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[f0restpunk]

Considering Big Edie on Mother’s Day does not we’re putting her forward as Mother of the Year. She was and she wasn’t. Happy Mother's Day! In celebration, i review 1975's Grey Gardens for this week's Sunday Afternoon Movie on Forestpunk, with a link where you can watch online! And to all the Mom's out there, y'all are heroes and inspirations. You make this world such a better place and i, for one, appreciate all that you do! Click the #linkinbio to read the full review! And stay tuned for more #CriterionCollection reviews! I'm trying to watch and review as many a i can! . #MothersDay #HappyMothersDay #MothersDay2020 #GreyGardens #SundayAfternoonMovie #GreatMovies #Documentary #GreatDocumentaries #1975 #70smovies #70scinema #70sfilm #directcinema #cinemaverite #sliceoflife #sliceoflifemovies #sliceoflifefilm #Americana #GothicAmericana #EastCoast #SuffolkCounty #BigEdie #LittleEdie #EdithBouvier #EdithBeale #Jsimpson #moviereview #cinephilecommunity (at East Hampton, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CABnxZ3oEDs/?igshid=14rapcaga87bz

[aronsonfilm]

Slice of Life - Official Trailer from Slice of Life Film on Vimeo.

"Slice of Life" is an original short Science Fiction film set in the Blade Runner universe. Visit our official web site: sliceoflifefilm.com/ And like us on facebook: facebook.com/SliceOfLifeFilm/ Instagram: instagram.com/slice_of_life_film/ Twitter: twitter.com/Slice_Of_Life01

[thedonttellshow-blog]

Jungleland - Max Winkler (2020)

Two brothers - one a once promising boxer (Jack O'Connell), the other a frazzled jail bird (Charlie Hunnam) - are forced into delivering a young girl (Jessica Barden) to Reno after losing a bet. Their mission is to use Jack's fighting prowess to escape the poverty of their everyday lives.

Not the most original plot, following well-worn last chance saloon, blood is thicker than water themes. Where it excels though is in the performances and no-nonsense camerawork. All three leads throw their all behind these characters, showing them to be fully rounded, human, complex, passionate people just doing their best to get by...the Springsteen themed score also helps transcend the predictable plot...but, it never quite takes off; sadly.

Great work by all involved, but the script was just too basic to begin with. 

7/10

#jungleland #maxwinkler #charliehunnam #jackoconnell #jessicabarden #jonathanmajors #johncullum #brucespringsteen #downinjungleland #grittyuscinema #sliceoflifefilms #thedonttellshow #reviewsonrealism 

[thedonttellshow-blog]

Children of No Importance - Gerhard Lamprecht (1926)

A socially conscious melodrama about three poor children, who we learn were all born out of wedlock, living with foster parents who do not offer them the proper care, and what fate has in store for each of them.

Since narratives emerged in cinema, the realist origins of actualities were thrown aside in favour of expressionism and this sort of proscenium arch framing that reminded the audience that they were watching a film. 

Well, Gerhard Lamprecht had no interest in that sort of escapism. He brought it all back home with stories based in real streets detailing real lives. Where people walked in and out the frame willy nilly as if they weren't performers pleasing an audience, but people just trying to get by. 

But that isn't the extent of Lamprecht's artistry though. He also uses visual metaphors and smart editing to give his story a more cinematic depth than the theatre-like aesthetics of his peers. 

The man was a master of storytelling and compassion, and casting. The main child actor in here really carries the film with a face aged beyond his years, yet actions naive and child-like; the kid is a constant conflict.

Like all the best social realist pieces, this films doesn't shy away from the grimness of its scenario, but also doesn't smother us in it giving us enough humanity to come out of the other side with something new. 

9/10

#gerhardlamprecht #newgermanobjectivity #weimargermany #socialrealism #kitchensinkfilms #flyonthewallfilms #sliceoflifefilms #thedonttellshow #reviewsonrealism 

[thedonttellshow-blog]

Who's With Me (2021) | SCI-FI MOVIE REVIEW https://youtu.be/0l6ZXt_jUOE

Now then, we are The Don't Tell Show. We make and review realist indie films. We put up a new video every Monday so if that sounds like your cup of tea; then click subscribe and we'll see you there. 

This weeks Best of Indie Film review is: Who's With Me - Austin Allan James (2021)

Marcus awakens to find his apartment under quarantine and completely isolated from the outside world. He tries to navigate the way through the indefinite wait - staving off hunger, boredom, and paranoia.

WATCH THE FULL FILM HERE: https://youtu.be/JguqjhFqnmI

HAVE YOU SEEN IT? WHAT DID YOU THINK?

