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film

Posted on 25 February 2009 by jnewton

A few highlights from the last month or two: “Starting Out in the Evening” – Frank Langella is pretty great in this. “Derek” – Besides Tilda the other nice surprise here was the ‘extra’ footage of Mr Jarman being interviewed. … Continue reading →

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Un conte de Noël

Posted on 29 November 2008 by jnewton

Just saw “A Christmas Tale” the other night, the latest from director Arnaud Desplechin. What a remarkable film. It continues to stick with me – the images, situations, ideas… There are parallel story lines, each character the lead in their … Continue reading →

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hobson’s

Posted on 23 October 2008 by jnewton

Took MAX downtown last night to meet friends for an early dinner (a scribbled map to remind me where we were going) and then over to the nwFilmCenter to see David Lean’s “Hobson’s Choice.” A really wonderful film. And quite … Continue reading →

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monk dolphy coltrane

Posted on 30 March 2008 by jnewton

I’ve been watching a couple of these great Jazz Icon series DVDs – John Coltrane & Thelonious Monk. The Coltrane set, from ’60, ’61 & ’65, is excellent and features Eric Dolphy, which is a real treat. Some pretty cheesy … Continue reading →

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camera buff

Posted on 27 January 2008 by jnewton

Saw Krzysztof Kieslowski’s film ‘Camera Buff’ the other day (‘Amator’ in the original). Jerzy Stuhr is terrific as the blossoming filmmaker who eventually sees the more complex sides of his passion. Having known Kieslowski primarily through his later films (the … Continue reading →

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video

Posted on 8 January 2008 by jnewton

Worked over the past couple days getting a few videos together.  Some were posted to fluxlist (via youtube – paper shake, audio tape and kizu to nara) and a few others, older ones, prepped for the website.  Not especially a … Continue reading →

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ivor cutler

Posted on 3 January 2008 by jnewton

Fairly mesmerized over the past while with a new (to me) video featuring Ivor Cutler.  The video is called ‘Looking for Truth with a Pin’ and includes ‘Cutler’s Last Stand.’ [Unfortunately the video (DVD) is only available in Region 2 encoding … Continue reading →

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copenhagen

Posted on 7 December 2007 by jnewton

Just saw, last night, the film made of Michael Frayn’s play ‘Copenhagen’ (this was made in 2002 – I was reminded of it while looking for a Frayn book online).  Really nice.  Stephen Rea as Niels Bohr, Daniel Craig as Werner … Continue reading →

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Melquiades

Posted on 25 November 2007 by jnewton

Saw “I’m Not There” with some friends, midday, then “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” later. It was a great day for film.

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