Bedazzled
Growing up I saw Harold Ramis’ remake before I saw Peter Cook’s original film Bedazzled (1967) directed by Stanley Donen. On second thought, the term “remake” doesn’t quite suit Ramis’… Read more »
Growing up I saw Harold Ramis’ remake before I saw Peter Cook’s original film Bedazzled (1967) directed by Stanley Donen. On second thought, the term “remake” doesn’t quite suit Ramis’… Read more »
This piece was written in answer to a challenge issued by Roxy at Viva Video : The Last Picture Store to write seriously about the themes in The Christmas Tree… Read more »
Frank Capra is arguably the quintessential American director of the thirties and forties. His films, particularly those he made with James Stewart, succeed in presenting a superficial environment reminiscent of… Read more »
This holiday season I have been revisiting a lot of my seasonal favorites from 3615 code Père Noël (1989) to Since You Went Away (1944). But I have also been… Read more »
For Andrea Arnold the Gothic exists in the atmosphere, mood, and imagination of a locale. Thrushcross Grange and other Yorkshire locations impose the wonder of the supernatural into every frame…. Read more »
The Czech “new wave” of the sixties is, without a doubt, a cinematic movement unified by intent and not by style. There is hardly anything uniform between the cinematic styles… Read more »
When Hal Hartley first emerged on the American Independent Film scene with The Unbelievable Truth (1989) it was like nothing else. The fusion of the literate with the plastic, his… Read more »
Everyone knows who Buster Keaton is and is familiar with his unique and often inventive contributions to the medium of film. But how many people have noticed David Bowie’s fascination… Read more »
I have always felt that when Christopher Nolan tries his hand at high concept science fiction films he always fails. That isn’t to say that there aren’t striking visuals in… Read more »
Anyone who has ever studied film is familiar with the various arguments either for or against the use of voice-over in a film. It’s a debate I hadn’t considered seriously… Read more »