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Paul D Agostino

Paul D Agostino has written 7 posts for A New Leaf Media

Rampo Noir

A collection of four short disturbing films, Rampo Noir is right at home in the Brain Monkey Sushi film category. Each short film has its distinctive qualities, yet each also possesses some similarity to the others. The central themes are art and love, conveyed in extremely disturbing situations.
The opening film, Mars’s Canal is silent and [...]

A Scanner Darkly

Richard Linklater’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s novel A Scanner Darkly manages to entertain the audience for the two or so hours that it lasts. Set in the near future, a narcotics agent, Rob Arctor, is working undercover to discover the source of the latest drug epidemic, the drug known as ‘Substance D’.
A Scanner Darkly [...]

Ladies Corner: Christina Adams

How is your Festival going?
Good. I’m enjoying myself but I’m getting a bit tired, as I’m sure all comedians are, at this point.
I’ve checked out your schedule and it seems like you’re doing pretty much every night?
Yeah. I’m working full-time as well.
Are you a masochist?
Yeah I am actually. So I’m basically trying to do a [...]

Tanya Losannos in Risotto Sans Frontieres

Risotto Sans Frontieres or ‘Risotto Without Borders’ is an interesting show. Tanya Losanno has managed to piece together a series of anecdotes drawn from life experience with a selection of serious content relating to the duality of celebrities endorsing noble causes.
That being said, I don’t think I’m her target audience even though Tanya and I [...]

Hot off the Press

Hot off the Press is a special event that is a bit out of step with the rest of the Comedy Festival. This does not, however, make it any less entertaining than anything else you will see.
2006’s Hot off the Press guest list comprised of Shaun Micallef, Corinne Grant, Mark Knight, David O’Doherty and Demetri [...]

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