DOM: Les Diabolique (Clouzot, France, 1955)
At Christmas 1991 I sat down to watch my first foreign language film, it was Roger Vadim’s “And God Created Woman”, perhaps Bridget Bardot was the main attraction, but I […]
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DOM: The Silence Of The Lambs (Demme, US, 1991)
“A census taker once tried to test me, I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chiani!” Back in February 1991, I discovered “Empire” magazine, I remember […]
Dirk’s Five: Dickie Five
Dirk Malcolm has asked me to do a Dickie Five for the passing of the legend that was Sir Richard “Dickie” Attenborough. His first film was David Lean’s “In Which […]
DOM: The Searchers (Ford, US, 1956)
I first came across this film at Christmas 1991 on BBC-2, thanks again to Danny Peary’s Cult Movies. It was a box office favourite during the 50s, but the critics […]
DOM: The Godfather Part II (Coppola, US, 1974)
I remember back in early 1991 the big buzz coming up to the Oscars that Coppola had revisited THE GODFATHER and part III was due out before the ceremony in […]
Dirking About … Best of Best Pictures
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science first gathered in 1929 to honour the films of 1928/ 1929 and the Best Picture was WINGS – not a bad film, […]
Dom: The Return of The Jedi (Marquand, US, 1983)
In a way everybody thinks that George Lucas directed all the Star Wars films, he didn’t, he directed the original and then handed over the ropes to Irwin Kershner for […]
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