Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

1760 posts by Richard Cotter

peter rabbit

Escape the kids paroled from school this Easter by haring into PETER RABBIT.
Too good for kids, PETER RABBIT is a bold bunny tale bounding with mischief and mayhem.

Based on the Beatrix Potter stories, PETER RABBIT boasts a Screen …

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human flow: the ebbing of empathy

Director Ai Weiwei’s magnum opus, HUMAN FLOW, could be considered epic refugee tourism, two and a half hour documentary recording the current immense migration from Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East due to war, famine and climate change.…

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kangaroo: a love hate story

We’re a weird mob, the only nation to have a pest on our national crest, pet food as patriotic symbol.

Opening up the conversation of culling and killing, conservation and commercial interest, KANGAROO is a feature film documentary that leaps …

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in the fade: justice or revenge?

Revenge is a dish best served cold, they say, and revenge triggered by a callous and cowardly act of terrorism together with an apparent abrogation of the authority of the court system is the frozen meal brought to the table …

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the mercy: death of a sails man

Hubris on the high seas is the cause of the death of a sails man in THE MERCY, a film of crests and troughs, the summit of aspiration, the quest for adventure and the doldrums of embarrassment.…

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red sparrow: from russia with love

RED SPARROW begins more like BLACK SWAN as prima ballerina Dominika Egorova struts her stuff on the Bolshoi stage.  But before she is allowed to spread her wings, her dance partner breaks her leg, destroying her fledgling career.

Her creepy …

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6 below : miracle on the mountain

Cinema of survival gets another instalment in 6 BELOW: MIRACLE ON THE MOUNTAIN.

Based on Eric LeMarque’s remarkable book, it tells his own story of survival, both physical and psychological, when he became lost on a snowbound mountain for eight …

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the square : four corners of quirk

The foreplay is perfunctory but the tussle from the tossle to the trash-can over a used condom is quite a climax.

After a session of sweaty sex, the sophisticated male is suspicious of his impromptu female sex buddy’s request for …

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