Liz Mannion

British Beaches in the Movies: No Bette Midler, we promise

by Liz Mannion 4 July 2011

By Liz Mannion of the Ritz Cinema, Thirsk. When you think of beaches and films what do you think of? Probably Bette Midler and, consequently, that girl who used to star in the hit TV show Blossom. But the newly-released British film Third Star (2011) has got me thinking about beaches as locations and the [...]

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Poetry in Motion (Pictures): Part 10

by Liz Mannion 24 May 2011

By Liz Mannion of the Ritz Cinema, Thirsk. Poetry in Motion (Pictures) posts are part of a series. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993) – Silence, Thomas Hood – Yes ok I’ve gone and saved the best till last; a personal favourite. Quite possibly the most stunning ending to a movie you could ever wish for as [...]

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Poetry in Motion (Pictures): Part 9

by Liz Mannion 15 May 2011

By Liz Mannion of the Ritz Cinema, Thirsk. Poetry in Motion (Pictures) posts are part of a series. Memphis Belle (William Wyler, 1990)  – An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, W B Yeats.    When Eric Stoltz and his squadron go off on another bombing raid in World War II they understand they may never [...]

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Poetry in Motion (Pictures): Part 8

by Liz Mannion 7 May 2011

By Liz Mannion of the Ritz Cinema, Thirsk. Poetry in Motion (Pictures) posts are part of a series. Seabiscuit (Gary Ross, 2003) – Emily Dickinson, We Never Know . Based on a novel about an underdog of a racehorce Seabiscuit is a film that beautifully documents an against-all-odds yarn during the tail end of The [...]

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Poetry in Motion (Pictures): Part 7

by Liz Mannion 2 May 2011

By Liz Mannion of the Ritz Cinema, Thirsk. Poetry in Motion (Pictures) posts are part of a series. In Her Shoes (Curtis Hanson, 2005) – One Art, Elizabeth Bishop. Who would have thought that a drama about an old people’s home could have generated so much bittersweet emotion as In Her Shoes did? Cameron Diaz, [...]

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Poetry in Motion (Pictures): Part 6

by Liz Mannion 30 April 2011

By Liz Mannion of the Ritz Cinema, Thirsk. Poetry in Motion (Pictures) posts are part of a series. Clockwork Mice (Vadim Jean, 1995) – The Song of the Ungirt Runners, C H Sorley . Clockwork Mice is a little-known British gem starring Ian Hart who starts a running club at a challenging school. It is [...]

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Poetry in Motion (Pictures): Part 5

by Liz Mannion 27 April 2011

By Liz Mannion of the Ritz Cinema, Thirsk. Poetry in Motion (Pictures) posts are part of a series. The 25 th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002) – To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell.   Take a film directed by Spike Lee, starring Edward Norton as , convicted New York drug dealer, Monty Brogan living out his [...]

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Poetry in Motion (Pictures): Part 4

by Liz Mannion 26 April 2011

By Liz Mannion of The Ritz Cinema, Thirsk. Poetry in Motion (Pictures) posts are part of a series . Must Love Dogs (Gary David Goldberg, 2005) – Brown Penny, W B Yeats . W B Yeats’s poem creates an amazing oasis of calm in a seriously mediocre John Cusack RomCom that is possibly even more [...]

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Poetry in Motion (Pictures): Part 3

by Liz Mannion 25 April 2011

By Liz Mannion of The Ritz Cinema, Thirsk. Poetry in Motion (Pictures) posts are part of a series . Sophie’s Choice (Alan J Pakula, 1982) – Ample Make This Bed, Emily Dickinson.  Meryl Streep, Peter MacNicol and Kevin Kline star in this book-to-film adaptation. It is a movie of suffering, atonement and redemption and the [...]

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Poetry in Motion (Pictures): Part 2

by Liz Mannion 24 April 2011

By Liz Mannion of The Ritz Cinema, Thirsk . Yesterday I began looking at some of the best uses of poetry in the pictures . Below you can find the second instalment. A touching choice, if I do say so myself.

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In Focus: Poetry in Motion (Pictures)

by Liz Mannion 23 April 2011

By Liz Mannion of The Ritz Cinema, Thirsk . Mention poetry in the movies to most people and they will instantly start ranting about the funeral scene in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). W H Auden’s Funeral Blues – aka Stop all the Clocks –  gave depth to what was, on the surface, a [...]

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