A Review of 'A Warning to the Curious' (1972), from the BBC's 'A Ghost Story for Christmas' Strand
(Review written in Spring, 2017) (A Ghost Story for Christmas: A Warning to the Curious) Originally an M.R James ghost story (1925),...
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A Brief Introduction to 'Don't Look Now' (1973)
(Blog written Winter, 2016) (Don't Look Now) Adapted from a short story by Daphne Du Maurier (author of Rebecca and The Birds), Nicolas...
A Roman Tragedy: Darkness in 'The Godfather Part II'
(Blog written Winter, 2015) (The Godfather Part II) When The Godfather collection caught my eye in the library, instinctively I took one...
Fascistic or Allegorical? The Complicated Violence of 'Straw Dogs' (1971)
(Blog written Autumn, 2016) (A movie poster for Straw Dogs) Straw Dogs (Peckinpah) has always been a film that has stirred heated debate...
(Film Zine) The Legacy of 'The Killing' (1956)
(Written as part of a university film zine on thrillers, Autumn 2016) (The Killing) In the great collection of Stanley Kubrick’s works,...
The Transnational Counterculture: Notes on 'Performance' (1970)
(Blog written Autumn, 2016) (Performance) As Marianne Faithful delineates rather perfectly, Performance (Cammell & Roeg, 1970) "preserves...
More Than Just Vengeance: A Review of 'Get Carter' (1971)
(Review written Winter, 2016) (Get Carter) A slick London gangster (Michael Caine) cold to the core and bursting with sexuality, travels...
Iran in Focus: 'Taxi Tehran' (2015)
(Written as part of an imaginary Iranian Film Festival Programme, Spring 2016) (Taxi Tehran) Featuring on many greatest films of 2015...
Iran in Focus: '20 Fingers' (2004)
(Written as part of an imaginary Iranian Film Festival Programme, Spring 2016) (20 Fingers) Mania Akbari, one of Iran’s most interesting...
Iran in Focus: 'Under the Shadow' (2016)
(Written as part of an imaginary Iranian Film Festival Programme, Spring 2016) (Under the Shadow) We are incredibly excited to be...
Iran in Focus: 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night' (2014)
(Written as part of an imaginary Iranian Film Festival Programme, Spring 2016) (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) Premiering at the...
'Russian Ark' (2002)
(Blog written Winter, 2015) (Russian Ark) Being a lover of long takes and tracking shots, Alexander Sokurov's ground-breaking film was...
'Barry Lyndon' (1975) at 40
(Blog written Autumn, 2015) (Barry Lyndon) Heroic dedication was displayed on Saturday as me and Callum endured a bitterly colossal bus...
My Introduction to Robert Altman
(Blog written Autumn, 2015) (McCabe & Mrs Miller) I have heard so much about Robert Altman in the cinephile universe. Directors like...
Rohmer and Realism in 'The Aviator's Wife' (1981)
(Blog written Autumn, 2015) (The Aviator's Wife) I think The Aviator’s Wife is the most real fiction film I have ever seen, or at least...
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