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Locked-Down Cinema
Film reviews of all the films I should have seen but didn't...
What do you do if you receive a Christmas present that is a membership to the British Film Institute when there's a pandemic on...?
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"Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne", Dir: Robert Bresson, 1945
The films of Robert Bresson came highly recommend by a friend..
Ravi Swami
Feb 18, 20213 min read
"Horror Express", Dir: Eugenio "Gene" Martin, 1972
Despite not being huge fan of horror films, I do have a soft-spot for the type of often-low budget horror films produced in the late 1970's.
Ravi Swami
Feb 15, 20213 min read
"Judex", Dir: Georges Franju, 1963
The film is a remake of an earlier film directed by Louis Feuillade, an early 20th Century filmmaker..
Ravi Swami
Feb 13, 20215 min read
"Model Shop", Dir: Jacques Demy, 1969.
As a flashback to earlier in lockdown, I'm re-visiting films that featured as a passing mention in previous blog posts
Ravi Swami
Feb 7, 20214 min read
Films about Filming - 3 documentaries, 1974, 1975 and 2014
Mubi Channel, hosted by AppleTV in the UK contains an interesting line-up of documentaries...
Ravi Swami
Feb 5, 20214 min read
"Seduced and Abandoned", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1964
I'd been meaning to avoid watching "Seduced and Abandoned", directed by Piero Germi...
Ravi Swami
Jan 31, 20212 min read
"Divorce Italian Style"/"Divorzio Al La Italiana", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1961
Super-smooth Italian heartthrob Marcello Mastroianni plays "Ferdinando Cefalù", the son of an impoverished Sicilian nobleman..
Ravi Swami
Jan 23, 20214 min read
"I Knew Her Well", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1965
It's been rare so far in my lockdown viewing to say that I've stumbled on a real find..
Ravi Swami
Jan 17, 20215 min read
Two more Rohmers...Dir: Eric Rohmer, 1981 & 1983
Two films directed by Eric Rohmer during an especially prolific period of the 1980's fall within his series "Comedies & Proverbs"
Ravi Swami
Jan 14, 20213 min read
"The Basilisks", Dir: Lina Wertmüller, 1963
First films are developing into a bit of a trend here, though not intentionally - "The Basilisks" directed by Lina Wertmüller
Ravi Swami
Jan 10, 20213 min read
"Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie", Dir: Alex Rodger, 2020
Call anything "The Lost Movie" and I'm instantly reeled in...
Ravi Swami
Jan 8, 20212 min read
Two Sellers and a Rohmer...1951, 1961, 2018
I thought I'd check out some documentaries, which are of equal interest to me compared to fictional narrative films.
Ravi Swami
Jan 8, 20213 min read
A Duo of Eric Rohmer - 1969 and 1987
Eric Rohmer made films at the tail-end of the French New Wave movement although he had been a frequent contributor to "Cahier Du Cinema"
Ravi Swami
Jan 3, 20217 min read
"It's Only The End Of The World", Dir: Xavier Dolan, 2016
I was in two minds about writing a review of Xavier Dolan's rather dark 2016 film, "It's Only The End Of The World".
Ravi Swami
Dec 31, 20204 min read
"Loving Vincent", Dir: Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman, 2017
Although I work in animation I have to admit to being late to the table with "Loving Vincent", which was released in 2017
Ravi Swami
Dec 16, 20203 min read
"Plein Soleil", Dir: René Clément, 1960
René Clément's 1960 adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel "The Talented Mr Ripley" was recommended by a friend..
Ravi Swami
Dec 14, 20204 min read
"Two or Three Things I Know About Her", Dir: Jean-Luc Godard, 1966
I approached Jean-Luc Godard's 1966 film "Two or Three Things I Know About Her" with a degree of trepidation..
Ravi Swami
Dec 7, 20204 min read
"CE3K" - Dir: Steven Spielberg, 1977
I'm breaking my self-imposed rule of films viewed over lockdown that I personally haven't seen before..
Ravi Swami
Dec 5, 20203 min read
Three Fellini's, Dir Federico Fellini, 1954-1967
It's possibly a bit unfair to combine 3 films of Federico Fellini, spanning a period of 14 years, into a single post..
Ravi Swami
Dec 2, 20204 min read
"Eve" / "Eva", Dir: Joseph Losey, 1962
Once again, my reason for choosing Joseph Losey's adaptation of a James Hadley Chase novel entitled "Eve" was Jeanne Moreau.
Ravi Swami
Nov 28, 20205 min read
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