#bestofindie #bestindiefilms #indiescifi #folkfilmmaking #thedonttellshow #reviewsonrealism #filmreviewchannels #filmreviews2020 #kitchensinkfilms #flyonthewallfilms #sliceoflifefilms #socialrealismfilm

[thedonttellshow-blog]

The Forty-Year-Old Version - Radha Blank (2020)

An aspiring playwright whose ship may have sailed, finds herself looking for a new way to express herself on the cusp of 40. 

I found this film very funny and engaging for most of the runtime, it's comments on the true essence of yourself which cannot be commercialised, and the state of expressionless hip-hop were both well observed and amusing. 

In the later parts though, it does begin to pull out generic dramatic beats and even mocks them at one point...shifting the film from something honest and kind of undisciplined, to a commerical product...it sold out basically...and then tried to get clever by having a character refer to his deux ex machina presence...as if that makes up for it...

Anyway, I still enjoyed it a lot, just don't piss on me and call it rain...stay true.

8.5/10

#thefortyyearoldversion #radhablank #newyorkfilm #hiphopmovie #thedonttellshow #moviereview #sliceoflifefilms 

[thedonttellshow-blog]

Farming - Adewale Akinnuoye- Agbaje (2018)

Farming follows the life of a Nigerian boy who is farmed out to a cockney family in 60's London as he struggles through the prejudices of the time and tries to find his own identity. 

The idea of farming out children is an intreresting phenomenon, probably more so because then motivations for it aren't addressed in the film, for some reason. That is quite a problem as very little of anybody's motivations are explained or even hinted at. Also, despite the strong performances from lead Damson Idris and Kate Beckinsale as his surrogate mother, far too much of it comes across as cartoonish and intentionally provocative rather than being honest or probing. It just falls a bit flat, and unbelievable...again, due to the lack of motivation.

Interesting but underwhelming.

6.5/10

#farming #adewaleakinnuoyeagbaje #katebeckinsale #farmingkids #swinging60s #londonfilm #thedonttellshow #reviewsonrealism #kitchensinkfilm #socialrealism #sliceoflifefilms #flyonthewallmovies #britishfilms #britishcinema

[thedonttellshow-blog]

Rebels of the Neon God - Tsai Ming-Liang (1992)

A young boy drops out of college in an act of rebellion and becomes obsessed with a group of older freer kids who troops around the city looking for connection and commiting crime. 

Yeah, the plot is that simple, but what the film really gives us is a unique window into a bustling expanding city and the effect it has on those swimming around inside it's mess...young and old, tradition and freedom. 

It's all very slow, long, static, but you end up examining everything in the room and looking for depth in the slightest movements. It's not a cinema for everyone, but it'll do for me.

8.5/10

#rebelsoftheneongod #tsaimingliang #taiwancinema #slowcinema #reviewsonrealism #thedonttellshow #flyonthewallmovies #sliceoflifefilms #kitchensinkfilms 

[thedonttellshow-blog]

Reviews on Realism is a weekly segment (every Friday) where we review films which fits into our interpretation of Realism. . I.e Kitchen sink films, fly on the wall films, slice of life films, social realism film.

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This week it’s: The Florida Project - Sean Baker (2017)

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Set in the shadow of the most magical place on Earth, 6-year-old Moonee and her two best friends forge their own adventures, while Moonee's struggling mom and a kindhearted motel manager protect the kids from the harsh reality that surrounds them.

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HAVE YOU SEEN IT? WHAT DID YOU THINK?

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[thedonttellshow-blog]

Gummo - Harmony Korine (1997)

Xenia, Ohio, struck by a tornado, abandoned. We follow the families that remained as they look for excitement, love, and sometimes just to pass the time. 

This is like the Natural Born Killers of social realism...far more interested in what connects these people than what drives them. A hodge podge of cultural references found and foraged both in their minds and on the screen all vying for attention. It's a montage of madness, emerging in a stream of consciousness without aesthetic restraint all untethered by any sort of adults or positive role models. 

But the magic of the film isn't in how dirty and amoral the characters are, it's in how they are presented to us...as they...they aren't judged and they don't judge each other. They just live their lives as they please, untethered by societal pressure or expectation, or determinism, they are just pure unadulterated life. 

9/10

#gummo #harmonykorine #socialrealism #kitchensinkfilms #flyonthewallfilms #sliceoflifefilms #thedonttellshow #reviewsonrealism

[thedonttellshow-blog]

It Always Rains on Sundays - Robert Hamer (1947)

Several characters navigate their day of rest while gossiping about an escaped convict who is being concealed in a bedroom by his ex. 

