Richard Cotter

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

1760 posts by Richard Cotter

inside story: a novel?

George Orwell famously said that ‘ autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful (a man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying)’

By that measure, Martin Amis proclaims, what is disclosed in his …

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honest thief: robbery figures

The oxymoron title, HONEST THIEF, should alert the discerning to the murky moronic morality mooted by this movie.

Liam Neeson is Tom, dubbed The In and Out robber. With an impressive nine million dollar haul, he has successfully plundered a …

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baby done: they’re kidding

Not kidding.

Imagine this inner monologue from the parent phobic protagonist of BABY DONE.

Zoe to spermatozoa. Zoe to spermatozoa. There’s no in at the womb. Too busy climbing branches to start my own family tree.

Zoe is a professional …

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corpus christi: a palpable parable

A palpable parable about an impostor priest, CORPUS CHRISTI is Polish picture making at its most impressive.

CORPUS CHRISTI examines the distinct difference between being an impostor, and being a fraud.

CORPUS CHRISTI is the story of 20 year old …

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i am greta: for the greta good

“I want to be left alone” said the Swedish cinema celebrity, Greta Garbo.

Contemporary Swedish climate crusading celebrity, Greta Thunberg would rather be left alone, too, but she is compelled to speak out about the coming catastrophe she sees stemming …

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use it all: an appetite for sustainability

A question of waste not waist not, USE IT ALL is an invitation to reduce food waste while eating generously, while not getting your pantries in a knot.

If it dealt with the primarily carnivore, USE IT ALL would be …

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trust: a thriller saturated in substance

Wickedly well written, a phrase turner that powers a page turner, trust me, TRUST is a rip-roaring read.

With Corris and Temple departed, Chris Hammer almost makes up for the hole in Australian crime fiction left by them. TRUST is …

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miss juneteenth: a beauty

Commemorating 19 June, 1865, Juneteenth is a holiday celebrating the last slaves in Texas being freed after receiving news of the abolition of slavery two-and-a-half years earlier.

In Fort Worth, Texas, they run a beauty pageant for teenage girls to …

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lucky grandma: good fortune

You know that time is passing when one of your favourite Bond girls is playing a grandmother.

Back in 1967, Tsai Chin, played the Bond bed mate at the beginning of You Only Live Twice and uttered the delicious line …

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on the rocks: coppola and murray reunite

ON THE ROCKS may skate over deeper concerns and anxieties of Rashida Jones’ character but Sofia Coppola’s enchanting film never skips a beat in entertaining plot and patter.

Bill Murray is Felix, a loquacious lothario, liberal with libations, a social …

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