Gary Collinson selects Five Essential Films of Takashi Miike… Cult Japanese director Takashi Miike is one of the most prolific filmmakers working today, with over seventy credits since his debut in 1991. Miike’s body of work is often violent, sexually perverse and bizarre, mixing elements of different genres to create his own distinct style, which […]
A Terrence Malick Profile
Rory Barker profiles legendary director Terrence Malick… As a wave of great American filmmakers were unable to continue making films and the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, and John Ford were consigned to history a new, younger generation of US filmmakers emerged. Garnering the golden combination of both commercial success and critical acclaim consistently, […]
Cult Classics – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, 1982. Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley and Ricardo Montalban. SYNOPSIS: After years in exile on a barren world, a genetically-engineered superhuman warrior seeks revenge against the man who sent him there. Following the cancellation of the Star Trek television series in 1969 […]
Classic Movies – Titanic (1997)
Titanic, 1997. Directed by James Cameron. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. SYNOPSIS: A wreck-salvaging bounty hunter finds not the Heart of the Ocean jewel but discovers an old lady, Rose (an excellent Gloria Stewart), who claims to have worn it in 1912. Through Rose’s own story of inter-class love severed by disaster, Brock connects […]
Cult Classics – Commando (1985)
Commando, 1985. Directed by Mark L. Lester. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Vernon Wells. SYNOPSIS: In a race against time, a retired special forces commando must track down his daughter’s kidnappers and gain revenge on the exiled dictator of a small South American country. Catapulted to stardom following the success of James Cameron’s sci-fi […]
Classic Movies – The Night of the Iguana (1964)
The Night of the Iguana, 1964. Directed by John Huston. Starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon. SYNOPSIS: A tense drama revolving around a defrocked American minister and the three highly-emotional women who enter his life when he heads for Mexico, seeking a new start as a tour operator. After being defrocked from […]
Five Essential… Films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Richard J. Moir selects his Five Essential Films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet… 5. The City of Lost Children (1995) Dark, stylish and quirky as anything you’ve ever seen before, this is a truly original film. In a futuristic city, a scientist named Krank uses the help of his clones to kidnap children and steal their dreams, […]
Classic Movies – It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946. Directed by Frank Capra. Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore. SYNOPSIS: On the verge of suicide after finding out he might be bankrupt, George Bailey is visited by guardian angel Clarence on a mission to save George’s life, thereby getting his angel wings. Clarence displays to George what […]
Five Essential… British Movies
In a new column, Richard J. Moir selects his Five Essential British Movies… 5. The Full Monty (1997, dir. Peter Cattaneo) The Full Monty is the film you heard about when you were a child, but were far too young to know anything about. When I finally got round to watching it, I was half […]
World Cinema – The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows, 1959. Directed by François Truffaut. Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud. SYNOPSIS: The 400 Blows follows normal adolescent boy Antoine Doinel as he struggles to contend with all authority figures in his life, from schoolteachers to parents. As we are invited into this character study of Antoine it becomes increasingly clear that he is already […]
