8 1/2, 1963. Directed by Federico Fellini. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée and Sandra Milo. SYNOPSIS: A successful filmmaker struggles for inspiration, and has to reflect on his life and loves to work out where to go in his next film… “It’s about creative procrastination” said, director of Under the Skin, Jonathan Glazer in 2002. While I […]
Movie Review – German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey Directed by Sidney Bernstein Edited by Stewart McAllister, Peter Tanner and Marcel Cohen with treatment advice by Alfred Hitchcock SYNOPSIS: An official documentary about German atrocities and the concentration camps compiled with footage shot by combat and newsreel cameramen accompanying troops as they liberated occupied Europe Last year, Night Will […]
Movie Review – Cry of the City (1948)
Cry of the City, 1948 Directed by Robert Siodmak. Starring Richard Conte, Victor Mature, Berry Kroeger, Shelley Winters and Debra Paget. SYNOPSIS: Adapted from the novel The Chair for Martin Rome by Henry Edward Helseth, the film tells the story of a charismatic criminal and his nemesis, Lieutenant Candella… Remember Barzini? The old-crone who was taken out on the […]
Movie Review – The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
The Tales of Hoffmann, 1951. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Starring Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Léonide Massine. SYNOPSIS: An opera, Hoffmann tells of his romantic history with three beautiful women; Olympia, Giulietta and Antonia “I have to say”, says director Michael Powell prior to working on The Tales of Hoffmann, “I didn’t know much […]
Is this the Time for Trailers?
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… He has become the third co-host of the SlashFilm podcast and now it appears that Jeff Cannata is joining the legion of Star Wars fans who refuse to watch the trailer. He tweeted: “Just to be clear, I love teasers! But Star Wars is different. Would love to […]
Movie Review – Life Itself (2014)
Life Itself, 2014 Directed by Steve James Featuring Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Gene Siskel, Martin Scorsese, Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and A.O. Scott SYNOPSIS: Documentary about the life of master Film Critic, Roger Ebert. Writing for the first time in 2008, I remember the initial advice I was given: read Roger Ebert. Of course, I […]
Movie Review – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison. SYNOPSIS: Ricky is a foster child. He is taken to Bella and Hector, who live near the New Zealand bush. After Bella unexpectedly dies, Hector and Ricky trek through the forest and find out who they really are… Stuffocation, a book by James […]
Shoah: 70 Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz
On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Simon Columb revisits Shoah… A 9-hour film, Shoah is the definitive documentary on the holocaust. There is no effort to contextualise the “Final Solution” in World War II, and instead it focuses on reiterating the inhumanity. Akin to The Act of Killing, Claude Lanzmann takes us […]
Movie Review – Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis, 2007. Directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud Featuring the voice talents of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands, Iggy Pop SYNOPSIS: Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. We want films that shake us up. That pulls us out of our slumber […]
Movie Review – Life of Riley (2014)
Life of Riley, 2014. Directed by Alain Resnais. Starring Sabine Azéma, Hippolyte Girardot, Caroline Silhol, Michel Vuillermoz, Sandrine Kiberlain and André Dussollier. SYNOPSIS: George Riley is due to die, forcing his close friends, and ex-lovers, to reflect on their own lives as he comes to the end of his. This is Alain Resnais’ final film. This is his third adaptation […]
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