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Hopper / Welles (2020)

August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

“The director should be a magician or a poet, not a God.”

Posted in documentary, dramaTagged Dennis Hopper, Orson Welles

Gunda (2020)

June 13, 2021June 12, 2021 Dave McAllister1 Comment

"Oink"

Posted in cinema, documentaryTagged Ainara Vera, Egil Haaskjold, Viktor Kossakovsky

Ronnie’s (2020)

October 21, 2020October 22, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"I really am grateful to the place because it just opened up another world for me."

Posted in cinema, documentary, musicTagged Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Oliver Murray, Ronnie Scott, Van Morrison

Coup 53 (2019)

August 21, 2020February 21, 2021 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"...it's a 'debotle'!"

Posted in documentary, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Iran, politics, Ralph Fiennes, Taghi Arirani, Walter Murch

Divorce Iranian Style (1998)

April 25, 2020February 21, 2021 Dave McAllister4 Comments

"When a woman is trying so hard to live with you and be respectful why do you treat her badly and disrespect her? Is this the proper way to behave?"

Posted in cinema, documentaryTagged Barrie Vince, Christine Felce, Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Evelyn (2018)

February 21, 2019February 21, 2021 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

Evelyn is a a beautiful and ultimately optimistic documentary about a family confronting their grief.

Posted in cinema, documentaryTagged Joanna Natasegara, Orlando von Einsiedel
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