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 […]
DOM: The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, US, 1969)
For me now, perhaps the strongest contender for the greatest Western of them all, during the early 90s I thought it was “The Searchers”, then changed my mind to “Once […]
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 […]
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 […]
DOM: The Wicker Man (Hardy, UK, 1973)
One of THE great cult movies, I first encountered this film in January 1992 when a slightly longer than the release version was shown on BBC-1, but more of this […]
DOM: Don’t Look Now (Roeg, UK, 1973)
Met a dwarf that was no good Dressed like little Red Riding Hood Bad habit taking life Calling card a six inch knife Ran off really fast Mumbled something `bout […]
DOM: A Hard Day’s Night (Lester, UK, 1964)
When I first got into The Beatles in early ’85 I found out they had made four films (A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour and Let It Be) […]
DOM: The Red Balloon (Lamorisse, France, 1955)
Once a year, sometimes twice I still enjoy a weekend away camping in the Lake District and in-between the walking, myself and friends like to enjoy some of the local […]
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