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Vulgaria
By Spank The Monkey You may be familiar with the cinema technology known as D-Box – a small number of screens in the UK have already been fitted with it. It’s one more way of reducing the film...
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Friends, Romans, Juno’s Countrymen
Spank The Monkey comes to praise Spartacus, not to bury him Crassus and Spartacus Do we need spoiler alerts for this one? When I wrote about the Starz TV series Spartacus for Mostly Film last year, we...
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#TFEFF13
By Spank The Monkey I love the work that Terracotta Distribution do to support Far Eastern movies in the UK. But they can’t write hashtags for toffee. Last year, I reported on their campaign to...
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The Perfect American
By Spank The Monkey I don’t go to many first nights at the opera. As I settled into my seat at the Coliseum for the UK premiere of Philip Glass’ The Perfect American, his new piece about the final days...
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For Love’s Sake
By Spank The Monkey At the Cannes festival last month, you could see – and hear, thanks to some conspicuous booing – the breakdown of the love-in between Western critics and Japanese director Takashi...
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Monoglot Movie Club: A Poor Second To Belgium
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them You’re so sadly neglected And...
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Mostly MIFfed
Spank the Monkey waxes radical about the Manchester International Festival. Also does some dancing. ‘Is this a dagger which I see before me?’ ‘Spoilers!’ The fourth Manchester International Festival is...
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Scalarama
Spank The Monkey hails a film festival with a twist. Remember cinemas? They used to be good, didn’t they? And now they’re not. Many people have offered their solutions to the problem, but the only...
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Monoglot Movie Club: Stockholm Syndrome
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them “I’m a man on the move,” says...
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Monoglot Movie Club: The World, Under Construction
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them I’m back in the UAE: you...
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Monoglot Movie Club: What The Fox Said Next
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them. This episode: Norway,...
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East Side Stories
Spank The Monkey previews the Japan Foundation’s 2014 touring film programme, which brings a selection of recent Japanese movies to cinemas across the UK from January 31st to March 27th. Kids, eh? What...
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Monoglot Movie Club: All the Blobs
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them. This episode: The...
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Monoglot Movie Club: Introducing Mike Tobacconist
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them. This episode: Czech...
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#TFEFF14
Spank The Monkey previews the Terracotta Far East Film Festival, taking place in London from May 23rd to June 1st 2014. Warrior King 2 It’s the sixth year of the Terracotta Far East Film Festival, Joey...
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Monoglot Movie Club: Take It To The Bridge
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them. This episode: Denmark &...
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Monoglot Movie Club: Holydays In The Sun
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them. This episode: Dubai, August...
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Luna landscape
Dave McKean’s new film is a bit like a Julian Barnes novel with added CGI monsters. Surprisingly, the part that Spank The Monkey has a problem with is the CGI monsters. If you’d asked anyone a decade...
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A History Of The LFF In 26 Objects
The 58th BFI London Film Festival opens tonight. Spank The Monkey has probably been to more of them than you have. I can trace it back to 1988, I think. That was the year I first remember reading a...
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Monoglot Movie Club – Too Hot For TV!
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them. This episode: a compilation...
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