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...?

"The Vast Of Night", Dir: Andrew Patterson, 2019

The aim here seemed to be to suggest that this is a tall story but with a likelihood of being about events that actually happened..

Ravi Swami

Sep 19, 20244 min read

"The Organizer", Dir: Mario Monicelli, 1963

it features the actor in a very uncharacteristic role as a scruffy bespectacled academic in a film about 19th century Italian mill workers

Ravi Swami

Sep 11, 20243 min read

"Pépé le Moko", Dir : Julien Duvivier, 1937

Julien Duvivier had directed Jean Gabin in a number of films prior to 1937's Pépé le Moko..

Ravi Swami

Jun 21, 20243 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

"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

"Drifting Clouds" /"Kauas Pilvet Karkaavat", Dir: Aki Kaurismäki, 1996

MUBI Channel currently have a selection of films by the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki..

Ravi Swami

Jan 17, 20245 min read

"The Swimmer", Dir: Frank Perry, 1968

Reviews of the film at the time of its release were divided between those who were completely bewildered by the plot...

Ravi Swami

Jan 11, 20247 min read

"Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan", Dir: Chor Yuen, 1972

Once you get past the salacious details, at the core of the plot is a story about young women , usually from poor rural communities...

Ravi Swami

Dec 11, 20234 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

"La Belle Noiseuse" - Dir: Jacques Rivette, 1991

Could Jacques Rivette's 1991 film be the best film ever, possibly the *only* film ever on the process of drawing from life?....possibly....

Ravi Swami

Aug 13, 20235 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

"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

"Caltiki - The Immortal Monster", dir: Riccardo Freda, 1959

The plot involves a group of explorers of a Mayan temple complex where they awaken the "Caltiki" of the title

Ravi Swami

May 30, 20232 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

Amarcord, Dir: Federico Fellini, 1973

"Amarcord" roughly translates as "I remember" and the film is a semi-autobiographical recounting of life in an Italian village...

Ravi Swami

Feb 25, 20238 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

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Locked-Down Cinema

"The Vast Of Night", Dir: Andrew Patterson, 2019

"The Organizer", Dir: Mario Monicelli, 1963

"Pépé le Moko", Dir : Julien Duvivier, 1937

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

"The Taisho Trilogy", Dir Seijun Suzuki, 1980-1991

"Drifting Clouds" /"Kauas Pilvet Karkaavat", Dir: Aki Kaurismäki, 1996

"The Swimmer", Dir: Frank Perry, 1968

"Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan", Dir: Chor Yuen, 1972

"Goke - The Body Snatcher From Hell", Dir: Hajime Sato, 1968

"La Belle Noiseuse" - Dir: Jacques Rivette, 1991

"Ramayana - The Legend of Prince Rama", Dir: Yugo Sako, Ram Mohan, Koichi Sasaki, 1992

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

"Caltiki - The Immortal Monster", dir: Riccardo Freda, 1959

"Tokyo Drifter" dir: Seijun Suzuki, 1966

Amarcord, Dir: Federico Fellini, 1973

"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...

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