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  • St. Patrick’s Day at The LAMB

    by Robert Gannon · Mar 17, 2014 at 15:24 CET · Featured, Features · 1 Comment
    St. Patrick’s Day at The LAMB

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone. We’re celebrating by looking at films made in Ireland.

    A Belfast Story (The Movie Waffler)

    “The Crush” (The Movie Rat)

    Dark Touch (The Movie Waffler)

    A Fair Lady’s Dark Past (The Movie Waffler)

    In Fear (The Movie Waffler)

    The Irish Pub (The Movie...

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  • Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at The LAMB

    by Robert Gannon · Mar 12, 2014 at 22:26 CET · Featured, Features · 2 Comments
    Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at The LAMB

    Robert back again with another national holiday celebration. We’re setting our sights on the cinema of Ireland in honor of St. Patrick’s Day on March 17. Ireland is responsible for a lot of films you might not even realize, including a long string of popular animated films in the 80s and 90s (including The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, and The Pebble and the Penguin). It’s also a popular...

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  • Foreign Chops #20: France

    by Robert Gannon · Mar 7, 2014 at 2:32 CET · Chops and Scores, Featured, Foreign Chops · No Comments
    Foreign Chops #20: France

    Robert back again for another edition of Foreign Chops. This has to be one of the biggest turn outs for Foreign Chops yet. France drew a lot of submissions, but, unsurprisingly, Blue is the Warmest Colour was the most popular title. Check out all the great film writing and hang in there for another Foreign Chops subject coming real soon.

    Amélie
    The Entertainment Junkie

    Amour

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  • Announcing Foreign Chops #20: France

    by Robert Gannon · Feb 13, 2014 at 0:08 CET · Chops and Scores, Featured, Foreign Chops · 1 Comment
    Announcing Foreign Chops #20: France

    Robert back again to announce a new edition of Foreign Chops. This month, we’re asking for your writing on French films. Reviews, interviews, retrospectives, articles–so long as the subject is films from France, we want to see it.

    The history of French cinema is largely the history of film itself. From the invention of the commercial film projector to the crossover success of modern French films like The Artist,...

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  • Foreign Chops #19: Best of the 2000s

    by Robert Gannon · Feb 7, 2014 at 3:48 CET · Chops and Scores, Featured, Foreign Chops · 2 Comments
    Foreign Chops #19: Best of the 2000s

    Robert back again with the results of Foreign Chops #19. I asked for your picks for the best non-English films released since 2000 and you delivered. There’s an incredible variety of films from all around the world to check out. Only three films were selected by more than one participant: Amour, Let the Right One In, and The Raid: Redemption.

    I have to give a special shout out to YAM Magazine. They put...

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  • Waitangi Day (New Zealand) at The LAMB

    by Robert Gannon · Feb 6, 2014 at 6:00 CET · Featured, Features · 1 Comment
    Waitangi Day (New Zealand) at The LAMB

    Happy Waitangi Day, everyone. We’re celebrating the cinematic output of New Zealand today. We’ve managed to cover most of Peter Jackson’s films (sorry, King Kong and The Lovely Bones, fans) and even a few films he had nothing to do with. Relax and read some great New Zealand film content today.

    Bad Taste (Silver Emulsion Film Reviews)

    Boy (The Movie Rat)

    Dead Alive...

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  • Celebrate Waitangi Day (New Zealand) at The LAMB

    by Robert Gannon · Jan 30, 2014 at 17:50 CET · Featured, Features · No Comments
    Celebrate Waitangi Day (New Zealand) at The LAMB

    Next up on our docket of national day celebrations is Waitangi Day. Waitangi Day is a national holiday in New Zealand commemorating the Treaty of Waitangi, the founding document of New Zealand. It is celebrated each year on February 6 (unless February 6 lands on a weekend, then it’s observed the following Monday or Tuesday).

    In honor of Waitangi Day, we’re asking you to submit your best content on New Zealand cinema. New...

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  • Australia Day at The LAMB

    by Robert Gannon · Jan 26, 2014 at 6:00 CET · Featured, Features · No Comments
    Australia Day at The LAMB

    Happy Australia Day, everyone. We asked for your write-ups of Australian cinema to celebrate the holiday and you delivered. Check out all the great links from your fellow LAMB members and keep your eyes open for future National Days at The Lamb. If you have an idea for a National Day subject, leave it in the comments below.

    “A Cinematic Trip Around Australia” (The Movie Rat)

    “My Top 10 Aussie Films”...

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  • Celebrate Australia Day with The LAMB

    by Robert Gannon · Jan 20, 2014 at 22:16 CET · Featured, Features · 1 Comment
    Celebrate Australia Day with The LAMB

    In order to open up an even wider discussion about films from all around the world, we’re going to begin celebrating holidays of national and international importance at The LAMB. These are going to be far less formal than Foreign Chops and will hopefully continue as annual events.

    Our first subject is going to be Australia. Australia Day, the national holiday of Australia, is celebrated each year on January 26. It marks the...

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  • Announcing Foreign Chops #19: Best of the 2000s

    by Robert Gannon · Jan 10, 2014 at 18:56 CET · Chops and Scores, Featured, Foreign Chops · 1 Comment
    Announcing Foreign Chops #19: Best of the 2000s

    Robert from Sketchy Details here to kick off the a new year of Foreign Chops with a look back at the best films of the century so far. What do you think are the best foreign films released since January 2000? We’re looking for your reviews, editorials, retrospectives, interviews, commentaries, and more focusing on what you think are the best of the best films from around the world.

    You can send up to five links per site (not per...

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  • Foreign Chops #18: Germany

    by Robert Gannon · Jan 3, 2014 at 21:11 CET · Chops and Scores, Featured, Foreign Chops · No Comments
    Foreign Chops #18: Germany

    Robert from Sketchy Details back with another edition of Foreign Chops. To kick off the New Year, we took a look at German cinema. There is no overlap again for two months running, meaning a diverse array of films to read about.

    Asphalt
    Martin Teller’s Movie Reviews

    The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
    Movies Silently

    The Death of Maria Malibran
    Martin...

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  • Announcing Foreign Chops #18: Germany

    by Robert Gannon · Dec 17, 2013 at 15:19 CET · Chops and Scores, Featured, Features, Foreign Chops · 1 Comment
    Announcing Foreign Chops #18: Germany

    Robert from Sketchy Details announcing a new edition of Foreign Chops. This time around, we’re going to look at the films of Germany.

    Germany has had a viable film industry almost as long as the United States, only with a more fragmented history. There are very clear period coinciding with history that constantly reinvented what German cinema was. Counting the years where East and West Germany were divided, the country has been...

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