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A day in the life, Oct 11, 2020, Regensburg by night
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Friday, May 13, 2022
Gion Bayashi (1953)
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A seasoned geisha and her apprentice maiko are forced to give in to their clients' sexual advances to survive.
This
elegantly photographed tragedy conveys and condemns female exploitation
and suppression in Japanese society; the ensemble is excellent and the
settings wonderfully detailed.
Maltin***: "Beautiful photography by the great Kazuo Miyagawa complements Mizuguchi's usual biting social critique."
Thursday, May 12, 2022
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Détective (1985)
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At a Paris hotel, a hotel detective fired after a murder there, is still investigating helped by his inspector nephew and girlfriend. A boxing manager, owing money to a couple and the mafia, rides on a match next day.
Typical
for its director, this overpopulated crime puzzle is made with
brilliant style and has its moments of miniature intellectual insights
and wit and is never boring, but on this occasion doesn't quite add up.
Halliwell*: "Eccentric Grand Hotel-style compendium with many baffling asides presumably attributable to the director. One suspects that the audience is expected to be a detective too."
Maltin**: "The scenario takes a backseat in this talky, contrived film noir homage...The look and feel are uniquely of the director, but it's ultimately annoying, more a concept than a movie.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Monday, May 9, 2022
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Sunday, May 8, 2022
Author: James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century
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