Richard Cotter

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

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MEMORY: STRANGERS ON REFRAIN

Totally forgettable rendered memorable by a couple of remarkable performers, MEMORY has an infuriating yet beguiling quality.

Memory misplaced, memory mistaken, MEMORY takes what is remembered and dismembers it, a cracked mirror that distorts reflection, giving myriad perspective.

Jessica Chastain

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THE STONES AND BRIAN JONES: THE BARE BONES

 

Keeping up with the Jones was exhausting, and is it turns out, it was exhausting to Jones.

In THE STONES AND BRIAN JONES, renowned documentary film maker Nick Broomfield uncovers the true and, yes, tragic story of Brian

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AND MRS: I THINK I LOVE IT

Can The Partridge Family usurp ABBA as the go to retro track for a rom com? AND MRS. might just do it. It begins with the perennial Partridge Family song,  I Think I Love You, and keeps it as a

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LEE: THE ETERNAL FRAME

Kate Winslett turns in another bravura performance in LEE.

The story begins in the South of France 1938, where model turned photographer, Lee Miller is vacationing with her dearest and closest friends, a bunch of artists, poets, and philosophers. She

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JANIS IAN: BREAKING SILENCE

Fascinating documentary of singer songwriter, Janis Ian, BREAKING SILENCE is just one of the highlights of this year’s Jewish Film Festival.

A child prodigy, Janis Ian was a fledgling teenager when she penned Society’s Child about mixed race relationships, the

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MOZART’S SISTER: A MUSICAL MYSTERY TOUR

We all know the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

But who has heard of Maria-Anna Mozart, and why is that so?

A composer and musician in her own right, Maria-Anna was Wolfie’s older sister, the only one of his six

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WEEKEND IN TAIPEI: TRANSPORTER LIGHT

An amusing stoush in a kitchen with inventive and imaginative fight choreography employing pots, pans, food, flame, knives, graters – everything including the kitchen sink- kick starts  WEEKEND IN TAIPEI, an East West crime story.

Following up, there’s an equally

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A DIFFERENT MAN: A SLAP AGAINST FACIAL PREJUDICE

Looking for a picture that’s different? Look no further than A DIFFERENT MAN.

With its shades of Dorian Grey and hint of Jekyll and Hyde, A DIFFERENT MAN is an audacious, accomplished and totally unpredictable thriller, with left of centre

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SONNY BOY: AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE

Say hello to his not so little life!

Al Pacino’s autobiography, SONNY BOY, is something to savour, but you’ll gulp it down anyway. Savour it like a glutton.

Whattayagot!? Here’s the story. A kid growing up the South Bronx, kinda

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RAPTURE: A SCORCHING TALE OF FEMINISM AND FAITH

The finest literary historical novel in a long time, Emily Maguire’s RAPTURE is a rich, multi layered and profoundly satisfying read.

Sensuous and spell binding, RAPTURE brings the legend of a female pope to fully fleshed and rapturous fruition, a

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