DIRK’S FILM SCHOOL – B-MOVIES
SEMINAR NOTES Technically, B-Pictures were the second feature of a double-bill, usually low-budget genre films. As film distribution habits changed, the term has become broader; its applied to genre pictures […]
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Dirk’s Five: Cut to the chase
“Cut to the chase,” is one of those Hollywood phrases that have entered the everyday idiom. Before it was adopted by impatient middle-managers, its an expression that dates back to […]
Dirking About … Dirk’s Film School
I invited readers to vote for the next Dirk Challenge. The polls are now closed.* The results have been independently verified. I’m pleased to announce that Dirk’s Film School is […]
CHRIS: Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) (Tykwer, Germany, 1998)
Survey my record collection and you’ll find The Ramones sitting alongside Yes. So it is with films too. For every STALKER (1979), which is like a triple album gatefold of […]
Starburst Memories: PROP 6 – “You Talking To Me?”
I’ve written before about my former life as the co-editor of PROP magazine. I was reminded of an article in PROP issue 6 about TAXI DRIVER (1975) while compiling the […]
Dirk’s Five: Say it again Sam
Creativity is a matter for the police. The first law of creativity is theft. Bertold Brecht AMORES PERROS and LA HAINE are the first two films that are part of […]
CHRIS: La Haine (Hate) (Kassovitz, France, 1995)
“I don’t know if its really important, or intelligent even, when people say to me I’m a white Spike Lee, because they said to Spike Lee you’re a black […]
Dirk’s Five: Pup Fiction
As much as I love AMORES PERROS now, I was initially reluctant to see it when it first came out. The depiction of dog fighting caused controversy in Britain which […]
CHRIS: Amores Perros (Love’s a Bitch) (Iñárritu, Mexico, 2000)
“You and your plans. You know what my grandmother used to say? If you want to make God laugh… tell Him your plans.” Susana to Octavio (her grandmother is […]
Dirking about … 2014 Dirk Challenge
As the sun sets on 12 months of Woody Allen, I need a new challenge; something that will motivate me to get up in the morning and to face the […]
The Dirk Malcolm Alternative 