion

Unhinged (Derrick Borte, 2020, US)
Greyhound (Dir. Aaron Schneider, 2020), Apple TV, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 91 minsG
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Gentlemen prefer righteous wars: Greyhound is Tom Hanks’ impressionistic tribute to values-driven warfare

Greyhound (Aaron Schneider, 2020, US)
The Ground Beneath My Feet / Der Boden unter den Füßen (Marie Kreutzer, 2019), Light Bulb Film Distribution, Austria, 35mm, colour, sound, 108 mins, Elise (Mavie Hörbiger), Lola (Valerie Pachner)M
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Madness and civilisation: Austrian drama The Ground Beneath My Feet finds neurosis at the core of late-capitalist society

The Ground Beneath My Feet (Marie Kreutzer, 2019, Austria)
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Camille Paglia declares cinema done.

"It lasted for a spectacular century—which is actually longer than other important movements in the arts..."
Villain (Philip Barantini, 2020), Vertigo Releasing / Saban Films, UK, colour, sound 97 minutesP
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Polished British gangster flick Villain hits with surprising emotional depth

Villain (Philip Barantini, 2020, UK)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007), Warner Bros., USA, 35mm, colour, sound, Jesse James (Brad Pitt)T
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The anxiety of influence and The Assassination of Jesse James, analogous to our cultural moment

A western that speaks to a culture war torn between the charismatic, problematic past and the ambitious, revisionist present.
Extraction (Sam Hargrave, 2020), Netflix, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 116 minutesB
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Bombastic action thriller Extraction isn’t as slick as it thinks it is

Extraction (Sam Hargrave, 2020, US)
Planet of the Humans (Jeff Gibbs, 2020), Huron Mountain Films, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 100 minutesP
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Planet of the Humans exposes the hypocrisy and fallacy of the green movement

Planet of the Humans (Jeff Gibbs, 2020, US)
The Hunt (Craig Zobel, 2020), Universal Pictures, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 90 minutes, Crystal (Betty Gilpin)S
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Shallow Culture War Satire ‘The Hunt’ Has Plenty of Bark but No Bite

On 'The Hunt' (Craig Zobel, 2020), US
VFW (Joe Begos, 2020), Fangoria, USA, colour, sound, 92 minutes, Fred Parras (Stephen Lang)V
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Veterans Rage Against Millennials and the Opioid Epidemic in Retrograde Splatter-Fest ‘VFW’

On 'VFW' (Joe Begos, 2020), US
Disturbing the Peace (York Alec Shackleton, 2020), Signature Entertainment, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 87 Minutes, Jim Dillon (Guy Pearce)C
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Charismatic Guy Pearce can’t save conservative neo-western Disturbing the Peace

On 'Disturbing the Peace' (York Alec Shackleton, 2020), US
The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019), Netflix, USA, 35mm, colour, sound, 209 Minutes, Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), Frank "Irish" Sheeran (Robert De Niro)&
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‘The Irishman’ is a Masterful Opus Infused with Cruel Wisdom and Tragic Melancholia

On 'The Irishman' (Martin Scorsese, 2019), US
Terminator: Dark Fate (Tim Miller, 2019), Paramount Pictures, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 128 minutes, Grace (Mackenzie Davis)I
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Ideological overkill and cynical opportunism condemns Terminator: Dark Fate to the scrapheap

On 'Terminator: Dark Fate' (Tim Miller, 2019), US
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino, 2019), Sony Pictures, USA, 35 mm / 70 mm, colour, sound, 161 minutes, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt)A
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A touch of zen and violence: on the playful fantasy of Cliff Booth

As moral panic around fantasy violence flares up, Quentin Tarantino argues for a philosophy of cathartic, ethical screen violence via the charisma of Brad Pitt.