You may have gathered by now that I'm a pretty big fan of Soderbergh's. I'm even one of what seem the half a dozen people that love Schizopolis. Therefore,...
The kind of film that leaves you with a warm glow all over. Martha is a top chef who has complete control in the kitchen, but of little else in her life....
In rural China a 13 year old girl has been co-opted to take on teaching duties for a month at the village school. The need to ensure that all the children are...
A son returns to his home village on the death of his father. Observing the courage and tenacity of his mother, he recalls the beautiful love story of how his...
This is a fascinating mixture of historic document (of one of the most famous bands of all time), episodes of creative/fresh direction, great music, a pretty...
A really beautiful film, this. This clever adaptation of Henry James' classic novel is directed with great sensitivity by Campion. She allows the story to...
I absolutely love everything Dead Man has to offer, from the Neil Young soundtrack to the Native Americans to Crispin Glover to the William Blake references....
'Wilfred Bramble' as Pauls uncle (or was it grandad), John Junkin (remeber him) as the Beatles manager - classic stuff. I was lucky enougth to see this at the...
"G-day is that the flying doctor" ? Whoops I was going off on one then, so where was I. Oh yes DIRTY DEEDS, a film that appears to have received very lukewarm...
It's out on DVD in Australia (Region 4) already. I have a copy but haven't watched it yet. I wasn't overwhelmed by director David Caesar's first film "Idiot...
ARABESQUE - this is a thriller from 1966, set in London, starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren. Greggie is an American college professor in this stylish...
jules et jim seems primarily concerned with a kind of existential or metaphysical freedom within the confines of love, as well as the impermanence of feelings....
Michael Caine is just excellent in this classic British film. Often accused of being misogynistic, the story concerns cheeky chappie Alfie, the ladies' man...
Often cited by Keaton fans as one of their favourite films, I'm not quite as enthusiastic: I find the first third pretty slow going. However, it then picks up,...
Oh the crazy world of Takashi Miike. This is another one of his surreal, comic, violent, inventive, and totally outrageous films. When I say violent, I mean...
I just finished the film myself. In fact less then an hour ago. I have an uncut bootleg of it on dvd. Some of the editing is no less then amazing. The way the...
A good, off-beat black comedy. While the tone of it seems fairly light on the surface, it is at times pretty dark, and subversive, but with a nicely upbeat...
I know that this is meant to be one of the great classic film noirs, but it doesn't do that much for me. Yes, there are some brilliant set pieces, particularly...
I am very impressed with this film. It is quite a brave thing to do – so completely reproduce the stylistic language of 50s melodramatic cinema without...
Is there no end to this guy's talent. Not only is Buscemi a brilliant actor, he's also – if this film is anything to go by - a pretty good director. The...
In addition I think that it is great how Haynes intertwined a criticism of the dominent ideology of homophobia that kept Rock Hudson "in the closet" during his...
I too agree that the simplicity of this script and the film itself harkens back to the celebrated days of Italian Neorealism. Excellently done in every regard....
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hartley wracks my nerves and i have a hard time with his films emotionally, they impact me, trust especially. flirt was an enjoyable experience. jarmusch is an...
Camille is back in Paris to act in an Italian play. She meets an ex lover, while her boyfriend is rather taken with a young student. The student's step...
When Pierre takes on a new job in the bottle factory, he soon finds himself being bullied by the macho Fred. A film that takes a quite mature look at...
Mike when you say 'one plot point was unbelievable' I assume you mean the ending, which I thought was a complete bloody cop out. Other than that however, I...
I didn't mind the ending myself, Mke, it was actually just the part about the lending of the money. Whatever the almost pathological decency of Pierre, I...
Definitely an Altmanesque look at The Wild West, with no heroes, just interesting "real" people. McCabe (Warren Beatty) arrives in town, displaying some charm,...
For the first half an hour of this film, warning bells were ringing. I thought this was going to be one of those awfully clichéd, standard, formulaic,...
