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“Agassiz” (A film by Sam Burns)
<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/92797125″>AGASSIZ</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user8030494″>Sam Burns</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
Double feature at the Roxy Theater (Saskatoon)
Nebraska Director: Alexander Payne Screenplay: Bob Nelson Cast: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, Bob Odenkirk, June Squibb, Stacy Keach Forgive the first ten minutes. “Nebraska” doesn’t start well. The dialogue is stilted, there’s too much exposition and the actors, particularly Bob … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, film, film review, movie, movie review
Tagged "Dallas Buyers Club", "Nebraska", Alexander Payne, Bruce Dern, Cinema, film, film review, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey, movie, movie review, Roxy Theatre Saskatoon, Stacy Keach
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The original “Schreck”
Nosferatu (1922) Roxy Theatre, “Silence is Golden”; October 26, 2013 It remains the template. The shadows move and menace and a savage, ineffable evil is loose in the world. There are whispers of the unclean, the forbidden, and maids willingly … Continue reading
Posted in film review, horror movie, movie, movie review, silent movie
Tagged "Nosferatu", Cinema, F.W. Murnau, film, movie, Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Silence is Golden
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“The Turin Horse” (Directed by Bela Tarr and Agnes Hranitzky)
“The Turin Horse” (2012) Directed by: Bela Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky Written by: Bela Tarr & Laszlo Krasznahorkai Cast: Janos Derzsi, Erika Bok This reviewer has sat through a number of excruciating cinema-oriented experiences. I’ve seen “Caligula” and at least … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, cult film, experimental film, film, film review, foreign language film, movie, movie review
Tagged "Beatrice", "Los Olvidados", "Turin Horse", Bela Tarr, Bertrand Tavernier, Cinema, Film Socialisme, Fim, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hector Babenco, Hungarian cinema, Jean-Luc Godard, Luis Bunuel, movie, movie review
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Silence is Golden IV: “The Mark of Zorro”
I stopped tuning in to the Oscars over thirty years ago, after “Ordinary People” beat out “Raging Bull” for Best Picture. Haven’t watched a moment of the annual broadcast since. Couldn’t care less about the Golden Globes and have only … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, cult film, Douglas Fairbanks, film, film review, movie, movie review
Tagged "Mark of Zorro", Carl Dreyer, Cinema, classic films, D.W. Griffith, digital vs. 35mm, Douglas Fairbanks, film, movie, Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Silence is Golden, silent movie
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“That Noir Moment” (poem)
That Noir Moment does it matter how far you fall once you’ve fallen? one small step or giant leap a precipice or merely a pause © Copyright, 2012 Cliff Burns (All Rights Reserved)
Posted in Cinema, cult film, film, movie
Tagged Cinema, film, film noir, movie, noir poem, poem about movies, poetry, writing on film
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“First Contact”
Posted in Cinema, fantasy film, film, movie, science fiction film
Tagged ambient music, Cinema, film, free movie, homage, movie, science fiction, short film, Stanley Kubrick
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“Silence is Golden”–Roxy Theater, Saskatoon
“The Thief of Bagdad” (1924) Directed by: Raoul Walsh Written by: Lotta Edwards & Douglas Fairbanks Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnson, Sojin, Charles Belcher, Anna May Wong, Snitz Edwards Last night, for the third consecutive year, I attended the Roxy … Continue reading
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