The Woodython Five: The Early Funny Films
After watching The Woody Allen Documentary at the beginning of the year I realised how few of his films that I had actually seen. I count myself as something of […]
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Starburst Memories: Gratuitous Fantasy Females Sequel
In a shameless attempt to boost our hits, Dirk Malcolm’s World of Film is not proud to revive one of the regular features from Starburst magazine. People come here in […]
Dirk’s Five – 2000ad Pitch
DREDD was one of the best genre films of 2012. A film that captures the brutal, darkly comic tone of the original Judge Dredd comic strip has been a long […]
CHRIS: Gregory’s Girl (Forsyth, 1981, UK)
There was wonderfully touching moment on The Culture Show when Mark Kermode presented veteran film-maker Bill Forsyth with one of his so-called ‘Fellowship’ awards in recognition of his contribution to […]
Dirk’s Five – The Cinema of Adam and Steve
Last week, Dirk watched the incredible A ROYAL AFFAIR (Arcel, Denmark, 2012) which tells the story of how the Queen of mentally-troubled Christian VII of Denmark fell for the royal […]
CHRIS: A Separation (Farhadi, Iran, 2011)
A SEPARATION has a striking opening sequence. The titles roll as documents are scanned and recorded, then there are two characters gazing at the camera, positioning the audience as a […]
Starburst Memories: Dread & Superficiality: Woody Allen as a Comic Strip by Stuart Hample
This handsome book is a collection of the ‘Inside Woody Allen’ cartoon strips that were syndicated daily between 1976 – 1984. It was endorsed by Woody and he provided jokes […]
Dirk’s Five – Brush up yer Hamlet!
Following Roof-Dirk’s CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT piece, it seemed reasonable and fitting to do a Shakespeare themed Friday 5. Unfortunately, the whole endeavor proved far too daunting for the Dirk collective. […]
DOM: The Red Balloon (Lamorisse, France, 1955)
Once a year, sometimes twice I still enjoy a weekend away camping in the Lake District and in-between the walking, myself and friends like to enjoy some of the local […]
Dirk’s Five – Annie Hall
I have used this line many times, and I am going to use it again: Woody Allen hasn’t made a better film than Annie Hall, because no one has made […]
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