Funerals & Snakes

Funerals & Snakes

Something to watch tonight: Tuesday 4 February

The Last King of Scotland (Macdonald, 2006)

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Dan Slevin
Feb 04, 2025
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James McAvoy and Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006).

Correction: Yesterday – probably not for the first time – I put my Scorsese Fan Club membership at risk by confusing the titles of The Last Temptation of Christ and The Passion of the Christ. The error is regretted.

Back to business and, for some reason, my thoughts recently have been on dictators and dictatorships.

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