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Peter Machen on ‘Shame’
Film: Shame Country: UK Year of Release: 2011 Director: Steve McQueen Screenwriters: Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, Nicole Beharie Review: Peter Machen ♥♥♥♥ If you’re going to be a sex addict, it certainly helps to look … Continue reading
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Peter Machen on ‘Dark Shadows’
Film: Dark Shadows Country: USA Year of Release: 2012 Director: Tim Burton Screenwriter: Seth Grahame-Smith Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny-Lee Miller Review: Peter Machen ♥♥♥ Tim Burton must be the world’s most famous cult director. From Edward … Continue reading
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Peter Machen on ‘The Grey’
Film: The Grey Country: USA Year of Release: 2012 Director: Joe Carnahan Screenwriters: Joe Carnahan, Ian Mackenzie Jeffers Starring: Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo Review: Peter Machen ♥♥♥ Towards the beginning of The Grey , which opened on circuit … Continue reading
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Peter Machen on ‘The Hunger Games’
Film: The Hunger Games Country: USA Year of Release: 2012 Director: Gary Ross Screenwriters: Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Donald Sutherland, Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley Review: Peter Machen ♥♥♥½ For those readers who’ve been … Continue reading
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Peter Machen on ‘Battleship’
Film: Battleship Country: USA Year of Release: 2012 Director: Peter Berg Screenwriters: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker and Liam Neeson Review: Peter Machen ♥♥ Anyone who’s ever played the strategy board game Battleship might, on hearing … Continue reading
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Peter Machen on ‘Mirror Mirror’
Film: Mirror Mirror Country: USA Year of Release: 2012 Director: Tarsem Singh Screenwriters: Marc Klein, Jason Keller Starring: Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane Review: Peter Machen ♥ Anyone making a contemporary version of Snow White will have … Continue reading
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Peter Machen on ‘Otelo Burning’
Film: Otelo Burning Country: South Africa Year of Release: 2011 Director: Sarah Blecher Screenwriters: James Whyle, Sarah Blecher Starring: Thomas Gumede, Jafta Mamabolo, Tshepang Mohlomi, Nolwazi Shange and Sihle Xaba Review: Peter Machen ♥♥♥½ I watched Otelo Burning at its … Continue reading
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Peter Machen on ‘Goethe’
Film: Goethe Country: Germany Year of Release: 2010 Director: Philipp Stolzl Screenwriter: Starring: Miriam Stein, Alexander Fehling Review: Peter Machen ♥♥♥ Goethe is loosely based on The Sorrows of Young Werther, a prose work consisting of a series of letters … Continue reading
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Sarah Dawson on ‘The Turin Horse’
Film: The Turin Horse Country: Hungary Year of Release: 2010 Director: Béla Tarr Screenwriters: Béla Tarr, László Krasznahorkai Starring: János Derzsi, Erika Bók and Mihály Kormos Review: Sarah Dawson Béla Tarr began his career in film at age 10, acting in … Continue reading
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Todd Solondz – From Happiness to Wartime
Todd Solondz is one of contemporary America’s most important film directors, pulling apart the elasticated morality of his subjects with one part love, two parts caustic soda. Peter Machen spoke to him about Life During Wartime, his sequel of sorts to the … Continue reading
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