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February 16, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Clint Mansell’s Music For Film Cuts Right To My Heart

Clint Mansell’s made some of the best music I’ve ever heard. Some of the greatest film cues and scores. And he was in the band Pop Will Eat Itself. I first really got to know his work when I watched Requiem For A Dream, a film that stays with me still. Its music, scored by […]
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June 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents

I think about the movie Dead Presidents a lot – and I’ve seen it a few times too. It might not be many people’s idea of a true classic movie but it felt like a truly profound experience to me when I first saw it, I tried mentioning it to many others, tried introducing it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Barry White, Curtis Mayfield, Danny Elfman, Dead Presidents, Funk, Heist, Hughes Brothers, James Brown, Jerry Butler, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 18, Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents, Movies of My Life started life as a series of posts on the Phantom Billstickers Facebook page, R'n'B, Racism, Requiem For A Dream, Soul, Soundtrack, The Spinners, Vietnam War ·

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September 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Mother: Film

Mother! Director: Darren Aronofsky Paramount Pictures/Protozoa Pictures Making Black Swan look like a perfect rom-com for any date-night, Darren Aronofsky here sets up a taut, psychological horror that you at first think might play out along the lines of Don’t Look Now or – as is more oft-referenced – Rosemary’s Baby. There’s touches of Polanski […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Black Swan, Ed Harris, Film, Film Review, Henry Fool, Horror, Javier Bardem, Jennifer Lawrence, Kristen Wiig, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mother, Mother: Film, Movie, Movie Review, Pi, Requiem For A Dream, Review, Rosemary's Baby, The Fountain, The Wrestler ·

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February 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Adam Fresco

Adam Fresco works in film, theatre and TV as a writer, director, producer, performer and professional acting coach. Born in London, he arrived in Auckland a decade ago, having worked in professional British Theatre and TV. The Director of DramaTrain.co.nz and Producer for Imagine Studios NZ, Adam is a self-confessed film nut. He regularly reviews […]
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August 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #135 – Kronos Quartet, Wellington, 2013

Look at the state of it – you could hardly call that a ticket/stub – it’s the folder a ticket goes in; looks like they lost them…anyway, no matter, usually when I get a comp it’s just a name on a doorlist, a stamp on the hand. But this is the first time I’ve been […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2013, Clint Mansell, Gig Review, Kronos, Kronos Quartet, Live, Live Gig, MFC, Requiem For A Dream, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #135 – Kronos Quartet, The Kronos Quartet, Wellington ·

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April 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet: Noah [OST]

Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet Noah [OST] Nonesuch Records Inc. It’s probably a good thing I’ve yet to see the film – I may never see the film actually (oh, who am I kidding, curiosity will kill this cat). But at least I got to hear the soundtrack first. It used to be that I had […]
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