Once again, I turned to Twitter friends to create a film list. As always, the final selection is entirely subjective, and I hope you will forgive me for excluding some notable titles, such as Raging Bull, Pinocchio and Apocalypse Now. The list is in no particular...
Read MoreOnce again I turned to friends on Twitter to create a film list. There was a wonderful response, and many notable performances didn't make it onto the list, including; Rex Harrison in The Ghost And Mrs Muir, Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter and...
Read Morehttps://vimeo.com/159368968 "An audiovisual essay for Fandor exploring the idea of ambiguity in the films of Luchino Visconti. The accompanying notes can be found here." By Pasquale Iannone....
Read MoreOnce again, I reached out to the Distracted community to make a new list. Once again, the suggestions were many, varied and often surprising (Depardieu as director?). I’ve tried to limit it to one film per filmmaker, except in those cases where demand has proved irresistable. The...
Read Morehttps://vimeo.com/154760619 "Regular Criterion Collection contributor :: kogonada explores the 1960s work of Jean-Luc Godard, highlighting the iconic director’s signature themes and devices. You can view some of his other works at kogonada.com. And for more on Godard, head here:criterion.com/explore/12-jean-luc-godard" Via Criterion Collection ...
Read Morehttps://vimeo.com/151842574 "A video essay about Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina, made for 20th Century Flicks' screening of Bande à part (1964) at Bristol's Cube Cinema on 14 January 2016." From Jonathan Bygraves....
Read MoreRule #1: There are no rules. There are as many ways to make a film as there are potential filmmakers. It’s an open form. Anyway, I would personally never presume to tell anyone else what to do or how to do anything. To me that’s...
Read Morehttps://vimeo.com/145429444 "What determines the meaning or mood of a scene in a Hollywood film? A genre (such as film noir), a star (such as Humphrey Bogart), an auteur (such as John Huston, Howard Hawks, John Cromwell, or Nicholas Ray), or perhaps a simple but evocative object,...
Read More[caption id="attachment_175659650" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Alain Delon with Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Pierre Melville, on the set of Un Flic. [/caption] Happy 80th birthday Alain Delon. Alain Delon is a similar kind of actor to Catherine Deneuve, in that both favour precision & economy. Naturally, both worked with Melville. RELATED The...
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