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‘God Help the Girl’ is a spotty but largely winning pop musical

There are hints of Jacques Demy aspirations, fashion chic in vein with the Nouvelle Vague, and one can’t help but think of the films of Scotland’s Bill Forsyth (Gregory’s Girl, Comfort and Joy) with the mostly warm tone of God Help the Girl’s use of inner and greater Glasgow. What Murdoch’s film most recalls, however, is the British New Wave of the 1960s, particularly the works of Richard Lester (A Hard Day’s Night, The Knack …and How to Get It) and John Schlesinger’s Billy Liar; Browning’s Eve even sports a hairstyle for a while that strongly recalls British New Wave regular Rita Tushingham.

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SXSW 2011: ‘The Dish and the Spoon’ – an intimate snapshot of a short-lived romance

The Dish and the Spoon Directed by Alison Bagnall Written by Alison Bagnall USA, 2010 Dipping in and out of insanity and steeping in imagination, The Dish and the Spoon is an intimate snapshot of a short-lived romance between two unlikely characters. When we meet Rose, played by the charming and quirky Greta Gerwig, she …

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