Monthly Archives: October 2023

The Old Oak; Killers of the Flower Moon

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Houyhnhnm

Now watched both of these twice; let’s see what comes of that. The Old Oak An earnest and often moving account of how white working-class people react to the moving in of refugee families from Syria. After initially rejecting the … Continue reading →

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Merkel; The Great Escaper

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Houyhnhnm

Merkel I think this was my first Curzon film watched at home. A pretty straightforward documentary about Merkel’s life and career, broadly uncritical/hagiographic. The Great Escaper A pretty straightforward biopic telling the true story of a D-Day veteran who missed … Continue reading →

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Fremont; Dumb Money

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Houyhnhnm

Fremont In many ways a straightforward love story in the manner of many films (see Fallen Leaves), in which two separate working-class people, shat on by the system in different ways, meet each other by chance and begin to make … Continue reading →

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