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March 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Uncut Gems: Film
Uncut Gems Directors: Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie Elara Pictures / IAC Films / Sikelia Productions / Netflix The Safdie Brothers wowed people with 2017’s Good Time – which was basically Dog Day Afternoon re-cut amongst millennial angst and the pressures of the steely-grey world of today, yet it had – entirely – its own […]Archive
January 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 34 – 2020 – 1st Edition
It’s a new year – welcome, belatedly to 2020. You’ve arrived already of course, but here now is the first edition of the staggeringly inconsistent Five Songs For Friday for the new year. No theme. Just songs that are on my mind at the start of this year. Or on my turntable. Or in my […]Archive
January 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Dolly Parton – Here I Am: Film
Dolly Parton: Here I Am Director: Francis Whately Man Alive Productions / BBC / Netflix Dolly Parton is hosting a victory lap for herself. She’s always been a great and tireless self-promoter that understood the power of your personality as your brand long before ‘storytelling’ became a buzzword – but right now she’s leading a […]Archive
January 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Marriage Story: Film
Marriage Story Director: Noah Baumbach Heyday Films / Netflix Marriage Story is, to date, Noah Baumbach’s masterpiece. It’s a fairly immaculate filmography so far, but where sometimes the privilege of the characters has maybe alienated members of the audience, (whether The Squid and The Whale’s intellectual superiority or the world of wealth in The Meyerowitz […]Archive
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.Archive
December 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jenny Slate: Little Weirds
Little Weirds Jenny Slate Little, Brown and Company Jenny Slate’s had a busy year of recalibration – a Netflix special of so-so comedy mixed with her charming kookiness and some deep-cut home videos to soften the blow of mistimed punchlines. And now this book of “essays” – and the accompanying promotional book-tour. A few bit-part […]Archive
November 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Randy Newman: Marriage Story [OST]
Randy Newman Marriage Story [Original Music From The Netflix Film] Lakeshore Records We think of Randy Newman: Film Composer as The Pixar Guy these days, but in the 1980s and, particularly, the early 1990s, he made his wage by creating the music to a diverse array of films – from big-name blockbusters starring Steve Martin […]Archive
November 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sturgill Simpson: Sound & Fury
Sturgill Simpson Sound & Fury New Elektra In one of the most delightful (and successful) left-turns in recent history here Sturgill Simpson evokes Macbeth in the title, Daft Punk in the execution (anime Netflix special of the same name acting as “visual album”/accompaniment) and fries southern boogie to such a degree that it even turns […]Archive
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 […]Archive
May 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Wine Country: Film
Wine Country Director: Amy Poehler Paper Kite Productions/Netflix Wine Country is funny and sweet and thoughtful, both light-hearted and subtly impactful – but it’s getting the pass-mark only from a lot of critics, damned by faint praise because the expectation is Bridesmaids.Archive
December 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman