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Staff Reviews: The Muppets by Andy Leeke, Front of House Assistant
It’s been a long time. Far too long. And I’m not just talking about the Muppets. I’m talking about good films that really do appeal to everyone. Going in, I really wasn’t sure what to expect. I loved The Muppet … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Staff Pics
Tagged Film Review, Henson, Jason Segal, Kermitt the Frog, phoenix square, The Muppets
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Staff Reviews: Margin Call by Fran Jaffa, Front of House Assistant
So who doesn’t like men in suits? Seriously, if you don’t like them this is probably not the film for you. There’s such a wide variety! Paul Bettany goes in for the traditional waistcoat and jacket, Kevin Spacey bulges out … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Staff Pics
Tagged Film Review, Financial Crisis, J. C. Chandor, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Margin Call, Paul Bettany, phoenix square, Zachary Quinto
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Ordet: A View From The Projection Box
“My Only Great Passion” – so said Carl Th. Dreyer of his lifelong love affair with the cinema. Few if any filmmakers have come close to translating this passion so completely into their work as Dreyer. Although he made relatively … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Theodor Dreyer, classic cinema, Film Review, Ordet, The experiance of existance
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Staff Review: Resistance by Iain Jaques, Front of House Assistant
It’s 1944 and D Day has failed. Britain is being invaded by German troops, radio news reports city after British city is being conquered. In a distant remote Welsh valley, the sense of an impending, threatening and unwelcome arrival is … Continue reading
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Tagged Amit Gupta, Andrea Riseborough, D-day, Film Review, Michael Sheen, phoenix square, Resistance, Wales, WWII
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Staff Reviews: Martha Marcy May Marlene by Fran Jaffa, Front of House Assistant
Did you know Mary-Kate-and-Ashley, of early 90’s TV fame, are two of six siblings? Six. So there’s a pretty good chance that at least one of them is going to have talent, turns out it’s this one. Elizabeth Olsen is … Continue reading
Sean Carroll Sounds It Out
Sound it out, directed and presented by Jeanie Finlay is a documentary about the last independent record shop in Tee-side. The last ten years have seen a massive decline in vinyl sales due to the low cost and high quality … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Film Review, Independant Record Shops, Jeanie Finlay, phoenix square, Society, Sound It Out, The Future, Vinyl
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Staff Reviews: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Martin Barker, Screen Lounge Assistant
It is so refreshing to see a film like this. Very rarely is a film centred solely around a group of older having their ups and downs and not just the stereotype supportive roles they usually receive. On the basis … Continue reading
Staff Reviews: Carnage by Radojka Raduloivc, Front of House Assistant
Of opening credits, filmmaker Saul Bass once said that they should ‘try to reach for a simple, visual phrase that tells you what the picture is all about and evokes the essence of the story’. This is certainly the case … Continue reading
Staff Reviews: War Horse by Andy Leeke, Front of House Assistant
There are not many directors with a back catalogue like Steven Spielberg. Regardless of what you may think of his films, he clearly has a great passion for story telling, in many forms, and regardless of what genre he may … Continue reading
Staff Reviews: Dreams of a Life by Lucy Pickering, Front of House Assistant
The poster for this film has been unsettling me for a few weeks at Phoenix Square. How could a young woman lie dead in a London flat for 3 years without anyone – family, friends, and colleagues – noticing she … Continue reading
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Tagged Carol Morley, Documentary, Drama, Dreams of a Life, Film Review, Joyce Vincent, Tragedy, Zawe Ashton
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