Posts tagged La La Land
The Last Laugh - LFF Review
The Last Laugh - LFF Review

Can you make a good joke about the Holocaust?  Nazis, by all means.  But the Holocaust itself?  That is the premise of Ferne Pearlstein's superb documentary on the subject.  To broach such a subject, you need to have the roster to bring weight to the subject and my goodness, Pearlstein has gathered a who's who of the great and greater of Jewish comedy.  A film that could have relied on the humour doesn't and the survivors interviewed make this the best film I saw at this years London Film Festival.

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Film, ReviewsMatthew BoneThe Last Laugh, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, Sarah Silverman, Gilbert Gottfried, Harry Shearer, Ferne Pearlstein, Pearlstein, Renee Firestone, Holocaust, Survivor, Jokes, Humor, Humour, Comedy, Documentary, The Producers, Hogan's Heroes, The Day the Clown Cried, Jerry Lewis, Life is Beautiful, Emilia Jones, Goldstone, Brimstone, La La Land, LFF, London Film FestivalComment
La La Land - LFF Review
La La Land - LFF Review

I went to the cinema the other evening and I cried.  Not a terribly rare occurrence, easily sentimentally manipulated movie-goer that I am.  But this night, I saw something magical.  Film is in itself is a magic trick.  Twenty-four still images being shown to you a second that your brain interpenetrates as movement in the light.  The movement in the light that is La La Land reminded me of what cinema truly can be.

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Film, ReviewsMatthew BoneLa La Land, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Film, Film Review, Film Festival, London Film Festival, Jordan Horowitz, Damien Chazelle, Justin Hurwitz, Mia, Seb, Jazz, Singing, Dancing, Musical, MagicComment