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“SAND! Like sands. Like the ocean”: The Licorice Pizza trailer is here

27th September 2021 by Sarah

Teenage love. Acting. The correct way to pronounce Barbra StreiSAND. Yes, it’s the trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, about a high school boy who falls in love. And gets a lesson from film producer Jon Peters on film star names. Here’s the very short synopsis: Set in 1970s San Fernando Valley, the film… “SAND! Like sands. Like the ocean”: The Licorice Pizza trailer is here Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: 1970s, AAA, acting, alana Haim, cooper hoffman, liquorice pizza, love, Paul Thomas Anderson

Cruella 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

20th June 2021 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Prequel covering the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, the legendary Cruella de Vil.  Cruella may be all fur coat and no knickers but it’s also bouncy fun with bite, as we are blessed with the two best Emmas (sorry Hermione and Baby Spice) fighting it… Cruella Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 101 dalmations, 1970s, cruel de vil, dalmations, london

Misbehaviour 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

12th March 2020 by Sarah Leave a Comment

With the first UK women’s liberation conference taking place at Oxford University in 1970, feminists plot to disrupt the final of that year’s Miss World contest – while for the pageant’s Black contestants, success could mean opportunities that won’t get any other way. I came out of Misbehaviour wanting to flour bomb Bob Hope while… Misbehaviour Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1970s, feminism, miss world, south africa

Roma 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

25th February 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Roma is a very beautiful and a very sad film, and it’s a sadness drenched in the stoicism of those who hold little sway over their own lives. Not frenetic (despite the family’s four children rushing everywhere and fighting all the time) and not languid, it’s a supremely evenly-paced and unromantic look back at director Alfonso… Roma Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1970s, childhood, Colonia Roma, maid, Mexico, Mexico City

BlacKkKlansman (Cannes 2018) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

21st May 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

There’s a big sign strung across the entrance to the Colorado Springs Police Department, encouraging new recruits from diverse backgrounds to apply. Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is soon their first Black police officer, fulfilling his lifelong dream. And once there, he also joins another outfit as their first Black recruit; the local branch of… BlacKkKlansman (Cannes 2018) Read More

Filed Under: Cannes Film Festival, Film Festivals, Film Reviews Tagged With: 1970s, KKK, racism, Ron Stallworth

All The Money In The World 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

11th January 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“A man who has children gives hostages to fortune” said billionaire miser J. Paul Getty’s own father to him, a maxim that is not about money but about saying or doing something that sets you up for trouble in the future. Though in this case it is both, as descendants of billionaires are obvious kidnap… All The Money In The World Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1970s, italy, J Paul Getty, kidnapping, ransom, Ridley Scott films, The Gettys

Myths, Melodrama & Swedish Meatballs – Q&A With Love Witch Director Anna Biller

3rd April 2017 by Sarah 2 Comments

Anna Biller as Barbi in 1970s-set sex comedy Viva

“The style that a lot of people attribute to B-movies and melodramas is just classical, theatrical acting… and all of my actors were classically trained. So they have strong voices, they speak clearly and enunciate. I have a musical ear, so I like to listen to actors with beautiful voices” Anna Biller After watching writer/director Anna Biller’s 2016… Myths, Melodrama & Swedish Meatballs – Q&A With Love Witch Director Anna Biller Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: 1960s, 1970s, actor director, anna biller, anna biller interview, feminism, film making interview, independent filmmaking, independent films, jared sandford, love witch director, playboy magazine, sex comedies, viva, witchcraft, women directors, women film makers, women scriptwriters

Viva 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

23rd March 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“I turn you on. I turn everybody on!’ says Viva (Anna Biller) at a fancy dress orgy, as she tries to navigate her own sexual awakening in early 1970s LA, slowly realising that while the men she meets also love women’s sexual awakenings it’s not for the same reason. Viva starts and finishes the film as suburban… Viva Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: 1970s, bored housewives, free love, playboy, playboy magazine, sex comedy, sexploitation, suburbia, viva

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Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, John Wick lover and Gerard Butler apologist. Still waiting for Mike Banning vs John Wick: Requiem

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Reviews

Netflix and chill: the film club discusses The Pale Blue Eye 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

See How They Run 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Maneater 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Clarkson’s Farm (TV series, season 1) 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

The Reef: Stalked 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Persuasion 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

GATLOPP: Hell Of A Game 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Jurassic World: Dominion 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Top Gun: Maverick 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Senior Year 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

H20h no! The Film Club watches Black Water: Abyss 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV mini series) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (short film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Operation Mincemeat 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Reed’s Point 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Let The Wrong One In 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Death On The Nile 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Deep Water 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Moonfall 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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