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A Useful Life – La Vida Util (Uruguay)

Viewing an art house film is always a very personal experience.  It never ceases to amaze me how each viewer takes away such different thoughts and feelings from the next.  A Useful Life, at first glance, is a somewhat dry … Continue reading

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utter bourgeois carnage…

The storyline is simple; an eleven- year- old boy hits another. But the dynamic of the two sets of parents, who try to hold a cordial meeting to discuss the event, becomes wildly chaotic. Keen to empathise as much as … Continue reading

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War Horse: a novelist’s dream

It is a quite outstanding tale to tell and no less outstanding for the author himself. http://www.culturecompass.co.uk/2012/01/11/war-horse-a-novelists-dream/ And, here is my review of Spielberg’s film: http://www.culturecompass.co.uk/2012/01/09/war-horse-review/

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iron lady: a truly unbelievable performance and yet untrue

Firstly I feel I should come clean; I am one of Thatcher’s children… http://www.culturecompass.co.uk/2012/01/07/the-iron-lady-review/

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