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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

November 20, 2020 By Leave a Comment

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

It’s possible that a working knowledge of Canadian culture and politics might annotate the sheer joy of watching Matthew Rankin’s THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, but a lack of same in no way diminishes it. This rapturously surreal romp through fascism, propaganda, and the perils of love delights in its arch embrace of retro-futuristic artifice and vintage… Read More »

Tagged With: cactus, Canada, Canada Geese, imperialism, politics, satire, surrealism

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD

August 26, 2020 By Leave a Comment

Armando Iannucci, a man possessing a preternatural gift for telling serious stories with a puckish twist, has taken on the classic Dickens tale of David Copperfield, and infused it with sparkling new life while remaining true to the original’s spirit. After all, despite his sometimes cloying sentimentality, Dickens spared his readers nothing when describing the… Read More »

Tagged With: 19th century, book to screen, Charles Dickens, colonialism, color-blind casting, England, imperialism, literature, social commentary

EARLY MAN

February 16, 2018 By Leave a Comment

EARLY MAN

Click here for the KMR interview with director/co-writer Nick Park. The filmmakers at Aardman have carved out for their studio a specific niche among animated films.  Theirs is a humor that is sly, unafraid of a pun, and equally fearless in its embrace of the silly for the sake of silliness.  It is a universe… Read More »

Tagged With: asteroid, Bronze Age, bronze ore, football, imperialism, mammoth, soccer, Stone Age

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