Richard Cotter

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

1760 posts by Richard Cotter

rita moreno: just a girl who decided to go for it

 

Now ninety years old with a career spanning more than three quarters of a century, Rita Moreno defied her humble upbringing, relentless racism and rampant sexism to become a celebrated and award-winning actor.

From show off to show girl

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cry macho: the riches of eastwood

 

Marvelous what a difference Milo makes.

Clint Eastwood plays Mike Milo in his latest directed, produced and starring in picture, CRY MACHO.

Unlike his recent grumpy old men incarnations, Clint’s Mike is a mellower old timer, playing a ninety

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the card counter: betting on a full house

 

Writer director Paul Schrader deals a royal flush with THE CARD COUNTER, a one of a kind that deserves to play full houses.

Oscar Isaac plays William Tell, a former soldier and military convict now cruising the twilight world

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best sellers: not quite the write stuff

 

Michael Caine raises Cain as a cranky, cantankerous reclusive writer in BEST SELLERS, a patchy, uneven film about the vagaries of publishing.

Aubrey Plaza plays Lucy, who has inherited her father’s boutique publishing house. Things are not going well

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jfk: destiny betrayed

 

Those alive at the time remember exactly where they were and what they were doing on November 22 1963, the day US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated.

To mark the 58th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination

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eric clapton – lockdown sessions: lock it in

 

An “intimate and authentic” live concert, Eric Clapton: Lockdown Sessions, will play one night only on December 1, 2021 in selected cinemas across the country.

English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Eric Clapton’s live shows

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last night in soho: neon nightmare

 

Swinging Sixties superstars Diana Rigg, Rita Tushingham and Terence Stamp and a soundtrack stacked with hits from that era all make for a nostalgia saturated cinematic experience in Edgar Wright’s super stylish LAST NIGHT IN SOHO.

Thomasin McKenzie stars

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zola: trick and tweet

 

 

Trick and tweet. And twerk the live long night.

That’s the drill in ZOLA, a tweaky little treat about strippers and toxic tease.

ZOLA begins—fittingly—in a Detroit Hooters, where 19-year-old Zola is working as a waitress

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