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 […]
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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: 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: 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 […]
DOM: Reservoir Dogs (US, 1992)
On first release it seemed the most important cinematic debut since “Citizen Kane” and perhaps still is, but like Welles, Tarantino has had less impact with every film (I have […]
DOM: An Introduction to my List
I will try to re-evaluate 100 films from 100 directors that I would like to take with me on a desert island, it may not be to everyone’s taste, but […]
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