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August 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Vivarium: DVD
Vivarium Director: Lorcan Finnegan Vertigo Releasing / Umbrella Entertainment Vivarium is a debut feature by Lorcan Finnegan (loosely based on the short story ‘Foxes’ by Finnegan and Garret Shanley; Shanley developed it into the screenplay) – and so it deserves a big thumb’s up for the effort. But the simple truth is it falls away, […]Archive
August 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Booksellers: Film
The Booksellers Directors: D. W. Young Greenwich Entertainment / Madman The Booksellers is very much a does-what-it-says-on-the-tin doco; the clue is in the title. Couldn’t be more obvious if it was displayed like a sign in a shop window…er, kinda like the poster and all the branded imagery relating to the film and its marketing.Archive
June 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Richard Jewell: DVD
Richard Jewell Director: Clint Eastwood Malapaso Productions / Appian Way Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures Richard Jewell is the story of a security guard that went from national hero to chief suspect in a crushing blow for his own health and sanity and in an awful trial-by-media persecution that is just part of the downfall […]Archive
June 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Picture Character: Film
Picture Character Directors: Martha Shane & Ian Cheney Submarine Entertainment / Documentary Edge Festival “Emoji” is Japanese for “Picture Character” – so this documentary takes a occasionally probing, mostly light hearted look at the world/s of picture characters that have sprung up and seemingly threatened to take over language since emoji creator, Shigetaka Kurita set […]Archive
June 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
This Is Not A Movie: Film
This Is Not A Movie Director: Yung Chang National Film Board of Canada (NFB) / Documentary Edge Festival Subtitled Robert Fisk and The Politics of Truth – This Is Not A Movie is both portrait of Fisk and his working methods and a reminder of how journalism has changed, perhaps how far it’s fallen; certainly […]Archive
June 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band: Film
Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band Director: Tod Lending Nomadic Pictures / Documentary Edge Festival Did you follow through with that lifelong artistic dream during the recent paid 8-week vacation of Lockdown? Did you pick up the drum-sticks for the first time, or first time in years? Did you write that novel, or paint a […]Archive
June 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
#UNFIT – The Psychology of Donald Trump: Film
#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump Director: Dan Partland Spectrum / Documentary Edge Festival The current sitting president of America – their 45th – is a horrible, uncaring, negative, double-speaking piece of shit. Or, in psychology-speak, a malignant narcissist. Yep, there’s a term for his brand of bullying and gaslighting – mixed with fear, arrogance, […]Archive
June 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Who Let The Dogs Out: Film
Who Let The Dogs Out Director: Brent Hodge Journeyman Films / Documentary Edge Festival That annoyingly catchy hook – one of the best (and therefore worst) earworms – is now 20 years old, or is it 25…or is it 30? Who Let The Dogs Out was recorded and released by the Baha Men and won […]Archive
June 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Trip To Greece: Film
The Trip To Greece Director: Michael Winterbottom Revolution Films / Baby Cow / Small Man / IFC Films If you were ever wondering just how many times Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon could play hyper versions of themselves as reluctant travel-buddies on an all-expenses paid nosh-fest the answer – we now know – is four. […]Archive
May 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Beastie Boys Story: Film
Beastie Boys Story Directors: Spike Jonze Fresh Bread / Pulse Films / PolyGram Entertainment / Apple TV+ In a filmed companion piece to the fabulous Beastie Boys Book surviving Beasties Adam (“Ad-Rock”) Horowitz and Michael (“Mike D”) Diamond continue to pay tribute to their fallen comrade, Adam (“MCA”) Yauch; friend and collaborator Spike Jonze is […]Archive
March 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman