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2015: A Year in Film

14 Monday Dec 2015

Posted by marina72 in Film, Television

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A Most Violent Year, A Year in Films and TV, Amy, Amy Winehouse, By the Sea, Carol, Catch Me Daddy, Doctor Zhivago, Dulcima, Girlfriends, Inherent Vice, Low Down, Macbeth, Mad Men, Marilyn Monroe, Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Hateful Eight, The Keeping Room, The Misfits, The Witch, This is England, Wanda, You Made Me Love You

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After his great performances in W.E., Inside Llewyn Davis and The Two Faces of January, Oscar Isaac is fast becoming my favourite contemporary actor. He has gone from strength to strength in 2015, with big and small-screen gems set in 1980s New York: A Most Violent Year, about an ambitious businessman trying to stay on the right side of the law; and Show Me a Hero, an HBO mini-series telling the true story of Nick Wasicsko, who became mayor of Yonkers during a bitterly divisive public housing crisis. Continue reading →

2014: A Year On Film

25 Thursday Dec 2014

Posted by marina72 in Film

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A Year in Films and TV, James Gray, Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant, True Detective

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My favourite film of 2014 was James Gray’s The Immigrant. Despite its stellar cast, it was woefully under-promoted and wasn’t even released in Britain. Marion Cotillard is luminous – almost Garboesque – as a young Polish woman who lands on Ellis Island in 1921. Almost a century later, Eva’s struggle is lived every day by millions like her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeXtjrHLbTc

And my favourite television show this year was True Detective.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

25 Sunday Dec 2011

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2011, A Year in Books, A Year in Films and TV, A Year in Music, Amy Winehouse, Beryl Bainbridge, Joan of Arc, Kimberly Cutter, Lana Del Rey, Little Gypsy, Lois Banner, Lykke Li, Marilyn Monroe, Purge, Roxy Freeman, Sofi Oksanen, The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress, The Maid, Wuthering Heights

Dear Readers,

Wishing you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

2011 has been a year of change for me. I’ve been writing lots of non-fiction (as you’ve probably noticed), and have also made progress on my third novel.

2012 promises to be eventful – I’ll be turning 40 in June. Watch this space…

Tara Hanks

PS Here’s a few of my favourite books, movies and music released this year. The future may be uncertain, but great art never dies.   Continue reading →

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