An early example of the kitchen sink film, with crime elements somewhere between Brighton Rock and The Blue Lamp. It concerns crime like those two (even having the lead copper played by Dixon of Dock Green) but falls much more into the drizzly, dreary side of the sink than the grittiness of the aforementioned. So it's not quite as exciting, despite a stunning looking last act chase, but it does get a bit saucy, rooting around the bored housewife's bedroom and suggesting the more permissive times to come for the ladies...which is interesting. Perhaps it's that willingness to break taboo and show the psychological realism of everyday life choices that has made its legacy.

Anyway, interesting social realist/noir cross-over which could have had a little more bite, but makes up for it with the tickle.

8/10

#italwaysrainsonsundays #kitchensinkfilms #jackwarner #britishcrimecinema #britishcinema #thedonttellshow #reviewsonrealism #socialrealism #roberthamer #40scinema #googiewithers #johnmccallum #dixonofdockgreen #grittyfilms #flyonthewallmovies #sliceoflifefilms 

[thedonttellshow-blog]

Rocks - Sarah Gavron (2019)

Rocks follows the life of a teenage girl, struggling to care for her younger brother after being abandoned by her mother...along with all the other problems which come with blossoming into adulthood...

...so many realist films try to feel real by just forcing banter into them, or terrible humour based around poor people being a bit thick so it's always refreshing when ensemble performances like this come along that feel so effortlessly normal. Yes, the subject matter is dark, and harrowing, but despite the deep emotions that evokes it never loses sight of the whole range of human emotions in its characters, it never gets preachy or too much...it just is...

#rocks #britishfilm #socialrealism #kitchensinkfilm #flyonthewallmovie #sliceoflifefilms #comingofagefilms #thedonttellshow #reviewsonrealism #sarahgavron #bukkybakray #kosarali

[thedonttellshow-blog]

Spend Spend Spend - John Goldschmidt (1977)

Spend, Spend, Spend is an episode of the BBC's Play for Today anthology series first transmitted 15 March 1977 on BBC1. Written by Jack Rosenthal (The Knowledge) it recounts the life of football pools winner's wife Viv Nicholson.

What a fascinating story, and told with the sort of wit and style so absent from working class drama these days. Or maybe it was then. Writer Jim Rosenthal stated that he had been following the presses coverage of Viv''s life after her win, and concluced that she was a cow. It wasn't until he looked deeper that he uncovered the real human beneath the headlines. 

It's a sad, funny and mad story from a golden age in British TV.

8.5/10

#spendspendspend #jackrosenthal #playfortoday #vivnicholson #britishtvdrama #thedonttellshow #reviewsonrealism #kitchensinkfilms #flyonthewallfilm #workingclasscinema #sliceoflifefilms #besttruestories

[thedonttellshow-blog]

Ray & Liz - Richard Billingham (2019)

Photographer Richard Billingham returns to the squalid council flat outside of Birmingham where he and his brother were raised, in a confrontation and reconciliation with parents Ray and Liz.

Grim but hilarious peak into the stained past of photographer Richard Billingham. A dark film based on real experiences which never feels forced or indulgent. It's just an honest portrait painted in exquisite detail; warts and all.

Oh, and Tony Way is an amazing in this; what a character. He perfectly embodies the neighbourhood simpleton. 

8.5/10

#ray&liz #richardbillingham #tonyway #kitchensinkfilm #sliceoflifefilm #flyonthewallmovie #thedonttellshow #reviewsonrealism

[thedonttellshow-blog]

Lynn + Lucy - Fyzal Boulifa (2019)

Lynn + Lucy is the story of two lifelong friends who find theimselves growing apart after a tragic event.

Ex-Lidl worker Roxanne Scrimshaw's quiet subdued performance really brings the reals and the feels as the sidekick slowly emerging from the shadow of her prettier best friend and growing into her own skin finally. It's gritty, it's grim, and it shines a light on the kind of character usually left in the dark. Great kitchen sinker.

#lynnandlucy #kitchensinkfilm #thedonttellshow #reviewsonrealism #sliceoflifefilms #roxannescrimshaw

[thedonttellshow-blog]

Up The Junction - Peter Collinson (1968)

Wealthy Chelsea girls decides to slum it in Battersea with matey from Minder, for no explained reason. Matey gets uppity about this lack of reasoning in her poverty safari, but still wants to bonk her so is incredibly conflicted. Meanwhile the real working class girls go through all those regular kitchen sink tropey things.

The whole thing sort of plays like a metaphor for the way these angry young men/kitchen sink films were and are all made by middle-class nephews of Guardian journalists thinking that abortions are all that happens in the ghetto...and one long drawn out uninteresting metaphor at that.

5/10

#upthejunction #workingclassproblems #kitchensinkfilms #sliceoflifefilms #flyonthewallmovies #reviewsonrealism #thedonttellshow #denniswaterman #suzykendall