Asked to name a David Lean film, most people would plump for Lawrence of Arabia or The Bridge on the River Kwai before they mentioned Summertime. Yet this holiday romance was Lean’s favourite of his own movies, and Criterion UK’s new Blu-Ray suggests plenty of reasons why. Before he became […]
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The Apartment (1960) Billy Wilder and the rebellion in Romance (Review)
Cinema Eclectica 62 – Themes and Roundabouts
Another go on the merry-go-round of trailers and films that never fully joined Club Eclectica. Off The Shelf feature Italian neo-realism with “Rocco and his Brothers”, the forgotten David Lean film “The Sound Barrier”, and the lesser Ealing Studios release “Pink String and Sealing Wax” before closing out with the […]