Monday, 3 June 2024

The #NakedHobMice Tweeets

The Reggie Perrin Tweets

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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The Reggie Perrin Tweets

















Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Friday, 17 May 2024

Secret histories of code-breaking : #TheCodicoteCodex

Secret histories of code-breaking : #TheCodicoteCodex

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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17 May

Secret histories of code-breaking : #TheCodicoteCodex












































Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Friday, 10 May 2024

#ExamTime in, and at, an uncertain age : ai-powered approaches to question-setting

#ExamTime in, and at, an uncertain age : ai-powered approaches to question-setting

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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10 May

#ExamTime in, and at, an uncertain age : ai-powered approaches to question-setting

In memoriam, Charles Hunt, RIP






Maybe coming to a universe of examination-halls* near you (soon)... ?
/div>





* You know the ones : where you're suddenly aware that you are still wearing your slippers, or pyjamas - or that you forgot to revise !




Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Saturday, 4 May 2024

Some Twaddle about The Scottish Play...

Some Twaddle about The Scottish Play...

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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4 May

Some Twaddle about The Scottish Play...






With any luck, popular acclaim won't require any more on this...




Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Friday, 26 April 2024

Thirteen Tweeets about Civil War (2024) : #CivilWarAndAlexGarland (work in progress)

Thirteen Tweeets about Civil War (2024) : #CivilWarAndAlexGarland (work in progress)

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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Thirteen Tweeets about Civil War (2024) : #CivilWarAndAlexGarland (work in progress)











More to come...






































Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Sunday, 7 April 2024

The 'Fits to the rhythm of Eleanor Rigby' Tweets : #EleanorRigbyRhythms

The 'Fits to the rhythm of Eleanor Rigby' Tweets : #EleanorRigbyRhythms

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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The 'Fits to the rhythm of Eleanor Rigby' Tweets : #EleanorRigbyRhythms












































Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Monday, 26 February 2024

The Totally New (and Gratuitous) #BeatUpBeatles Tweets

The Totally New (and Gratuitous) #BeatUpBeatles Tweets

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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26 February

The Totally New (and Gratuitous) #BeatUpBeatles Tweets












































Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Saturday, 24 February 2024

On finding a DVD of Underworld (2003), understandably abandoned by an ex's ex

On finding a DVD of Underworld (2003), understandably abandoned by an ex's ex

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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24 February

On finding a DVD of Underworld (2003), understandably abandoned by an ex's ex




If there's any reason to continue with it (is it so bad that it's just very bad* ?), maybe more...



* The buried non-treasure implied by the title.




Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Tuesday, 20 February 2024

#OldSawsAndSayings : A Useful Collection

#OldSawsAndSayings : A Useful Collection

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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20 February

#OldSawsAndSayings : A Useful Collection












































Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Sunday, 3 December 2023

Seen at Cambridge Film Festival 2023 / #CFF42 (work, desperately slowly, in progress)

TSeen at Cambridge Film Festival 2023 / #CFF42

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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26 October

Seen at Cambridge Film Festival 2023 / #CFF42 (work, desperately slowly, in progress)




Key :

For a very rare change, for #UCFF, no films this year were not watched in full (although excepting, for example, the recorded Q&A for Mutt, which ran directly after the closing credits and when Th'Agent needed to be on the way elsewhere).

That being said, since there were occasions when quitting the film had been tempting (because of, say, a massive disjunction or clash of mood or quality with what had been watched beforehand), and that experience is denoted by Exit, although the film was watched to the end.

Similarly, in the case of film-titles denoted by Asp, there had been an aspiration or intention to watch that film quite soon after another, but similar reasons, tiredness or simply wanting to socialize (and not watch a film for the sake of it) supervened.


Thursday 19 October :

(1) 8.20 Typist Artist Pirate King (2022) ~ Opening Night Film + Q&A (Screen 1)


Friday 20 October :

(2) 12.30 In the Company of Women (2023) ~ Camera Catalonia (Scre3n 2)

(3) 2.25 Sprich mit mir (Talk to Me) (2023) (Screen 2)

(4) 6.00 Quest (2023) ~ Camera Catalonia (SCreen 3)

(5) 8.30 Poor Things (2023) (Screen 1)



















Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Thursday, 9 November 2023

The #ChocolateIsNews ? ! Tweets - Well, news when Christmas is next month...

The #ChocolateIsNews ? ! Tweets - Well, news when Christmas is next month...

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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9 November

The #ChocolateIsNews ? ! Tweets - Well, news when Christmas is next month...

























Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Friday, 3 November 2023

A putative series of entries for The Enquiring Adult's Encyclopædia of Drivel : #BannedNames

A putative series of entries for The Enquiring Adult's Encyclopædia of Drivel  : #BannedNames

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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3 November

A putative series of entries for The Enquiring Adult's Encyclopædia of Drivel  : #BannedNames





For the unlucky and / or unwary, there will be more to come...







Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Wednesday, 1 November 2023

Keen appreciation for Neil Brand's Laurel & Hardy show : Seen at The Stables, Wavendon, MK

Keen appreciation for Neil Brand's Laurel & Hardy show : Seen at The Stables, Wavendon, MK

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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31 October (additions, 5 January)

Keen appreciation for Neil Brand's Laurel & Hardy show : Seen at The Stables, Wavendon, MK
















Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Thursday, 26 October 2023

#UCFF's initial Tweets about Mutt (2023) (posting still under construction)

#UCFF's initial Tweets about Mutt (2023)

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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26 October (end-note expanded, 27 OCtober)

#UCFF's initial Tweets about Mutt (2023) (posting still under construction)










End-notes :

* The film seems to have no internal logic why it is so called.

However, #UCFF has since been advised, by one more likely to be in the know, that the word is used in the States synonymously with 'schmuck' (and referred to the authority of its being used in that way by Groucho Marx no less) : that being so, the pejorative usage in Yiddish [the link is to Wiki] adds colour, because, although 'schmuck' derives from the German word Schmuck (der Schmuck, which means 'jewelry'), its literal Yiddish meaning is a vulgar way of referring to the penis. (One can therefore infer that 'Dick' (or 'Cock') might have been more resonant titles in British English.)




Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Three initial Tweets about 20,000 Especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees) (2023)

Three initial Tweets about 20,000 Especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees) (2023)

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2019 (17 to 24 October)
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26 October

Three initial Tweets about 20,000 Especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees) (2023)







More to come (D.V.)...










More to come (D.V.)...




























Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

Thursday, 19 October 2023

Opening Night at Cambridge Film Festival 2023 : Carol Morley's Typist Artist Pirate King (2022) + Q&A

Opening Night at Cambridge Film Festival 2023 : Carol Morley's Typist Artist Pirate King (2022)

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19 October

Opening Night at Cambridge Film Festival 2023 : Carol Morley's Typist Artist Pirate King (2022)



















































Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)