Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

1727 posts by Richard Cotter

QUANTUM OF MENACE: A VIEW TO A QUILL

Hello Q” said Commander James Bond. Enjoying retirement yet?”

Q’ute, quosy qurime meets elements of Ian Fleming in Vaseem Khan’s QUANTUM OF MENACE.

Pay attention 007 lovers.

Major Boothroyd, the quintessential quartermaster has been cashiered from His Majesty’s Secret

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THE HISTORY OF SOUND: RHAPSODY IMBUED

Writer Ben Shatuck (adapting from his own short story of the same name) teams with director Oliver Hermanus to bring audiences THE HISTORY OF SOUND which teams the ubiquitous pair of latter day stars, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor.

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KOKUHO: A SUPERB SPECTACULAR FILM

If you missed this superb film at the Japanese Film Festival, now is your opportunity to experience the epic, operatic, Kabuki infused spectacle, KOKUHO, a vision splendid to be savoured on the big cinema screen.

At nearly three hours long,

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THE GOLDEN SPURTLE: GET YOUR GOLDILOCKS OFF

The proof of the porridge is in the spurtle.

Can a film about a porridge competition be anything other than stodge?

Constantine Costi has produced a cereal killer. THE GOLDEN SPURTLE is case of whatever floats your oats as Costi

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TWIGGY: INSPIRATIONAL ICON

 

There’s a surprising encounter with Woody Allen in the fascinating feature documentary TWIGGY, an intimate, star-studded dive into the birth of an icon, and everything that followed.

Woody is being a bit of a smart arse asking the fashion

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BUSHIDO: THE GO TO GO GUY

The backbone of Japanese cinema is arguably the Samuari saga and this year’s Japanese Film Festival has a fascinating take on the genre.

A little The Crucible a little bit The Merchant of Venice, a little bit Casino Royale, BUSHIDO

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KOKUHO: FLAGSHIP OF THE JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL

Epic, operatic, Kabuki infused spectacle, KOKUHO is a vision splendid.

At nearly three hours long, it is a testament to the film’s visual beauty and dramatic depth that it never fails to fascinate.

Beginning on New Year’s Day, 1964 in

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CHRISTMAS KARMA: BAH HUMBUG

Christmas is a con!” says the subcontinental Scrooge, Mr Sood, in Gurinder Chadha’s CHRISTMAS KARMA, a bowdlerised Bollywood-inspired reimagining of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol.

Couldn’t agree more and this picture is part of the problem.

Swimming

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MAGIC FARM: NOW STREAMING

 

Chloë Sevigny plays a perplexed producer of guerrilla style docos in Amalia Ulman’s absurdist comedy Magic Farm.

Yanks tank as a misguided American documentary crew working for a mini mogul media company led by Simon Rex’s character, Dave, travel

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