Richard Cotter

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

1760 posts by Richard Cotter

mahana

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A Maori woman in silent mourning sits in bereavement black awaiting her trip to a burial. Before departing for the dearly departed’s funeral, it’s a state of sombre solemnity, the soberly dressed matriarch carrying out inspection of the attire his …

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nocturnal animals

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NOCTURNAL ANIMALS is Tom Ford’s lush, tense, thriller wrapped in a melodrama.

Amy Adams is Susan, described by her ex as a nocturnal animal, sporting a Veronica Lake hair style that’s a visual delight,an inspired aesthetic nimbly signifying the noirish …

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the founder : another michael keaton triumph

From Beetlejuice to Batman to Birdman to Burger Man, Michael Keaton is on a roll, an open sesame to Oscar contention with a big, beefy performance as Ray Kroc, the Big Mac and French Fries franchise robber baron.

Kroc was …

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five go on a strategy away day

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famous-fiveTry to fathom the Famous Five in adulthood, old grist to the Millennial mill of clap trap commerce as they embark on their modern adventure, FIVE GO ON A STRATEGY AWAY DAY.

On securing a new job with large multinational …

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like crazy

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Thelma & Louise out of One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, LIKE CRAZY is, well, like crazy. Crazy good.

After busting out of Villa Biondi, a presumably secure psychiatric centre in the serene countryside of Italy, Beatrice, a delusional …

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word hunters top secret files

 

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Educational fun – for some, that’s an oxymoron. So too word play. WORD HUNTERS TOP SECRET FILES turns an oxymoron into a tautology.

Nick Earls and Terry Whidborne’s book is a towering word trade centre, a bazaar for the …

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i, daniel blake

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Those who categorise Ken Loach films as bleak have the initiative of an echo.

Watch the first three minutes of his latest picture, I, DANIEL BLAKE and I defy you not to piss yourself laughing. And watch the last three …

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her composition

Joselyn Jensen possesses a Greta Gerwig quality as Malorie, a student composer turned call girl in Stephan Littger’s beautifully observed film, HER COMPOSITION.

Neither tarty or tantalising, Malorie enters prostitution in a chance, matter of fact way so as to …

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original bliss

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“I prayed for a bike and didn’t get one. So I stole a bike then prayed for forgiveness”.

This is the twisted logic of the devout, indoctrinated from infancy, it shows an infantile reasoning, born of the longing of a …

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jerry lewis : the man behind the clown

A love letter to the Lewis lunacy and legacy, JERRY LEWIS: THE MAN BEHIND THE CLOWN is a sixty minute salute to the rubber faced farceur and film maker.

The picture begins with a recorded quote from Lewis, “there are

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