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Credit WAMC On May 24th, cultural icon Bob Dylan – and a huge number of his devoted fans all over the world, will celebrate his 80th birthday. Since 1961, his talents for singing and composing have captivated audiences not only for their musicality, but also for their incredible impact as cultural and political protests. Dylan has appeared in a few feature films including Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, Renaldo and Clara, Hearts of Fire, and Paradise Cove, as well as many video shorts. He only acts in one feature film in the 21st century. It’s an oddball movie called Masked and Anonymo...
Credit WAMC Martin Eden, is an artfully-conceived Italian film that was released by Kino Lorber in late 2020 and is available on various formats, including streaming. It’s based on a 1909 novel by Jack London, directed by Pietro Marcello, and stars Luca Marinelli. It was shot on location in Naples, but it’s difficult to take in the various pleasing and unsightly districts of that city when Marinelli is on the screen. This actor is captivating. His deep blue eyes, slicked dark hair, and powerful squared features dominate the many scenes in which Marcello shoots him in close-up. T...
Credit WAMC Beanpole or Dylda is a Russian feature film shot in St. Petersburg. It was theatrically released a little more than a year ago. It is available for home-viewing on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as on MUBI on Prime Video and Prime Video itself. It is the second feature directed by Kantemir Balagov, and he was still in his twenties when he co-wrote and helmed the production. Beanpole takes place in Leningrad in 1945 at the tail-end and end of World War II. It’s about devastation, loss of hope, physical and mental disintegration. The two lead characters are young women who hav...