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LATEST POSTS BY Dr. Garth Twa
Midnight’s Children
Metastasizing war, schisms of family to mirror the schisms of topography, lust, hunger, upheaval, religion, nuclear bombs, forced sterilization, annihilation, and love. And hope. And second chances.
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Great Expectations
Is it unfair—and pointless— to discuss a film in relation to other past adaptations, to judge it by what it’s not? But, on the other hand, do we need another version of Great Expectations?
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Teaching Murder to Murderers
An interview with Vittorio Taviani.
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Amour
With Amour, you will remember the film, and you will remember the emotions, and there will be no humiliation in the crying.
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American Neo-realism: Robert Redford, Sundance, and London
by award-winning screenwriter and producer, Dr. Garth Twa.
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The Artist
It is an homage, it is a paean, it is a celebration: a behind-the-screen romantic comedy that fully embodies the glory and goofiness of a neonate film industry.
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Shame
As McQueen says, ‘Morality is like socialism, great idea but it doesn’t bloody work.’
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A Dangerous Method
Normally with Cronenberg we’re deep into psychosis, subjectively, down in the dirty of our subconscious and nightmares. Here we’re in therapy.
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The Monk
It is just one man’s downfall, not mankind’s. Hardly apocalyptic, and it hardly seems worth all the fuss.
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La Grande Illusion and its journey to safety
Dr. Garth Twa takes an in-depth look at La Grande Illusion – a revolutionary milestone of visual art.
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ABOUT Dr. Garth Twa
Garth Twa is the award-winning writer and director of 'Pieces of Dolores' and 'Birds Die'. He has also written episodes of 'The Wright Verdicts', a programme from the makers of 24 and CSI, and is the author of the acclaimed book 'Durable Beauty'.