Jettison Cocoon

Book and movie reviews and some other random opinions.

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Film Review: A Plein Temps (2021) and Emily the Criminal (2022)

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  Both these films feature single women facing the pain, drudgery, and precariousness of low-paid work in the service sector, and, while the...
Friday, August 12, 2022

Film Review: Prey (2022)

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  I've seen plenty of online comments which describe Prey as the best Predator film since the original. That's a very low bar to set...
Thursday, June 2, 2022

Film Review: The Wanderers (1979)

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Released in 1979, The Wanderers has always flown under the radar. When it came out it represented one of the last gasps of the mini-craze fo...
Thursday, May 26, 2022

Film Review: Rat Fink (1965)

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The title of this film does it no favours. The first thing some people will think of are the customized hot rods that go by that name. Every...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Film Review: Summerfield (1977)

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According what little I could find out about this film on the internet, Summerfield was, it's claimed, one of the first of the Australia...
Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Film Review: Il Demonio (1963)

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In terms of critical comment and background information, the online footprint of this film is very meager, and what little there is misident...
Friday, February 25, 2022

Displaced Women: Three films by Antonio Pietrangeli

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  Add Antonio Pietrangeli's name to the long list of Italian directors of the 1950s and 60s who should be a lot more famous. In a career...
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