This film brought together a great team of actors, Walter Matthau and Elaine May, and was also May’s directorial debut. Broke playboy Matthau needs to get married to make some money, and, having borrowed $50,000 from his uncle and former guardian, gives himself 6 weeks to find a rich woman to marry or lose everything. … Continue reading A New Leaf – Blu-Ray Review
Hawks and Sparrows stars Toto who is not know to most people outside of Italy but he was the huge star in Italy and was sort of the Italian Charlie Chaplin. The film co-stars Pasolini’s collaborator and lover Ninetto Davoli. The film still has Pasolini’s revolutionary politics but in a slightly more comedic form. The … Continue reading Hawks and Sparrows / Pigsty – Blu-Ray Review
Ken Russell was one of Britain’s few cinematic renegades but Valentino is a film he publicly said he rather forget. It’s based loosely on a biography on the silent film star Rudolph Valentino who is played here by the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev. Valentino was Russell’s first foray into Hollywood filmmaking after the cult success of Tommy … Continue reading Valentino – Blu-Ray Review
Věra Chytilová remains one of the most unique voices in world cinema even if she only made Daisies (her best known film) but her work is only being discovered in English-speaking countries in recent years. Here Second Run has compiled two early works of Chytilová which show her development into one of the cinema’s greats. The films are the … Continue reading Věra Chytilová Double Bill – DVD Review
Takashi Miike is one of the wildest filmmakers working today and one of the most prolific making at least two films a year for over 20 years. Auditionis often considered his masterpiece and was the first film of his which cemented his reputation in the west. Miike often crossbreds genres with much ease and Audition is … Continue reading Audition – Blu-Ray Review
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