5 min movie guide
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‘THE TAQWACORES’ & ‘TAQWACORE:THE BIRTH OF PUNK ISLAM’
The intro to my Blog says when it comes to movies my preference is ‘the weirder the better’ and I guess this movie definitely falls into that category. It’s title is an amalgamation of ‘taqwa’ an Islamic word denoting love & fear for Allah, and ‘core’ for hardcore as in punk music i.e. its about…
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THE DESCENDENTS
A boating accident has left Elizabeth King in a coma, and husband Matt, the self-proclaimed back up parent, is left in charge of their two daughters. Scottie is a sassy 10 year old with a bit of a potty mouth on her that she has picked up from Alexandra her 17-year-old sister whose reckless ways…
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SARAH’S KEY
In just two days in July 1942 the French Authorities arrested some 38000 Jews in Paris and dumped some 13000 on them, including women and children, in Velodrome d’Hiver a Cycling Stadium close to the Eiffel Tower. The inhumane conditions there were unimaginable but within days they were all shipped off on trucks and trains…
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LIGHTS IN THE DUSK
This is my third movie from idiosyncratic Finnish filmmaker Ari Kaurismaki that I have seen in as many weeks, and I am developing quite a taste for his work. This one is the last in his ‘loser’ trilogy and deals with loneliness and is heart wrenching sad. It is the tale of a Security Guard who…
