Alan Newnham

Alan Newnham

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Favorite films

  • In Order Not to Be Here
  • El Valley Centro
  • Close-Up
  • Killer of Sheep

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  • Perceval

    ★★

  • If the Streets Were on Fire

    ★★★½

  • Birth

    ★★★★

  • Ritual

    ★★

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  • Ritual

    Ritual 2000

    ★★ Watched 11 Dec 2024

    Evangelion nerds mistaking a manic pixie dream girl film for profound existentialism.

  • Paddington

    Paddington 2014

    ★★ Watched 29 Nov 2024

    I want to like this, alot. But here's my rambling thoughts:

    British Wes Anderson - a terrifying concept.

    As a loose parable on xenophobia and the immigrant experience, it's portrayal of London as so deeply white and homogenous (by contrast, the Notting Hill of Hugh Grant suddenly appears more realist) is so blatant and inexcusable. Firstly, WW2 nostalgia - back when people said "hello" to one another in the street, "keep calm and carry on" brand-nationalism. Secondly, the scene of…

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  • Heartworn Highways

    Heartworn Highways 1976

    ★★★½ Watched 26 Dec 2017 3

    If the scene of Townes playing Waitin Around to Die whilst Uncle Seymour tears up in the background doesn't rip your heart to shreds, then I'm not sure what will.

    Honest to god, in my opinion, that scene might be one of the most important moments of music caught on film.

  • Yi Yi

    Yi Yi 2000

    ★★★★★ Watched 14 Dec 2017 2

    I'm sure we all know the feeling of discovering something or someone and only wishing you'd discovered them far earlier. This is how I feel about Edward Yang after watching my first film of his, which happens to be his final film.

    Everything, from the pure poetry of the use of reflections in glass - showing us what is behind and in front, to the subtle and incredibly real feeling characters. Edward Yang has captured life at almost every angle.…

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  • London
  • Hidden City
  • If the Streets Were on Fire
  • London to Brighton
  • I May Destroy You

LDN 85 films

  • 'Til Madness Do Us Part
  • 11 x 14
  • 13 Lakes
  • The 47 Ronin
  • 50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film

External Hard Drive (Updated 2024) 995 films

  • Devil's Circuit
  • The Black Tower
  • Machine Space
  • A. 13
  • Sundial

Space and Architecture 408 films

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