DOM: L.A.Confidential (1997, US, Hanson)
“What a load of rubbish! Kim Basinger didn’t even get her tits out!” – a displeased cinemagoer, Wigan, Oct 1997 It is still great when you get a buzz about […]
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DOM: Citizen Kane (Welles,US,1941)
“Rosebud” , a bit of an obvious one this, but as Derek Malcolm went for Touch Of Evil, I have decided to go for Welles most revered work, his first. […]
DOM: L’Avventura (Antonioni, Italy, France, 1960)
L’Avventura (ITY/FRA1960, Michelangelo Antonioni) . When originally shown at the Cannes Film Festival it was booed by some critics, but after a second screening, it took the Grand Jury Prize […]
DOM: Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) (Schlondorff, West Germany, Yugoslavia, Poland, France, 1979)
In Germany in the 1970’s, they sort of experienced a new dawn of excellence in cinema, not seen in the country since before the Nazi’s. Directors such as Werner Herzog, […]
DOM: Frankenstein (Whale,US, 1931)
“We are about to unfold the story of Frankenstein, a man of science who sought to create a man after his own image without reckoning upon God. It is one […]
DOM: Visions Of Light (Glassman, US, Japan, 1992)
My favourite documentary of all, bar none. This is the story of the often overlooked part of cinematographers or DP (Director of photography) on film from 1915 to the 1990s. […]
DOM: Wings of Desire (Wenders, West Germany/ France, 1987)
I think in the 1970’s German cinema went through a bit of a renaissance with Fassbinder, Wenders and “The Tin Drum”, but I believe this is the pinnacle. With the […]
DOM: Psycho (Hitchcock, US, 1960)
“I saw a film today, oh boy!” I would have loved to have been able to talk about my favourite film “Vertigo”, but Derek Malcolm got their first and this […]
DOM: An American Werewolf in London (Landis, UK, US, 1981)
An American Werewolf In London (GB1981, Landis), I have always been quite fascinated with lycanthropes in film, as was mentioned in an earlier article, the first horror film I ever […]
DOM: 12 Angry Men (Lumet, US, 1957)
When Sidney Lumet died a few weeks ago, I automatically went for this film. When you think of Lumet you think of acting, great acting Rod Steiger in “The Pawnbroker”, […]
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