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...?

A trio of black comedies by Bruno Dumont

Ravi Swami

Nov 22, 20226 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...

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

Ravi Swami

Oct 29, 20224 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..

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

Ravi Swami

Sep 22, 20223 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"..

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Ravi Swami

Jul 29, 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

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Ravi Swami

Jul 27, 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...

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"Princess From The Moon", Dir: Kon Ichikawa, 1987

Ravi Swami

Jul 1, 20225 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...

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Ravi Swami

Jun 20, 20225 min read

Trintignant, Alpha to Omega...

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

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"The Conformist", Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970

Ravi Swami

May 23, 20227 min read

"The Conformist", Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970

Bernardo Bertolluci's 1970 film "The Conformist, based on a novel of the same title by Alberto Moravia and available to rent on YouTube..

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"C'eravamo Tanto Amati", Dir: Ettore Scola, 1974

Ravi Swami

May 17, 202210 min read

"C'eravamo Tanto Amati", Dir: Ettore Scola, 1974

Having discovered the Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli over my lockdown viewing I was curious to seek out other films she has starred in..

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"Cruel Gun Story", Dir: Takumi Furukawa, 1964

Ravi Swami

May 16, 20223 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..

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"Bloodstone", Dir: Dwight H. Little, 1988

Ravi Swami

May 8, 20225 min read

"Bloodstone", Dir: Dwight H. Little, 1988

As a Western "cross-over" film, in this case co-produced by former tennis champion Ashok Amritraj and written by Nico Mastorakis..

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"Planet Of The Vampires", Dir: Mario Bava, 1965

Ravi Swami

May 8, 20224 min read

"Planet Of The Vampires", Dir: Mario Bava, 1965

Mario Bava's 1965 Italian-Spanish film "Planet of The Vampires" seems to have generated a considerable cult following..

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Ravi Swami

May 8, 20224 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..

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"The Housemaid", Dir: Kim Ki-Young, 1960

Ravi Swami

Apr 28, 20227 min read

"The Housemaid", Dir: Kim Ki-Young, 1960

Kim Ki-Young's 1960 film "The Housemaid" is cited by Bong Joon-Ho as being a major influence on the theme and tone of "Parasite"..

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Ravi Swami

Apr 16, 20225 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"..

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

Ravi Swami

Apr 16, 20223 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..

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Ravi Swami

Apr 16, 20224 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..

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

Ravi Swami

Mar 27, 20223 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".

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

Ravi Swami

Mar 18, 20224 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"...

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Ravi Swami

Mar 12, 20225 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...

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