I'm baffled. Here we have the story of a young woman who is deeply troubled by the death of two people close to her. It is an intimate story, which requires...
Crumple up those reams and reams of ever so clever but cynical things you've written about life, and throw them in the bin; pummel your crusty heart until it's...
A drama based on the notorious Stanford prison experiment of the early `70s seems a promising idea, but unfortunately this version never rises very far above...
My journey across the fascinating terrain of Tarkovsky's cinematic landscape ends at the beginning: his first feature. The film opens with a sequence that is...
Questionnaire about historically based Hollywood films First 2 relate to U571 but please answer the others even if you have not seen U571 1.Did you know...
Some of the scenes - such as the knight playing chess with death - have been so much parodied over the years, that it is almost a miracle that the film still...
This is Godard; so of course it's experimental. Deliberately disjointed and eratic, with a carefully contrived roughness, I found it all a bit irritating at...
***** 58 minutes, 1997, Angola / France / Germany / Mauritania Director: Abderrahmane Sissako in French and Portuguese with English subtitles An online...
I have quite a fondness for this film. It may at times try too hard to be liked, but its unpretentious style gives Shakespeare a freshness and humour that...
I'm a big fan of Wong Kar-Wai's films, and though this is not my favourite (probably Chungking Express or In The Mood For Love get that dubious honour), it's...
It seems incredible that Hollywood's self censorship should allow a film such as this to be made in 1942. It's the story of a woman (played by Bette Davis)...
Hello All, I've just recently seen Jules & Jim & was very impressed with its cinematic style. Truffaut's ideas are amazing! I've tried researching a particular...
I would say it was deliberate. Here's a link to one theory about why: http://www.zenobia.org/film/library/foregr.htm Mike mob61uk ... cinematic ... particular...
Hi Mike Interesting insights in the article, thanks. Wish there was more info on the window but it was certainly a lot more than I've found. I may keep looking...
I often find this kind of film - where mishap piles upon mishap in a gathering crescendo of mayhem – rather irritating, but in this case I can forgive...
The trouble of course with building up a film in the mind as much as I did with this, is the risks of disappointment when you at last get to see it. Well, in...
The scenes at the motel (two pillows?) and on the motorway are funny but much of it is amusing rather than laugh out loud funny. It also suffers like another...
The second film of Malick's I've seen, and an utterly brilliant one. A war film concerned with American soldiers trying to capture an island from the Japanese;...
Every year around this time I always feel the necessity to see a film that involves a lot of snow, thus firing up once more my represible Christmas spirit (bah...
The central character in this film is utterly repulsive. He runs a crematorium in Czechoslovakia, and under the thin disguise of a permanent smile, shows a...
For some reason I was expecting a clever plot and sharp dialogue; but both are as pleasantly clichéd as pulp fiction. However, the whole package is presented...
I like the beginning: a couple in a moving car, talking; we watch them from outside, through the windscreen, unable to hear their conversation. Simple, but...
Near the beginning of the film, the central character, Noi, is making an escape tunnel in the snow that covers his front door. As well as being a nice visual...
I almost feel as if I shouldn't like this film as much as I do. After all, it's frequently voted the best film ever made, so it should be some dreary academic...
It's good to see those Fellini favourites, Marcello Mastroianni and ex-wife Giulietta Masina back in one of the Maestro's films, and still acting their socks...
When a film opens with a body floating face down in the water, and a narration from the dead person, then you know this is not going to be the usual Hollywood...
This is my first experience of the revered Dreyer's cinema, but I come away with mixed feelings. The story focuses on a Danish farming family, and the conflict...
A strange murdering beast is loose in 18th Century France, and Chevalier de Fronsac and Mani, an American Indian, are going to track it down. Full to brimming...
Hi, I was just wondering how you got to see this film please. Damian ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger...
