CHRIS: Drowning by Numbers (Greenaway, UK, 1988)
Alan Parker famously said of Peter Greenaway, that he would move his children to America if he was allowed to make another film. It was a typically frank, working class, […]
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CHRIS: Husbands and Wives (Allen, US, 1992)
” Life doesn’t imitate art, it imitates bad TV.” Compare this film with my previous choice for the list: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE is about the unspoken tensions at […]
CHRIS: In The Mood For Love (Wong Kai-wai, Hong Kong, 2000)
I have a real problem with BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945). I’m not sure why. It is a much admired British film, albeit by train enthusiasts and those who crave that golden-age […]
CHRIS: The Elephant Man (Lynch, US, 1980)
No other director has brought art and mainstream American cinema clashing together in quite the same way as David Lynch: film-maker, transcendental educationalist, coffee supplier and cartoonist. From his early […]
CHRIS: The Talented Mr Ripley (Mingella, US, 1999)
One of the limitations of creating a list of films since STAR WARS (1977) is that many of my favourite directors either stopped producing films or had died before its […]
CHRIS: Ran (Kurosawa, Japan, 1985)
In the week that British political landscape was rewritten, it is fitting that The Dirk Malcolm Film Club should feature this epic study of the destructive effects of power as […]
CHRIS: Brazil (Gilliam, UK, 1985)
What is it that I find appealing about a day dreaming bureaucrat who is seeking escape from the hum-drum office life? I wonder… Jonathan Pryce is well cast as the […]
CHRIS: Reservoir Dogs (US, 1992)
Tarrantino has the type of name that announces itself, and the pre-publicity that circulated ahead RESERVOIR DOGS filled me with such a thrilling anticipation, that I was excited like I’ve […]
CHRIS: Introduction to my list
What if cinema actually did start with Star Wars? An alternative to Derek Malcolm’s Century of Films list by Chris Hart After spending the past two years or so, attempting […]
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