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- Apart from All That
- Projected “I Anna”
April 30, 2013 | 11:17 amThe Monday Movie at the Kirkgate was made and shown. It’s I, Anna, a sort of throw-back film-noir with a baffled cop and a femme fetale. This needed a fair amount of belief suspension and some plot-hole ignoring, for it was set in a contemporary London. The main idea was that the primary suspect was [...]
- ‘Amour’ Projected
April 1, 2013 | 11:21 amAmour a French film that got a nod at the Oscars was made up and projected. The film was quite depressing and overly long. It basically chronicled the end-of-life trip of an elderly but wealthy woman and her husband’s trials in helping her. Things were never going to end cleverly or happily and the Movie [...]
- In the Booth with Silver Linings
March 19, 2013 | 11:26 amI was in the Booth again, this time for a strange little Rom-Com, with strange mental health overtones, The Silver Linings Playbook. Last week I’d shown The Sapphires, having ‘swapped’ with another projectionist. But I thought I didn’t have anymore on the current roster, then I remember this. The mental health issues, suffered by the [...]
- Saphires on the Silver Screen
March 12, 2013 | 11:31 amI was in the booth for Sapphires which was posted as being a “feel good” movie, but also based on a “True Story”. So, I expected something in that ilk. What we got was indeed, a musical with some jeopardy and 1960′s racial politics lobbed on top. Some of minor plot-lines were a little outlandish [...]
- Beasts Ruined by Scratches
February 12, 2013 | 11:34 amI was in the projection booth at the Kirkgate for Beasts of the Southern Wild. Although one tends to be rather busy, and since it was Reel-to-Reel, quite noisy in the booth, I enjoyed the film. It was certainly quirky, and worth another look. Disappointingly the print was a bit scratched. I also had a [...]
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