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July 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Ennio Morricone
The great Ennio Morricone has died. He was 91. He was the greatest and most influential film composer of the 20th Century – his work carrying on into the 21st Century, which was when he was finally honoured with Academy awards – far too late. But Hollywood was somehow irrelevant to Morricone. He stayed in […]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 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 102
V/A, Phantom Of The Paradise – Original Soundtrack Recording (1974) A few years back I was in Las Vegas and I booked to see Paul Williams. It was never the reason for the trip but it felt like the right thing to see while there and I loved it! He couldn’t sing very well anymore […]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 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: I Grew Up Watching Mork & Mindy and Popeye and Good Morning Vietnam and Listening to Live At The Met…
Robin Williams only had a few bits and he did them over and over again, talk show to talk show to stage and screen always on, always braving it strong with the same set of voices, the same comedic choices – a hyperdrive improviser he bought and sometimes stole his material but there was never […]Archive
May 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman