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RJ Smith
Sep 8, 20203 min read
On Hitchcock’s The Birds
I have already discussed the triangular nature of desire which characterises novelistic works, and how this structure leads to violence...
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RJ Smith
May 22, 20202 min read
What’s Good: Rise of the Warrior Apes (2017), a Documentary by James Reed
Rise of the Warrior Apes (available here) was made by a group of researchers who worked their way into the confidence of the largest...
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RJ Smith
Feb 11, 20204 min read
WHAT'S GOOD: The Tunnel (1948), a Novel by Ernesto Sábato
Juan Pablo Castel is a painter living in Buenos Aires. Lonely and disaffected among the ‘charlatans’ of the art world, Juan Pablo feels...
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RJ Smith
Nov 18, 20193 min read
WHAT'S GOOD: The Piano Teacher (2001), A Film by Michael Haneke.
Erika Kohut is a 40 year old pianist teaching at a prestigious Vienna conservatory. Despite being talented and beautiful, Erika has no...
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RJ Smith
Sep 30, 20196 min read
WHAT'S GOOD: Fat White Family, Saviours of British Rock
Aspects of London in the noughties are a little cringe in hindsight. The emo hair, the fluorescent clothes, etcetera. But in time it will...
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RJ Smith
Sep 15, 20196 min read
WHAT'S GOOD: Eyes Wide Shut (1999), a Film by Stanley Kubrick
Soft core porn? Weird euro art house? A preposterous flop? Or one of the best movies ever made . . .
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RJ Smith
Aug 29, 20193 min read
WHAT'S GOOD: Night on Earth (1991), a Film by Jim Jarmusch
This is New York, Helmut! A review of Night on Earth by Jim Jarmusch.
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RJ Smith
Aug 21, 20193 min read
WHAT'S GOOD: Bad Boy Bubby (1993), a film by Rolf de Heer
Bubby is a grown man whose mother has convinced him that he can never leave their small, filthy, windowless flat in suburban Adelaide...
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RJ Smith
Aug 19, 20193 min read
WHAT'S GOOD: Let it Come Down (1952), a novel by Paul Bowles
Paul Bowles is all but unknown to my generation. That is a shame, because he was one of the most influential, and in my opinion, best...
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