Richard Cotter

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

1760 posts by Richard Cotter

the teacher

 

Condemnation comes much easier in THE TEACHER where a seemingly passionate and kind teacher uses her pupils to manipulate their parents for her own personal benefit, whether for material gain or even the promise of a romantic affair. Concerned …

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blade of the immortal

As a young boy I was besotted with the television show, The Samurai.  I was eager to follow Shintaro, Tombe the Mist, and the adventures of the Iga ninjas. It was an entrée into an exotic and esoteric world …

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lucky

Sam Shepard said of Harry Dean Stanton, “His face is the story.”
Shepard sure as shit got that right.  Just point the camera and shoot and the Harry Dean visage gives a narrative.

Logan Sparks and Drago Sumonja‘s …

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all aboard kenneth branagh’s ‘orient express’

There is homicide, for sure, in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, but the hirsute splendour of the consulting detective could necessitate the renaming of the caper to Moustache on the Orient Express.

Taking his cue from his character’s creator, Kenneth …

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the killing of a sacred deer

“It’s a metaphor.” says one of the characters in THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, writer/director/producer Yorgos Lanthimos, follow up film to the critical and commercial success, The Lobster. Lanthimos and his regular collaborator, Efthimis Filippou, co-wrote …

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brigsby bear : a beautiful tale

Huggable. This could be the most huggable film of the year.

BRIGSBY BEAR is arms around torso, head and shoulders above a mere embrace.

BRIGSBY BEAR is a true original, creating comfort from discomfort, cuddles out of curdles, humour out …

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