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Daisies (1966) A High-Punk, High-Art, High-Feminist one of a Kind (Review)

Sarah Hayton 23/10/2018
Daisies (1966) A High-Punk, High-Art, High-Feminist one of a Kind (Review)

Everything is Terrible in Bikinis – Alt-Rebellion as a Means of Disrupting the Patriarchy Daisies is an appropriate film for the exciting realm of Cinema Eclectica. It is a 1960s Czech avante-garde film about two bored girls who decide that, as the world has been spoiled, that they too will […]

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The Knack… and How to Get It (1965) caprice and candyfloss with a dark undercurrent (Review)

Sarah Hayton 10/10/2018
The Knack… and How to Get It (1965) caprice and candyfloss with a dark undercurrent (Review)

 Navigating the Tricky Sexual Waters of the Past Through the Lens of a Comedy Puffball. Inspired by the original stage play by Ann Jellicoe, a leading proponent of the 1960s New Wave theatre, The Knack is a tale of a naïve northern lass, Nancy, (Rita Tushingham) who comes to live […]

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Madame (2017) A comedy of upper-class errors (Review)

Sarah Hayton 18/09/2018
Madame (2017) A comedy of upper-class errors (Review)

Ah, Paris: City of Romance. You can tell from the get-go that our lead couple are artsy types. He wears Truman Capote glasses and she simply must cycle through the streets of Paree, an accordion trilling in her mind. So is our introduction to Anne and Bob Fredericks (Toni Colette […]

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Bagdad Cafe (1987) Reassures us that even within chaos it is safe to exhale (Review)

Sarah Hayton 10/08/2018
Bagdad Cafe (1987) Reassures us that even within chaos it is safe to exhale (Review)

A couple from Rosenheim, Germany stop at a gas station in the middle of the Mojave Desert, California and argue. The dissatisfied wife, Jasmin, (Marianne Sägebrecht) leaves her husband. She checks in at the Bagdad Cafe and Motel run by a stressed business owner and single mother of three, the […]

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Le Corbeau (1943) All too relevant given the current state of global politics (Review)

Sarah Hayton 24/04/2018
Le Corbeau (1943) All too relevant given the current state of global politics (Review)

A moment on the pen; a lifetime on the soul. Set in a small French village, Le Corbeau is the dark tale of a number of residents who find themselves the target of poison pen letters that condemn their perceived immoral behaviour. The primary target for the letters is the […]

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Wages of Fear (1953) one of the masterpieces of suspense (Review)

Sarah Hayton 29/01/2018
Wages of Fear (1953) one of the masterpieces of suspense (Review)

The Wages of Fear is a masterpiece of suspense by director/co-writer Clouzot, which keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat with each bump and turn in the road. It is not hard to see why it won multiple awards, and why, even today, it features in many Top […]

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Body Heat (1981) Double Indemnity Reinvisioned as a Sexy 80s Neo-Noir (Review)

Sarah Hayton 14/11/2017
Body Heat (1981) Double Indemnity Reinvisioned as a Sexy 80s Neo-Noir (Review)

Body Heat opens on the scene of a distant burning restaurant as a witness, Ned Racine (William Hurt), watches from a bedroom window. As a kid, his family were regular diners there. Now, he sardonically speculates that the arsonist is one of his corrupt clients. Behind him, a lover berates […]

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