Orchestra Rehearsal is a Fellini film that he directed after Casanova, which was a big-budget film but not very successful (although it’s a very rewarding watch.) This film was originally done for Italian television, and is almost a mockumentary. It follows a TV company’s documentary crew that goes to film an orchestra as it rehearses. … Continue reading Orchestra Rehearsal – Blu-Ray Review
Something Wild is probably my second favourite Jonathan Demme film—it’s the one where everything comes together really well, with all the quirkiness that you want from Demme (something he lost after the Silence of the Lambs backlash). It’s a wild ride, with Jeff Daniels as Charles in one his earliest roles. (Daniels had done this … Continue reading Something Wild – Blu-Ray Review
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight is the latest DC animated film to adapt a popular graphic novel for the big screen. The original graphic novel came out of the minds of Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola, who is the creator of his own superhero, Hellboy. It sets the Dark Knight at the turn of the 20th … Continue reading Batman: Gotham By Gaslight – Blu-Ray Review
Casablanca is pretty much universally considered to be one of the greatest films ever—even the naysayers will admit it's a good film. It's surprising that Casablanca came out of an unproduced play, which the husband and wife team of writers Murray Burnett and Joan Allison sold to Warner Bros. for a record sum of 20 … Continue reading Casablanca – Blu-Ray Review
Blade Runner 2049 is, of course, the long-awaited sequel to the absolute classic that was Blade Runner (1982). It arrives after a long development process: versions of the script have been around since the 1990s, when Philip K. Dick hanger-on K.W. Jeter wrote a quite awful sequel to the book (and then two more). Stuart … Continue reading Blade Runner 2049 – Blu-Ray Review
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