Au Hasard Balthazar (1966).
On a small French farm a donkey foal is born. Two children, Marie and Jacques, fall in love with it and name it Balthazar. As the days and weeks pass, they play… Continue reading "Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)."
Author: Steve Amos
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Pittsburgh (1942).
A large focus for Hollywood during the early forties was of course the war. The US government was seriously curtailing production of many industries in order to focus on the… Continue reading "Pittsburgh (1942)."
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The Godfather Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone – (2020).
When The Godfather: Part III was released in 1990, the build-up and the fanfare, fuelled by years of anticipation for a sequel to two films which are universally recognised as… Continue reading "The Godfather Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone – (2020)."
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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011).
There are many ways to judge the success of a film, and I’m not talking box office takings. It’s the enjoyment factor, that shared experience you get whilst watching it,… Continue reading "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)."
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Woman in the Dunes (1964).
Every so often you come across a film that you had never previously heard of, but when you sit down to watch it, it impacts you so much that you… Continue reading "Woman in the Dunes (1964)."
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I Was Born, But… (1932).
In the 1953 film Tokyo Story (reviewed here), directed by Yasujirō Ozu, there is an exchange between two characters which has become one of the most famous moments in the… Continue reading "I Was Born, But… (1932)."
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Apropos of Nothing – Woody Allen (2020).
Woody Allen’s career has swung in so many extremes, it’s sometimes difficult to keep up; smart stand-up, the weirdo with the funny hair who made wacky comedies, the toast of… Continue reading "Apropos of Nothing – Woody Allen (2020)."
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Pan’s Labyrinth (2006).
The beauty of the movies is, for me, the ability for the fantasy to bleed into the real. I don’t mean that film should be limited to the fantastical but… Continue reading "Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)."
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990).
The story is that when Steven Spielberg hired Joe Dante to direct Gremlins (1984), he wasn’t expecting much more than a small scale horror film. Dante had previously directed two… Continue reading "Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)."
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The Hunt for Red October (1990).
It’s difficult to imagine today but back in 1990 there was a palpable sense of excitement for many fans when The Hunt for Red October was released. This was the… Continue reading "The Hunt for Red October (1990)."