DVDs from Vienna public libraries (mainly), 11/20 to 7/21 (with coda)
latest: 16.10 Dirty Harry (USA 1971 Siegel 102m) 6/10, and
17.10 The Official Story (Argentina 1985 Puenzo 112m) 7/10
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IDEAS ABOVE THEIR STATION: Danilo Stanimirovic’s Prokop
The “main railway station” which closed in 2018 (it is now a museum) and which was completed in 1885, was always a somewhat functional and unspectacular affair, something of a shoebox compared with the cavernously grand, architecturally glorious termini to be found in Milan, Helsinki, Budapest or Leipzig.
October 11th 2021 | more >my 57 reviews for ‘Screen’
latest: Park Kang’s SEIRE
October 11th 2021 | more >Venice 2021 Golden Lion / acting prizes odds
favourite: Parallel Mothers (Pedro Almodóvar). Updated with FINAL PREDICTIONS.
September 11th 2021 | more >Comastri and company: in search of CCLXVII
updated 03/09/21
September 3rd 2021 | more >Young Spirit of Europe 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
added: 2021 lineup
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favourite: A Hero (Asghar Farhadi)
July 16th 2021 | more >Berlinale 2021: Golden Bear odds
favourite: What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
March 5th 2021 | more >Rotterdam review for Sight & Sound: Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s ARCHIPELAGO
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February 10th 2021 | more >on James Vaughan’s FRIENDS AND STRANGERS
even from the stylish opening credits — illustrated with 1780s landscape watercolours — it’s obvious that Friends and Strangers is the work of a smart mind and a strong aesthetic sense, attuned to Australia’s complex and controversial history.
February 8th 2021 | more >