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Peeping Tom: A Voyeuristic Masterpiece of the Slasher Subgenre

October 24, 2023 by admin

William Stottor revisits the classic British horror-thriller Peeping Tom… Before 1960, the Michael Powell half of Powell and Pressburger had enjoyed a commercially and critically successful directing career. Films such as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and The Red Shoes (1948), which he directed with Emeric Pressburger, still rank amongst the greatest […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, William Stottor Tagged With: Karlheinz Böhm, Michael Powell, Peeping Tom

Movie Review – The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

March 10, 2015 by Simon Columb

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 […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Simon Columb Tagged With: Emeric Pressburger, Léonide Massine, Michael Powell, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, The Tales of Hoffmann

A Peep Into Peeping Tom: Is it time for a modern reboot?

April 10, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

As it celebrates its 60th anniversary, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the seminal classic, Peeping Tom and whether the film could be successfully remade… Having recently re-watched the seminal psychological horror/thriller, Peeping Tom (celebrating its 60th anniversary this week), there are several things that stand out. In terms of the setting, mise-en-scene, social attitudes and the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Carl Boehm, Michael Powell, Peeping Tom

A Matter of Life and Death (plus more) with Rosie director Paddy Breathnach – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #27

March 13, 2019 by Tom Beasley

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film director Paddy Breathnach discusses several movies, including Powell and Pressburger’s A Matter of Life and Death… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film director Paddy Breathnach discusses […]

Filed Under: Flickering Myth Podcast Network, Movies, The Pick of the Flicks, Tom Beasley Tagged With: A Matter of Life and Death, David Niven, Emeric Pressburger, Ida, It Happened One Night, Michael Powell, Paddy Breathnach, Pawel Pawlikowski, Podcast, Rosie, The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, The Wrestler

BFI Review – I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)

October 26, 2015 by Simon Columb

I Know Where I’m Going!, 1945. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie and Petula Clark. SYNOPSIS: Due to marry on the isle of Kiloran, Joan Webster sets off to Scotland to meet her future husband. At the final hurdle, she is stuck at the waters […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Simon Columb Tagged With: Emeric Pressburger, Finlay Currie, I Know Where I'm Going!, Michael Powell, Pamela Brown, Petula Clark, Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey

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