Posted in World Cinema Year in Film

Rewind: 1967 in Film – Le Samouraï

I think every film deserves a certain benefit of the doubt. By that I mean, you should always be prepared to watch a film through…

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Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: Das weiße Band / The White Ribbon, 2009

We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. Das weiße Band / The White Ribbon, 2009…

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Posted in Director Masterpiece

Krzysztof Kieślowski: Three Colours, 54 Moments, A Thousand Times Goodbye

As a young screenwriter, impressionable and ambitious, I was capable of soaking up inspiration like a sponge. Beyond the passion for writing and watching and…

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Psychology Of Film Diagnosis: Three Colors Blue

Blue, the first in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors trilogy, tells the story of a ghost musician, Julie, who is caught in a grieving cycle after…

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10 Days of Krzysztof Kieślowski: Films and TV 1975-1989

Krzysztof Kieślowski would return to television a decade after Personnel (1975) with a seminal, stunning Dekalog, the Polish series of 10 one-hour episodes, Binge it, I…

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Posted in Awards Season Oscars

Olivia Colman, Spike Lee, Alfonso Cuarón, Among the 91st Academy Awards Winners

Hello ladies and gentleman. I was your host this evening. Your first man, your hooded guide, your blacker-than-you driver. Here to clean up the dog…

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Posted in Podcast

Filmotomy Podcast 61: Happy Valentine's Day at the Movies

Love is in the air at Filmotomy, as we succumb to the temptations of Valentine’s Day, with this week’s podcast. We’re going to relate all…

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Posted in Oscars Podcast

Filmotomy Podcast 60: There's Something Rotten in the State of the Oscars

Another Oscars podcast from Filmotomy. This time we pluck some of the more scandalous moments from the history of the Academy Awards. Well, perhaps not…

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Posted in Awards Season Oscars

Oscars: Nominations for 91st Academy Awards Announced

Months of blood, sweat, and tears of predicting this magnificent game we call the awards race. And now we all can collapse on our sofas…

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Filmotomy Podcast 58: Flashback to the Days of VHS

This week’s podcast rides the wave of nostalgia as we look back to our memories of the days when we would watch movies on the…

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Filmotomy Podcast 57: Anticipating the Cinema of 2019

As we still adjust to the new year that is 2019, the Filmotomy Podcast focuses some attention on the eagerly awaited cinema release in the…

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Posted in Christmas Podcast

Filmotomy Podcast 55: Is That A Christmas Movie?

With Christmas just around the corner, this week’s podcast looks at what makes a Christmas film. Bianca Garner, our hostess with the mostess, is joined…

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Posted in Website Writing

Shhh, Or Else the Writers Will Come -Filmotomy is Looking for Movie-Loving Contributors *** Unpaid ***

*** Not Paid Employment – But We’ll Treat You Like Gold *** You love to write about film, right? Our site Filmotomy is in full-throttle…

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Posted in Trailer

Trailer – Part of the Journey is The End: Avengers: Endgame

Towards the end of Avengers: Infinity War, Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) tells a perplexed Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) why he would sacrifice the Time Stone…

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