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🎬 #130 Alive With The Sound of Music.

Music in a film has the ability to totally transform it.

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🎬 #129 Bodies Of The Future.

Apologies, my charismatic and hardworking readers - this week there is just one film.

Jul 19 •

🎬 #128 Double Herzog.

Werner Herzog is a special, multifaceted filmmaker who tackles a wide range of topics in a wide range of formats in his very own Herzog way. The two…

Jul 12 •

🎬 #127 In Anticipation.

This week I’m focusing on two films that aren’t out yet, in the UK at least. So I haven’t seen them, I’m basing my feelings purely from the trailers…

Jul 5 •

June 2024

🎬 #126 Artists, Framed.

Artist’s lives seem to be necessarily intense and challenging - maybe part of the reason why they can create their work. The films about their lives…

Jun 28 •

🎬 #125 Why Is 'Against All Odds' So Cinematic?

Two very different films this week but both focus on struggle - rising up against almost insurmountable odds. One deals with the brutally physical, one…

Jun 21 •

🎬 #1[24] Bogdanovich and Poitier, Two Greats, Two Great Films 😊

As more people have continued to join the newsletter I wanted to resurface my very first one and also add a special bonus for you at the end. Normal…

Jun 14

🎬 #123 Internal Landscapes.

From deep in the Colombian jungle to the vast open spaces of the Texan Panhandle, this week's films take us on an introspective journey that explores…

Jun 7 •

May 2024

🎬 #122 Prisoned By The Frame.

We’re all prisoners to something and if you’ve managed to earn your freedom from everything else, the last prison wall remains our bodies. This week’s…

May 31 •

🎬 #121 Production Designed.

All films have a production designer and an entire art direction department. From one person to a whole team of people, depending on the budget. From an…

May 24 •

🎬 #120 Lost Souls In Film.

We have two very different lost souls this week, protagonists who are searching for a connection, something from their past, something they desperately…

May 17 •

🎬 #119 Outsider Japanese Cinema.

Both films this week deal with characters in Japanese society that feel like they’re on the periphery - misunderstood. They’re many different things to…

May 10 •

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