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 […]
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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 […]
CHRIS: Clerks (Smith, US, 1994)
“Buncha savages in this town.” There was a brief time in the early 1990s when a new era was emerging in America thanks to a several of high profile film-makers […]
CHRIS: Santa Sangre (Holy Blood) (Jodorowsky, Mexico/Italy, 1989)
Denis Hopper, navigating through the narrative mess of THE LAST MOVIE (1971), managed put together something that resembled a kind of order. He then asked his friend Alenjandro Jodorowsky to […]
CHRIS: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Cameron, US, 1991)
Well, he said he’d be back. It’s a portentous title to a portentous film by the world’s most portentous film-maker, but it is teeth-rattling fun from the end to the […]
CHRIS: Delicatessen (Caro and Jeunet, France, 1991)
Derelict buildings, apparently blitzed by unknown forces, appear in the frame, suffused with a golden glow. The camera is drawn to an illuminated shop front. It keeps going, allowing the […]
Dirk’s Movie Confessions
Dirk is participating in My Film Reviews blogathon to reveal my Movie Confessions. Which classic movie don’t you like/can’t enjoy and why? One of the reasons that I created this […]
CHRIS: SE7EN (Fincher, US, 1995)
We have written here before about the how anticipation of film releases has vanished thanks to worldwide release dates. It was Kermode, then the regular critic on Mark Radcliffe and […]
CHRIS: This is Spinal Tap (Reiner, US, 1984)
Rob Reiner is the multiplex auteur par excellence. His career is marked by fruitful collaborations with the best screenwriters in Hollywood, creating some of the most memorable scenes in the […]
CHRIS: Bad Influence (Hanson, US, 1990)
A personal list of films since 1977 will inevitably reflect some of the cultural and sociological concerns of the period. I beginning to realise that there is a risk that […]
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