Forthcoming attractions.

29Jul11

Two more months and we’ll be on the home stretch towards the awards season again. Everybody knows that if it’s a year Christopher Nolan is busy filming rather than releasing, cinema practically dies from the end of the Oscars in March until the beginning of October. I’ve found a few exceptions, but this year is […]

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Never Let Me Go (Mark Romanek, 2010)

20Feb11

Carey Mulligan (Kathy), Andrew Garfield (Tommy), Keira Knightley (Ruth), Sally Hawkins (Miss Lucy). Screenplay by Alex Garland. Directed by Mark Romanek. Rating: 12. Running time: 103 minutes. Never Let Me Go is a film shamelessly conscious of its own melodrama, but it is also a film totally justified in amplifying the tragedy of its subject […]

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26 for late 2010, or early 2011 (Part 1)

08Sep10

So this is my first blog post that’s not a review, but it’s also the first time since I started running this thing that the Fall of a year has approached. That means it’s Oscar season. Because of the Academy’s short memory, it seems all studios make sure their films are released in the three […]

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