Montage Pictures (a subsidiary of Eureka) debuted with two unheard titles from the outer reaches of world cinema last year; Argyis Papadimitropoulis’s slow-burning drama, ‘Suntan’, and Attila Till’s wheelchair-bound hitman movie, ‘Kills on Wheels’. Following in a similar vein is Árpád Sopsits’s downbeat thriller, ‘Strangled’. Based on real-life events, ‘Strangled’ […]
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The Cremator (1968) an absolute essential to watch for all Czech New Wave Fans (Review)
The Tree of the Wooden Clogs (1978) A Classic Example of the Critics Film (Review)
Edward and Caroline (1951) A progenitor of the romantic comedy formula (Review)
Heal the Living (2016) An admirable but soul-crushing medical drama (Review)
Westfront 1918 & Kameradschaft (1930/1) One of Germany’s best at the peak of his powers (Review)
The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) A gruelling and essential World War II documentary (Review)
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2017) For fans of Formula One and “the King of Cool” (Review)
If you read the stories surrounding the production of the film Le Mans, the ill-fated Steve McQueen racing passion project, then it sounds like the production of Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Both films went massively over budget and over schedule, accidents occurred, cast and crew members dropped out by the day etc. But […]
Film / NotFilm (1965/2015) Samuel Beckett only foray and Buster Keaton’s final one (Review)
Playwright Samuel Beckett’s only foray into filmmaking, the aptly titled Film is a 1965 silent short starring the famed movie clown, Buster Keaton. Before anyone makes any assumptions, no, this is not a comedy that made Keaton famous during the golden age of silent cinema along with Charlie Chaplin and […]