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December 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Irishman: Film

The Irishman Director: Martin Scorsese Tribeca Productions, Sikella Productions, Winkler Films / Netflix A standing ovation for the victory lap. That seems to be the decision. Scorsese’s The Irishman, a bloated, mostly boring mini-series of a movie is the final full-stop (actually it’s a meandering dot-dot-dot) on his 50-year fascination with gangster stories.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Al Pacino, Film, Film Review, Gangster, Harvey Keitel, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorcese, Mob, Movie, Movie Review, Netflix, Robert De Niro, Sikella Productions, The Irishman, The Irishman: Film, Tribeca Productions, Winkler Films, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Strong Female Lead

Instead of counting the number of lines that the female characters did not have in the latest Martin Scorsese movie, a better move might be to watch Nicole Kidman in the movie Destroyer, or Natalie Portman in Vox Lux, or Maggie Gyllenhaal in…well… anything, but most recently The Kindergarten Teacher. There are many other examples […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged a better move might be to watch Nicole Kidman in the movie Destroyer, Destroyer, Film, Instead of counting the number of lines that the female characters did not have in the latest Martin Scorsese movie, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Martin Scorcese, Movies, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, or Maggie Gyllenhaal in…well… anything, or Natalie Portman in Vox Lux, Poem, Strong Female Lead, The Kindergarten Teaher, Vox Lux ·

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June 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Re-Viewed!

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. I followed that up with a chat about Ringo Starr and played some of his best Beatles drum bits […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Re-Viewed!, Chat, Concert, Desire, Dylan, Feature, Interview, Karyn Hay, Lately, Lately With Karyn Hay, Martin Scorcese, Radio, RNZ, RNZ Feature, RNZ Feature: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Re-Viewed!, Rolling Thunder, Rolling Thunder Revue, Simon Sweetman, Songwriter, Tour, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 30 – Rolling Thunder Reviewed! 

Bob Dylan is never far from my mind, my heart, my stereo – if he’s not on the turntable, he’s in my thoughts in some way or another, often informing the music that I’ve chosen to listen to. It’s that deep. He is one of the great musical forces for me – and surely the most […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 5, Bob, Bob Dylan, Bootleg, Demo, Doco, Dylan, Easy And Slow, Five, Five Songs, Five Songs For A Friday, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday # 30, Five Songs For Friday:  30 – Rolling Thunder Reviewed!, Friday, Hard Rain, Idiot Wind, Live, Martin Scorcese, Masterpieces, Netflix, Rehearsal, Rolling Thunder, Rolling Thunder Reviewed!, Rolling Thunder Revue, Tangled Up In Blue, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, The Rolling Thunder Revue, TV Special, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Philip Matthews

Philip Matthews is a senior reporter with Fairfax Media in Christchurch and is a former film reviewer with the NZ Listener. He blogs about films at Second Sight and is on Twitter as @secondzeit. Here are Five Films That Have Stayed With Him… 1 – Solaris: This is such an intensely sorrowful film. If I was […]
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