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10/10
As good as television gets Il segreto dell"acqua
25 March 2016
Outstanding television series reminiscent of the middle period films of Ferzan Ozpetik--some of whose actors appear in this series.

The story is superbly crafted, the acting superbly executed, and the camera work first rate.

Those motif's we have come to love in Ozpetik, such as the emphasis on a core group dynamic, the appearance of an older wisdom figure, the importance of books and book wisdom appear here too in a production direction by DeMaria in a highly engaging tale that keeps us riveted to the end. DeMaria should receive high kudoes for his production as should the actor Riccardo Scamarcio --who recently appeared in an English speaking role as a rent boy in London Spy with Ben Wishaw.

Not to be missed
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Arizona Sky (2008)
9/10
Arizona Sky is a neglected treasure
9 October 2009
Arizona Sky is a badly neglected treasure of a film which should be short listed with that small handful of gay themed films like My Beautiful Laundrette made in the UK and The Man I Love made in France. Particular kudos should go to the stars Eric Dean and Jayme McCabe for their convincing and visceral portraits of your average confused-conflicted non-gay identified man who loves another man. Far from being poorly scripted and poorly acted, Arizona Sky superbly portrays the confusion and pain of being caught in the terrible place of having to deny one's most tender feelings--and it does so with the actor's silences, hesitations, and awkward moves in hostile environs. Az isn't the land of Oz, but its where real men in real boots have to walk over and over if they are to win their personal honor and live lives of real integrity.
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9/10
visually stunning ode to the elan vital of a young poet in Cuba
6 October 2002
A visually stunning and beautifully realized study of an artist oppressed by his government and his attempt to survive in the midst of an indifferent if not actively hostile culture, Before Night Falls is another of Julian Schnabel's filmic essays on the artist in society. The life of the Cuban poet Arenas (a disillusioned child of the revolution) is given great heart and resonance by Javier Bardem's touching performance. A sure-footed script that is never maudlin and a finely complimentary music score that never intrudes combine to amplify a brilliant job of directing and acting
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