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Damien Chazelle is off with the Fairies (2018) A Few Observations by Philip Powers

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 - by Philip Powers

La La Land (2016) A Damien Chazelle Film I didn’t remember the name of the writer/director of a brilliant film called, Whiplash (2014), which I gave 4.5 stars (**** on …

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Thursday 16 August 2018: Another Impossible Cruise Missile (2018) A Few Observations by Philip Powers

August 18, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) #51552 A Christopher Macquarie Film Tom Cruise, Henry Cahill, Ving Rhames, Alec Baldwin & Angela Bassett Now that we’re up to the sixth film in the …

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Daisy Kenyon (1947) A Few Observations by Philip Powers

August 10, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Daisy Kenyon (1947) An Otto Preminger Film Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews A Twentieth Century Fox film, Daisy Kenyon, first released more than seventy years ago, has subject-matter, …

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Ritual – Una storia psicomagica (2013)

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Ritual – Una storia psicomagica [aka. Ritual: A Psychomagic Story] (2013) A Giulia Brazzale and Luca Immesi Film Spoiler warning: this film deals in a subject matter of magic which …

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The Pawnbroker 1964

April 21, 2018May 3, 2018 - by Philip Powers

The 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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Isle of Dogs 2018 – ‘Discarding Trash. Any Trash. Piece by Piece’ A Few Observations by Philip Powers

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Isle of Dogs  2018 A Wes Anderson Film ‘Discarding Trash. Any Trash’  2018  A Few Observations by Philip Powers Set in a fictitious Japanese city, Megasaki, all the human characters …

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The Bedford Incident (1965) A Few Observations by Philip Powers

April 8, 2018April 8, 2018 - by Philip Powers

The Bedford Incident (1965) A Few Observations by Philip Powers © 20180408 Please contact: philiprwpowers@gmail.com or pp@1m1.com.au INTRODUCTION This has been a favourite film of mine before I was even …

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L’ATALANTE 1934

January 22, 2018February 22, 2018 - by Philip Powers - Leave a Comment

As is my custom, I didn’t read anything about this film before watching it. I knew it was directed by a man called Jean Vigo. I knew it was European, …

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JEAN RENOIR’S CAMERA

November 22, 2017May 1, 2018 - by Philip Powers

JEAN RENOIR’S CAMERA An Observation by Philip Powers Jean Renoir sees film as just one thing: a film. Not in its components. Of course, it has the components, but it …

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2001: A Space Odyssey – Kubrick’s Vision

September 11, 2017May 2, 2018 - by Philip Powers

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY – KUBRICK’S VISION A Few Observations by Philip Powers General Regard – 2012 Academics: #6 Ever – All-Films 2012 Directors: #2 Ever – All-Films 2002 Academics: #6 Ever – All-Films …

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