Richard Cotter

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

1760 posts by Richard Cotter

finding you: heartstrings & violins

Swollen with sentiment and tugging at heart strings, FINDING YOU should sink under schmaltz, but thanks to Rose Reid’s charming lead performance, equally charming supporting work from a bunch of seasoned performers, a gorgeous location and some fine foot tapping …

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de gaulle: phoenix of france

No matter what you may think of him as a post war leader, Charles De Gaulle Second World War legacy is irrefutable and deserving of a biopic focusing on this aspect of his life.

Gabriel Le Bomin, the distinguished documentary …

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twist: what the dickens?

Olive or twist is something I associate with a martini. The decision is whether I want it dirty or zesty.

TWIST, a contemporary take on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist, chooses the zesty over the dirty, with Fagin’s pick …

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sister: dark clouds and sibling linings

Families are a car crash.

SISTER begins with a fatal car crash that renders An Ran and her little brother, Zhieng, orphans.

However, there is a major age gap between siblings and an emotional chasm that needs to be bridged.…

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the united states vs billie holiday: tigress & tweed

A perfect companion piece to ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’, THE UNITED STATES VS BILLIE HOLIDAY features a knock out performance by Andra Day as the powerhouse singer and warrior against White Supremacy.

The banning of Billie Holiday singing ‘Strange …

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live a little: laugh a lot

You’ll laugh a lot at LIVE A LITTLE.

Subtlenuance’s latest work, LIVE A LITTLE is created by performer Sylvia Marie Keays and writer/director Paul Gilchrist, the team behind the critically acclaimed Blind Tasting.

Critical acclaim is going to attach itself …

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while at war: moro spanish film festival

A highlight of the Moro Spanish Film Festival, WHILE AT WAR is an informative and entertaining history lesson about the rise of Franco during the Spanish Civil War.

Written and directed by Alejandro Amenabar, WHILE AT WAR is set in …

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