13. Edna the Inebriate Woman
by Allan Fish (UK 1971 91m) not on DVD I am not the vagrant p Irene Shubik d Ted Kotcheff w Jeremy Sandford ph Peter Bartlett ed Peter Coulson art Evan Hercules Patricia Hayes (Edna),...
View Article“What the fuck are we supposed to do?”: QUENTIN TARANTINO’S INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
(c) 2013 by James Clark My initial motive in turning—from a series of films suffused with Bressonian concerns, about misplaced or over-the-top mojo—to Michelangelo Antonioni’s, La Notte, was to bring...
View ArticleMasters of Horror #4 – Richard Oswald
by Jaime Grijalba. In Memoriam I wish to start this week article by dedicating this and all the future pieces to Jesús (Jess) Franco, a true master of horror and one of the most clear examples of...
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by Allan Fish (UK 1967-1968 850m) DVD1/2 A till tongue makes for a happy life p Patrick McGoohan d Don Chaffey, Pat Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Graham Scott, Joseph Serf, Robert Asher, David...
View Article1985 – Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp Actress,...
by Allan Fish Best Picture Ran, Japan (11 votes) Best Director Akira Kurosawa, Ran (9 votes) Best Actor Harrison Ford, Witness (4 votes) Best Actress Sandrine Bonnaire, Vagabonde (6 votes) Best Supp...
View ArticleRenoir; Trance; The Evil Dead; Roger Ebert and James Cagney Blogothon on...
Christa Theret as Andree Heuschling and Michel Bouquet as Pierre-Auguste Renoir in “Renoir.” Vincent Rottiers as Jean Renoir and Theret in “Renoir” by Sam Juliano I would like to thank everyone who...
View Article11. Civilisation
by Allan Fish the next in the series of small screen classics (UK 1969 670m) DVD1/2 Man – the measure of all things p Michael Gill, Peter Montagnon d Michael Gill, Peter Montagnon, Ann Turner w...
View ArticleJames Cagney blogothon: Max Reinhardt’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Note: The following review of Max Reinhardt’s 1935 film version of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is part of The Movie Projector’s ‘James Cagney blogothon’ hosted by R.D. Finch. by Sam...
View Article10. G.B.H.
by Allan Fish (UK 1991 560m) DVD2 Come on, Eileen! p David Jones, Alan Bleasdale d Robert Young w Alan Bleasdale ph Peter Jessop ed Anthony Ham m Richard Harvey, Elvis Costello Robert...
View ArticleCognitive Dizzyness: Danny Boyle’s “Trance”
By Bob Clark The films of Danny Boyle always seem to represent an almost perfect condition for me as a filmgoer, each of them offering something of a genuine pleasant surprise, without exception. I...
View Article1986 – Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp Actress,...
by Allan Fish Best Picture Blue Velvet, US (7 votes) Best Director David Lynch, Blue Velvet (10 votes) Best Actor Gérard Depardieu, Jean de Florette & Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa (3 votes each, TIE!)...
View ArticleTo The Wonder, The Place Beyond the Pines, The Angels’ Share and James Cagney...
by Sam Juliano With the spring break reaching it’s conclusion, those of us in the teaching fraternity will return to the stretch run – the fourth and final marking period. Lucille will be staying...
View ArticleBAFICI 2013: Part One
by Jaime Grijalba. I’m in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For the first time in my life I’ve taken a plane and left my country, Chile, to visit somewhere else, and the promise that I made the year earlier...
View Article9. Steptoe and Son
by Allan Fish (UK 1962-1974 1,678m) DVD2 You dir-ty old man! p/d Duncan Wood, John Howard Davies, Douglas Argent w Ray Galton, Alan Simpson m Ron Grainer (theme tune) Harry H.Corbett (Harold...
View Article“I want what’s happening to be clear”….Robert Bresson’s ‘Les Dames Du Bois De...
© 2013 by James Clark The partnership of filmmaker, Robert Bresson, and artist-at-large, Jean Cocteau, on behalf of bringing to light (in 1944, during the darkness of the German Occupation of France)...
View Article8. Red Riding
by Allan Fish (UK 2009 306m) DVD1/2 Aka. 1974, 1980 & 1983 Twinkle, twinkle, little star… p Wendy Brazington, Anita Overland d Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker w Tony Grisoni novels...
View ArticleAll Work and No Play: Joseph Kosinski’s “Oblivion”
By Bob Clark For the past thirty-odd years or so, we’ve seen a great many directors rise to feature filmmaking through the gruelling creative workshops of making commercials and music-videos, and a...
View Article1987 – Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp Actress,...
by Allan Fish Best Picture The Dead, UK, John Huston (4 votes) Best Director Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire (5 votes) Best Actor Bruno Ganz, Wings of Desire (4 votes) Best Actress Stéphane Audran,...
View ArticleTribeca Film Festival Madness on Monday Morning Diary (April 22)
Norwegian gem ‘Before Snowfall’ competes in Best Narrative competition at Tribeca Film Festival Screen cap from extraordinary Kazakh film ‘Harmony Lessons’ by Sam Juliano The 12th Tribeca Film Festival...
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