Dirk’s Five: Cut to the chase
“Cut to the chase,” is one of those Hollywood phrases that have entered the everyday idiom. Before it was adopted by impatient middle-managers, its an expression that dates back to […]
Tag Archives: Hitchcock
DOM: The Red Shoes (Powell & Pressburger, UK, 1948)
In a way I was quite surprised that when Derek Malcolm chose his favourite Michael Powell film he chose The Life & Death Of Colonel Blimp (the first classic film […]
CHRIS: In The Mood For Love (Wong Kai-wai, Hong Kong, 2000)
I have a real problem with BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945). I’m not sure why. It is a much admired British film, albeit by train enthusiasts and those who crave that golden-age […]
CHRIS: The Talented Mr Ripley (Mingella, US, 1999)
One of the limitations of creating a list of films since STAR WARS (1977) is that many of my favourite directors either stopped producing films or had died before its […]
The Dirk Malcolm Alternative 