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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY [season two] ★★★★☆ One of the most compassionate, progressive, inclusive blockbuster TV shows currently running. All encased within life and death personal and interstellar stakes. The show needs a few tweaks to achieve its full potential.   WOLF CREEK [seasons 1-2] ★★★★☆ A show that builds on its horror movie predecessors. Nail-biting tension as an Aussie serial killer hunts tourists in the outback. Surreal, exciting, violent, each season deals with a different group in an endlessly inventive macabre fashion.   It is writer Mike White’s birthday. His top 5 films: - BEATRIZ AT DINNER - BRAD’S STATUS - CHUCK & BUCK - SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE GOOD GIRL  Brad’s Status CRYSTAL SWAN ★★★½☆ D: Darya Zhuk. S: Alina Nasibullina, Ivan Mulin, Yuriy Borisov. That was heavy. Minsk, 1996, a young woman is desperate for an American visa. A disheartening portrait of a society where nobody matters but you. My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/crystal-swan.html  It is cinematographer Janusz Kaminski’s birthday. His top 5 films: - FUNNY PEOPLE - LINCOLN - SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - SCHINDLER’S LIST - THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY  Lincoln IN FABRIC ★★★★☆ D: Peter Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy, Berberian Sound Studio, Katalin Varga). S: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Gwendoline Christie, Fatma Mohamed, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Caroline Catz, Hayley Squires, Steve Oram, Julian Barratt. A Brit horror-comedy about a demonic dress. All the cast are game. They deftly skate across the eerie, the bizarre, and the laughable. My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/in-fabric.html  Out to own today: Arctic
It is cinematographer Vittorio Storaro’s birthday. His top 5 films: - 1900 - APOCALYPSE NOW - DICK TRACY - REDS - THE LAST EMPEROR  Apocalypse Now |
This website is written by Hemanth Kissoon.
Filmaluation is dedicated to arts culture, with a particular focus on film. I care about intelligence, quality and entertainment. Need some movie and TV show recommendations? See the drop down to the right of the Home tab. Enjoy. The vital ambitions of art and entertainment: - Perceptiveness - Illumination - The unexpected - Innovation Brains and soul are key; but adrenaline junkies do not fret, there is also much love for an experience that delivers a sucker-punch to the guts via stunningly delivered thrills. Noun, “filmaluation”: The evaluation of a film Verb, "to filmaluate”: To evaluate a film I am well aware how difficult it is to make a film, put on a stage play, create a television show, write a novel, let alone make something of note. (That appreciation doesn’t stop me from having high standards though.) This online magazine is edited by Hemanth Kissoon. Filmaluation is owned by Filmaluation Limited (Company number 8549302. Registered in England and Wales) Archives
September 2024
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