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August 3, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Elizabeth – A Portrait in Part(s): DVD

Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) Director: Roger Michell Madman With its pleased-with-itself subtitle (that doesn’t seem to actually mean anything) Roger Michell’s documentary about the Queen is less a portrait and more a series of scrapbooks; in fact, with its incongruous music, it’s more some sort of smug mixtape. No talking heads. No revelations. And […]

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July 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 525

The 5th Dimension, Portrait (1970) The 5th album by The 5th Dimension – I don’t have the four before it; prior to picking this up I’ve only had compilations and a live album – but I do love this band. Great players on the recordings and great vocalists; the blend of female and male voices, […]

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June 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Harry Dean Stanton – Partly Fiction: DVD

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction Director: Sophie Huber Adopt Films This documentary portrait of the wonderful character actor Harry Dean Stanton is impressionistic, as much a fable as so many of the films he’s starred in – or, rather, turned up in. And as such it is the most perfect, fitting tribute – it’s correctly […]