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March 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

My Father and The Man in Black: Film

My Father and The Man in Black Director: Jonathan Holiff Intentionally Left Bank/New Chapter Productions Jonathan Holiff (filmmaker) is the son of Saul Holiff. Holiff Senior was, for a time, Johnny Cash’s manager. The two shared a fascinating time together, Holiff is intriguing as a guy-behind-the-guy, credited with introducing Johnny to June, adding her to [...]

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February 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

This Must Be The Place: Film

This Must Be The Place Director: Paolo Sorrentino Trinity Film I found it best, 10 minutes in, to think of Sean Penn’s character Cheyenne as not just Robert Smith of The Cure, but Robert Smith of The Cure post-stroke. And maybe that’s why they couldn’t go there completely with this as any sort of official [...]

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February 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Last Shop Standing: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of The Independent Record Shop

Last Shop Standing The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of The Independent Record Shop Proper Films This well-meaning but ultimately go-nowhere documentary takes its title and cue from the fatuous, flabby and poorly written book of the same name. Less a waste of time (given this is only 50 minutes) the DVD struggles to really say, [...]

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January 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Marley: A Film by Kevin Macdonald

Marley A Film By Kevin Macdonald Universal Pictures UK Kevin Macdonald has made a couple of great documentaries already and people seemed to love Marley at the movies – not so much for what it said, rather for who/what it was about. Well, that’s it with documentary isn’t it – you either have a fresh [...]