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Tag Archives: Joanna Hogg
Today, the Sheila Variations turns 23.
I don’t even know what to say. And now I will proceed to say some shit. The above pic of me – taken by Michael – graced the top of my original blog, when I set it up 23 years … Continue reading
Posted in On This Day, Personal
Tagged Block Island, Cary Grant, Croatia, Dean Stockwell, Elvis Presley, family, friends, Hope, Humphrey Bogart, Iran, Ireland, Jafar Panahi, Joanna Hogg, July and Half of August, Martin Scorsese, Memphis, politics, Raging Bull, September 11, Supernatural, Tilda Swinton, war
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“I think my cinema is minimalist because so is my gaze: I’m very interested in people.” — Joanna Hogg
It’s the birthday of director Joanna Hogg, who hasn’t directed that many films (comparatively) and yet what she has done really matters, so much so that when there are gaps between films, people who always have her on their radar … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Movies, On This Day
Tagged England, Joanna Hogg, Martin Scorsese, Tilda Swinton, women directors
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2022 Mirror Moments
You know me and movie-mirror-moments. 2022 has had quite a few, and they are similar in character. Saint Omer, directed by Alice Diop The Eternal Daughter, directed by Joanna Hogg Corsage, directed by Marie Kreutzer
November 2022 Viewing Diary
Something in the Dirt (2022; d. Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson) I really liked this. If you like losing yourself in conspiracy theories – without being, like, a QAnon-type ready to shoot up a pizza parlor – then this is super … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Alan Ladd, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Cate Blanchett, Claude Rains, crime movies, D.H. Lawrence, documentary, drama, England, film noir, France, historical drama, horror, Iran, Iranian film, Isabelle Huppert, Jafar Panahi, Joanna Hogg, Joe Berlinger, John Garfield, Nina Hoss, Poland, Ralph Macchio, Russia, sci-fi, South Korea, Steven Spielberg, Tilda Swinton, true crime, women directors
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Review: The Eternal Daughter (2022)
I love writing about Joanna Hogg – her work has such a depth and richness – and so I was pleased to review her latest, The Eternal Daughter, where Tilda Swinton plays a dual role – mother and daughter. You … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged drama, England, Joanna Hogg, reviews, Tilda Swinton, women directors
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October 2021 Viewing Diary
I really didn’t watch all that much, numerically, during October, for various reasons. 1. I was on the move. I think I spent, all told, about 7 days at home over the course of the month. Including one unexpected stay … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged comedy, documentary, drama, England, Joanna Hogg, Memphis, Peter Bogdanovich, Poland, screwball comedy, short films, thrillers, Wes Anderson
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Review: The Souvenir Part II (2021)
The long-awaited (I mean it was only two years but it felt like FOREVER for those of us who were waiting) sequel to The Souvenir has arrived. Joanna Hogg hasn’t made that many films (she directed her first feature-length film … Continue reading
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Tagged drama, Joanna Hogg, Martin Scorsese, reviews, Tilda Swinton, women directors
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Different themes in Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenirs
Joanna Hogg’s style is a fingerprint. Once you’ve seen one of her films, you get the lay of the land. It’s as specific a fingerprint as Martin Scorsese’s, although of a completely different rhythm and energy and milieu. (It’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged England, Joanna Hogg, mirrors, Tilda Swinton, women directors
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