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CHRIS: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Cameron, US, 1991)

05/11/2012by Dirk 3 Comments

Well, he said he’d be back. It’s a portentous title to a portentous film by the world’s most portentous film-maker, but it is teeth-rattling fun from the end to the […]

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CHRIS: Jubilee (Jarman, UK, 1977)

13/09/2011by Dirk 1 Comment

“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 […]

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CHRIS: An American Werewolf in London (Landis, UK, US, 1981)

30/05/2011by Dirk Leave a comment

There are several good reasons to stay with the closing credits of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF …:. There’s the dreamy, doo wap version of BLUE MOON by The Marcels, a couple […]

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CHRIS: Excalibur (Boorman, UK, 1981)

31/03/2011by Dirk 8 Comments

Sigh. If you would have asked me 30 years ago, “name your favourite film, go on, what is it?”. I would have snapped back the prompt response: “Excalibur. Its brilliant.” […]

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DOM: Listen to Britain (Jennings, UK, 1941)

27/02/2011by Dirk Leave a comment

Humphrey Jennings was called “The only true poet of the English cinema” by Lindsay Anderson, something that could be thought of as true, but Jennings has fallen out of favour […]

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DOM: A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, UK, 1971)

20/02/2011by Dirk 3 Comments

In a way I feel it quite a shock that it has taken me so long to get to one of the most revered of film directors, Stanley J. Kubrick. […]

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CHRIS: Dogville (Von Trier, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, 2003)

23/01/2011by Dirk Leave a comment

Von Trier is a film maker who divides opinion. The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw, Derek’s replacement, considers him a hoaxer. Variety’s Todd McCarthy was one of the many critics who were […]

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DOM: The Red Shoes (Powell & Pressburger, UK, 1948)

28/12/2010by Dirk 2 Comments

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 […]

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DOM: Goldfinger (Hamilton, UK, 1964)

28/12/2010by Dirk Leave a comment

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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CHRIS: Land and Freedom (Loach, Spain, UK, 1995)

14/10/2010by Dirk 3 Comments

“Revolutions are contagious.” Every time I watch this film, something stirs deep within me, an anger, but also a sense of pride, mixed with an unsettling frustration that is hard […]

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