DOM: Goldfinger (Hamilton, UK, 1964)
The definitive action film. The third in the highly successful Eon productions James Bond film series (the first two were Dr. No and From Russia With Love, both superb, but […]
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DOM: Ace In The Hole (Wilder,US,1951)
(Spoiler Alert!) With the recent events in Chile, I decided to watch this film again. Kirk Douglas plays a one time big journalist down on his luck and taking a […]
DOM: Don’t Look Back (Pennebaker, UK, 1967)
This is Pennebaker’s groundbreaking documentary on Bob Dylan’s 1965 British tour, which started in Sheffield on 30th April and cumulated at the Royal Albert Hall for two nights 09-10th May […]
DOM: Gaslight (Dickinson, UK, 1940)
If I could dedicate this list to one person, it would be Leslie Halliwell, first of all he was from Bolton and secondly he wrote about film with more passion […]
DOM: Desperately Seeking Susan (Seidelman, US, 1985).
The one thing that the Derek Malcolm list threw up, or rather didn’t was his own personal favourites, we can all rave about Touch Of Evil, Tokyo Story or Shoah, […]
DOM: Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, UK, 1962)
One cloudy Sunday afternoon at the beginning of April 1990, the prisoner’s of Strangeways, Manchester decided to riot and so the news was extended and so the TV premiere of […]
DOM: Dracula (AKA Horror of Dracula) (Fisher, UK, 1958)
The ultimate horror film, full stop. There, I have said it. 82 minutes of pure brilliance! When I was growing up in the 1970’s, I was always fascinated by my […]
DOM: La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) (Fellini, Italy/France, 1960)
Fellini’s once scandalous film, now seems pretty tame, but it remains perhaps the best film reflecting a certain place at a certain time. It opens with a statue of Christ […]
DOM: Star Wars (Lucas, US, 1977)
To quote Halliwell’s Film Guide “Flash Gordon rides again!” One of the most enjoyable blockbusters of all time, this became THE must see film of the late 70’s and if […]
DOM: The Seventh Seal (Bergman, Sweden, 1957)
I think one of the shocks of the Derek Malcolm book was the absence of Ingmar Bergman, a director who had appeared in his list in The Guardian, but by […]
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