Tobacco Roads: James Benning's "Twenty Cigarettes"
Neil YoungJames Benning’s new film on cigarette smoking.
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Viennale 3: JOHN RYAN'S EXPRESS
Neil YoungAbove: Larry Cohen on the set of It's Alive (1973). Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.—Euripides From Euripides to Larry Cohen may seem like a considerable jump, but the more
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Viennale 2: ALPHA MALE / OMEGA FEMALE
Neil YoungIn one of those serendipitous quirks of scheduling that festival-going sometimes throws up, I saw what are currently my favourite male and females performances among 2010's new films in consecutive screenings
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Viennale 1: LIFE'S HALT
Neil YoungAbove: Ricardo Iscar's Dance to the Spirits. "When I become death, death is the seed from which I grow."—William S Burroughs, Ah Pook Is Here. Not to be morbid or anything, but the shadow of mortality
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pages from a cold island: BRIGHT FUTURE?
Neil YoungAbove: Clio Bernard's The Arbor. An entirely subjective rundown of the 20+ most-anticipated British films scheduled to have their first public screenings between April 20th and December 31st 2010.1
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pages from a cold island: ALONE IN THE DARK?
Neil YoungFew films in recent years have yielded such widely differing reactions—among critics and paying punters alike—than Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island. On the very same day that the psychological thriller
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pages from a cold island: THE ROAD OF EXCESS
Neil YoungFour and a half years of watching films several times a week ... I can hardly believe in that life of the distant thirties now, a way of life which I adopted quite voluntarily from a sense of fun
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Berlinale. Palast of Swords Reversed: Dispatch #6
Neil YoungYou are experiencing information overload. Clear your mind and put your thoughts in order. With distance it is possible to rise above the situation so that you can see the larger pattern, determine some
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Berlinale. Palast of Swords Reversed: Dispatch #5
Neil YoungToo much or too little mental freedom - uncertainty. Too many or too few choices. Criticism of self and others can be harsh and inaccurate. A sharp tongue. A sense of mental loss rather than gain. The
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Berlinale. Palast of Swords Reversed: Dispatch #4
Neil YoungStress can effect you now - the weight of your responsibilities may be too heavy. Seek advise from your higher self - pull back into solitude and consider the details of your situation calmly. Put
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Berlinale. Palast of Swords Reversed: Dispatch #3
Neil YoungLearn to be receptive to circumstances which are not constructive learning situations and consciously make the choice to remove yourself from any situation which produces sorrow or negative vibrations
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Berlinale. Palast of Swords Reversed: Dispatch #2
Neil YoungThings are happening now. Trust that you are able to make decisions. Release your fear of involvement now, release your need for everything to be "perfect" and in perfect order all the time - allow yourself
