I thought I had pretty much exhausted most of the truly great film noirs but I was very wrong. Cry of the City is one of Robert Siodmak's many noirs and I have to plead guilty to skipping most of them in my noir buying except of course his adaptation of The Killers. This silly oversight will … Continue reading Cry of the City – Blu-Ray Review
Sid & Nancy is 30 years old now so it's time for that inevitable re-release on Blu-Ray. It attempts to tell the story of relationship between Sex Pistols "bassist" Sid Vicious and his junkie American girlfriend Nancy Spungen which ends in the death of both them . It was the follow-up to Alex Cox's debut (and still best … Continue reading Sid & Nancy – Blu-Ray Review
Sing Street tells the story of a teenager dreamer Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) who is forced to change schools from a private one to a Catholic brothers school. Conor also has the biggest crush on Raphina (Lucy Boynton) and decides to start a band to impress her and so she can appear in their music videos. It's set … Continue reading Sing Street – Blu-Ray Review
John Schlesinger may not be a director who gets his due as much as he once did. His work up to The Falcon and the Snowman (his last real solid piece of work) pushed many of the taboos of the '60s and '70s. He started making films during the "golden age"of kitchen sink dramas in early '60s but … Continue reading A Kind of Loving – Blu-Ray Review
J. G. Ballard was the greatest post-war author Britain has ever known and his relationship to cinema is a curious one. The first cinematic adaptation of his work was Empire of the Sun by Steven Spielberg which remains Spielberg’s crowning achievement but one of his least successful films. The 2nd was Cronenberg’s Crash which relocates the Shepperton set … Continue reading High Rise – Blu-Ray Review
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