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...?

"L'Amour Fou", Dir: Jacques Rivette, 1969

It's been described as a classic of French cinema and Rivette, being a writer for "Cahier's Du Cinema...

Ravi Swami

Dec 17, 20244 min read

A Bunch of Belmondo's..

With free streamers, very often filled with unauthorised content, it's possible to view those films you've heard about but that aren't...

Ravi Swami

Nov 26, 20244 min read

Belmondo, Belmondo, Belmondo !...3 films.

All three films share the fact that they were either written by or directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, as frequent collaborations..

Ravi Swami

Mar 12, 20247 min read

"L'Innocent", Dir: Louis Garrel, 2022

"L'Innocent" (Eng: "The Innocent") by a director I'd never heard of, Louis Garrel, and featuring French Moroccan actor, Roschdy Zem..

Ravi Swami

Jun 1, 20232 min read

"Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles", Dir: Chantal Akerman, 1975

"Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" foreshadows the tone of the film in describing in great detail quotidian banality...

Ravi Swami

Jan 20, 20233 min read

A trio of black comedies by Bruno Dumont

I only really stumbled upon Bruno Dumont's 2018 film "CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans" while flicking through the films on offer on Mubi...

Ravi Swami

Nov 22, 20226 min read

"The Wages of Fear", Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953

The plot of the film concerns 4 displaced Europeans stranded in a (fictional) South American "one-horse" town of Las Piedras..

Ravi Swami

Oct 29, 20224 min read

"An Autumn Tale" / "Conte D'automne", Dir: Éric Rohmer, 1998

"Conte D'automne" (Eng: "An Autumn Tale") marks the final part of Rohmer's themed film cycle "Tales of Four Seasons"..

Ravi Swami

Sep 22, 20223 min read

Emmanuelle Riva x 3...

Alain Resnais' 1959 film "Hiroshima Mon Amour" rounds off a trio of films that I've watched starring Emmanuelle Riva

Ravi Swami

Jul 29, 20223 min read

Trintignant, Alpha to Omega...

Trintignant's penultimate screen appearance was in Michael Haneke's 2012 film "Amour"..

Ravi Swami

Jun 20, 20225 min read

"Le Plaisir", Dir: Max Ophüls, 1952

The German director Max Ophüls' 1952 film "Le Plaisir" is a trilogy of short stories adapted from the writing of Guy de Maupassant..

Ravi Swami

May 8, 20224 min read

"Mr Klein", Dir: Joseph Losey, 1976

Continuing a thread of Alain Delon films available in a retrospective collection on Criterion Channel, I watched "Monsieur Klein"..

Ravi Swami

Apr 16, 20225 min read

"Le Samouraï", Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967

The French New Wave's fascination for the American "Film Noir" genre found expression in a number of films by different directors..

Ravi Swami

Apr 16, 20223 min read

"France", Dir: Bruno Dumont, 2021

In "France" she portrays a glamorous news anchor and investigative reporter "France De Meur" with her own show..

Ravi Swami

Apr 16, 20224 min read

"A Tale of Springtime", Dir: Éric Rohmer, 1990

Continuing with his series of films arranged into 4 part anthologies according to a theme, Éric Rohmer's 1990 film "A Tale of Springtime".

Ravi Swami

Mar 27, 20223 min read

"Spirits of The Dead", Dir: Vadim, Malle and Fellini, 1968

Produced in 1968, "Spirits of The Dead", (alternately entitled "Tales of Mystery and Imagination"...

Ravi Swami

Mar 18, 20224 min read

Double Down Delon...1963, 1969

For a long time Alain Delon was a name I associated with the Romanian Olympic gymnast Nadia Comăneci...

Ravi Swami

Mar 12, 20225 min read

A Trio of Truffaut, 1957, 1972, 1973

As with many film directors, alongside their most well-known, career-defining films, there are films that I certainly wasn't aware of...

Ravi Swami

Feb 25, 20224 min read

Surfing the New Wave...Chabrol, Malle and Varda, '58, '63, '65

Surfing The New Wave : "Le Beau Serge", Claude Chabrol, "The Fire Within", Louis Malle, "Le Bonheur", Agnes Varda.

Ravi Swami

Feb 7, 20225 min read

A Clutch of Rohmer's...1963-1972

I'm always up for a dose of Eric Rohmer's carefully observed films about the dynamics of relationships that spanned 3 decades..

Ravi Swami

Jan 31, 20224 min read

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Locked-Down Cinema

"L'Amour Fou", Dir: Jacques Rivette, 1969

A Bunch of Belmondo's..

Belmondo, Belmondo, Belmondo !...3 films.

"L'Innocent", Dir: Louis Garrel, 2022

"Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles", Dir: Chantal Akerman, 1975

A trio of black comedies by Bruno Dumont

"The Wages of Fear", Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953

"An Autumn Tale" / "Conte D'automne", Dir: Éric Rohmer, 1998

Emmanuelle Riva x 3...

Trintignant, Alpha to Omega...

"Le Plaisir", Dir: Max Ophüls, 1952

"Mr Klein", Dir: Joseph Losey, 1976

"Le Samouraï", Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967

"France", Dir: Bruno Dumont, 2021

"A Tale of Springtime", Dir: Éric Rohmer, 1990

"Spirits of The Dead", Dir: Vadim, Malle and Fellini, 1968

Double Down Delon...1963, 1969

A Trio of Truffaut, 1957, 1972, 1973

Surfing the New Wave...Chabrol, Malle and Varda, '58, '63, '65

A Clutch of Rohmer's...1963-1972

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