A Kid for Two Farthings is a Carol Reed film, the first one he made that was in colour. After all of those great noirs like The Third Man, The Fallen Idol and Odd Man Out, the move seems to have meant losing something. A lot of directors of that time found colour hard to … Continue reading A Kid for Two Farthings – Blu-Ray Review
In Bruges is the first feature from Martin McDonagh, and it was definitely was the film that, similar to Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, helped to blow up a new and unique cinematic voice. McDonagh had made a name for himself already as a theatrical playwright, but he had a healthy disdain for the theatre world’s elitism … Continue reading In Bruges – Blu-Ray Review
One Deadly Summer was directed by Jean Becker, the son of Jacques Becker, a great French director of the '50s who made such films as Le Trou and Casque d'Or. As you would expect, his son cut his teeth working for pops as an assistant director, but sadly, if this film is any indication, Jacques's … Continue reading One Deadly Summer – Blu-Ray Review
Klute is the first film in what was eventually dubbed as Alan J. Pakula's paranoia trilogy, mirroring the similar trio of films that John Frankenheimer did in the '60s. Thematically linked, but without any crossover with of characters, Pakula would follow Klute with The Parallax View and All The President's Men. It's also the film … Continue reading Klute – Blu-Ray Review
The Incident is one of those films from the late '60s that points in the direction of the New Hollywood that was just starting to take off. This movie came out in 1967, which is often considered ground zero for New Hollywood, although you could easily make a case for 1966 as well. None of that … Continue reading The Incident – Blu-Ray Review
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