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Has Film Declined In The 21st Century?

December 17, 2017 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on whether standards in film have dropped this century… I’ve made passing reference to it before, but the tail end of the year always brings time for reflection, and I’ve often bemoaned the decline in important cinema being made in recent years. This is the stuff of miserable old git conversations in the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Get Out, Iron Man, No Country for Old Men, Seven Samurai, Stalker, Taxi Driver, The Godfather, The Matrix, There Will be Blood, Thor: Ragnarok

Flickering Myth Film Class: The Audio/Visual depiction of mental breakdown

November 7, 2017 by Tom Jolliffe

In the latest instalment of Flickering Myth’s film class, Tom Jolliffe looks at the audio and visual tools a film-maker can effectively use to portray a characters descent into madness… In previous film classes (which I should say are merely showcases for films that excel in whatever subject springs to my mind before writing) I’ve […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: bernard herrmann, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver

Alternative Spider-Man: Homecoming posters pay homage to The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Taxi Driver

July 15, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

Nerdist have uneviled three new alternate posters for Sony and Marvel’s superhero blockbuster Spider-Man: Homecoming which pay homage to 80’s classics The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, along with Martin Scorsese’s 1976 crime drama Taxi Driver; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Spider-Man: Homecoming 4K Collector’s Edition set and Blu-ray revealed A young Peter […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Marvel, Marvel Cinematc Universe, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Taxi Driver, The Breakfast Club

4 Great Films About Loners (That Look At The Darker Side of Loneliness)

June 17, 2017 by Graeme Robertson

Graeme Robertson with four great films about loners… Do you ever feel lonely dear readers? Do you ever sometimes feel that you just don’t quite fit in with the rest of the world? I’ll admit that I sometimes I feel this way in certain situations. Often at a social event like a party or whatever, […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Graeme Robertson, Movies Tagged With: May, Nightcrawler, One Hour Photo, Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese’s Lost Masterpiece: Remembering The King of Comedy

January 11, 2017 by Sean Wilson

With Silence getting the critics salivating, Sean Wilson examines what is possibly Martin Scorsese’s greatest – and almost certainly most underrated – film, The King of Comedy… Do portrayals of celebrity culture and fan worship get more lacerating and acute than 1983’s masterpiece The King of Comedy? Martin Scorsese’s follow-up to Raging Bull is quite […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Sean Wilson Tagged With: goodfellas, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Silence, Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy

When Actors Stop Acting And Start Living A Role

April 17, 2016 by Neil Calloway

This week, Neil Calloway argues that method acting is often unnecessary… This week it was revealed that Jared Leto sent pornography and condoms to his Suicide Squad co-stars in preparation for his role as the Joker. When I did that with my work colleagues I got arrested, but it turns out to be OK if […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Neil Calloway Tagged With: Daniel Day-Lewis, Dustin Hoffman, In the Name of the Father, Jared Leto, Kramer vs Kramer, Last of the Mohicans, Lincoln, My Beautiful Laudrette, Robert De Niro, Suicide Squad, Taxi Driver

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