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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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Watch out!...It's "The Green Slime" !!, Dir: Kinji Fukasaku, 1968
Oh, "The Green Slime" is a film I've been searching for high and low on various streamers without much success..
Ravi Swami
Sep 23, 20244 min read
"The Taisho Trilogy", Dir Seijun Suzuki, 1980-1991
The first film in the trilogy, "Zigeunerweisen" (1980), takes it's title from a piece of classical music heard playing on a gramophone..
Ravi Swami
Jan 31, 20244 min read
"Goke - The Body Snatcher From Hell", Dir: Hajime Sato, 1968
Hajime Sato's 1968 chiller "Goke - The Body Snatcher From Hell" or "Vampire Gokemidoro" must surely be one of the oddest additions to...
Ravi Swami
Oct 7, 20233 min read
"Ramayana - The Legend of Prince Rama", Dir: Yugo Sako, Ram Mohan, Koichi Sasaki, 1992
The long-awaited 4K remaster and restoration of the "Ramayana - The Legend of Prince Rama", animated feature film (123 min)...
Ravi Swami
Jun 7, 20234 min read
"Tokyo Drifter" dir: Seijun Suzuki, 1966
The Criterion Collection, are currently hosting a collection of the films directed by Japanese director Seijun Suzuki
Ravi Swami
May 30, 20233 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
The War In Space, Dir: Jun Fukuda, 1977
If I were to sum up this film in a single line it would go something like "Space Romans from Venus attack the Earth...
Ravi Swami
Jul 27, 20223 min read
"Princess From The Moon", Dir: Kon Ichikawa, 1987
The plot of the film is based on "The Tale of The Bamboo Cutter", a widely-known and popular tale purportedly based on real events...
Ravi Swami
Jul 1, 20225 min read
"Cruel Gun Story", Dir: Takumi Furukawa, 1964
"Cruel Gun Story" added another title to Japanese Studio Nikkatsu's list of "Japanese Noir" set in the seedy and violent underworld..
Ravi Swami
May 16, 20223 min read
"Kuroneko", Dir: Kaneto Shindo, 1968
"Kuroneko" (Eng: "Black Cat in a Bamboo Grove"), produced and distributed by Japan's Toho Studios..
Ravi Swami
Feb 27, 20226 min read
"Summit of The Gods" & "Tokyo Godfathers", Dir: Patrick Imbert, 2021, Dir: Satoshi Kon, 2003
Two films that fall under the blanket term of being "Anime", one French and the other Japanese..
Ravi Swami
Dec 12, 20214 min read
"The Snake Girl & The Silver-Haired Witch", Dir: Noriaki Yuasa, 1968
In terms of atmosphere and tone it could have sprung from the hand of Alfred Hitchcock, with it's moodily lit interiors...
Ravi Swami
Nov 14, 20216 min read
"Belladonna Of Sadness", Dir: Eiichi Yamamoto, 1973
Controversial, daring, misogynistic, stylish and often deeply disturbing are the words that come to mind after watching the film.
Ravi Swami
Oct 22, 20213 min read
"100 Spook Stories / 100 Monsters", Dir: Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 1968
Arrow's title is "100 Spook Stories" (Japanese: Yōkai Hyaku Monogatari) and it is variously titled depending upon the region..
Ravi Swami
Oct 22, 20213 min read
"Drunken Angel", Dir : Akira Kurosawa, 1948
Akira Kurosawa's 1948 film "Drunken Angel" marked the first of several collaborations with the actor Toshiro Mifune..
Ravi Swami
Oct 16, 20214 min read
"DaiMajin", Dir: Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 1966
The success of "Daimajin" resulted in it being the first in a trilogy, which are all available to view on the Apple TV streamer..
Ravi Swami
Sep 7, 20214 min read
"Shin Godzilla", Dir: Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi, 2016
Plot-wise the film follows the same general trajectory as the 1954 film - Godzilla rises from the ocean depths...
Ravi Swami
Jul 29, 20214 min read
"Godzilla V Megalon", Dir: Jun Fukuda, 1973
Criterion Channel includes a number of Godzilla / Giant Monster - or "Kaiju" - films, along with documentary extras..
Ravi Swami
Jun 18, 20217 min read
"The Invisible Man v The Human Fly", Dir: Mitsuo Murayama, 1957
Available to view on Amazon Prime, "The Invisible Man v The Human Fly", directed by Mitsuo Murayama and produced by the Daiei company...
Ravi Swami
May 24, 20215 min read
"Branded To Kill", Dir: Seijun Suzuki, 1967
Japanese director Seijun Suzuki's 1967 "Yakuza" film, "Branded to Kill" reunites him with the iconic surgically enhanced Joe Shishido..
Ravi Swami
Apr 23, 20214 min read
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