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Read moreFilms Seen at the Cinema in 2008
NB Top ten favourite new films are listed in a different colour font. Films I consider to be masterpieces have the letter M written after the title in red. 4…
Read moreWhat Defines a Cinematic Masterpiece?
To me, a cinematice masterpiece is that rare film in which everything comes together – acting, casting, script, direction, photography, music, plot etc, so that the film is elevated to…
Read moreReview: Manhattan
I was worried. Worried that my experience of seeing Woody Allen’s Manhattan (1979) for the first time in a long time would tarnish how it existed in my memory. And…
Read moreFilms Seen at the Cinema in 2015 – updated
I have now added the number 10 after the titles of all films (new and old) that I consider to be masterpieces.
Read moreThe Wait Is Over
My first film list is posted. Click on “Films I Have Seen” in the menu above and then click on “2015”. I know the suspense is incredible. This is a…
Read moreFilms Seen at the Cinema in 2015
NB Top ten favourite new films are listed in a different colour font. Films I consider to be masterpieces have the number 10 written after the title. Enemy Birdman 10…
Read moreReview: Harmonium (Japan)
A couple of bleak films this weekend at the cinema: The new film Harmonium and Fassbinder’s Fox and his Friends (1975). If you want laughs, go somewhere else. I had…
Read moreThe State of Film Publishing in the UK
For some reason at this moment in time there is a dearth of really good film magazines in the UK. We have a choice between, at one end of the…
Read moreThe Most Famous Use of a Grapefruit in Cinema
James Cagney smashing half a grapefruit into Mae Clarke’s face in Public Enemy.
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