5 min movie guide
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MISSISSIPI DAMNED
This rather harrowing narrative about an extended black family in the 8os’ & 90’s in semi rural Mississippi was an inspired choice for the opening movie of ‘O’ Cinema, Miami’s newest edgy Art House Theater. A deeply disturbing debut film from writer/director Tina Mabry, which is even more disturbing on reflection when I discovered after…
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THE AMERICAN
This movie didn’t really appear on my radar when it opened in the US in September 2010. It was after all a small film with a Big American Star with an unknown, but pretty cast, with unpronounceable names. However I had one of those ‘Kevin Bacon 6 Degrees’ moments on the plane yesterday and suddenly…
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Barney’s Version
Barney seems to sail precariously through his drama-packed life, but we are never sure how or why. At the reception party for his second marriage his falls head over heals for a total stranger after one breathtaking glimpse and pursues her recklessly and persistently for months until she caves in just when he manages to…
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Brighton Rock
It’s so hard to avoid not being more than a tad suspicious when some bright spark decides to remark a classic film noir, esp. when they turn out to be such insipid copies of the original. Think the stunning ‘Plein Soliel’ turned into ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’. Remember? I rest my case! So I was more…
