From The Hip
When I was in college I used to watch a lot of Ally McBeal (1997-2002) while waiting for video files to either export or compress. I loved Ally McBeal. I… Read more »
Tag: John Hurt
The Shout
With The Shout (1978) filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski adapts the neo-Gothic short story by Robert Graves with all of the grim social allegories that defined the “Polish School”. Essentially The Shout… Read more »
The Osterman Weekend
The Osterman Weekend (1983) was the final film that the infamous Sam Peckinpah ever directed. The film is based on the 1972 Robert Ludlum novel of the same name and… Read more »
1984
Michael Radford’s adaptation of George Orwell’s classic novel, 1984, has become something of a classic itself. 1984 (1984) is a masterclass in the power of production design which itself is… Read more »
