Day 299: ‘Anzac Day 299’ 2018
Day 299 Wednesday 25 April 2018 3.01pm ‘Anzac Day 299’ 2018 Today, of course, is one those milestones when you’re working on a year-long project. There’s forty-five films still to see from …
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Day 299 Wednesday 25 April 2018 3.01pm ‘Anzac Day 299’ 2018 Today, of course, is one those milestones when you’re working on a year-long project. There’s forty-five films still to see from …
Read MoreDay 299 Wednesday 25 April 2018 2.44am ‘Below Tarkovsky’s Stalker’ 2018 This afternoon after returning three Fellini films to Lane Cove library I borrowed two of the three Roberto Rossellini films I …
Read MoreDay 298 Tuesday 24 April 2018 4.48pm ‘A Very Big Dumb Movie’ 2018 A John the Dotz Film As far as films go that operate on the level of King Kong vs military …
Read MoreDay 298 Tuesday 24 April 2018 1.53pm ‘A Very Little Horror Film’ 2018 A Blumhouse of the Rising Sun Production Every so often, along comes a film that brings something different or even …
Read MoreDay 297 Monday 23 April 2018 4.43am STALKER 1979 An Andrei Tarkovsky Film This two-hour-and-thirty-nine-minute-film reduced me to tears during the final ten minutes even though I don’t know the intention …
Read MoreDay 296 Sunday 22 April 2018 8.33pm Peter Rabbit 2018 A Will Gluck Film Peter Rabbit (James Corden), the young Macgregor (Domhnall Gleeson), and a nice neighbour (Rose Byrne), who …
Read MoreDay 296 Sunday 22 April 2018 3.15am The Mirror 1975 An Andrei Tarkovsky Film I pretty much have no idea what’s going on in this film. I have to admit …
Read MoreDay 295 Saturday 21 April 2018 11.14pm Running Scared 1986 A Peter Hyams Film My wife felt like watching a film like Die Hard (1988) tonight as she comes to …
Read MoreThe Pawnbroker 1964 A Sidney Lumet Film A Few Observations by Philip Powers The Pawnbroker (1964) is an astonishing film! An amazing achievement on all counts: low-budget filmmaking at its …
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