Tom Jolliffe with ten essential films of the 1940s… We recently took a dive back to the 1950s in a quest to prove Quentin Tarantino wrong in his claim that it was one of the weakest decades for cinema. Sorry QT, but there are just far too many greats to come close to paling in […]
The Essential Movies About Memory
Tattoo this list to your chest, because you’ll want to remember these essential films about memory… The brain is a complex machine and memories are a fascinating and complicated part of being human. As a cinematic motif, memory has provided filmmakers with a huge amount of inspiration in so many unforgettable films. We’ve seen films […]
Blu-ray Review – Citizen Kane: The Criterion Collection (1941)
Citizen Kane, 1941. Directed by Orson Welles Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, and Agnes Moorehead SYNOPSIS: Criterion is celebrating Citizen Kane’s 80th anniversary with a new edition featuring not only a 4K digital restoration of the film but also two extra Blu-ray platters overflowing with new and old bonus […]
What Donald Trump’s Favourite Film Says About Him
This week, Neil Calloway looks at the 45th US President’s favourite movie… If you haven’t been too busy watching and re-watching the international trailer for Rogue One, you may have noticed that there was a US Presidential election this week, resulting in Donald Trump being elected to the White House. During the election campaign, as […]
Paddington 2 dethrones Citizen Kane as best-reviewed film on Rotten Tomatoes
It’s not a great week for anything involving Citizen Kane. Not only did Mank – inspired by the creation of the 1941 film – lose big at the Academy Awards, but Citizen Kane no longer has a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. What’s the newly crowned king on the critical aggregation website? None other than […]
The Moments Which Made You Love Cinema
Tom Jolliffe on those moments which made you love cinema… It’s different for everyone and maybe for some it never happens. Not everyone (shock horror!) is into film. For those film buffs, nerds, geeks, or even merely casual enjoyers of cinematic delights, there are always defining moments. Maybe it’s a moment within a film. Maybe […]
Cinema’s Groundbreakers – Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane
Tom Jolliffe looks back at some of the groundbreaking films from throughout the history of cinema, starting with Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane… Throughout cinema history, there have been a number of groundbreaking films. Films which broke the rules, forged new techniques, new levels of looking at film and have stood the test of time. In […]
How many movies have you watched more than once?
Anghus Houvouras on multiple viewings… How many movies have you watched more than once? I’m sure there are a lot of you out there that have those ‘go to’ movies. Classics that you can pop in from time to time because no matter how many times you’ve seen them they are able to infinitely entertain […]
Blu-ray Review – Citizen Kane: 75th Anniversary Edition
Citizen Kane, 1941. Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, George Coulouris and Agnes Moorehead. SYNOPSIS: Warner Bros. is celebrating Citizen Kane‘s 75th anniversary with a Blu-ray that’s the same one included in the previous 70th anniversary set. However, the DVDs with the Battle Over Citizen Kane and RKO […]
The Oscars don’t matter and we all need to stop caring
Luke Owen on last night’s Oscars… If Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, then Awards Season is the most loathsome as a film fan. It’s the time of year that a group of out-of-touch Hollywood professionals all gather round to lay their hand down on what they think was the best film released […]
