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The Human Voice (2020)

October 15, 2020October 21, 2020 Dave McAllister2 Comments

"It made me imagine my hand was wielding a knife and I was sticking it in you"

Posted in cinema, drama, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Jean Cocteau, Pedro Almodóvar, Tilda Swinton

David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020)

October 14, 2020October 15, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"We're work in progress. We're not fixed. Our brains change"

Posted in cinema, London Film Festival, music, streamingTagged David Byrne, Spike Lee

Shirley (2019)

October 9, 2020October 10, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"Maybe disappearing was the only way anyone would notice her"

Posted in cinema, drama, horror, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Elisabeth Moss, Josephine Decker, Logan Lerman, Martin Scorsese, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Orlagh Cassidy, Robert Wuhl, Shirley Jackson, Victoria Pedretti

Rocks (2019)

September 19, 2020September 29, 2020 Dave McAllister4 Comments

"There's got to be a way to sort all of this. You just can't keep going on by yourself"

Posted in cinema, dramaTagged Bukky Bakray, Claire Wilson, D’angelou Osei Kissiedu, Hélène Louvart, Kosar Ali, Sarah Gavron, Theresa Ikoko

Make Up (2019)

August 18, 2020November 24, 2020 Dave McAllister4 Comments
Make Up poster

"Do you know a girl with long red hair?

Posted in cinema, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Claire Oakley, Joseph Quinn, Molly Windsor, Stefanie Martini

The Girl with a Bracelet (2019)

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 Dave McAllister13 Comments
Melissa Guers as Lise, the accused, in The Girl With A Bracelet

“If you go to prison, can I have your room?”

Posted in cinema, London Film FestivalTagged Anaïs Demoustier, Chiara Mastroianni, La Fille au Bracelet, Melissa Guers, Stéphane Demoustier

East of Eden (1955)

April 28, 2020April 25, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"I guess there's just a certain amount of good and bad you get from your parents and I just got the bad."

Posted in cinemaTagged Elia Kazan, James Dean, Jo Van Fleet, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey

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

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

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