The Prisoner is a British film from 1955 that has basically been forgotten over the years. That’s both understandable and unfair, because it has a lot to admire. It stars Alec Guinness, and is based on a play by Bridget Boland and directed by Peter Glenville. Glenville mainly directed on stage, and when he did … Continue reading The Prisoner (1955) – Blu-Ray Review
Submergence is the latest film from Wim Wenders, who during the period from the '70s to the early '90s made countless masterful films, such as Paris, Texas or The American Friend. However, something happened after The End of Violence that made Wenders’s narrative filmmaking take a serious downturn, and his documentary work started to get far more … Continue reading Submergence – DVD Review
James Ivory won a long overdue Oscar when he took it home best adapted screenplay for Call Me by Your Name. It was surprise international hit and widely acclaimed. Since then there has been some renewed interest in Ivory's large body of work, which he made with his long-term life as well as producing partner Ismail … Continue reading Maurice – Blu-Ray Review
Phantom Lady is a Robert Siodmak film, one of the best noir directors from the classic era. Siodmak is probably best remembered for a string of noirs made in the 40s, including the 1946 version of The Killers with Burt Lancaster and The Spiral Staircase. He started out in Germany during the last gasp of German … Continue reading Phantom Lady – Blu-Ray Review
La Vérité is the penultimate feature by Henri-Georges Clouzot, who was already starting to be seen as old hat by the French New Wave filmmakers. It stars everybody's favourite pouting French blonde bombshell fascist who "only cares about the animals," Brigitte Bardot. The film was hotly anticipated when it came out in 1960 because it was … Continue reading La Vérité – Blu-Ray Review
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