What is there to be said about Beau Travail that hasn't been said at this point? Not much, really, but it was the film that transformed Claire Denis from a director vaguely known in France to one of the leading lights of world cinema. Now, she is considered the greatest living director by many critics. When Beau Travail came … Continue reading Beau Travail – Blu-Ray Review
After The Fox is a film that Peter Sellers and Vittorio De Sica made in the mid-'60s, at the heigh of Sellers’ fame. Allegedly it wasn't the easiest shoot thanks to star and director butting heads, although Sellers nonetheless appeared in De Sica's next project, the anthology film Woman Times Seven. Maybe that segment was actually part … Continue reading After The Fox – Blu-Ray Review
Tony Richardson was one of the biggest British directors of the late '50s and '60s, with films such as Look Back in Anger, A Taste of Honey and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. These films kicked off the British New Wave of the '60s, or Kitchen Sink Realism, whatever you want to call it. Mademoiselle is one of the … Continue reading Mademoiselle – Blu-Ray Review
Georges Méliès' extraordinary A Trip to the Moon is one of the first films that I remember seeing: that image of the Man in the Moon is so stuck in my brain that I can't recall a time before I was aware of it. I don't even completely know how I first stumbled across it—I may have … Continue reading A Trip To The Moon – Blu-Ray Review
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake made quite a formidable pairing in the '40s. They were put together partly due to the fact Lake was one of the only actresses in Hollywood shorter than Ladd, who was a tiny 5 foot 6 inches for a leading man while Lake was 4 ft 11 in. This Gun … Continue reading This Gun For Hire – Blu-Ray Review
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