Usually, when the credits roll, you’ll have a fair idea what you thought of a film, maybe it’ll take a while to settle but the basis of an opinion is there. Sometimes, though, sometimes an opinion is as far away as the horizon. Sometimes you have to talk it out […]
Year: 2014
A Farewell to Arms (1932) World War I movie or classical melodrama romance? (Review)
The Dukes Theatre in Lancaster recently had a run from progressive multimedia Theatre Company imitating the dog that adapted Ernest Hemingway’s anti-war novel A Farewell to Arms. During the same window, BFI issued a Blu-ray/DVD release of Frank Borzage’s 1932 Oscar-winning film (Best Cinematography and Sound) adaptation of the classic […]
S09E09 – More Guilty Pleasures
Madame Dubarry (1919) Ernst Lubitsch unknowingly kickstarts the modern biopic (Review)
A Jester’s Tale (1964) Karel Zeman’s Astonishing Anti-Historical War Epic (Review)
Everybody invested to a certain degree in cinema has their favourite actors and directors; the fascinating part of which is discovering who influenced them. This is doubly true when you discover the people who influenced such a staunch surrealist and outsider, Terry Gilliam, the very same influence that can also […]
S09E08 – If It Ain’t Broke …
This week we decided to investigate the repetitive nature of popular media, so join us as we find out more about entertainment franchises that don’t really change over time, the installments that don’t really exist (seriously – they’re just a figment of your imagination), and endlessly rebooted superheroes. Reviews – […]
S09E08 – If It Ain't Broke …
This week we decided to investigate the repetitive nature of popular media, so join us as we find out more about entertainment franchises that don’t really change over time, the installments that don’t really exist (seriously – they’re just a figment of your imagination), and endlessly rebooted superheroes. Reviews – […]
S09E07 – I Learned Something Today
Night Moves (2013) Polarizing Slow Cinema takes on radical environmentalism (Review)
Not to be confused with Arthur Penn’s under-appreciated mystery film starring Gene Hackman, Night Moves is the latest film from American minimalist Kelly Reichardt. It follows the current wave of films about radical environmentalists from the heart of the American indie. A trend that has yet to have its definitive […]