The Red Balloon (1956).
A good relationship is often the foundation upon which a film stands or falls and not all friendships are about people. Some focus on the bond between a person (quite… Continue reading "The Red Balloon (1956)."
Category: Retrospectives
Our on-going series of in-depth retrospective reviews of classic films.
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The Warriors (1979).
“Maybe we’d better take off.” Can a film become so iconic, so of its time as to somehow surpass the limitations of its own flaws? The reason I ask this… Continue reading "The Warriors (1979)."
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Akira (1988).
Japanese animation has had and continues to have an immense influence over western film and television, and there is a handful of works whose mark cannot be overstated. Akira celebrated… Continue reading "Akira (1988)."
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The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 22 – ‘Ode To Joy’ – Celebrating 30 Years of Die Hard (1988).
In our special Christmas Episode of The Film ‘89 Podcast we’re joined by boxing expert, film writer and über cinephile, Jacob Rivera to discuss the action classic, Die Hard as… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 22 – ‘Ode To Joy’ – Celebrating 30 Years of Die Hard (1988)."
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).
Martin Scorsese has never been a stranger to controversy. In 1981 John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan having been apparently inspired by an infatuation with Jodi Foster and Scorsese’s 1976 film Taxi Driver in which Robert De Niro’s… Continue reading "The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)."
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The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 21 – When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth – Celebrating 25 Years of Jurassic Park.
In the colossal 21st episode of The Film ‘89 Podcast, Richie, Haydn & Skye take an in-depth look back at director Steven Spielberg’s big-screen adaptation of author Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 21 – When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth – Celebrating 25 Years of Jurassic Park."
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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)."
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Gattaca (1997).
Vincent Freeman, played by Ethan Hawke, narrates a childhood during which he, as an invalid, would swim out to sea with his brother to see who could go the furthest.… Continue reading "Gattaca (1997)."
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The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 20 – Celebrating 60 Years of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958).
In Episode 20 of The Film ‘89 Podcast we’re joined by cinephile extraordinaire, champion of the Blu-Ray format and physical media, frequent guest-host of the Wrong Reel Podcast, Criterion Cast… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 20 – Celebrating 60 Years of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958)."
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Creed (2015).
Creed is perhaps a telling film for me in more ways than one. As a member of the Film ‘89 Team, I will frequently end up in conversations with the… Continue reading "Creed (2015)."