This is the video version of the Movietime radio show broadcast by BCB radio on Saturday, July 25 The last words of Marlene Dietrich in Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil, could well have been applied to Welles himself, the subject of The Magician, a comprehensive evaluation of the great man’s life and work, coming out … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2015
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TOP LINKS ON THIS PAGE – Go to ♦ NEW RELEASES ♦ DIARY ♦ MAIN This is a WP template page including internal links and table. Under construction New Releases New releases trailers Return to TOP Diary Current movies seen Return to TOP Main This is the main item, including a table (below). Return to TOP Table … Continue reading
5 things that will make you cry in Amy: The Girl Behind the Name
Originally posted on Phoebe Parke:
Amy: The girl behind the name will be released on July 3rd in UK and US cinemas. The documentary film, which uses unseen archive footage to tell the tragic story in Winehouse’s own words, received rave reviews at Cannes film festival in May. But not everyone is thrilled by the…
Amy – not waving but drowning
What about her music? Surely, in a 128-minute biopic, someone could have said something about the music of this woman, probably the greatest vocal stylist of the 21st Century. At one stage she refuses to be categorised as a jazz singer, describing jazz as a somewhat elitist kind of music, and in the end her … Continue reading
Cannes in the Dales – the 2020 vision
This edition of Movietime (also playable in audio-only on bcbradio.co.uk) covers Sheffield Doc/Fest, announces “Cannes in the Dales”, asking “Have you got the 2020 vision?”, previews the East End Film Festival and the Cinage Cinema for Active Ageing Festival, and concludes with a tribute to Amy Winehouse, with clip from the new biodoc. ♦ For … Continue reading