Wes Craven’s Shocker (1989).
Towards the end of the 1980s, Director Wes Craven could look back at a decade which established him as one of the horror maestros of the modern age. He’d achieved… Continue reading "Wes Craven’s Shocker (1989)."
Author: Steve Amos
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Three Colors: Red (1994).
Valentine is a model, living alone in a small apartment. By day she works and does ballet to keep fit. At night she pines after Michel, her distant, paranoid and… Continue reading "Three Colors: Red (1994)."
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The demise of FilmStruck and what it may mean for the future of movie streaming.
This week saw the announcement that the film streaming service FilmStruck, is being shut down on November 29th. This is a severe blow for cinephiles as FilmStruck was one of the few sites that… Continue reading "The demise of FilmStruck and what it may mean for the future of movie streaming."
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Three Colors: White (1994).
***SPOILER WARNING*** I must admit, if I’d watched Three Colors: White in isolation, I probably would’ve dismissed it. It’s an interesting film which generates a fair few laughs and more than… Continue reading "Three Colors: White (1994)."
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Three Colors: Blue (1993).
October 15th 2018 sees the 25th anniversary of the first film in arguably one of the greatest trilogies of all time, three films which explored love, death, grief, age, friendship, sex and… Continue reading "Three Colors: Blue (1993)."
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Independence Day (1996) and the ‘High Concept’ Summer Blockbuster.
The ‘high concept’ film is a cinematic phenomenon that became popular in the 1980s. Simply put, it’s the idea that the story of a film can be summed up in one sentence, often… Continue reading "Independence Day (1996) and the ‘High Concept’ Summer Blockbuster."
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In Defense of… Howard The Duck (1986).
*** Editor’s note – The Film ‘89 Team in no way endorses the content of the following article. It’s entirely possible that the author was suffering from some physical or… Continue reading "In Defense of… Howard The Duck (1986)."
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939).
One of the innate powers of film is the ability to take a subject which is steeped in the culture, politics, language and values of a particular place or country,… Continue reading "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)."
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The Truman Show (1998) – A tale of Reality TV told when it was still just fantasy.
*** SPOILER WARNING *** One of the most significant themes in film history involves the questioning of reality, of what is real. It’s a sub-genre of film which crosses various main… Continue reading "The Truman Show (1998) – A tale of Reality TV told when it was still just fantasy."
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).
F. W. Murnau’s 1927 classic Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is a film about sex and love, about lust and family, about money and poverty. It is a paean of marriage, a film… Continue reading "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)."