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Podcast episode 4

Today’s episode is a special one on Agoston’s Film Odyssey. I talk about Black British Films exploring motifs and character … More

#agostonsfilmodyssey, #asmr, #thelasttree, activism, bellhooks, blackbritishfilm, debbietuckergreen, Drama, earforeye, filmanalysispodcast, hishouse, horror, lashanalynch, meditative soundscape, remiweekes, samueladewunmi, sholaamoo, sopedirisu, wunmimosaku

The Feast of Life – Big night

Big night (1996) is a 90s gem of American independent filmmaking that deserves a bigger audience.

1996, American Independent Film Scene, Big night, comedy, Drama, gastronomy, Ian Holm, Immigrants, Immigration, Independent Film, Isabella Rossellini, Italian American, Italian cuisine, joy, Minnie Driver, Pulp fiction, restaurant, Sex lies videotape, Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub

Crimes of the heart – The Bigamist

Ida Lupino’s the Bigamist is still remarkable 68 years later. Here’s my review (mild spoilers).

50s America, auteurism, Drama, Edmond OBrien, Edmund Gwenn, Ida Lupino, Joan Fontaine, Miracle on 34th street, relationships, The Bigamist, The Hitchhiker, The Trouble with Angels

‘Tis a man’s world – The Homesman

The Homesman is a powerful revisionist western that takes you on an immersive and grueling journey, but is deeply rewarding in the end. Available on Amazon Prime.

adaptation, Clint Eastwood, Drama, Glendon Swarthout, Hilary Swank, Iowa, Marco Beltrami, No country for old men, pioneer life, revisionist western, The Fugitive, The Homesman, Tommy Lee Jones, Unforgiven, western, western novel, wild west

As it is written – Kodachrome

Kodachrome (2017) is a decent father-son road movie that’s good to watch on a Saturday afternoon. Available to stream on Netflix!

Drama, ed harris, elizabeth olsen, father-son film, film vs digital, jason sudeikis, kodachrome, Netflix, New York Times, photography, Pollock, road movie, The Hours

Hall of mirrors – A Special Day

A Special Day (1977) is a beautiful Italian drama that I could not recommend more strongly. Available on BFI Player or with English dubbing on Amazon Prime.

1977, A Special Day, Adolf Hitler, auteurism, Benito Mussolini, Drama, Ettore Scola, fascism, Late modernism, Marcello Mastroianni, neo-realism, Pasqualino De Santis, romantic, rosy neo-realism, Sophia Loren, Una giornata particolare

Film Reviews

  • Hall of mirrors – A Special Day
  • Fool’s gold – What if
  • America’s wounds – Da 5 Bloods
  • As it is written – Kodachrome
  • The heart’s echo chamber – Searching
  • Son of Man – Ad Astra
  • Meanderathon – The Wild Blue Yonder
  • Louisiana Noir – In the Electric Mist
  • ‘Tis a man’s world – The Homesman
  • The Mirage of Adulthood – The Edge of 17
  • Grey – White Hype – Ugetsu Monogatari
  • Thank you, Goodbye – The Sunset Limited
  • Crimes of the heart – The Bigamist
  • The Feast of Life – Big night

Essays

  • The curious case of David Fincher and his many takes – A short babble on the auteur’s cult of personality

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