Anomalisa (2015).
Michael Stone is a writer, public speaker, and a miserable middle-aged man. He sleeps restlessly, he’s bored of the endless droll of everyday human interaction, and he no longer feels… Continue reading "Anomalisa (2015)."
Category: Retrospectives
Our on-going series of in-depth retrospective reviews of classic films.
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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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Jaws (1975).
How do you find new and fresh things to say about a film that, like Star Wars, is so embedded in popular culture that audiences throughout the world are extraordinarily… Continue reading "Jaws (1975)."
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The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 13 – Ten Years of The Dark Knight – Part 2, The Dark Knight (2008) – Audio Commentary.
Episode 13 of The Film ‘89 Podcast is the second of our two-part celebration of the 10th anniversary of Christopher Nolan’s seminal 2008 masterpiece, The Dark Knight. Having given an overview… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 13 – Ten Years of The Dark Knight – Part 2, The Dark Knight (2008) – Audio Commentary."
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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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My Neighbor Totoro (1988).
Coming to Hayao Miyazaki’s early work as an adult, there’s something mildly unsettling about the titular creature of his beloved 1988 animated feature which turns 30 this year, My Neighbor… Continue reading "My Neighbor Totoro (1988)."
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Licence to Kill (1989).
With Roger Moore hanging up His tuxedo after 1985’s A View To A Kill, the role of the world’s favourite Super Spy, James Bond was passed on to a relatively… Continue reading "Licence to Kill (1989)."
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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)."
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Once Upon A Time In The West (1968).
The western, a genre has gone through a multitude of changes over the last century. It has evolved as a genre, creating tropes – visual, verbal and musical; then devolved as it was… Continue reading "Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)."