“I’m your private dancer…” Sorry, we mean Shadow Dancer! Simon Miraudo speaks with Oscar winning director James Marsh (Man on Wire, Project Nim) about his IRA thriller, now available on DVD. Keep listening to hear Simon’s review. He’ll do what you want him to do. [audio https://qfxblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/talk-hard-james-marsh.mp3] Show Notes: Thanks once again for listening! Please subscribe […]
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Lonely planet – Oblivion review
April 10, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo April 10, 2013 Oblivion lifts liberally from 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, Moon, Sunshine, WALL-E, and pretty much every other science fiction film worth a damn. By cribbing from such bona-fide greats, the final product can’t help but be at least half-decent, if missing an identity of its own. The irony? Hidden […]
Continue readingInterview: James Marsh (Shadow Dancer)
December 21, 2012 0 Comments
Interview: James Marsh (Shadow Dancer). By Simon Miraudo. James Marsh won the Best Documentary Oscar in 2008 for his literally-buoyant Man on Wire, and followed it up with the doco Project Nim, a startling tale of animal cruelty towards an adorable chimp that may in fact justify any future Rise of the Planet of the […]
Continue readingThe lying game – Shadow Dancer review
October 10, 2012 0 Comments
Shadow Dancer – Starring Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen, and Domhnall Gleeson. Directed by James Marsh. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. James Marsh, not content with being regarded as one of the finest working documentarians in the business, proves with Shadow Dancer he can still spin a compelling yarn in narrative features too. Having won an […]
Continue readingMadonna bombs, Clooney rules and Fassbender and Mulligan go full frontal at Venice and Telluride
September 6, 2011 0 Comments
Madonna‘s first feature length film, W.E., made its world debut at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend, where it was met with some of the most scathing reviews of the year. The flick stars Andrea Riseborough as King Edward’s wife Wallis Simpson – for whom he abdicated the throne – as well as Abbie Cornish in […]
Continue readingA novel concept – Brighton Rock review
April 14, 2011 0 Comments
Brighton Rock – Starring Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough and Helen Mirren. Directed by Rowan Joffe. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Rowan Joffe’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s 1938 novel Brighton Rock is, in theory, precisely the kind of book-to-film translation we should have more of. Taking the original text as a jumping off point, Joffe brings […]
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