Tag: Film
Rewind: 1967 in Film – Playtime
I sometimes wonder how a film like Playtime can exist. Imagine being Jacques Tati going to a studio asking for financing to basically create your…
Rewind: 1967 in Film – The Incident
You would struggle to head on over to 1967, or indeed that defining era in American cinema in general, to find such a social commentary…
Rewind: 1967 in Film – Le Samouraï
I think every film deserves a certain benefit of the doubt. By that I mean, you should always be prepared to watch a film through…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: Das weiße Band / The White Ribbon, 2009
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. Das weiße Band / The White Ribbon, 2009…
Krzysztof Kieślowski: Three Colours, 54 Moments, A Thousand Times Goodbye
As a young screenwriter, impressionable and ambitious, I was capable of soaking up inspiration like a sponge. Beyond the passion for writing and watching and…
10 Days of Krzystof Kieślowski: A Short Film About Love
A certain intimacy must be displayed in any given romantic movie. Everything from Before Sunset to Punch-Drunk Love to Casablanca has a closeness that ties…
Psychology Of Film Diagnosis: Three Colors Blue
Blue, the first in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors trilogy, tells the story of a ghost musician, Julie, who is caught in a grieving cycle after…
10 Days of Krzysztof Kieślowski: Films and TV 1975-1989
Krzysztof Kieślowski would return to television a decade after Personnel (1975) with a seminal, stunning Dekalog, the Polish series of 10 one-hour episodes, Binge it, I…
10 Days of Krzysztof Kieślowski: Documentaries and Shorts 1966-1980
Wednesday 13th March 2019 will mark 23 years since the passing of one of cinema’s greatest film-makers – and one who deserved that tag without…
Olivia Colman, Spike Lee, Alfonso Cuarón, Among the 91st Academy Awards Winners
Hello ladies and gentleman. I was your host this evening. Your first man, your hooded guide, your blacker-than-you driver. Here to clean up the dog…
Bad Romance: 14 Alternative Valentine's Movie Moments
We know you have chocolates to munch, and cheap champagne to swallow down, but if you are wanting something a little different this Valentine’s Day,…
Filmotomy Podcast 61: Happy Valentine's Day at the Movies
Love is in the air at Filmotomy, as we succumb to the temptations of Valentine’s Day, with this week’s podcast. We’re going to relate all…
Filmotomy Podcast 60: There's Something Rotten in the State of the Oscars
Another Oscars podcast from Filmotomy. This time we pluck some of the more scandalous moments from the history of the Academy Awards. Well, perhaps not…
Art Directors Guild Awards: Your Favourite Crazy Rich Panthers
A packed awards season rolled on last evening with ADG’s Excellence in Production Design Awards awarding Oscar frontrunners ‘The Favourite’ and ‘Black Panther’ Best Period and Best…
