Tag: Movies
1979 in Film: Breaking Away – Cycling into Adulthood
‘Coming of Age’ like any other genre in cinema, is pretty diverse. On the one hand, it is populated with cheesy high-school dramas, with stock…
Filmotomy Podcast 80: Desert Island Films
For the 80th edition of the Filmotomy Podcast, this week’s host, Bianca, is stranded on a desert island with Mackenzie, Aaron and Adam – and…
1979 in Film: Moonraker
The conventional wisdom on James Bond history is that the Roger Moore era distinguished itself from the Sean Connery era by being far more tongue…
1979 in Film: Alien
I was probably 10 or 11 years old when I first had an interaction with the Alien franchise. I was at my Dad’s house when…
1979 in Film: “10”
This is a look back at “10“, a film by Blake Edwards, that I also like to consider: “Julie Andrews is way too good to…
1979 in Film: Steven Spielberg’s 1941
It’s probably contrarian enough to defend a movie like 1941 as a good film, but it may be futile to try to convince people it’s…
1979 in Film: Frank Langella’s Thirst Trap – On Dracula
An icon of both cinema and literature, few characters are as recognizable as Count Dracula. So many artists have taken a stab at Bram Stoker’s…
VIDEO: 1979 in Film – 50 of the Best
Welcome to 1979 in Film. My oh my what a decade that was. And the seventies ended with an extremely memorable year. Francis Ford Coppola…
Review: Knife+Heart
Knife+Heart is the second Giallo throwback released in as many weeks, following Peter Strickland’s In Fabric, such is the state of the art house in…
Review: Article 15
On the surface, Article 15 is a straightforward – though very carefully constructed – police procedural film, set in contemporary India. It is not as simple as…
2019 in Film Halftime Report: The Movies
Well, you’ve blazed through our 30 Memorable Scenes of the year so far. You’ve awed at the 30 Great Performances. Now, it’s time to check…
Filmotomy Podcast 77: 2019 in Film Halftime Report
We are slap bang in the middle of 2019. And how does the movie world look thus far? The Filmotomy 2019 in Film Halftime Report…
2019 in Film Halftime Report: The Performances
The Halftime Report for 2019 in Films continues with the boys and girls that have graced our screens (big or small), and left a lasting…
2019 in Film Halftime Report: The Scenes
The movies of January to June 2019 has just about left us. Half the year gone, and where are we now? Been a good year?…