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Awix (3310 KP) rated On Chesil Beach (2018) in Movies

Jun 1, 2018

Bleak British Repressed Sexuality a Go Go!

Handsomely mounted BBC film starts off looking like many another period-set literary adaptation, then turns into something rather different. Newlyweds Edward and Florence are on the brink of their wedding night; both are nervous, and struggling with the expectations society and their upbringing has placed upon them. (The fact that society hasn't bothered to educate them in the slightest about what can, or should, go on in the bedroom really doesn't help on this voyage into, or possibly out of, virgin territory.) Not all goes to plan; a small but genuine tragedy unfolds.

Not the kind of film you walk home from whistling, unless you're some kind of militant celibacy advocate, but an undeniably fine one (or so it seems to me): very good performances from the young stars, and well-judged direction. Initially the film seems like a slightly dark comedy-drama of manners (the excruciating scenes of people failing to have sex are very awkward to watch), but it develops into something profoundly moving and deeply sad before the end. Thank God for the permissive society.

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Red Radio: Vegan Banter with a Bite

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The motivation behind Red Radio starts at the roots: Erin Red's passion for veganism and animal...

Metalsmith Benchtalk

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UPDATE: Metalsmith Benchtalk is taking a break indefinitely and no longer broadcasting live. Please...

Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience

Tom Greever

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Talking to people about your designs might seem like a basic skill, but it can be difficult to do...

Make - The Makerspace Workbench: Tools, Technologies and Techniques for Making

Adam Kemp

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Create a dynamic space for designing and building DIY electronic hardware, programming, and...

Squeezing Birth into Working Life: Household Panel Data Analyses Comparing Germany, Great Britain, Sweden and the Netherlands

Cecile Wetzels

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This title was first published in 2001. Increasingly, young women throughout Europe educate...

Yannis Philippakis recommended Calling Out Of Context by Arthur Russell in Music (curated)

Calling Out Of Context by Arthur Russell

2004 | Compilation

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"I love all of his records. Calling Out Of Context in particular was the most accessible at first - I had to re-educate my ears at the beginning though, in order to get into it. A friend of mine told me about it at uni - we were just starting Foals and I was getting more interested in pop music - or what my idea of that was - to write simpler, more emotive songs without hiding behind structures and techniques. His music is so open. When we wrote the first batch of Foals songs, we bought this second-hand Royal Mail van that was falling apart and we had one of those cassette adaptors that attached it to a Discman. It was one of those self-booked tours where there was no one there and we would get back into the van and put this record on and it lifted the spirits. It's the perfect record for a summer's day, Sunday morning - it's got a lightness and discreetness to it, I just love his voice. You can feel light within; when I listen to him, I can picture a visual scene filled with light. It's a daytime record"

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