Not the most uplifting of real-life vignettes. My kids are about the age the little soldiers in this film. And actually, when this film was made, I was approximately the…
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The Great McGinty 1940
Part of my 5 Directors x 5 Unseen Films (17) challenge.
This political satire was the feature debut of director Preston Sturges, marking his transition from comedy writer into comedy…
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The Great McGinty 1940
After persuading Paramount to give him the opportunity to direct for the first time by offering them the script for free, Sturges hit a bullseye straightaway and bagged himself a…
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Good Bye Lenin! 2003
A creative historical comedy like you rarely see, although never quite reach the fullest of its premise potential.
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The Great McGinty 1940
I find it a bit less impressive this time round now that I’ve seen HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO, but this is still a cracking first feature. Sturges really packs a…
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Out of State 2017
☆"I had to go to the ends of the earth, so to speak, to find out who I was."☆
Film number three of the celebration of Asian American and Pacific…
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Good Bye Lenin! 2003
Today is the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the GDR. As such, it seems fitting to watch Good bye, Lenin!, Wolfgang Becker's…
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Bright Future 2002
It was a tiny revolution
You touched my shoulderNumbing emptiness in labour and everything the city touches, the concrete, the fences, the canals, the people shaped in dollars and…
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