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Top 10 films of 2009
11th December 2009 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this
What’s in a list? Probably little more than an opportunity to show off, indulge in a some lazy cultural showboating and maybe even a chance to stir up a dash of barroom provocation. Perfect. So, in no particular order, here is my attempt to do just that. Any disagreements, disputes, outraged contempt, please feel free to comment.....
1. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)Haneke’s latest masterpiece. Beautifully scripted, shot and acted it... -
Review: Broken Embraces – Cruz stars but Almodovar shines
25th September 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
I have arrived late to Almodovar’s Broken Embraces but it was worth the wait…I think. Like so many of the Spanish auteur’s films his latest is a hyper-stylised, luxuriant and lavish affair, dripping in sensuality, and if you reach the end with a slight feeling of heady drunkenness it is only because you have been so thoroughly seduced by the extravagance of it all. It’s rather like Christmas lunch. Delicious...
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Nick Clarke
Working in advertising, writing for a number of national newspaper and magazine titles and currently clawing his way through his PhD in film, Nick has nurtured a passion for media and the arts for over a decade. He tries not to take himself too seriously but finds it difficult. As such he harbours the faintly ridiculous belief that one- day he will write a definitive, universally lauded book on a subject that he thinks he knows something about. Given that he is fanatical about Soul music, 1970s cinema and boxing, it might be about one of those. Given that he also is very indecisive and non-committal it also might not be.
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