Tag: British film
Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – VI
As we dive into the second half of this 100 British flicks, I wondered how many of you have got this far, and are still…
Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – V
Oh how very British of us. To want to sing in our own solitude. To want to participate in a televised game show. To not…
Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – IV
An eclectic mix of British cinema coming your way. Music influenced by Belle and Sebastian. Kid gangsters, and adult, kind of. There’s heartache in rural…
Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – III
Hold your horses. We have our own civil war in Great Britain, to rival any of yours. Between the Southern Fairies and the Northern Monkeys….
British Cinema: Brief Encounter
David Lean is probably most famous for his legendary epics like Lawrence of Arabia, which is why I was so intrigued to watch his 1945…
Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – II
Where thou, a rose. A rose, thateth smells as sweet. By the name of, erm. A rose that hast, another name wonst smell as sweet….
Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – I
Cup of tea? A bun? Fish and chips for tea? Depends how much dough you have in your sky rocket. Why not go to the…
Filmotomy Podcast Episode 38: What Is British Cinema?
The British are coming in the latest podcast from Filmotomy. The many compounds of the UK film industry is examined by two Brits, Bianca Garner…
Local Hero: A Romantic Postcard from Scotland to the Rest of the World
I am proud of my Scottish roots, although I am sorry to say that I have only been there as a child. I will make…
Exclusive Interview: Kevin McDonagh, director of The Birmingham Film Festival
We here at Filmotomy were lucky to get a chance to speak to Kevin McDonagh, the director the Birmingham Film Festival and as you now…
A descent into Neil Marshall's The Descent
I made the mistake of trying to watch The Descent alone for this piece, and half hour into the film I remembered why it still…
100 Explorations of World Cinema – Dah
“[Abbas] Kiarostami gave the Iranian cinema the international credibility that it has today. But his films were unfortunately not seen as much in Iran. He…
Tim Roth Directs The War Zone With Brutal Truth
*** SOME SPOILERS *** In the opening scenes of the 1999 bare-bones British drama The War Zone, some effort is made to establish what might…
East is East, A Room for Romeo Brass Make For Perfect 1999 Movie Double Bill
“But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth.” – Rudyard Kipling Perusing through the vast rang of movies from 1999 is…
