Archive for the ‘Cultural issues’ Category
A review of the new film “Darkest Hour”
January 21st, 2018 by Roger Darlington
“Darkest Hour”, an account of Winston Churchill’s premiership in the few weeks before the evacuation from Dunkirk in May 1940, can be seen as complementary to two other recent films: “Dunkirk” by director Christopher Nolan and “Churchill” with Brian Cox in the eponymous role. It may be a coincidence that all three works have appeared […]
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A review of the new film “All The Money In The World”
January 19th, 2018 by Roger Darlington
This is an oddity of a film for at least three reasons. First, it tells an incredible story – except that it is true – of how the world’s richest man J Paul Getty refused to pay the ransom after his 16 year old grandson was kidnapped by the ‘Ndrangheta in Italy in 1973. Second, […]
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Ever wanted to catch up on some classic earlier movies?
January 17th, 2018 by Roger Darlington
Regular readers of NightHawk will know that I’m a massive film fan and review all the films I see for this blog and my web site. Most of the movies in question are current releases but, over the years, I’ve seen some classics and reviewed them too. If you wanted to buy, rent, or stream […]
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Contemporary cinema (2): “Dunkirk”
January 16th, 2018 by Roger Darlington
Last week I began another of the many courses that I’ve attended over the years at the City Literary Institute in central London. It is called “Contemporary Cinema: The Best Films Of The Year” and the lecturer is the American John Wischmeyer. The plan is that most weeks we will see and discuss clips from […]
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Contemporary cinema (1): “Detroit”
January 10th, 2018 by Roger Darlington
This week I began another of the many courses that I’ve attended over the years at the City Literary Institute in central London. It is called “Contemporary Cinema: The Best Films Of The Year” and the lecturer is the American John Wischmeyer. It is an evening course with one session each week for 10 weeks. […]
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The wonderful work of the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani
January 9th, 2018 by Roger Darlington
Currently London’s Tate Modern art gallery is hosting a special exhibition of around 100 portraits by the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920). I first saw this over the Christmas period with my brother and I visited it again today with my sister. Our mother was Italian and we had a reproduction of one of Modigliani’s work […]
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A review of the film “Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle”
January 7th, 2018 by Roger Darlington
This is an action comedy with equal parts adventure and humour providing appeal to a wide age range of viewers. Four American teenagers on detention are sucked into an old video game where they find themselves inhabiting avatars with special skills but very different personalities (and, in once case, gender) than their real selves with […]
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A review of the 1928 film classic “October 1917”
January 3rd, 2018 by Roger Darlington
This is the black & white silent movie, written and directed by Grigoriy Aleksandrov and Sergei Eisenstein, which was produced to mark the tenth anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and covers the dramatic events of February to November 1917. Famously it was created on such a grand scale – many scenes were shot […]
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35 films to look out for in the first months of 2018
January 2nd, 2018 by Roger Darlington
As a keen movie fan, I was attracted to a list put together today by the “Guardian” critic of 35 films that will be released in the UK in the first four months of this year. In the first weeks, I’ll be especially keen to see “Darkest Hour” and “The Post”. A little later down […]
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My 15 best films of 2017
December 31st, 2017 by Roger Darlington
As readers will know, I’m a massive movie fan and review all the films I see for this site. I’ve been encouraged to pick out my top ten movies of 2017. I find this so difficult, but I tried and came up with these 15 that I list simply in alphabetical order: “The Big Sick” […]
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