Cuba libra 8/10 I was going to start this post with a summary put down of biopics and it’s many crimes against good filmmaking. From pointless impersonation (‘Ali’), to line-towing, officially sanctioned dross (‘Ray’), to films of such massive pretension that you suspect the filmmaker to be covertly, deliberately assassinating the credibility of its subject [...]
Film Review: Che – Part One – Steven Soderberg
January 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Film
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Paul Theroux – The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
December 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Non-fiction
Doing the locomotive with Paul Theroux 8/10 People tend to either love or hate Paul Theroux, and although I can sympathise with his detractors I belong to the former camp. He is an uncompromising author that calls things as he sees them, refusing to romanticise or sensationalise his experiences. Although he comes across as a [...]