DOM: Casablanca (Curtiz, US,1942)
You must remember this, perhaps the most famous film in Hollywood history (maybe bar Gone With The Wind), is also one of the most quoted and mis-quoted films of all, […]
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Dirk’s Five: Mockumentary
After watching the excellent CATFISH (2010) this week, I have provided 5 mockumentaries of note for discussion: FAUX VERITE – My favourite mockumentaries: 1) THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984) The […]
NEWS: Dirking About – tweet with your favourite film twit!
Follow @dirk_Malcolm on twitter for tweets about films and a chance to create alternative film lists.
CHRIS: Dogville (Von Trier, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, 2003)
Von Trier is a film maker who divides opinion. The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw, Derek’s replacement, considers him a hoaxer. Variety’s Todd McCarthy was one of the many critics who were […]
DOM: Letter From An Unknown Woman (Ophuls, US, 1948)
This is the reason I dedicated this list to Leslie Halliwell, his books have been much more than just an inspiration to me, so it is such a shame that […]
CHRIS: Toy Story 2 (Lassester,Unkrich, Brannon, US, 1999)
The TOY STORY trilogy is probably the most successful trilogy in film history. Successful in the sense of its financial results at the box office and toy shops, but also […]
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog […]
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