Tag: Masterpiece Memo
Masterpiece Memo: Trois couleurs: Rouge / Trzy kolory: Czerwony / Three Colours: Red (1994), Krzysztof Kieślowski)
Family Plot, Eyes Wide Shut, A Prairie Home Companion, F For Fake, Gertrud, Not Yet, Saraband… Whilst the final films of major directors tend to…
Masterpiece Memo: Alice et Martin (1998, directed by Andre Techine)
Following her Oscar win for The English Patient, Juliette Binoche returned to her native France and acted in Alice et Martin. This reunited her with…
Masterpiece Memo: The Greek Blues With Rembetiko
Costas Ferris’ extraordinary, sinfully under-seen, Rembetiko from 1983, begins and ends with the music. Literally. Your ears are in for a real Greek treat – baglamas,…
Masterpiece Memo: Raging Bull
When the opening credits begin in Raging Bull and we see a distant, hooded figure in the smoke-filled ring in warm-up sparring mode – presented in cosmic slow motion and set to the celestial “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria rusticana and the pop of flashbulbs – we sense that we are entering untrod territory.
Masterpiece Memo: Spielberg's 'Close Encounter' With Greatness
Da. Da. Da. Da. Daaa. Those five notes are perhaps some of the most iconic in cinematic history. After all of the human drama and…
Masterpiece Memo: L'Avventura
Some films deserve far more words than what I pour out here. Easy on the eye, but tougher on the soul. Michelangelo Antonioni’s beautifully absorbing…
