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Trash Classics: Program 5
Screened: August to December, 2023Luna Leederville Trash Classics are movie nights that pay special tribute to the era of VHS and DVD rentals. A video store on the big screen that honours the maxim, “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.” From “so bad it’s good” masterpieces to underappreciated cult movie classics, this program is… Read.
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Chilly Scenes Of Winter (1979)
I really liked director Joan Micklin Silver’s Between The Lines, how much of a hang out movie it was, about a staff at a street press soon to be acquired by a corporate publisher. Silver’s next film, Chilly Scenes Of Winter (1979), is also a hang out film, except you are stuck with Charles (John… Read.
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The Ambulance (1990)
I distinctly remember reading Marvel comics when I was a kid, Spider-Man or Captain America, and they always included a little editorial from Stan Lee, and there were a few issues of him promoting The Ambulance (1990), a thriller starring Eric Roberts that was written and directed by Larry Cohen (Q – The Winged Serpent,… Read.
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Daguerreotypes (1975)
Daguerreotypes (1975) is a French documentary made by Agnes Varda about the shops in her neighbourhood, specifically the street of Rue Daguerre. Documenting a time and place, Varda narrates that her interest began with the older couple who run the local perfumery/chemist. In one shot, they stare out of the shopfront window like ghosts, particularly… Read.
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Boom! (1968)
“What’s human or inhuman is not for human decision!” I love Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and have always been curious about the other movies they made together, particularly when their tabloid exploits as a movie star couple overshadowed them. Most of them I’ve heard are not so hot… Read.
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