Category Film Reviews
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‘THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS’ (1993): A FILM BY HENRY SELICK
November 15, 2012
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You could be forgiven for thinking that Halloween and Christmas are two diametrically different festivities. Heck, one is a garish, gaudy and perversely delicious celebration of the macabre and the morbid. The other commemorates the star-crossed birth of a virgin child reared in a manger, wrapped in swaddling cloths and blessed by native fauna, local folk and foreign aristocracy. But they have more in common with one another (and with Pagan, Celtic, Roman and Mexican traditions) than one might think.
And in Henry Selick's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Crīstesmæsse and All Hallow's
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‘THE SKIN I LIVE IN’ (2011): A FILM BY PEDRO ALMODOVAR
November 15, 2012
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Some films have the peculiar effect of staying with you long after the final credits have rolled, enveloping you like an article of clothing.A Pedro Almodóvar film is a lavish garment, where the scenery, characters, colours, textures and sounds are all threads meticulously arranged and interwoven to create an intricate, nuanced fable that enrobes you - awkwardly but snugly.
In his latest outing The Skin I Live In (2011), the Spanish auteur delivers a profound, haunting and, at times, astounding drama on the various guises that individuals construct, assume and, in some cases, are coerced
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‘THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH’ (1955): A FILM BY BILLY WILDER
November 15, 2012
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There comes a time in relationships, where couples momentarily part company and seek solitude for rest, rejuvenation and recreation. And it is what transpires during this hiatus that tests the resilience of their union and makes for the most interesting and dramatic viewing.
In The Seven Year Itch (1955), co-writer/director Billy Wilder immerses us in the world of Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell), a native of Manhattan who, like many other husbands of his Manhattan milieu, sends his wife and child away for the summer. Temporarily severed from the constraints of marital life – the
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