Archive for May, 2016
Word of the day: Holodomor
May 2nd, 2016 by Roger Darlington
I came across this word very early in the film “Child 44” which I have recently viewed [my review here]. Holodomor is a composte of two Ukrainian words and means ‘extermination by hunger’. It is a reference to the man-made famine in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1932 and 1933 that killed somewhere between […]
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A review of “Captain America: Civil War”
May 1st, 2016 by Roger Darlington
First, there was “Captain America: The First Avenger” [my review here]. This was was followed by “Captain America: The Winter Solider” [my review here]. This weekend saw the release in the UK of “Captain America: Civil War” – the best of the three – which I’ve reviewed here.
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A review of the new release “Demolition”
May 1st, 2016 by Roger Darlington
Canadian Jean-Marc Vallée has made three successive response-to-grief films. Following “Dallas Buyers Club” [my review here] and “Wild” [my review here], this weekend has seen the release in the UK of “Demolition” which I’ve reviewed here.
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Today is May Day – a celebration of the workers of the world
May 1st, 2016 by Roger Darlington
“On May Day, we celebrate the worker of the world: blue collar, white collar, pink collar, in hoodies, hijab, or prison green, this day belongs to the entire working class.” Peter Linebaugh, American author of “The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day”
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