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A Letter to Elia (2010)

February 8, 2020February 9, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"What kind of person must a film director be?"

Posted in cinemaTagged Elia Kazan, Elias Koteas, Kent Jones, Martin Scorsese

Panic in the Streets (1950)

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 Dave McAllister3 Comments

"Look sailor, this is the only hypodermic I've got and it breaks very easily. Now start talking or you're gonna get into trouble"

Posted in cinemaTagged Barbara Bel Geddes, Elia Kazan, Guy Thomajan, Jack Palance, Richard Widmark, Zero Mostel

What Did Jack Do? (2017)

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"Now you listen! You've been seen with chickens! Associating with chickens!”

Posted in cinemaTagged David Lynch, Emily Stofle, Scott Ressler

Family Romance, LLC (2019)

January 19, 2020March 6, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

“This is going too far, isn’t it?”

Posted in cinema, London Film FestivalTagged Mahiro Tanimoto, Werner Herzog, Yuichi Ishii

Earth (2019)

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

“The earth is definitely a cruel mistress. She fights us every bit of our way. That’s why we have big machines with a lot of horsepower. We fight back.”

Posted in cinemaTagged Nikolaus Geyrhalter

The Nightingale (2018)

January 12, 2020January 13, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment
Aisling Franciosi as Clare Carroll

"I wish, I wish, I wish in vain, I wish I had my heart again"

Posted in cinema, Sundance LondonTagged Aisling Franciosi, Baykali Ganambarr, Jennifer Kent, Sam Claflin

Uncut Gems (2019)

January 10, 2020January 12, 2020 Dave McAllister4 Comments

"This is me. This is how I win"

Posted in cinema, London Film FestivalTagged Adam Sandler, Daniel Lopatin, Darius Khondji, Eric Bogosian, Idina Menzel, Josh Safdie, Julia Fox, Keith Garnett, Lakeith Stanfield, Ronald Bronstein

Meeting Gorbachev (2018)

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Dave McAllister1 Comment

"I would like to hear what should be on your gravestone"

Posted in cinemaTagged Andre Singer, Mikhail Gorbachev, Svetlana Palmer, Werner Herzog

The Beach Bum (2018)

November 10, 2019November 11, 2019 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"Fun's the fucking gun"

Posted in cinemaTagged Harmony Korine, Isla Fisher, Jimmy Buffett, Martin Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey, Stefania LaVie Owen

The Irishman (2019)

November 10, 2019November 10, 2019 Dave McAllister2 Comments

"Never put a fish in the car"

Posted in cinema, London Film FestivalTagged Al Pacino, Anna Paquin, Harvey Keitel, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese, Ray Romano, Robbie Robertson, Robert De Niro, Rodrigo Prieto, Thelma Schoonmaker

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