CHRIS: This is Spinal Tap (Reiner, US, 1984)
Rob Reiner is the multiplex auteur par excellence. His career is marked by fruitful collaborations with the best screenwriters in Hollywood, creating some of the most memorable scenes in the […]
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CHRIS: Hana-Bi (Fireworks) (Kitano, Japan, 1997)
One of the repeated motifs of this internationally celebrated film, is that of Tangram – a chinese shape puzzle that can be rearranged to form different pictures – this is […]
Starburst Memories: The Vizable Edge
During my brief tenure at the Edge Hill College film society, I started a magazine of ‘Film and Media’ to promote the society and to fill the void left by […]
CHRIS: Jubilee (Jarman, UK, 1977)
“You wanna know my story babe? It’s easy. This is the generation that grew up and forgot to lead their lives. They were so busy watching my endless media. Its […]
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 […]
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