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Month: March 2015

35mm Film · Coming Soon · Cult Films

A Clockwork Orange

March 18, 2015 The Astor Theatre BlogLeave a comment

Every now and again, a film will come along that changes the way I look at cinema. When I was still in my teens, I attended a cinema on Bourke Street late one evening to see a motion picture I had long been curious about: Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971), adapted from the 1962… Continue reading A Clockwork Orange

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Scarface

March 6, 2015March 6, 2015 The Astor Theatre BlogLeave a comment

Whenever I learn that a Hollywood remake of a classic film is about to reach the big screen, I think to myself “Hollywood has run out of ideas” (but it’s not just Hollywood). With very few exceptions, remakes are  passable at best, horrendously offensive at worst. However, every now and again (not often enough, for… Continue reading Scarface

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