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Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – VI

As we dive into the second half of this 100 British flicks, I wondered how many of you have got this far, and are still…

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Goodbye Christchurch: New Zealand International Film Festival

The Christchurch leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival ended on 20th August. Initially, I had endeavoured to see (and had purchased tickets for) 13…

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Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – V

Oh how very British of us. To want to sing in our own solitude. To want to participate in a televised game show. To not…

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Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – IV

An eclectic mix of British cinema coming your way. Music influenced by Belle and Sebastian. Kid gangsters, and adult, kind of. There’s heartache in rural…

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Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – III

Hold your horses. We have our own civil war in Great Britain, to rival any of yours. Between the Southern Fairies and the Northern Monkeys….

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Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – II

Where thou, a rose. A rose, thateth smells as sweet. By the name of, erm. A rose that hast, another name wonst smell as sweet….

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Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – I

Cup of tea? A bun? Fish and chips for tea? Depends how much dough you have in your sky rocket. Why not go to the…

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Filmotomy Podcast Episode 36: The Decline of Cinema Attendance

The Filmotomy Podcast takes a trip to the movie theater this week, wondering why the auditorium is not full. Host Bianca Garner has the projector…

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The 20 Greatest Ingmar Bergman Films: The Top 5

There’s a tear in my eye as we lose what has been a phenomenal month covering the marvelous works of Ingmar Bergman. Who am I…

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The 20 Greatest Ingmar Bergman Films: 10 – 6

Into the top ten of Ingmar Bergman’s finest feature films – as voted for by you. Thanks to FilmStruck for their terrific and timely Bergman…

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Happy Birthday Ingmar! The 20 Greatest Bergman Films: 20 – 11

Today, Ernst Ingmar Bergman would have turned the grand old age of 100. Sadly, Bergman passed away in 2007 (in fact he died on the…

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Filmotomy Podcast Episode 34: Cinema 2018 Half-Time Whistle

This timely podcast episode hits the halfway mark of the year 2018. So we are due a half-time report, to assess the year in film…

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VOTE – The Greatest Films of Ingmar Bergman

On the 14th July iconic Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman would have turned 100 years-old. Sadly no longer with us, we are extremely passionate about making…

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A Guide for Bergman Beginners

When I heard that Filmotomy would be doing an Ingmar Bergman series to commemorate what would be his 100th birthday, I could barely contain my…

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