ANDY: Let’s Get Lost (Weber, US, 1988)
I am no jazz aficionado. Confronted with a more esoteric piece of jazz noodling I tend to think of the late, great Tony Wilson’s maxim that “Jazz is the last […]
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ANDY: The Innocents (Clayton, UK, 1961)
Ambiguity in film can be one of the hardest things to pull off successfully. Unlike in literature where the novelist has the potential use of internal monologue and an assorted […]
ANDY: Sweet Smell of Success (Mackendrick, US, 1957)
Before we are introduced to J. J. Hunsecker in the flesh his influence is felt as we see a close-up of his eyes adorning the sides of a fleet of […]
Dirk’s Five – One Letter Wonders
Following my post on Z (1969), here’s a Friday Five that won’t win you a game of Scrabble. After all, poster space is limited and who wants their film to […]
ANDY: Z (Gavras, Algeria/France, 1969)
If there was ever any doubt that Z is based on a true story the filmmakers put it to rest with a bold disclaimer over the opening titles: “Any resemblance […]
ANDY: Stalker (Tarkovsky, USSR, 1979)
Andrei Tarkovksy made several films that are generally held in higher esteem, but none of them capture my imagination to the same degree as STALKER. The Stalker of the title […]
ANDY: In a Lonely Place (Ray, US, 1950)
If there’s one thing Hollywood has always loved making movies about it’s Hollywood itself. With the possible exception of the police detective, no other professions are so well represented on […]
Dirk’s Five – Severed Heads
Following discussion of BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (1974) in my last post, here is a Friday Five dedicated to a horrible horror movie staple… HOW TO GET […]
ANDY: The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada (Jones, US, 2005)
Superficially, Tommy Lee Jones’ debut theatrical feature as director THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA might seem to have much in common with Sam Peckinpah’s 1974 film BRING ME THE […]
ANDY: An introduction to my list
“What really matters is what you like, not what you are like” When august film critic Derek Malcolm contacted me to ask if I would contribute to his world-renowned film […]
The Dirk Malcolm Alternative 