Tag: Films

Or, the film that flipped the bird at Hollywood movie-making and changed everything. Next year is the fiftieth anniversary of a little film that drop…

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, so they say. Well, I will let all who read here be the judge of that. It has indeed…

I’m entitled to promote myself from time to time you know. I don’t endeavor to do that directly, even though I plug my own website…

My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…

My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…

I am just dying to see Carol. Not sure how strongly I can emphasize this. And the time is near. This is of course backed…

I have a vivid memory as a child browsing the collection of Star Wars figures in a store, and the new set on display. Part…

Great films continue to speak to the human condition for decades long after they are initially released, and none begs the connotation, “Now more than…

Well, it has been way too long since I shouted out to those I regularly follow and read, so let’s just get on with it….

During the build-up, and now brilliant coverage of, the film events in Telluride, I become engulfed in a paradox of emotions. There is the sheer…

Mention Hollywood epics and one of the first films that comes to mind is Lawrence of Arabia. AFI named it Number One on its “EPICS”…

Having finally managed to publish the 100 Films By Women series, I have had much more time to scour the internet for various film-related material….

So much theory has been written about 2001: A Space Odyssey. For this review, I’m siding with Mr. Kubrick who, when asked to explain the…